Melatonin provides anxiolysis, enhances analgesia, decreases intraocular pressure, and promotes better operating conditions during cataract surgery under topical anesthesia

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1146-1151

  Ismail, Salah A ^a   Mowafi, Hany A ^a,b  

^a KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MELATONIN; OXYBUPROCAINE; PLACEBO; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

AGED; ANALGESIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREMEDICATION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; ANXIETY; BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG EFFECT; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TABLET; TIME; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIETY; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PREANESTHETIC MEDICATION; TABLETS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 63849106922     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e3181907ebe     Document Type: Article

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