Safety and efficacy of intravenous acetaminophen in the elderly after major orthopedic surgery: Subset data analysis from 3, randomized, placebo-controlled trials

American Journal of Therapeutics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 66-75

  Jahr, Jonathan S ^a   Breitmeyer, James B ^b   Pan, Christine ^c   Royal, Mike A ^b   Ang, Robert Y ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Cadence Pharmaceuticals   (United States)

^c Cadence Pharmaceuticals   (United States)

^d Medical Affairs   (United States)

Author keywords

elderly; intravenous acetaminophen; postoperative pain

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; PARACETAMOL; PROPACETAMOL;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLISTER; COMORBIDITY; CONSTIPATION; COUGHING; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPNEA; DYSURIA; FEMALE; FEVER; FRACTURE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOTENSION; INSOMNIA; INTESTINE SOUND; JOINT PROSTHESIS; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MAJOR SURGERY; MALE; MUSCLE SPASM; NAUSEA; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REPEATED DRUG DOSE; SIDE EFFECT; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VOMITING;

ACETAMINOPHEN; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84858763466     PISSN: 10752765     EISSN: 15363686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MJT.0b013e3182456810     Document Type: Article

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