The effects of melatonin on anxiety and pain scores of patients, intraocular pressure, and operating conditions during cataract surgery under topical anesthesia

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 319-324

  Khezri, Marzieh ^a   Merate, Hamid ^a  

^a Qazvin Medical Science University   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anxiety; cataract; intraocular pressure; melatonin; pain; topical anesthesia

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; MELATONIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBLINGUAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADMINISTRATION, SUBLINGUAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANXIETY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84883202338     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: 19983689     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.99637     Document Type: Article

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