Oral acetaminophen (paracetamol) for additional analgesia in phacoemulsification cataract surgery performed using topical anesthesia. Randomized double-masked placebo-controlled trial

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 402-406

  Kaluzny, Bartlomiej J ^a   Kazmierczak, Karolina ^a   Laudencka, Adriana ^a   Eliks, Iwona ^a   Kaluzny, Jakub J ^a  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; TETRACAINE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LENS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POLAND; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREMEDICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SURGICAL INJURY; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERBAL RATING SCALE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG COSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; TETRACAINE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77349111997     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2009.09.035     Document Type: Article

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