Pregabalin reduces opioid consumption and improves outcome in chronic pain patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty

Physician and Sportsmedicine

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 10-17

  Sawan, Hind ^a   Chen, Antonia F ^a   Viscusi, Eugene R ^b   Parvizi, Javad ^a   Hozack, William J ^a  

^a ROTHMAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Multimodal analgesia; Opioid consumption; Outcomes; Pain control; Pregabalin; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

CELECOXIB; KETOROLAC; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PREGABALIN; TRAMADOL; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; DRUG DERIVATIVE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; PYRAZOLE DERIVATIVE; SULFONAMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPIOID CONSUMPTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ANALGESIA; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; METHODOLOGY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACETAMINOPHEN; AGED; ANALGESICS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CHRONIC PAIN; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITORS; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PYRAZOLES; SULFONAMIDES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84908314535     PISSN: 00913847     EISSN: 23263660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/psm.2014.05.2053     Document Type: Article

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