Single dose dipyrone (metamizole) for acute postoperative pain

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2014, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Hearn, Leslie ^a   Derry, Sheena ^a   Moore, R Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; DIPYRONE; PLACEBO;

AGRANULOCYTOSIS; ALLERGY; ANALGESIA; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSPASM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONING; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; NUMBERS NEEDED TO TREAT; PAIN; PAIN INTENSITY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 85041731422     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011421     Document Type: Article

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