Contemporary trends in acute pain management

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 209-216

  Phero, James C ^a   Becker, Daniel E ^b,c   Dionne, Raymond A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Sinclair College   (United States)

^c MIAMI VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetaminophen; Analgesia; Aspirin; Codeine; COX 2; Hydrocodone; Ibuprofen; Narcotic; NSAID; Opioid; Oxycodone; Pain; Rofecoxib

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BUPIVACAINE; CELECOXIB; CODEINE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DICLOFENAC; HYDROCODONE; IBUPROFEN; LORAZEPAM; MORPHINE; NAPROXEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PENTAZOCINE; PETHIDINE; ROFECOXIB; TRAMADOL; VALDECOXIB;

ANALGESIA; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIPYRETIC ACTIVITY; ANXIETY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; DIZZINESS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; DYSPEPSIA; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; LIVER INJURY; META ANALYSIS; MIOSIS; NAUSEA; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SOMNOLENCE; STOMACH EROSION; STRESS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VOMITING;

ANALGESICS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC DISEASES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PREMEDICATION;

EID: 2542500096     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.moo.0000126181.09796.95     Document Type: Review

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