Gabapentin Does Not Reduce Preoperative Anxiety When Given Prior to Total Hip Arthroplasty

Pain Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 966-971

  Clarke, Hance ^a,b,d   Kay, Joseph ^b,d   Orser, Beverley A ^b,d   Gollish, Jeffrey ^b   Mitsakakis, Nicholas ^a   Katz, Joel ^a,c,d  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alternative Therapies; Anxiety; Gabapentin

Indexed keywords

CELECOXIB; GABAPENTIN; MORPHINE; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINE; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICIPATORY ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE ANXIETY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ANXIETY; DRUG THERAPY; ETIOLOGY; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AMINES; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIETY; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLACEBOS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954451119     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2010.00826.x     Document Type: Article

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