The Effect of gabapentin premedication on postoperative nausea, vomiting, and pain in patients on preoperative dexamethasone undergoing craniotomy for intracranial tumors

Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 386-391

  Misra, Satyajeet ^a   Parthasarathi, Gayatri ^a   Vilanilam, George C ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Craniotomy; Dexamethasone; Gabapentin; PONV

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; FENTANYL; GABAPENTIN; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; ISOFLURANE; NEOSTIGMINE; ONDANSETRON; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PHENYTOIN; PLACEBO; PROPOFOL; VECURONIUM;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIOTOMY; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; MALE; MORNING DOSAGE; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; VOMITING;

ADULT; AMINES; ANESTHESIA; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CRANIOTOMY; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DEXAMETHASONE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PREANESTHETIC MEDICATION;

EID: 84884411386     PISSN: 08984921     EISSN: 15371921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ANA.0b013e31829327eb     Document Type: Article

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