Pregabalin reduces post-operative pain after mastectomy: A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 290-296

  Kim, S Y ^a   Song, J W ^a   Park, B ^a   Park, S ^a   An, Y J ^a   Shim, Y H ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACECLOFENAC; FENTANYL; KETOROLAC; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MIDAZOLAM; ONDANSETRON; PLACEBO; PREGABALIN; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; ROCURONIUM; SEVOFLURANE; TRAMADOL;

ABDUCTION; ADULT; ARM; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SAFETY; EGO; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; LIMB PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; REST; RETCHING; TELEPHONE; THORAX PAIN; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANALGESICS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE;

EID: 79751476195     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2010.02374.x     Document Type: Article

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