Tramadol: a Review of Its Use in Perioperative Pain
Drugs 2000 Jul; 60 (1): 139-176 ADIS DRUG EVA L U AT I O N 0012-6667/00/0007-0139/$25.00/0 © Adis International Limited. All rights reserved. Tramadol A Review of its Use in Perioperative Pain Lesley J. Scott and Caroline M. Perry Adis International Limited, Auckland, New Zealand Various sections of the manuscript reviewed by: S.R. Abel, Indiana University Medical Centre, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; S.S. Bloomfield, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; J.E. Caldwell, Department of Anesthesia, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA; K.A. Lehmann, Institute of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany; L. Radbruch, Institute of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany; K. Szymanski, Indiana University Medical Centre, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; P. Tarkkila, Department of Anaesthesia, Helsinki University Centre Hospital, Helsinki, Finland; C.H. Wilder-Smith, Gastrointestinal Unit and Nociception Research Group, Berne, Switzerland. Data Selection Sources: Medical literature published in any language since 1993 on tramadol, identified using AdisBase (a proprietary database of Adis International, Auckland, New Zealand) and Medline. Additional references were identified from the reference lists of published articles. Bibliographical information, including contributory unpublished data, was also requested from the company developing the drug. Search strategy: AdisBase search terms were ‘tramadol’ or ‘CG-315’ or ‘CG-315E’ or ‘U-26225A’. Medline search terms were ‘tramadol’. Searches were last updated 26 May 2000. Selection: Studies in patients with perioperative moderate to severe pain who received tramadol. Inclusion of studies was based mainly on the methods section of the trials. When available, large, well controlled trials with appropriate statistical methodology were preferred.
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