Preoperative use of gabapentin decreases the anesthetic and analgesic requirements in patients undergoing radical mastectomy

Egyptian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 287-291

  Doha, Nagwa M ^a   Rady, Ayman ^a   El Azab, Samia R ^b,c  

^a Gamal Abd El Nasir   (Egypt)

^b Alzahraa University Hospital   (Egypt)

^c King Fahd Specialist Hospital   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Gabapentin; Postoperative analgesia; Preemptive analgesia

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; FENTANYL; GABAPENTIN; ISOFLURANE; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ARTICLE; BISPECTRAL INDEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MASTECTOMY; NAUSEA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING;

EID: 79960563243     PISSN: 11101849     EISSN: 16871804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egja.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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