TY - JOUR T1 - Review: a single dose of oral naproxen or naproxen sodium reduced acute postoperative pain in adults JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 53 LP - 53 DO - 10.1136/ebn.8.2.53 VL - 8 IS - 2 A2 - , Y1 - 2005/04/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/8/2/53.abstract N2 - Mason L, Edwards JE, Moore RA, et al. Single dose oral naproxen and naproxen sodium for acute postoperative pain. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2004;(4):CD004234. Q Is a single dose of oral naproxen or naproxen sodium effective and safe for acute postoperative pain in adults? Data sources:Cochrane Library (Issue 4, 2002), Medline and PreMedline (1966–2002), PubMed (1966–2002), EMBASE/Excerpta Medica (1980–2002), Oxford Pain Relief Database (based on 40 hand searched journals from 1954–94), unpublished trials held in house, and reference lists of retrieved articles.Study selection and assessment:published and unpublished randomised, double blind, clinical trials in any language that compared a single oral dose of naproxen or naproxen sodium with placebo (⩾10 patients/group) in adults (⩾12 y) with moderate to severe pain after a surgical procedure in a day surgery or inpatient setting; pain intensity had … ER -