The prevention of postoperative pain [PDF]
Patients want safe and effective analgesia. Our goal is to prevent postoperative pain in an efficient and cost effective manner. For most patients, the pain can be managed using simple, non-invasive and inexpensive analgesic techniques. Given the current economic climate, cost will become increasingly important.
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Opioid-based versus opioid-sparing patient-controlled analgesia using ketorolac and nefopam after total knee arthroplasty: a randomized, double-blind, non-inferiority trial [PDF]
Background Opioids remain widely used for postoperative pain control after total knee arthroplasty (TKA); however, concerns about adverse effects and dependency drive interest in opioid-sparing alternatives.
Jiwon Han +4 more
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Evaluating students’ knowledge of child pain and its management after attending a bespoke course [PDF]
Aim To evaluate the impact of a structured pain education programme on pre-registration children’s nursing students’ knowledge of and attitudes to the management of child pain.
Owens, D +7 more
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Esophagectomy remains being a surgical procedure with a high morbidity and mortality rate. Therefore, prehabilitation, defined as the group of interventions performed on the patient in the preoperative period to improve their functional capacity and ...
Silvia González Santos +4 more
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Comparison of intraoperative intravenous lidocaine infusion and transversus abdominis plane block for postoperative analgesia following laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a randomized controlled trial [PDF]
Background Laparoscopic cholecystectomy has been associated with moderate to severe intensity pain, especially in the early postoperative period.
Haris Sheikh +3 more
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[Postoperative pain in craniotomy].
En el periodo postoperatorio, entre el 47% y el 75% de los pacientes relatan algún grado de dolor. Los objetivos de este trabajo fueron evaluar el dolor en el pre y postoperatorio de pacientes sometidos a craneotomía. Este estudio prospectivo fue realizado en la unidad de neurocirugía del Hospital São Paulo, Brasil. Para una evaluación cuantitativa del
Peón, Andréa Ungaro, Diccini, Solange
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Solid Pseudopapillary Neoplasm of the Pancreas in Children and Adolescents: Expert Recommendations
ABSTRACT Solid pseudopapillary neoplasm of the pancreas (SPN) is a rare low‐grade malignant exocrine pancreatic tumor, mostly discovered during the second decade of life in females, with a very good prognosis, provided microscopically complete surgical excision is achieved.
Sabine Irtan +18 more
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Objective To compare the techniques for the osteosynthesis of intertrochanteric fractures with dynamic hip screws (DHSs) through the Hardinge and minimally-invasive access routes of the hip, evaluating the operative time, the degree of pain in the ...
Eduardo Lima de Abreu +2 more
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Accepted 16 October 1995 A 71-year-old man presented with a four-week history of left-sided back and leg pain. Two and a half years previously he had had an aorto-bifemoral prosthetic graft replacement for an inflammatory aortic aneurysm which extended into both iliac arteries.
S A, Worthy, D L, Richardson, D, Lambert
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Preoperative coping strategies and distress predict postoperative pain and morphine consumption in women undergoing abdominal gynecologic surgery [PDF]
Objectives The aim of the present study was to predict postoperative pain and morphine consumption based on preoperative psychosocial factors. Methods One hundred and twenty-two women completed measures of distress and coping 1 week before major ...
Fouladi, Rachel T. +2 more
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