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Trial reportMedicine2017

The comparative preemptive analgesic efficacy of addition of vitamin B complex to gabapentin versus gabapentin alone in women undergoing cesarean section under spinal anesthesia: A prospective randomized double-blind study.

Marzieh Beigom Khezri, Nahid Nasseh, Ghodratollah Soltanian

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Trial report in Medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Guideline
  2. Complementary and alternative therapies for post-caesarean pain.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Marzieh Beigom KhezriDepartment of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran.
Nahid Nasseh
Ghodratollah Soltanian
Qazvin University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDevelopment of new multimodal analgesic regimens have led to substantial improvement in postoperative pain relief. We designed this study to compare the effect of combined vitamin B complex-gabapentin versus gabapentin alone on postoperative pain in women undergoing cesarean section under spinal anesthesia.

methodsOne hundred twenty-eight women who underwent cesarean section under spinal anesthesia were randomized to receive orally 300 mg gabapentin (group G) or 300 mg of gabapentin plus 2 vitamin B complex (group GB) tablets 30 minutes before surgery. Postoperative pain intensity and total analgesic consumption during 12 hours after surgery, vomiting, and drowsiness during recovery were assessed.

resultsThe pain intensity in the gabapentin plus vitamin B complex group was lower than gabapentin group during 12 hours after surgery (95% CI: 1.4-2.2; P < .001). Meanwhile, the total analgesic consumption in this group was less than gabapentin alone (95% CI: 1.07-1.24; P = 0.034). The incidence of vomiting in patients who receive combined gabapentin-vitamin B complex group was similar to gabapentin alone (P = .206). The difference of the distribution of the relative frequency of sedation according to Ramsay sedation scores in patients between 2 groups were insignificant (P = .82). All newborns in our study were free of any adverse effects.

conclusionAddition of vitamin B complex to gabapentin reduced intensity of postoperative pain and also the total amount of analgesic consumption within the first 12 hours postoperative following cesarean section.

Indexed as

Administration, OralAdultAminesAnalgesicsAnesthesia, SpinalCesarean SectionCyclohexanecarboxylic AcidsDouble-Blind MethodDrug Therapy, CombinationFemaleGabapentingamma-Aminobutyric AcidHumansIncidencePain MeasurementPostoperative Nausea and VomitingAminesAnalgesicsCyclohexanecarboxylic AcidsGabapentingamma-Aminobutyric AcidVitamin B Complex

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PMID28403084
PMCPMC5403081
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