Mean analgesic consumption is inappropriate for testing analgesic efficacy in post-operative pain: Analysis and alternative suggestion

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 427-432

  Moore, Robert A ^a   Ní Mhuircheartaigh, Róisín J ^a   Derry, Sheena ^a   McQuay, Henry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analgesic consumption; Dichotomous outcomes; Post operative; Skewed distribution

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MORPHINE SULFATE; PLACEBO;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG USE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ABDOMEN; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MORPHINE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PLACEBOS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79959748958     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e328343c569     Document Type: Article

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