Treatment with lavender aromatherapy in the post-anesthesia care unit reduces opioid requirements of morbidly obese patients undergoing laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 920-925

  Kim, Jung T ^a   Ren, Christine J ^b   Fielding, George A ^b   Pitti, Abhishek ^a   Kasumi, Takeo ^a   Wajda, Michael ^a   Lebovits, Allen ^a   Bekker, Alex ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatherapy; Bariatric surgery; Gastric banding; Laparoscopic surgery; Lavender oil; Morbid obesity; Opioid; Postoperative pain

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; LAVENDER OIL; MORPHINE; OXYGEN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ALERTNESS; AROMATHERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GASTRIC BANDING; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAVENDER; MALE; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; OBSERVER VARIATION; OPERATION DURATION; OXYGEN MASK; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTANESTHESIA CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEDATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; AROMATHERAPY; FEMALE; GASTROPLASTY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; OILS, VOLATILE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PLANT OILS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 35748974533     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-007-9170-7     Document Type: Article

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