Evidence for analgesic effect in acute pain - 50 years on

Affiliations

¹ Pain Research and Nuffield Division of Anaesthetics, University of Oxford, The Churchill, Oxford, UK Centre for Pain Research, The University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK The UK Cochrane Centre, NHS R&D Programme, Summertown Pavilion, Middle Way, Oxford OX2 7LG, UK.

Review

Henry J McQuay et al. Pain. 2012 Jul.

. 2012 Jul;153(7):1364-1367.

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2012.01.024. Epub 2012 Mar 3.

¹ Pain Research and Nuffield Division of Anaesthetics, University of Oxford, The Churchill, Oxford, UK Centre for Pain Research, The University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK The UK Cochrane Centre, NHS R&D Programme, Summertown Pavilion, Middle Way, Oxford OX2 7LG, UK.

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Comment in

Postoperative pain management: number-needed-to-treat approach versus procedure-specific pain management approach.
Joshi GP, Schug SA, Bonnet F, Fischer HBJ, Neugebauer EAM, Rawal N, Simanski CJP, Kehlet H; PROSPECT Working Group. Joshi GP, et al. Pain. 2013 Jan;154(1):178-179. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2012.10.006. Epub 2012 Oct 22. Pain. 2013. PMID: 23159575 No abstract available.
Postoperative pain management: number-needed-to-treat approach versus procedure-specific pain management approach.
McQuay H, Derry S, Wiffen P, Moore A, Eccleston C. McQuay H, et al. Pain. 2013 Jan;154(1):180. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2012.10.007. Epub 2012 Oct 22. Pain. 2013. PMID: 23200259 No abstract available.

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