Effects of preoperative gabapentin on postoperative nausea and vomiting after open cholecystectomy: A prospective randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-60

  Khademi, Saeed ^a   Ghaffarpasand, Fariborz ^a,b   Heiran, Hamid Reza ^a   Asefi, Arshak ^a  

^a FASA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b NONE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Gabapentin; Open cholecystectomy; Postoperative nausea and vomiting

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN; METOCLOPRAMIDE; PETHIDINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AMINES; ANALGESICS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PLACEBOS; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 73849138186     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000252836     Document Type: Article

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