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Perioperative lumbar plexus block and cardiac ischemia in patients with hip fracture: randomized clinical trial [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Anestesiologia, 2018
Background Perioperative myocardial ischemia is common among patients undergoing hip fracture surgery. Our aim is to evaluate the efficacy of perioperative continuous lumbar plexus block in reducing the risk of cardiac ischemic events of elderly patients
Fernando R. Altermatt, Ghislaine C. Echevarría, René F. De la Fuente, Ricardo Baeza, Marcela Ferrada, Juan C. De la Cuadra, Marcia A. Corvetto   +6 more
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A comparative study of intravenous patient-controlled analgesia with tramadol alone and tramadol plus dexmedetomidine for major lower abdominal surgery

Indian Journal of Pain, 2017
Background: Different techniques are used to provide postoperative pain relief to the patients. The patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) has come out as promising option.
Neeta Abhay Kavishvar, Bhavesh H Prajapati   +1 more
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Patient-controlled versus nurse-controlled post-operative analgesia after caesarean section

Advanced Biomedical Research, 2012
Background:The aim of this study was to compare the differences in the quality of analgesia by patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) and nurse-controlled analgesia (NCA) for post-caesarean section analgesia.
Amin Ebneshahidi, Mojtaba Akbari, Bahram Heshmati   +2 more
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Emergency Department Pain Management Following Implementation of a Geriatric Hip Fracture Program [PDF]

, 2017
Introduction: Over 300,000 patients in the United States sustain low-trauma fragility hip fractures annually. Multidisciplinary geriatric fracture programs (GFP) including early, multimodal pain management reduce morbidity and mortality. Our overall goal
Casey, Scott D, Hirsch, Calvin H, Mumma, Bryn E, Slee, Christina, Stevenson, Dane E, Tyler, Katren, Wolinsky, Philip R   +6 more
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Analgesic effectiveness of remifentanil intravenous patient-controlled regimen in different stages of labor analgesia

陆军军医大学学报, 2022
Objective To investigate the effectiveness and safety of intravenous remifentanil patient-controlled intravenous analgesia (PCIA) regimen during the active and latency period of the first labor and its influence on plasma prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) in ...
CAI Meng, YU Jin, CHEN Hongyan, LEI Xiaofeng   +3 more
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A prospective analysis of sleep deprivation and disturbance in surgical patients [PDF]

, 2016
Introduction: Sleep deprivation has a potentially deleterious effect on postoperative recovery. The aim of our prospective study was to identify the factors contributing to postoperative sleep deprivation and disturbance in order to recommend ...
Camilleri-Brennan, John, Dolan, Ross, Huh, Jae, Sproat, Tom, Tiwari, Neil   +4 more
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Dexmedetomidine and sufentanil combination versus sufentanil alone for postoperative intravenous patient-controlled analgesia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

BMC Anesthesiology, 2019
Background Previous studies have demonstrated that dexmedetomidine improves the quality of postoperative analgesia. In the present study, we performed a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials to quantify the effect of dexmedetomidine as an ...
Miaomiao Feng, Xuhui Chen, Tongtong Liu, Chuanhan Zhang, Li Wan, Wenlong Yao   +5 more
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Trajectory of pain threshold and its association with acute pain after thoracic surgery: a prospective observational study

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2023
Background Postoperative analgesic management is an ongoing challenge. The pain threshold (PT) is an objective index that reflects the body’s sensitivity to pain and can be used for quantitative pain assessment.
Fei Wang, Meng-Chan Ou, Yi-Hao Zhu, Tao Zhu, Xue-Chao Hao   +4 more
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Relationships between post operative pain management and short term functional mobility in total knee arthroplasty patients with a femoral nerve catheter: A preliminary study [PDF]

, 2011
Background: Effective pain management following total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is fundamental in achieving positive rehabilitation outcomes. The purpose of our study was to investigate post operative pain management in relation to short term functional ...
Fetherston, C., Ward, S.
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Pain relief for women with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia undergoing colposcopy treatment [PDF]

, 2012
Treatment for CIN is usually undertaken in an outpatient colposcopy clinic to remove the pre-cancerous cells from the cervix. It commonly involves lifting the cells off the cervix with electrically heated wire (diathermy) or laser, or destroying the ...
AI-Kurdi, Anthony, Connell, Crompton, Cruickshank, Deeks, DerSimonian, Diakomanolis, Duncan, Frega, Higgins, Howells, Huskisson, Johnson, Johnston, Jordan, Lee, Lipscomb, Lowles, Martin-Hirsch, Melzack, Mikhail, Moore, Peto, Rogstad, Sammarco, Sant, Sarkar, Sharp, Spielberger, Winters, Zigmond   +31 more
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