Efficacy of a single dose of a transdermal diclofenac patch as pre-emptive postoperative analgesia: A comparison with intramuscular diclofenac

Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 194-197

  Krishna, R ^a   Nataraj, M S ^b  

^a MANIPAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Department of Anaesthesiology Employees   (India)

Author keywords

Diclofenac sodium; Pre emptive analgesia; Transdermal

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; NUPATCH; TRAMADOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TRANSDERMAL PATCH; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84867880368     PISSN: 22201181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/22201173.2012.10872852     Document Type: Article

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