Paracetamol for pain relief after surgical removal of lower wisdom teeth

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Weil, Kiaran ^a   Hooper, L ^b   Afzal, Z ^b   Esposito, M ^b   Worthington, H V ^b   Van Wijk, A J ^b   Coulthard, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acetaminophen adverse effects; *therapeutic use ; Analgesics, non narcotic adverse effects; *therapeutic use ; Molar, third *surgery ; Outcome assessment (health care); Pain measurement; Pain, postoperative *drug therapy

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ANALGESIA; BLEEDING; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED RELEASE FORMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DROWSINESS; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EMBASE; HEADACHE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HICCUP; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE RELEASE FORMULATION; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MIOSIS; MOLAR TOOTH; NAUSEA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SLOW RELEASE FORMULATION; SOMNOLENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWELLING; SYNCOPE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOOTH EXTRACTION; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING;

EID: 44949262095     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004487.pub2     Document Type: Review

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