The analgesic effects of preemptive gabapentin in patients undergoing surgery for brachial plexus injury - A preliminary study

Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 235-238

  Prabhakar, Hemanshu ^a   Arora, Rajni ^a   Bithal, Parmod K ^a   Rath, Girija P ^a   Dash, Hari H ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus injury; Gabapentin; Preemptive analgesia

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; GABAPENTIN; KETOROLAC; PLACEBO; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BISPECTRAL INDEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; NERVE SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINES; ANALGESICS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 34748903438     PISSN: 08984921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ANA.0b013e3181271863     Document Type: Article

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