Reducing the Pain: A Systematic Review of Postdischarge Analgesia Following Elective Orthopedic Surgery

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 711-727

  Roberts, Matthew ^a   Brodribb, Wendy ^a   Mitchell, Geoffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Orthopedic Surgery; Postdischarge; Postoperative Pain; Primary Care

Indexed keywords

ARNICA MONTANA EXTRACT; BUPRENORPHINE; CELECOXIB; CODEINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE NAPSILATE PLUS PARACETAMOL; DICLOFENAC; DIFLUNISAL; DIHYDROCODEINE; ETORICOXIB; GLAFENINE; HYDROCODONE; IBUPROFEN; KETOBEMIDONE; KETOPROFEN; KETOROLAC; KETOROLAC TROMETAMOL; LUMIRACOXIB; MORPHINE; MORPHINE SULFATE; NAPROXEN; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PIRITRAMIDE; PIROXICAM; PLACEBO; TRAMADOL; ZOLPIDEM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACROMION; ACUPUNCTURE; ANALGESIA; ANEMIA; ARNICA; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; BLEEDING; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONSTIPATION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FEVER; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; EVENING DOSAGE; FATIGUE; FLATULENCE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HAND DISEASE; HEARTBURN; HEMATOMA; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HOMEOPATHY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXIA; INFECTION; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; INSOMNIA; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; KNEE SURGERY; MENISCECTOMY; NAUSEA; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RASH; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SORE THROAT; SORE TONGUE; STOMACH PAIN; SYNCOPE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX PAIN; TIBIA OSTEOTOMY; TONGUE DISEASE; TREATMENT DURATION; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; VOMITING; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

EID: 84861222678     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2012.01359.x     Document Type: Review

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