%0 Journal Article
%T High Body Mass Index and Use of Fentanyl Iontophoretic Transdermal System in Postoperative Pain Management: Results of a Pooled Analysis of Six Phase 3/3B Trials
%A Eugene R. Viscusi
%A J. Bradley Phipps
%A Li Ding
%A Loretta M. Itri
%A Philip R. Schauer
%J Archive of "Pain and Therapy".
%D 2017
%R 10.1007/s40122-016-0064-z
%X Postoperative pain management can be challenging in patients with a high body mass index (BMI) especially as a result of poor venous access and delayed ambulation that can result in serious complications. Fentanyl iontophoretic transdermal system (ITS) is a needle-free, patient-controlled analgesic method available for use in acute postoperative pain. The primary objective of these analyses was to determine if there were any differences between patients with high BMI (>40 kg/m2) and lower BMIs (<30 kg/m2 and 35¨C40 kg/m2) in terms of efficacy or safety
%K Fentanyl
%K High body mass index
%K Ionsys
%K Iontophoretic transdermal system
%K Obesity
%K Patient-controlled analgesia
%K Postoperative pain
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5447541/