Effect of i.v. acetaminophen on total hip or knee replacement surgery: A case-matched evaluation of a national patient database

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 72, Issue 22, 2015, Pages 1961-1968

  Apfel, Christian ^a   Jahr, Jonathan R ^b   Kelly, Colleen L ^c   Ang, Robert Y ^d   Oderda, Gary M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Kelly Statistical Consulting   (United States)

^d Bavarian Nordic GmbH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KETOROLAC; ONDANSETRON; PARACETAMOL; ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DATA BASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULARY; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXEMIA; ILEUS; INFECTION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; SURGICAL PATIENT; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; URINE RETENTION; ECONOMICS; HIP REPLACEMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KNEE REPLACEMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVENOUS; ADULT; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; COHORT STUDIES; COST SAVINGS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84962910589     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: 15352900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2146/ajhp140179     Document Type: Article

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