Gabapentin and postoperative pain - a systematic review of randomized controlled trials

Pain

Volumn 126, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 91-101

  Ho, Kok Yuen ^a   Gan, Tong J ^a   Habib, Ashraf S ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Gabapentin; Meta analysis; Pain; Postoperative; Surgery; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CODEINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DICLOFENAC; FENTANYL; GABAPENTIN; MORPHINE; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; TRAMADOL;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTIPATION; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NAUSEA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SURGICAL PATIENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URINE RETENTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING;

ACUTE DISEASE; AMINES; ANALGESICS; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 33751007837     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2006.06.018     Document Type: Article

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