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ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care2020

Examination of the sedative and analgesic effects of gabapentin and dexmedetomidine in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy surgery: A randomized controlled trial.

Babak H Zoroufchi, Hoda Zangian, Abolfazl Abdollahpour

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Article in Journal of family medicine and primary care, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Babak H ZoroufchiDepartment of Anesthesiology, Kowsar Hospital, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran.
Hoda ZangianDepartment of Anesthesiology, Kowsar Hospital, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran.
Abolfazl AbdollahpourDepartment of Anesthesiology, Kowsar Hospital, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran.
Kowsar Hospital · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionAt present, laparoscopic surgery is a very common method, especially for the removal of the gallbladder, because pain and anxiety following surgery is a major problem in surgical operations. Various studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of gabapentin and dexmedetomidine in reducing pain intensity after surgery. The present study is aimed at examining the sedative and analgesic effects of gabapentin and dexmedetomidine in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

methodsThis was a double-blinded clinical trial involving 40 patients who were candidates for laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The patients were randomly allotted in two groups of dexmedetomidine (

resultsAcross the follow-up points, more reduction in pain intensity was observed in the dexmedetomidine group as compared with the gabapentin group. The available dissimilarities between these two groups in pain decrement at the recovery room and 3 h after being discharged from the recovery room were not significant (

conclusionCompared with gabapentin, dexmedetomidine leads to more pain reduction after surgery and better sedation during and after surgery.

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Analgesic effectsdexmedetomidinegabapentinlaparoscopic surgerysedation

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