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Influence of pre-peritoneal vs. epidural levobupivacaine infusion on troponin I and BNP as predictors of cardiac injury in cancer patients undergoing major upper abdominal operations: A randomized controlled clinical trial

Egyptian Journal of Anaesthesia, 2023
Background Cancer patients undergoing major noncardiac surgery are more likely to experience perioperative morbidity and mortality due to myocardial damage.Methods Comparative study enrolled 80 patients with upper abdominal malignancies subjected to ...
Samy Abdelrahman Amr, Ahmed Hassan Othman, Rania Mohamed Mohamed Bakri El-Aton, Mohammed Farghaly Abd-El-Hamed, Diab Fuad Hetta   +4 more
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Efficacy and harms of long‐term opioid therapy in chronic non‐cancer pain: Systematic review and meta‐analysis of open‐label extension trials with a study duration ≥26 weeks

European Journal of Pain, 2019
This updated systematic review evaluated the efficacy, acceptability and safety of long‐term opioid therapy (LTOT) for chronic non‐cancer pain (CNCP).
P. Bialas, C. Maier, P. Klose, W. Häuser   +3 more
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The Neurobiology of Cancer Pain [PDF]

The Neuroscientist, 2014
The global burden of cancer pain is enormous and opioids, despite their side effects, remain the primary therapeutic approach. The cause of cancer pain is unknown. Mechanisms driving cancer pain differ from those mechanisms responsible for inflammatory and neuropathic pain.
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Xenon treatment after severe traumatic brain injury improves locomotor outcome, reduces acute neuronal loss and enhances early beneficial neuroinflammation: a randomized, blinded, controlled animal study

Critical Care, 2020
Background Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality, but there are no clinically proven treatments that specifically target neuronal loss and secondary injury development following TBI.
Rita Campos-Pires, Haldis Onggradito, Eszter Ujvari, Shughoofa Karimi, Flavia Valeo, Jitka Aldhoun, Christopher J. Edge, Nicholas P. Franks, Robert Dickinson   +8 more
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Ultrasound-guided continuous erector spinae plane block vs continuous thoracic epidural analgesia for the management of acute and chronic postthoracotomy pain: a randomized, controlled,double-blind trial

PAIN Reports, 2023
. Introduction:. Postthoracotomy pain (PTP) is a severe pain complicating thoracic surgeries and its good management decreases the risk of PTP syndrome (PTPS). Objectives:.
Ehab Hanafy Shaker, Mamdouh Mahmoud Elshal, Reham Mohamed Gamal, Norma Osama Abdallah Zayed, Samuel Fayez Samy, Raafat M. Reyad, Mohammed H. Shaaban, Abd Alrahman M. Abd Alrahman, Ahmed Salah Abdelgalil   +8 more
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Carbon Dioxide Retention after Non-Cardiac Surgery in a Patient with Cor Pulmonale [PDF]

Journal of Acute Care Surgery, 2018
Regional anesthesia is generally recommended over general anesthesia for non-cardiac surgeries in patients with severepulmonary hypertension (PH) caused by pulmonary disease.
Tak Kyu Oh, Hyeyeon Cho, Dae-Soon Cho
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Responsible, Safe, and Effective Prescription of Opioids for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain: American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) Guidelines.

Pain Physician, 2017
BACKGROUND Opioid use, abuse, and adverse consequences, including death, have escalated at an alarming rate since the 1990s. In an attempt to control opioid abuse, numerous regulations and guidelines for responsible opioid prescribing have been developed
L. Manchikanti, A. Kaye, N. Knezevic, Heath B. McAnally, K. Slavin, A. Trescot, S. Blank, V. Pampati, S. Abdi, J. Grider, A. Kaye, Kavita N. Manchikanti, Harold J. Cordner, C. Gharibo, Michael E. Harned, Sheri L. Albers, S. Atluri, S. Aydin, S. Bakshi, R. Barkin, Ramsin M. Benyamin, M. Boswell, R. Buenaventura, Aaron Calodney, David L. Cedeño, Sukdeb Datta, T. Deer, B. Fellows, V. Galan, V. Grami, Hans C. Hansen, Standiford Helm Ii, R. Justiz, D. Koyyalagunta, Y. Malla, Annu Navani, Kent H. Nouri, R. Pasupuleti, N. Sehgal, S. Silverman, Thomas T Simopoulos, V. Singh, D. Solanki, P. Staats, R. Vallejo, Bradley W. Wargo, Art Watanabe, J. Hirsch   +47 more
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Safety and efficacy of dexmedetomidine vs ketamine vs midazolam combined with propofol in gastrointestinal endoscopy for cancer patients: A randomized double-blinded trial

Egyptian Journal of Anaesthesia, 2023
Background A wide range of drugs are used for sedation in gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy procedures, including midazolam, dexmedetomidine, and ketamine. Therefore, this study aimed to compare the effects of these drugs in combination with propofol among
Nahla N Shehab, Walaa Y Elsabeeny, Sayed M Abed   +2 more
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Standards for the management of cancer‐related pain across Europe—A position paper from the EFIC Task Force on Cancer Pain

European Journal of Pain, 2019
Pain is a common symptom in patients who survive cancer and in those who live with progressive advanced disease. Evidence from meta‐analyses suggests that pain remains poorly controlled for a large proportion of patients; barriers to good management ...
M. Bennett, E. Eisenberg, S. Ahmedzai, A. Bhaskar, T. O'brien, S. Mercadante, N. Krčevski Škvarč, K. Vissers, S. Wirz, C. Wells, B. Morlion   +10 more
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Pain in blood cancers

Indian Journal of Palliative Care, 2011
Patients with blood-related cancers (BRC) suffer from a substantial symptom burden, including several pain syndromes sustained by different causes and pathogenetic mechanisms. So, with regard to pain, a multifaceted clinical scenario may be observed in this setting.
Marco Giovannini, Laura Scaramucci, Vitaliana De Sanctis, Pasquale Niscola, Andrea Tendas   +4 more
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