Intravenous acetaminophen

Anesthesiology Clinics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 619-645

  Jahr, Jonathan S ^a   Lee, Vivian K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute pain; Analgesia; Fever; Intravenous acetaminophen; Multimodal analgesia; Perioperative

Indexed keywords

DIPYRONE; IBUPROFEN; KETOPROFEN; KETOROLAC; LIDOCAINE; LORNOXICAM; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ONDANSETRON; PARACETAMOL; PARECOXIB; PETHIDINE; PLACEBO; PROPACETAMOL; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; ROPIVACAINE;

ADD ON THERAPY; ANTIPYRETIC ACTIVITY; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DIZZINESS; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEVER; HUMAN; INJECTION PAIN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVER TOXICITY; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PEDIATRICS; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRURITUS; REVIEW; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VOMITING;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADULT; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEVER; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LAPAROSCOPY; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE;

EID: 78149482952     PISSN: 19322275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anclin.2010.08.006     Document Type: Review

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