Metamizole-associated adverse events: A systematic review and meta-analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Kötter, Thomas ^a,b   Da Costa, Bruno R ^c   Fässler, Margrit ^d,e   Blozik, Eva ^b   Linde, Klaus ^d   Jüni, Peter ^c   Reichenbach, Stephan ^c,f   Scherer, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BUPIVACAINE; CERULETIDE; CIZOLIRTINE; CLONIXIN LYSINE; DEXKETOPROFEN; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DICLOFENAC; DIPYRONE; FENTANYL; FLURBIPROFEN; IBUPROFEN; INDOMETACIN; KETOPROFEN; KETOROLAC; LORNOXICAM; MORPHINE; NEFOPAM; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PARECOXIB; PENTAZOCINE; PETHIDINE; PLACEBO; PROPACETAMOL; THIAMINE; TRAMADOL; UNINDEXED DRUG; ZOMEPIRAC; ANALGESIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

BILIARY COLIC; CANCER PAIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG SAFETY; FATIGUE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INJECTION SITE PAIN; KIDNEY COLIC; KIDNEY PAIN; LEUKOPENIA; META ANALYSIS; MIGRAINE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PANCREATITIS; PATIENT DROPOUTS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTTRAUMATIC PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SHIVERING; SOMNOLENCE; SWEATING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VERTIGO; VOMITING; ADULT; AGRANULOCYTOSIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY CONTROL; YOUNG ADULT;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADULT; AGRANULOCYTOSIS; ANALGESICS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; DIPYRONE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929471859     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122918     Document Type: Review

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