Early intravenous ibuprofen decreases narcotic requirement and length of stay after traumatic rib fracture

American Surgeon

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1207-1212

  Bayouth, Lilly ^a   Safcsak, Karen ^b   Cheatham, Michael L ^b   Smith, Chadwick P ^b   Birrer, Kara L ^b   Promes, John T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b ORLANDO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; HYDROMORPHONE; IBUPROFEN; MORPHINE; OXYCODONE;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COST; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIB FRACTURE; SCORING SYSTEM; THORAX DRAINAGE; TRAUMATIC RIB FRACTURE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IBUPROFEN; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOTICS; PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIB FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84886653932     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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