Post-operative analgesia: focus has been on benefit - are we forgetting the harm?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anaesthesiology, Centre of Head and Orthopaedics, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
² Department of Anaesthesiology, Zealand University Hospital, Koge, Denmark.
³ Copenhagen Trial Unit, Centre for Clinical Intervention Research, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁴ Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospitals, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Editorial

M L Fabritius et al. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2016 Aug.

. 2016 Aug;60(7):839-41.

doi: 10.1111/aas.12729.

¹ Department of Anaesthesiology, Centre of Head and Orthopaedics, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
² Department of Anaesthesiology, Zealand University Hospital, Koge, Denmark.
³ Copenhagen Trial Unit, Centre for Clinical Intervention Research, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁴ Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospitals, Copenhagen, Denmark.

No abstract available

Comment on

Improving the quality of reporting of randomized controlled trials. The CONSORT statement.
Begg C, Cho M, Eastwood S, Horton R, Moher D, Olkin I, Pitkin R, Rennie D, Schulz KF, Simel D, Stroup DF. Begg C, et al. JAMA. 1996 Aug 28;276(8):637-9. doi: 10.1001/jama.276.8.637. JAMA. 1996. PMID: 8773637 No abstract available.
Reporting of adverse effects in clinical trials should be improved: lessons from acute postoperative pain.
Edwards JE, McQuay HJ, Moore RA, Collins SL. Edwards JE, et al. J Pain Symptom Manage. 1999 Dec;18(6):427-37. doi: 10.1016/s0885-3924(99)00093-7. J Pain Symptom Manage. 1999. PMID: 10641469