Reporting randomised clinical trials of analgesics after traumatic or orthopaedic surgery is inadequate: A systematic review

BMC Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Montané, Eva ^a   Vallano, Antoni ^a   Vidal, Xavier ^a   Aguilera, Cristina ^a   Laporte, Joan Ramon ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PLACEBO; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTTRAUMATIC PAIN; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; ORTHOPEDICS; PATIENT SELECTION; PUBLISHING; REVIEW;

ANALGESICS; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDICS; PATIENT SELECTION; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 76949100283     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6904-10-2     Document Type: Article

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