Perioperative gabapentin reduces 24 h opioid consumption and improves in-hospital rehabilitation but not post-discharge outcomes after total knee arthroplasty with peripheral nerve block

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 855-864

  Clarke, H A ^a,b,d   Katz, J ^a,d,e   McCartney, C J L ^b,d   Stratford, P ^b,f   Kennedy, D ^f   Page M G ^e   Awad, I T ^b,d   Gollish, J ^c   Kay, J ^g  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b Department of Anaesthesia ^*  (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f School of Rehabilitation Science   (Canada)

^g MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

functional outcomes; gabapentin; multimodal analgesia; pain; patient reported outcomemeasures; physiotherapy; TKA; total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CELECOXIB; FENTANYL; GABAPENTIN; MORPHINE; OXYCODONE; PLACEBO; ROPIVACAINE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT DURATION; ADOLESCENT; DRUG EFFECTS; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROCEDURES; REHABILITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMINES; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84911131590     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeu202     Document Type: Article

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