Acetaminophen is highly effective in pain treatment after endoscopic sinus surgery

Laryngoscope

Volumn 116, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2125-2128

  Kemppainen, Tatu ^a   Kokki, Hannu ^a,b   Tuomilehto, Henri ^a   Seppä, Juha ^a   Nuutinen, Juhani ^a  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acetaminophen; Analgesics; Endoscopic sinus surgery; Local anesthesia; Opioids; Oxycodone; Pain measurement; Paracetamol; Postoperative pain; Sinusitis

Indexed keywords

IBUPROFEN; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADULT; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUSITIS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE;

EID: 33845510366     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000239108.12081.35     Document Type: Article

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