Pregabalin in severe burn injury pain: A double-blind, randomised placebo-controlled trial

Pain

Volumn 152, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1279-1288

  Gray, Paul ^a,b   Kirby, Julie ^b   Smith, Maree T ^a   Cabot, Peter J ^a   Williams, Bronwyn ^b   Doecke, James ^b   Cramond, Tess ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Burn injury; Itch; Neuropathic pain scale; Pain management; Pregabalin; Randomised placebo controlled trial

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; CODEINE; FENTANYL; HYDROMORPHONE; KETAMINE; LORAZEPAM; METHADONE; MORPHINE; NITROUS OXIDE PLUS OXYGEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; PREGABALIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BODY SURFACE; BURN; BURN UNIT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCOMFORT; DISEASE DURATION; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DROWSINESS; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDIGESTION; INJURY SEVERITY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NAUSEA; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPATHIC PAIN SCALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN TINGLING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; BURNS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956112318     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2011.01.055     Document Type: Article

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