Preoperative oral passiflora incarnata reduces anxiety in ambulatory surgery patients: A double-blind, placebo-controlled study

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1728-1732

  Movafegh, Ali ^a,b   Alizadeh, Reza ^b   Hajimohamadi, Fatimah ^c   Esfehani, Fatimah ^b   Nejatfar, Mohmad ^b  

^a Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care ^*  (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; KETOROLAC; PASSIFLORA INCARNATA EXTRACT; PASSIPY; PLACEBO; PROPOFOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; PREMEDICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECOVERY ROOM; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; CONSCIOUSNESS; DRUG EFFECT; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PASSION FRUIT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIETY; CONSCIOUSNESS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PASSIFLORA; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PREANESTHETIC MEDICATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44649122152     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e318172c3f9     Document Type: Article

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