A perioperative course of gabapentin does not produce a clinically meaningful improvement in analgesia after cesarean delivery: A randomized controlled trial

Anesthesiology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 320-326

  Monks, David T ^a   Hoppe, David W ^a   Downey, Kristi ^a   Shah, Vibhuti ^a   Bernstein, Paul ^b   Carvalho, Jose C A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; DICLOFENAC; DIMENHYDRINATE; FENTANYL; GABAPENTIN; HYDROMORPHONE; KETOROLAC; LACTIC ACID; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MORPHINE; ONDANSETRON; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARALLEL DESIGN; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REST; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; DRUG EFFECTS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AMINES; ANALGESICS; CESAREAN SECTION; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84942419161     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000000722     Document Type: Article

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