Post-operative analgesic effects of paracetamol, NSAIDs, glucocorticoids, gabapentinoids and their combinations: A topical review

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1165-1181

  Dahl, Jørgen B ^a   Nielsen, R V ^a   Wetterslev, J ^a   Nikolajsen, L ^a   Hamunen, K ^a   Kontinen, V K ^a   Hansen, M S ^a   Kjer, J J ^a   Mathiesen, O ^a  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; GABAPENTIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PREGABALIN; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DRUG COMBINATION;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MONOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); COMPLICATION; DRUG COMBINATION; META ANALYSIS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE;

ACETAMINOPHEN; AMINES; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE;

EID: 84908021991     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aas.12382     Document Type: Review

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