Intravenous Acetaminophen for Pain after Major Orthopedic Surgery: An Expanded Analysis

Pain Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 357-365

  Sinatra, Raymond S ^a   Jahr, Jonathan S ^b   Reynolds, Lowell ^c   Groudine, Scott B ^d   Royal, Mike A ^e   Breitmeyer, James B ^e   Viscusi, Eugene R ^f  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e Cadence Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

^f THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Intravenous acetaminophen; Orthopedic pain; Postoperative pain

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; PROPACETAMOL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WEIGHT;

EID: 84861937293     PISSN: 15307085     EISSN: 15332500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-2500.2011.00514.x     Document Type: Article

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