A Randomised, placebo-controlled trial of the effects of preoperative pregabalin on pain intensity and opioid consumption following lumbar discectomy

Korean Journal of Pain

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 22-30

  Hegarty, Dominic A ^a   Shorten, George D ^a  

^a University College Cork   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Morphine consumption; Post operative pain; Pregabalin

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; MORPHINE; ONDANSETRON; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; PREGABALIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MALE; NAUSEA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADICULAR PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SOMNOLENCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VISUAL DISORDER; VOMITING;

EID: 80053943892     PISSN: 20059159     EISSN: 20930569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3344/kjp.2011.24.1.22     Document Type: Article

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