Designing the ideal perioperative pain management plan starts with multimodal analgesia. [PDF]
, 2018 Multimodal analgesia is defined as the use of more than one pharmacological class of analgesic medication targeting different receptors along the pain pathway with the goal of improving analgesia while reducing individual class-related side effects ...
Mariano, Edward R., Schwenk, Eric S.
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Intravenous versus subcutaneous drug administration. Which do patients prefer? A systematic review [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND: Intravenous (IV) drug delivery is commonly used for its rapid administration and immediate drug effect. Most studies compare IV to subcutaneous (SC) delivery in terms of safety and efficacy, but little is known about what patients prefer.
Fallowfield, Lesley J +3 more
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Indian Journal of Anaesthesia, 2018 Background and Aims: Continuous wound infiltration (CWI) is emerging as an alternative to continuous epidural infusion (CEI). This study compared postoperative pain scores of CEI with CWI in patients undergoing total abdominal hysterectomy (TAH). Methods:
Pooja Lal Ammianickal +4 more
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Local infusion of bupivacaine combined with intravenous patient-controlled analgesia provides better pain relief than intravenous patient-controlled analgesia alone in patients undergoing minimally invasive cardiac surgery [PDF]
, 2008 ObjectiveThis prospective randomized double-blind study examined the effect of local wound infusion of anesthetics on pain control in the thoracotomy wound of patients undergoing minimally invasive cardiac surgery.MethodsPatients who underwent coronary ...
Kuan-Ming Chiu +42 more
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Emergency Department Pain Management Following Implementation of a Geriatric Hip Fracture Program [PDF]
, 2017 Introduction: Over 300,000 patients in the United States sustain low-trauma fragility hip fractures annually. Multidisciplinary geriatric fracture programs (GFP) including early, multimodal pain management reduce morbidity and mortality. Our overall goal
Casey, Scott D +6 more
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Drug Design, Development and Therapy, 2016 Baoxia Fang,1 Linhai Wang,2 Junfeng Gu,3 Fuchao Chen,1 Xiao-ya Shi1 1Department of Pharmacy, Dongfeng Hospital, 2Department of Pharmacy, 3Department of Anesthesiology, Renmin Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Hubei, People’s Republic of
Fang BX, Wang LH, Gu JF, Chen FC, Shi XY
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Efecto de una dosis de lidocaína y ketamina sobre el consumo intraoperatorio de opioides en pacientes sometidas a cirugía ginecológica electiva bajo anestesia general. Estudio piloto aleatorizado y controlado con placebo [PDF]
, 2016 Background and goal of study: there is evidence that perioperative intravenous ketamine and lidocaine reduce postoperative pain, postoperative opioids consumption, shortens hospital stay and accelerates intestinal function recovery.
Vilches Arenas, Ángel
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The effect of placebo and neurophysiological involvements [PDF]
, 2004 Placebo and placebo effect are important issues related to the drug therapy for clinical and scientific meanings. The rates of placebo may get as many as 50% for analgesic drugs in headache. The high answer to placebo brings questions on pathophysiology
Galli, Federica +2 more
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Intravenous patient-controlled analgesia to manage the postoperative pain in patients undergoing craniotomy [PDF]
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2011 BackgroundThis randomized controlled study evaluated the efficacy of intravenous patient-controlled analgesia (IV-PCA) with fentanyl and ketorolac for neurosurgical patients, and compared the effectiveness of IV-PCA with intermittent analgesics injection.
Hyo-Seok Na +6 more
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Anaesthesia and Intensive Care [PDF]
, 2004 The anaesthetist has seen his role steadily expand and it is hard to think of one medical specialty in which anaesthetists are not involved at least to some extent.
Aquilina, Andrew, Sciberras, Stephen C.
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