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Cerebral and cardiovascular effects of analgesic doses of ketamine during a target controlled general anesthesia: a prospective randomized study [PDF]

, 2017
Introduction: Ketamine is increasingly being used in various pain settings. The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of an analgesic dose of ketamine in the bispectral index (BIS), spectral edge frequency (SEF-95), density spectral array (DSA),
Araujo, A. M., Campos, M. T., Machado, Humberto S., Nunes, Catarina S.   +3 more
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Intermittent Boluses of Local Anesthetic Through Quadratus Lumborum Catheters for Analgesia in a Living Donor Hepatectomy

Case Reports in Anesthesiology, 2019
The demand for liver transplants in the United States far exceeds the supply of organs. As need has increased, so has use of living donors. Coagulopathy and various side effects often preclude the use of neuraxial regional techniques and opioids for ...
Shelly B. Borden, Molly K. Groose, Eric R. Simon, Aaron S. Hess, Kristopher M. Schroeder   +4 more
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Patient-controlled intravenous morphine analgesia combined with transcranial direct current stimulation for post-thoracotomy pain: A cost-effectiveness study and a feasibility for its future implementation [PDF]

, 2020
This prospective randomized study aims to evaluate the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of combining transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) with patient controlled intravenous morphine analgesia (PCA-IV) as part of multimodal analgesia after ...
Dragojevic-Simic, Viktorija, Ilic, Nela V, Ilic, Tihomir V, Karanikolas, Menelaos, Mladenovic, Katarina, Rancic, Nemanja, Stamenkovic, Dusica M   +6 more
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Opioid-sparing effect of diclofenac in cancer pain

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 1997
This study investigated the opioid-sparing effect of diclofenac using patient-controlled analgesia with oral methadone. Fifteen patients with advanced cancer participated. After achieving adequate analgesia with regular dosing of oral methadone (T1), patient-controlled analgesia with methadone was administered for 3 days (T2).
S, Mercadante, M, Sapio, M, Caligara, R, Serretta, G, Dardanoni, L, Barresi   +5 more
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Multimodal analgesia with parasternal plane block protocol within an enhanced recovery after cardiac surgery program decreases opioid useCentral MessagePerspective

JTCVS Open
Objective: This study investigated the efficacy of a multimodal analgesia (MMA) with an opioid-sparing strategy, incorporating a parasternal plane block (PPB) within a systematic standardized Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) program for patients ...
Marc Darras, MD, Clément Schneider, MD, Sandrine Marguerite, MD, Saadé Saadé, MD, Anne-Lise Maechel, MD, Walid Oulehri, MD, Olivier Collange, MD, PhD, Jean-Philippe Mazzucotelli, MD, PhD, Paul-Michel Mertes, MD, PhD, Michel Kindo, MD, PhD   +9 more
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Postoperative pain and pain management and neurocognitive outcomes after non-cardiac surgery: a protocol for a series of systematic reviews

Systematic Reviews, 2022
Background Postoperative delirium (POD) is common after non-cardiac surgery in older adults and can result in increased risk of adverse outcomes including postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD).
Maram Khaled, Denise Sabac, Maura Marcucci   +2 more
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Risk of respiratory depression with opioids and concomitant gabapentinoids. [PDF]

, 2017
Introduction:The combination of opioids and central nervous system depressants such as benzodiazepines and barbiturates has an additive effect on the frequency of oversedation and respiratory depression requiring naloxone use in hospitalized patients ...
Atayee, Rabia S, Edmonds, Kyle P, Furnish, Timothy, Gunter, Heather, Hsu, Chih, Lee, Kelly C, Savelloni, Julie, Yi, Cassia   +7 more
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Experience-Based Opioid-Sparing Orthopedic Surgical Protocols

Journal of Orthopaedic Experience & Innovation, 2021
Specific protocols have been established for each of the time windows involved in the perioperative surgical experience. We use a combination of medications, medical devices, local and regional anesthetics to minimize pain while trying to avoid Opioids.
Cassie Chin, Scott Sigman
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Topical Morphine Gel as a Systemic Opioid Sparing Technique

Journal of Pain & Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy, 2022
Use of topical morphine gel was explored retrospectively for treatment of painful chronic wounds in hospitalized adults. Systemic opioid use and pain intensity were characterized before and after morphine gel initiation using morphine equivalent daily dose (MEDD) and the Defense and Veterans Pain Rating Scale (DVPRS) score at 24 hours before compared ...
Rachel C. Klosko, Maureen L. Saphire
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The effect of perioperative esmolol on early postoperative pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology, 2017
Esmolol has been shown to improve postoperative pain and reduce opioid requirements. The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate the effect of perioperative esmolol as an adjunct on early postoperative pain intensity, recovery profile, and ...
Richard Watts, Venkatesan Thiruvenkatarajan, Marni Calvert, Graeme Newcombe, Roelof M van Wijk   +4 more
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