The Effect of pre-operative oral clonidine or gabapentin on post-operative pain intensity, morphine consumption and post-operative nausea and vomiting in patients who undergone thyroidectomy: A double-blind placebo-control study

Journal of Anesthesia and Clinical Research

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 206-

  Marashi, Seyed Mojtaba ^a   Morabi, Ali Akbar ^a   Ghafari, Mohammad Hossein ^a   Azimaraghi, Omid ^a   Movafegh, Ali ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Clonidine; Gabapentin; Postoperative nausea and vomiting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880017905     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21556148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4172/2155-6148.1000206     Document Type: Article

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