Effectiveness of intravenous acetaminophen for postoperative pain management in hip and knee arthroplasties: a population-based study.

Ottokar StundnerJashvant PoeranHannah Noemi LadenhaufMarc Moritz BergerSteven B LevyNicole ZubizarretaMadhu MazumdarJanis BekerisJiabin LiuLeesa M GalatzCalin S MouchaStavros Memtsoudis

Published in: Regional anesthesia and pain medicine (2019)

These results do not support the routine use of intravenous APAP in patients undergoing lower joint arthroplasty, especially since oral APAP shows more beneficial outcome patterns.

Keyphrases

postoperative pain
patients undergoing
high dose
randomized controlled trial
systematic review
clinical practice
liver injury
low dose
drug induced