Postoperative pain control after cesarean section: Can diclofenac sodium be used instead of meperidine?

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1144-1150

  Bozkurt, Nuray ^a   Kurdoglu, Mertihan ^b   Kurdoglu, Zehra ^c   Kutlusoy, Fatma ^a   Biberoglu, Kutay ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Van Maternity and Childrens Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cesarean section; Diclofenac sodium; Meperidine; Pain; Postoperative

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; OPIATE; PETHIDINE;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CESAREAN SECTION; DICLOFENAC; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEPERIDINE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PREGNANCY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73949106182     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767050903019643     Document Type: Article

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