Korean J Anesthesiol
September 2013
There are various causes to a low level of consciousness in patients in the intensive care unit. Neurological injury, infection, and metabolic disarray are considered as some of the causes. A 39 year-old female patient was transferred to our hospital with septic shock due to ascending colon perforation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Gabapentin is a safe and well-tolerated anticonvulsant with a wide therapeutic index, and it is used for neuropathic pain. The aim of this study was to compare previous dosing methods with the administration of four different doses of gabapentin while maintaining the same maximum daily dose for the safe administration of high doses of the medication.
Methods: THE SUBJECTS WERE OUTPATIENTS WITH VARIOUS NEUROPATHIC PAIN SYNDROMES, WITH AT LEAST TWO OF THE FOLLOWING SYMPTOMS: allodynia, burning pain, shooting pain, or hyperalgesia.