Preventive acetaminophen reduces postoperative opioid consumption, vomiting, and pain scores after surgery: Systematic review and meta-analysis

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 706-712

  Doleman, Brett ^a   Read, David ^a   Lund, Jonathan N ^a   Williams, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

CINAHL; DRUG USE; EMBASE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SUBJECT HEADINGS; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; OPIOID CONSUMPTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REDUCTION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; DRUG EFFECTS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; PROCEDURES;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; HUMANS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS;

EID: 84945305906     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: 15328651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0000000000000311     Document Type: Review

References (34)

1. Apfelbaum JL, Chen C, Mehta SS, Gan TJ. Postoperative pain experience: results from a national survey suggest postoperative pain continues to be undermanaged. Anesth Analg. 2003;97:534-540.
2. Benhamou D, Berti M, Brodner G, et al. Postoperative Analgesic THerapy Observational Survey (PATHOS): a practice pattern study in 7 central/southern European countries. Pa in. 2008;136:134-141.
3. White PF, Kehlet H. Improving postoperative pain management: what are the unresolved issues? Anesthesiology. 2010;112:220-225.
4. Oscier CD, Milner QJ. Perioperative use of paracetamol. Anaesthesia. 2009;64:65-72.
5. Hyllested M, Jones S, Pedersen JL, Kehlet H. Comparative effect of paracetamol, NSAIDs or their combination in postoperative pain management: a qualitative review. Br J Anaesth. 2002;88:199-214.
6. McNicol ED, Tzortzopoulou A, Cepeda MS, Francia MB, Farhat T, Schumann R. Single-dose intravenous paracetamol or propacetamol for prevention or treatment of postoperative pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Br J Anaesth. 2011;106:764-775.
7. Bandolier. Oxford League Table of Analgesic Efficacy. 2007. Available at: http://www.medicine.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/booth/painpag/acutrev/analgesics/lftab.html. Accessed November 20, 2014.
8. Apfel CC, Turan A, Souza K, Pergolizzi J, Hornuss C. Intravenous acetaminophen reduces postoperative nausea and vomiting: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Pain. 2013;154:677-689.
9. Barden J, Edwards J, Moore A, McQuay H. Single dose oral paracetamol (acetaminophen) for postoperative pain. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2004;1:CD004602.
10. Dahl JB, Kehlet H. The value of pre-emptive analgesia in the treatment of postoperative pain. Br J Anaesth. 1993;70:434-439.
11. Woolf CJ, Chong MS. Preemptive analgesia-treating postoperative pain by preventing the establishment of central sensitization. Anesth Analg. 1993; 77:362-379.
12. Dahl JB, Moiniche S. Pre-emptive analgesia. Br Med Bull. 2004;71:13-27.
13. Møiniche S, Kehlet H, Dahl JB. A qualitative and quantitative systematic review of preemptive analgesia for postoperative pain relief: the role of timing of analgesia. Anesthesiology. 2002;96:725-741.
14. Ong CK, Lirk P, Seymour RA, Jenkins BJ. The efficacy of preemptive analgesia for acute postoperative pain management: a meta-analysis. Anesth Analg. 2005;100:757-773.
15. Moher D, Liberati A, Tetzlaff J, Altman DG. Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: the PRISMA statement. Ann Intern Med. 2009;151:264-269.
16. Higgins J, Altman DG, Gøtzsche PC, et al. The Cochrane Collaboration's tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials. BMJ. 2011;343:d5928.
17. Higgins JP, Green S. Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell; 2008.
18. Comprehensive Meta-analysis Version 3. Englewood, NJ: Biostat; 2015.
19. The Cochrane Collaboration. Review Manager (RevMan) [Computer program]. Version 5.3. Copenhagen: The Nordic Cochrane Centre; 2012.
20. Arici S, Gurbet A, Turker G, Yavascaoglu B, Sahin S. Preemptive analgesic effects of intravenous paracetamol in total abdominal hysterectomy. Agri. 2009;21:54-61.
21. Ayogen H, Dogru K, Erdem S, Bicer C, Aksu R, Boyaci A. The effect of IV paracetamol on the hemodynamic indices, liver functions and the postoperative analgesia in the patients underwent major orthopaedic surgery. Erciyes Medical J. 2008;30:71-77.
22. Koteswara CM, Sheetal D. A study on pre-emptive analgesic effect of intravenous paracetamol in functional endoscopic sinus surgeries: a randomized, double-blinded clinical study. J Clin Diagn Res. 2014;8: 108-111.
23. Khalili G, Janghorbani M, Saryazdi H, Emaminejad A. Effect of preemptive and preventive acetaminophen on postoperative pain score: a randomized, double-blind trial of patients undergoing lower extremity surgery. J Clin Anesth. 2013;25:188-192.
24. Toygar P, Akkaya T, Ozkan D, Ozel O, Uslu E, Gumus H. Does IV paracetamol have preemptive analgesic effect on lumber disc surgeries? [In Tu r k i s h]. Agri. 2008;20:14-19.
25. Arslan M, Celep B, Cicek R, Kalender HU, Yilmaz H. Comparing the efficacy of preemptive intravenous paracetamol on the reducing effect of opioid usage in cholecystectomy. J Res Med Sci. 2013;18:172-177.
26. Hassan HI. Perioperative analgesic effects of intravenous paracetamol: preemptive versus preventive analgesia in elective cesarean section. Anesth Essays Res. 2014;8:339-344.
27. Ip HY, Abrishami A, Peng PW, Wong J, Chung F. Predictors of postoperative pain and analgesic consumption: a qualitative systematic review. Anesthesiology. 2009;111:657-677.
28. Doleman B, Heinink TP, Read D, Faleiro RJ, Lund JN, Williams JP. A systematic review and meta-regression analysis of prophylactic gabapentin for postoperative pain. Anaesthesia. 2015;70:1186-1204.
29. Carlisle JB, Stevenson CA. Drugs for preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2006;3:CD004125.
30. Schulz KF, Chalmers I, Hayes RJ, Altman DG. Empirical evidence of bias: dimensions of methodological quality associated with estimates of treatment effects in controlled trials. JAMA. 1995;273:408-412.
31. Averbuch M, Katzper M. Severity of baseline pain and degree of analgesia in the third molar post-extraction dental pain model. Anesth Analg. 2003;97:163-167.
32. Bjune K, Stubhaug A, Dodgson MS, Breivik H. Additive analgesic effect of codeine and paracetamol can be detected in strong, but not moderate, pain after caesarean section. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 1996;40:399-407.
33. Espitalier F, Tavernier E, Remérand F, Laffon M, Fusciardi J, Giraudeau B. Heterogeneity in meta-analyses of treatment of acute postoperative pain: a review. Br J Anaesth. 2013;111:897-906.
34. Guyatt GH, Oxman AD, Vist GE, et al. GRADE: an emerging consensus on rating quality of evidence and strength of recommendations. BMJ. 2008;336:924-926.