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Interventions for treating oral mucositis for patients with cancer receiving treatment [PDF]

, 2010
Background Treatment of cancer is increasingly effective but is associated with short and long term side effects. Oral and gastrointestinal side effects, including oral candidiasis, remain a major source of illness despite the use of a variety of agents ...
Clarkson, Jan E., Furness, Susan, Khalid, Tasneem, McCabe, Martin, Meyer, Stefan, Worthington, Helen V.   +5 more
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Topical analgesia for acute otitis media [PDF]

, 2006
BACKGROUND: Acute otitis media (AOM) is a spontaneously remitting disease for which pain is the most distressing symptom. Antibiotics are now known to have less benefit than previously assumed.OBJECTIVES: To assess the effectiveness of topical analgesia ...
Del Mar, C, Dooley, L, Foxlee, R, Johansson, A, Wejfalk, J   +4 more
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A patient's experience of a new post-operative patient-controlled analgesic technique [PDF]

, 1994
A patient underwent major spinal surgery, twice within a 3 week period. On the first occasion his post-operative pain was managed by conventional morphine patient-controlled analgesia (PCA).
Irwin, MG, Jones, RDM, Kornberg, JP, Visram, AR   +3 more
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Pain relief for women with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia undergoing colposcopy treatment [PDF]

, 2012
Treatment for CIN is usually undertaken in an outpatient colposcopy clinic to remove the pre-cancerous cells from the cervix. It commonly involves lifting the cells off the cervix with electrically heated wire (diathermy) or laser, or destroying the ...
AI-Kurdi, Anthony, Connell, Crompton, Cruickshank, Deeks, DerSimonian, Diakomanolis, Duncan, Frega, Higgins, Howells, Huskisson, Johnson, Johnston, Jordan, Lee, Lipscomb, Lowles, Martin-Hirsch, Melzack, Mikhail, Moore, Peto, Rogstad, Sammarco, Sant, Sarkar, Sharp, Spielberger, Winters, Zigmond   +31 more
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An economic analysis of patient controlled remifentanil and epidural analgesia as pain relief in labour (RAVEL trial); a randomised controlled trial. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
OBJECTIVE:To compare the costs of a strategy of patient controlled remifentanil versus epidural analgesia for pain relief in labour. DESIGN:We performed a multicentre randomised controlled trial in 15 hospitals in the Netherlands, the RAVEL trial.
Liv Freeman, Johanna Middeldorp, Eline van den Akker, Martijn Oudijk, Caroline Bax, Marloes van Huizen, Celine Radder, Bianca Fong, Kitty Bloemenkamp, Albert Dahan, Michel Struys, Ben Willem Mol, Jan van Lith, Elske van den Akker-van Marle   +13 more
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The challenge of perioperative pain management in opioid-tolerant patients [PDF]

, 2017
The increasing number of opioid users among chronic pain patients, and opioid abusers among the general population, makes perioperative pain management challenging for health care professionals.
Bifulco, F, Coluzzi, Flaminia, Corcione, A., Cuomo, A, Dauri, M, Leonardi, C, Melotti, Rm, Natoli, S, Romualdi, P, Savoia, G   +9 more
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Labor analgesia: Comparison of epidural patient-controlled analgesia and intravenous patient-controlled analgesia

Ağrı - The Journal of The Turkish Society of Algology, 2019
In our study, patient controlled epidural analgesia (PCEA) and patient controlled intravenous remifentanil analgesia (PCIVA) were compared for VAS, and also their side effects on mother and newborn.In this study, 37 pregnant women with a single fetus, who had labor analgesia, were divided into groups of PCIVA (Group 2) and PCEA (Group 1). Bupivacaine 1.
Tayfun, Süğür, Esra, Kızılateş, Ali, Kızılateş, Kerem, İnanoğlu, Bilge, Karslı   +4 more
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Factors Affecting Patient-controlled Analgesia Requirements

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2006
Intravenous patient-controlled analgesia (IVPCA) is one of the most widely used postoperative analgesic methods. Many factors could affect the total analgesic consumption of IVPCA.
Kuang-Yi Chang, Mei-Yung Tsou, Kwok-Hon Chan, Chun-Sung Sung, Wen-Kuei Chang   +4 more
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Efficacy of subcutaneous morphine patient controlled analgesia compared to intravenous morphine patient controlled analgesia in cesarean section

Bali Journal of Anesthesiology, 2017
Background: Cesarean section causes moderate to severe pain in the first 48 hours postoperatively, thus requiring an adequate perioperative pain management, as of the mother can be quickly discharged and immediately can perform daily activities after ...
Made Wiryana, I Ketut Sinardja, I Gede Budiarta, Tjokorda Gde Agung Senapathi, I Made Gede Widnyana, I Gusti Ngurah Mahaalit Aribawa, Elisma Nainggolan   +6 more
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Tourniquetless Total Knee Arthroplasty With Modern Perioperative Protocols Decreases Pain and Opioid Consumption in Women [PDF]

, 2018
Background This study examined whether a modern total knee arthroplasty (TKA) protocol without a tourniquet results in less patient-reported pain and in-hospital opioid consumption compared to TKA with a tourniquet.
Dilley, Julian E., Hood, Mark, Jr., Kheir, Michael M., Meneghini, R. Michael, Ziemba-Davis, Mary   +4 more
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