Efficacy of intrathecal midazolam with or without epidural methylprednisolone for management of post-herpetic neuralgia involving lumbosacral dermatomes

Pain Physician

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 213-221

  Dureja, G P ^a   Usmani, Hammad ^b   Khan, Mozaffar ^b   Tahseen, Mohd ^b   Jamal, Aslam ^b  

^a INDIAN SPINAL INJURIES CENTRE   (India)

^b ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Allodynia; Epidural; Intrathecal; Lumbosacral; Methylprednisolone; Midazolam; Neurological sequelae; Pain; Postherpetic neuralgia; Sedation

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDAZOLAM; PARACETAMOL; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALLODYNIA; ANALGESIA; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOME; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTDURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SLEEP; SPINAL ROOT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADJUVANTS, ANESTHESIA; AGED; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDAZOLAM; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA, POSTHERPETIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953335708     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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