Post-tonsillectomy pain management in children: Can we do better?

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 545-551

  Bean Lijewski, Jolene D ^a   Kruitbosch, Shane H ^b   Hutchinson, Lewis ^a   Browne, Barry ^a  

^a SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Sierra Anesthesia Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE PLUS PARACETAMOL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ROFECOXIB;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TONSILLECTOMY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITORS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCODONE; LACTONES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SULFONES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TIME FACTORS; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34648857528     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2007.06.731     Document Type: Article

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