A single preoperative dose of gabapentin (800 milligrams) does not augment postoperative analgesia in patients given interscalene brachial plexus blocks for arthroscopic shoulder surgery

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1278-1282

  Adam, Frédéric ^a   Ménigaux, Christophe ^a   Sessler, Daniel I ^b,c   Chauvin, Marcel ^a  

^a HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; GABAPENTIN; KETOPROFENE; MORPHINE; PARACETAMOL; REMIFENTANIL; ROPIVACAINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ANALGESIA; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; NERVE SURGERY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

ADULT; AMINES; ARTHROSCOPY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SHOULDER;

EID: 33750345151     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000237300.78508.f1     Document Type: Article

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