Gabapentin for post-operative pain management – a systematic review with meta-analyses and trial sequential analyses

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1188-1208

  Fabritius, M L ^a   Geisler, A ^b   Petersen, P L ^a   Nikolajsen, L ^c   Hansen, M S ^a   Kontinen, V ^d   Hamunen, K ^e   Dahl, J B ^f   Wetterslev, J ^f   Mathiesen, O ^b  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^b ZEALAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d JORVI HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN; MORPHINE; OPIATE; PLACEBO; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ATELECTASIS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DIZZINESS; DRUG FATALITY; HAND PARESTHESIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; META ANALYSIS; MOUTH DISEASE; NAUSEA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RASH; RESPIRATORY ARREST; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEDATION; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SURGICAL PATIENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TONGUE DISEASE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URINE RETENTION; URTICARIA; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VOMITING; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; STATISTICAL BIAS;

AMINES; ANALGESICS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE;

EID: 84978493595     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aas.12766     Document Type: Review

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