How high should total pain-relief score be to obviate the need for analgesic remedication in acute pain? Estimation using signal detection theory and individual-patient meta-analysis

Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 161-165

  Li Wan Po, A ^a   Petersen, B ^b  

^a Centre for Evidence Based Pharmacotherapy   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Outcome measures; TOTPAR score

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; IBUPROFEN; NAPROXEN; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DENTAL SURGERY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SIGNAL DETECTION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; HUMANS; NAPROXEN; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; ROC CURVE; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 33645467496     PISSN: 02694727     EISSN: 13652710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2710.2006.00719.x     Document Type: Article

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