Profile of sugammadex for reversal of neuromuscular blockade in the elderly: Current perspectives [PDF]
, 2017 The number of elderly patients is increasing worldwide. This will have a significant impact on the practice of anesthesia in future decades. Anesthesiologists must provide care for an increasing number of elderly patients, who have an elevated risk of ...
Bertoncello, Francesco +2 more
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Egyptian Journal of Anaesthesia, 2017 Background: Co-administration of dexamethasone or neostigmine with local anesthetic solution for caudal block (CB) can prolong postoperative analgesia duration.
Mohamed M. Abu Elyazed, Gehan M. Eid
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The interaction of intrathecal neostigmine and N-cyclohexyladenosine on anti-allodynic effects in rats with a nerve ligation injury [PDF]
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2010 BackgroundNerve ligation injury in rats produces a pain syndrome that includes mechanical allodynia. Intrathecal administration of cholinesterase inhibitors or adenosine receptor agonists have anti-allodynic effects in this model.
Dae Kee Choi +2 more
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Indian Journal of Anaesthesia, 2017 Background and Aims: Previous studies suggest that administration of vecuronium based on total body weight rather than ideal body weight (IBW) in obesity results in overdosing with prolonged recovery times.
Satyen Parida +3 more
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Non-specific abdominal pain and air pollution: a novel association. [PDF]
, 2012 We studied whether short-term exposure to air pollution was associated with non-specific abdominal pain in epidemiologic and animal studies. Patients visiting the emergency department with non-specific abdominal pain were identified in Edmonton (1992 to
Fichna, Jakub +8 more
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Intraarticular Tramadol-Bupivacaine Combination Prolongs the Duration of Postoperative Analgesia After Outpatient Arthroscopic Knee Surgery [PDF]
, 2008 BACKGROUND: Intraarticular (IA) local anesthetics are often used for the management and prevention of pain after arthroscopic knee surgery. Recently, IA tramadol was also used for the management of these patients.
Baraka, Anis +6 more
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The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology, 2016 Neostigmine can successfully decompress patients with acute colonic pseudo-obstruction (ACPO) who are unresponsive to conservative therapy. However, neostigmine is contraindicated in renal failure, so it is underused in ACPO patients with renal failure ...
Jeung Hui Pyo +2 more
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The decrease in growth hormone (GH) response after repeated stimulation with GH-Releasing hormone is partly caused by an elevation of somatostatin tonus. [PDF]
, 1996 Repeated injection of GHRH leads to a decrease in the GH response in normal subjects. Arginine (Arg) stimulates GH secretion by suppression of hypothalamic somatostatin.
Mehltretter, Gerhard +5 more
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Simultaneous release of glutamate and acetylcholine from single magnocellular "cholinergic" basal forebrain neurons [PDF]
, 2006 Basal forebrain (BF) neurons provide the principal cholinergic drive to the hippocampus and cortex. Their degeneration is associated with the cognitive defects of Alzheimer's disease. Immunohistochemical studies suggest that some of these neurons contain
Abogadie, FC, Allen, TGJ, Brown, DA
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Current and Future Issues in the Development of Spinal Agents for the Management of Pain. [PDF]
, 2017 Targeting analgesic drugs for spinal delivery reflects the fact that while the conscious experience of pain is mediated supraspinally, input initiated by high intensity stimuli, tissue injury and/or nerve injury is encoded at the level of the spinal ...
Fisher, Casey J +3 more
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