New Advances in Brain & Critical Care(NABCC)

Fourth-year Medical Student, Alabama College of Osteopathic, Medicine, United States

Publications

• Review Article   
  Pediatric Gabapentin Use in Postoperative Pain following Craniotomy: A Scoping Review
  Author(s): Taylor F Faust*, Garrett M Cail, Hannah Yates, Robert Parker and Sebastian Alston
  
  Management of postoperative pain following craniotomy can be dealt with in several forms. Treatment options range from conventional protocols involving opioid narcotics, NSAIDS, non-opioid pain management, and non-pharmacological management. Due to the massively publicized opioid crisis in the United States and in other countries there is a call for alternative methods for pain management. Of the alternative pain management techniques, gabapentin has been used in acute postoperative settings due to its anticonvulsant properties and pain management capabilities. This drug has been extensively used in the adult population, but its use in the pediatric population is uncommon. This scoping review aims to identify the lack of documented postoperative use in the pediatric population, specifically following craniotomy. It will aim to emphasize the need for further exploration of the use of g.. Read More»
  

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