OFIRMEV: An old drug becomes new again

Anesthesia Progress

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 99-102

  Nishimoto, Rodney N ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Intravenous acetaminophen; Multimodal analgesia; Postoperative pain control

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS ACETAMINOPHEN; INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION; MULTIMODAL ANALGESIA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORAL SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN CONTROL; REVIEW; SAFETY; THERAPEUTIC EQUIVALENCE;

INTRAVENOUS ACETAMINOPHEN; MULTIMODAL ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN CONTROL;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVENOUS; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; HUMANS; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; SAFETY; THERAPEUTIC EQUIVALENCY;

EID: 84906993596     PISSN: 00033006     EISSN: 18787177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2344/0003-3006-61.3.99     Document Type: Review

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