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Review of the effects of anesthetic agents used as premedication for patients undergoing electroconvulsive therapy with diagnoses of bipolar disorder or major depression on convulsion, recovery period, and hemodynamic parameters [PDF]
Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences, 2019 Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the effects of anesthetic agents used as premedication in patients undergoing electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for diagnoses of bipolar disorder or major depression in terms of convulsion, recovery period ...
Volkan Ozen, Mehmet Emin Orhan
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Health Technology AssessmentBackground Anxiety in children prior to general anaesthesia is common, with up to half displaying distress. Anxiety and distress may lead to unsuccessful anaesthesia, together with greater postoperative pain, agitation and behavioural changes after ...
Christopher Deery +27 more
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Diagnostics, 2022 Objectives: Hypersensitivity reactions (HSRs) are uncommon but serious adverse events following the administration of iodinated contrast media (ICM) prior to CT imaging.
Chen Hsieh +4 more
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BMC Anesthesiology, 2022 Objective The aim of this prospective randomized double-blind study is to evaluate whether oral dexmedetomidine (DEX) premedication could increase sedation in order to reduce preoperative anxiety and inhibit stress response during general anesthesia ...
Jun Xiong +5 more
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Paediatric & Neonatal Pain, 2021 To describe the frequency and nature of premedication practices for neonatal tracheal intubation (TI) in 2011; to identify independent risk factors for the absence of premedication; to compare data with those from 2005 and to confront observed practices ...
Elizabeth Walter‐Nicolet +19 more
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Influence of Dexamethasone Premedication on Acute Lung Toxicity in Lung SBRT
Frontiers in Oncology, 2022 IntroductionThe cooperative group experience of thoracic sterotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) in medically inoperable patients with early stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) historically utilized corticosteroid premedication.
Fiori Alite +2 more
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Comparison of Clonidine and Midazolam Premedication Before Endoscopic Sinus Surgery: Results of Clinical Trial [PDF]
Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology, 2014 ObjectivesPremedication with clonidine has been found to reduce the bleeding during endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS), therefore lowering the risk of surgical complications.
Katarzyna Wawrzyniak +2 more
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Anticholinergic premedication [PDF]
Canadian Anaesthetists’ Society Journal, 1976 Two hundred and forty-four surgical patients who received no anticholinergic premedication were compared with 160 patients who had received atropine or scopolamine before the induction of anaesthesia. Infants and patients undergoing heart surgery were excluded. Eleven anaesthetists participated in the study.
K M, Leighton, H D, Sanders
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The History of Premedication [PDF]
Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 2011 “- An anaesthetic is a frightening adventure into the unknown over which a patient can exert no control, and few can meet this type of ordeal with equanimity”1. British Medical Journal, 1964. Prior to the discovery of anaesthesia, medication before surgery was the only way of diminishing the patient's suffering.
C, Ball, R N, Westhorpe
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Indian Journal of Anaesthesia, 2023 Background and Aims: Patients undergoing hysterectomy by open or laparoscopic approach experience moderate to severe postoperative pain. A multimodal analgesic approach is recommended for these patients.
Abhijit Nair +4 more
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