The Use of Intravenous Acetaminophen for Acute Pain in the Emergency Department

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 543-553

  Sin, Billy ^a,b   Wai, Mabel ^c   Tatunchak, Tamara ^b   Motov, Sergey M ^d,e  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROOKLYN HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXKETOPROFEN; LIDOCAINE; MORPHINE; PARACETAMOL; PIROXICAM; TRAMADOL; ANALGESIC AGENT;

ANALGESIA; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SAFETY; EMBASE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MEDLINE; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; VOMITING; ACUTE PAIN; ADULT; EUROPE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ACUTE PAIN; ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVENOUS; ADULT; ANALGESICS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84963815542     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12921     Document Type: Review

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