Postoperative delirium after major orthopedic surgery. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Postoperative delirium (POD) is one of the most common complications in older adult patients undergoing elective surgery. Few studies have compared, within the same institution, the type of surgery, risk factors and type of anesthesia and ...
Magid, Steven K.+3 more
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Drug repositioning of lidocaine from local anesthetic to theranostic agent for breast cancer cells is enhanced by its encapsulation inside ZIF‐8 metal–organic framework. The aim of this article is to use zeolitic imidazolate framework‐8 (ZIF‐8) metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) as drug delivery system for lidocaine, a local anesthetic with recently ...
Nicola di Nicola+7 more
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Intravenous Regional Anesthesia (IVRA) is easy to administer and reliable. But delayed onset and lack of postoperative analgesia are the major limitations. Accordingly, many additives have been tried.
M. Elramely, Hatem Elmoutaz
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Designing the ideal perioperative pain management plan starts with multimodal analgesia. [PDF]
Multimodal analgesia is defined as the use of more than one pharmacological class of analgesic medication targeting different receptors along the pain pathway with the goal of improving analgesia while reducing individual class-related side effects ...
Mariano, Edward R., Schwenk, Eric S.
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Pain detection with bioimpedance methodology from 3-dimensional exploration of nociception in a postoperative observational trial [PDF]
Although the measurement of dielectric properties of the skin is a long-known tool for assessing the changes caused by nociception, the frequency modulated response has not been considered yet.
Copot, Dana+4 more
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Seminars in epileptology: How to diagnose status epilepticus in adults and children
Abstract Status epilepticus (SE) can be regarded as the most severe expression of seizure activity characterized by a low probability of spontaneous cessation and mechanisms leading to metabolic and inflammatory derangements with increased risk of brain damage, alterations of neural networks, and potentially life‐threatening systemic complications ...
M. Leitinger+12 more
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Comparison of clonidine and dexmedetomidine as adjuncts to intravenous regional anaesthesia
Background and Aims: Intravenous regional anaesthesia (IVRA) provides reliable and rapid analgesia with good muscular relaxation of the extremity distal to the tourniquet, but tourniquet pain and absence of post-operative analgesia are major drawbacks ...
Shalini Pravin Sardesai+2 more
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Ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia for the pain management of elderly patients with hip fractures in the emergency department [PDF]
Objective We examined the pain-relieving effect of ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia performed by emergency physicians on elderly hip fracture patients. Methods This study is a prospective, non-randomized, case-control study.
Hee Kyung Lee+3 more
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Review of the effects of anesthetic agents used as premedication for patients undergoing electroconvulsive therapy with diagnoses of bipolar disorder or major depression on convulsion, recovery period, and hemodynamic parameters [PDF]
Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the effects of anesthetic agents used as premedication in patients undergoing electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for diagnoses of bipolar disorder or major depression in terms of convulsion, recovery period ...
Orhan, Mehmet Emin, Ozen, Volkan
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Abstract Objective Status non‐epilepticus is characterized by recurrent or prolonged psychogenic non‐epileptic seizures (PNES), which are often mistaken for status epilepticus (SE). This study focuses on the misdiagnosis of convulsive SE in patients whose seizures were of psychogenic origin.
Ronen Spierer, Moshe Herskovitz
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