Gabapentin improves postcesarean delivery pain management: A randomized, placebo-controlled trial

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 167-173

  Moore, Albert ^a   Costello, Joseph ^a   Wieczorek, Paul ^a   Shah, Vibhuti ^a   Taddio, Anna ^a   Carvalho, Jose C A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; DICLOFENAC; DIMENHYDRINATE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; FENTANYL; GABAPENTIN; KETOROLAC; MORPHINE; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTERIAL PH; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; CHRONIC PAIN; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NAUSEA; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REST; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL VEIN; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING;

EID: 78650953043     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181fdf5ee     Document Type: Article

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