Effects of gabapentin on pain and opioid consumption after abdominal hysterectomy

Pain Research and Management

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 94-96

  Frouzanfard, Fatemeh ^a   Fazel, Mohammed Reza ^a   Abolhasani, Azadeh ^a   Fakharian, Esmaeil ^a   Mousavi, Golmabas ^a   Moravveji, Alireza ^a  

^a KASHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Gabapentin; Hysterectomy; Opioid; Pain; Placebo

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN; MORPHINE; PLACEBO;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOBILIZATION; OPERATION DURATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

EID: 84878282641     PISSN: 12036765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/787401     Document Type: Article

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