The analgesic and antiemetic efficacy of gabapentin or ergotamine/caffeine for the treatment of postdural puncture headache

Advances in Medical Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-29

  Erol, D ^a  

^a UFUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

emesis; ergotamine caffeine; gabapentin; Postdural puncture headache; spinal anesthesia

Indexed keywords

CAFERGOT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; GABAPENTIN;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANTIEMETIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BED REST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPOACUSIS; MALE; NAUSEA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHOTOPHOBIA; POSTDURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RIGIDITY; SOMNOLENCE; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; STIFF NECK; TINNITUS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREMOR; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING;

ADULT; AMINES; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANTIEMETICS; CAFFEINE; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ERGOTAMINE; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POST-DURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE;

EID: 79958167461     PISSN: 18961126     EISSN: 18984002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10039-011-0009-z     Document Type: Article

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