Background Opioids have long been the mainstay of drugs used for intra-operative analgesia. Due to their well-known short and long term side effects, the use of non-opioid analgesics has often been encouraged to decrease the dose of opioid required and ...
Venkatesan Thiruvenkatarajan +5 more
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Analgesic efficacy of intravenous perfusion of lidocaine, ketamine or a combination after laparotomy in a placebo-controlled, randomized, double-blind prospective study [PDF]
In acute postoperative pain management intravenous lidocaine and/or ketamine have been advocated because of their morphine-sparing effect. The goal of this prospective, randomised, double-blind study was to assess morphine consumption with different ...
Joray, F.
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Acute toxicity in comprehensive head and neck radiation for nasopharynx and paranasal sinus cancers: cohort comparison of 3D conformal proton therapy and intensity modulated radiation therapy. [PDF]
Background: To evaluate acute toxicity endpoints in a cohort of patients receiving head and neck radiation with proton therapy or intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT).
Johnstone, Peter A. S. +3 more
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Effect of diclofenac suppository on tramadol consumption in posthysterectomy pain [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: To determine reduction in dose of tramadol and side effects in posthysterectomy patients on addition of diclofenac on rectal suppository. STUDY DESIGN: Randomized double blinded placebo controlled study.
Hussain, Aziza Mohammad +2 more
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Cosmetic Talc-Related Pulmonary Granulomatosis. [PDF]
Inhalation of cosmetic talc can lead to pulmonary foreign-body granulomatosis, though fewer than 10 cases of inhaled cosmetic talc-related pulmonary granulomatosis have been reported in adults.
Adams, Jason Y +3 more
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Is Methadone an Opioid Sparing Strategy? [PDF]
Eleonore, Valencia, Viviane G, Nasr
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Background Regional block, such as thoracic epidural analgesia (TEA), thoracic paravertebral block (TPVB), or serratus anterior plane block (SAPB) has been recommended to reduce postoperative opioid use in recent guidelines, but the optimal options for ...
Yan Xiang +4 more
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Opioid-free and opioid-sparing anesthesia
Eric Y, Siu, Tiffany S, Moon
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Mechanisms of Volatile Anesthetic-Induced Myocardial Protection [PDF]
Volatile anesthetics protect myocardium against reversible and irreversible ischemic injury. Experimental evidence from several in vitro and in vivo animal models demonstrates that volatile agents enhance the recovery of stunned myocardium and reduce the
Gu, Weidong +6 more
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The long and winding road of non steroidal antinflammatory drugs and paracetamol in cancer pain management: A critical review [PDF]
The aim of this review was to assess the value of NSAIDs and paracetamol in patients with cancer pain to update a previous review performed ten years ago on this topic.
GIARRATANO, Antonino, Mercadante, S
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