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Pain is one of the most common complaints expressed by hospital patients and is the main reason they seek medical help. Pain is always subjective, so its severity should be assessed individually for each patient.
J. Zieliński+2 more
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Tonsillectomy is one of the most frequently performed surgical procedures; however, pain management remains challenging. Procedure‐specific efficacy as well as specific risks of treatment options should guide selection of pain management protocols based ...
N. Aldamluji+20 more
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Randomized Controlled Trial of Epidural versus Patient-controlled Intravenous Analgesia for Postoperative Pain Control after Laparoscopic Gastrectomy [PDF]
Although epidural analgesia (EDA) is considered standard postoperative analgesia for open gastrectomy, it has been unclear whether EDA has benefits in laparoscopic gastrectomy (LG) because postoperative pain after a laparoscopic procedure is ...
Fujiwara, Toshiyoshi+8 more
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Pain threshold and pain tolerance as predictors of acute postoperative pain: Pain threshold and pain tolerance [PDF]
Introduction Acute postoperative pain can lead to various complications, affecting cardiovascular, respiratory , gastrointestinal, and renal systems, increases the costs of treatment and affects patient satisfaction.
Radovanović Nemanja+2 more
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Managing Opioid-Tolerant Patients in the Perioperative Surgical Home. [PDF]
Management of acute postoperative pain is important to decrease perioperative morbidity and improve patient satisfaction. Opioids are associated with potential adverse events that may lead to significant risk.
Baratta, Jaime L.+3 more
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Background The deep inferior epigastric artery perforator (DIEP) flap is the commonest flap used for breast reconstruction after mastectomy. It is performed as a unilateral (based on one [unipedicled] or two [bipedicled] vascular pedicles) or bilateral ...
Alexander A. Azizi+4 more
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Objective: This study was designed to determine the nurse assessment of postoperative pain and its management in selected hospitals, Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria. Materials and Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional survey was adopted.
Timothy Aghogho Ehwarieme+2 more
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Efficacy of fentanyl transdermal patch in pain control after lower third molar surgery : a preliminary study [PDF]
Surgical removal of impacted lower third molars is a common oral surgical procedure, generally followed by moderate to severe postoperative pain. Transdermal drug delivery as a concept offers interesting possibilities for postoperative pain control.
Andric, Miroslav+4 more
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Use of gabapentin in management of postoperative pain after crosslinking
Objective: The objective was to evaluate the efficacy of gabapentin in the management of neuropathic pain in patients with keratoconus, who were treated with fast (10 minutes) epi-off corneal crosslinking (CXL).
Ricardo Alexandre Stock+5 more
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DNA methylation at the mu-1 opioid receptor gene (OPRM1) promoter predicts preoperative, acute, and chronic postsurgical pain after spine fusion. [PDF]
INTRODUCTION:The perioperative pain experience shows great interindividual variability and is difficult to predict. The mu-1 opioid receptor gene (OPRM1) is known to play an important role in opioid-pain pathways.
Chidambaran, Vidya+8 more
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