Preoperative gabapentin prevents intrathecal morphine- induced pruritus after orthopedic surgery

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1868-1872

  Sheen, Michael J ^a,b   Ho, Shung Tai ^a   Lee, Chian Her ^b   Tsung, Yu Chi ^a   Chang, Fang Lin ^a  

^a Departments of Anesthesiology   (Taiwan)

^b TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; DROPERIDOL; FENTANYL; GABAPENTIN; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; NALBUPHINE; PETHIDINE; PLACEBO; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINE; ANTIPRURITIC AGENT; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NARCOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG CAPSULE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJECTION; LIMB SALVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; SOMNOLENCE; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; URINE RETENTION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITALIZATION; INTRASPINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEG; PREMEDICATION; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AMINES; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTIPRURITICS; BUPIVACAINE; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MORPHINE; NARCOTICS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PREMEDICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PRURITUS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44649110828     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e3181730130     Document Type: Article

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