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Effect of Intravenous Acetaminophen on Post-Anesthesia Care Unit Length of Stay, Opioid Consumption, Pain, and Analgesic Drug Costs After Ambulatory Surgery
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Effect of Intravenous Acetaminophen on Post-Anesthesia Care Unit Length of Stay, Opioid Consumption, Pain, and Analgesic Drug Costs After Ambulatory Surgery

Moteb A. Khobrani, James M. Camamo and Asad E. Patanwala
P&T (Lawrenceville, N.J.), Vol.42(2), pp.125-139
01/02/2017
PMCID: PMC5265238
PMID: 28163558

Abstract

acetaminophen ambulatory surgical procedures analgesics pain
A retrospective cohort study conducted in adult patients finds that intravenous acetaminophen use in certain ambulatory procedures is not associated with decreased PACU length of stay, but it may decrease postoperative pain.

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