The paracetamol concentration-effect relation in neonates

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 45-50

  Allegaert, Karel ^a   Naulaers, Gunnar ^a   Vanhaesebrouck, Sophie ^a   Anderson, Brian J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

developmental pharmacology; intravenous paracetamol; loading dose; newborn; pain

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL; PROSTAGLANDIN E1;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; HUMAN; LEUVEN NEONATAL PAIN SCORE; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOTHERAPY; NEWBORN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREND STUDY;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE;

EID: 84870919931     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pan.12076     Document Type: Article

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