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Uncategorized Published - 29 December, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Length of postanesthetic care unit stay in elderly patients after general anesthesia: a randomized controlled trial comparing desflurane and sevoflurane

J Clin Anesth, 2015 Sep 28. Authors: Pakpirom J et al OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to compare the length of postanesthetic care unit (PACU) stay and recovery profiles of elderly patients after general anesthesia between sevoflurane and desflurane. DESIGN: Randomized, double-blind, controlled clinical trial. SETTING: Tertiary care hospital, university hospital. PATIENTS: Eighty elderly patients […]

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Uncategorized Published - 29 December, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Single dose oral analgesics for acute postoperative pain in adults – an overview of Cochrane reviews

Authors: Moore RA et al BACKGROUND: This is an updated version of the original Cochrane overview published in Issue 9, 2011. That overview considered both efficacy and adverse events, but adverse events are now dealt with in a separate overview.Thirty-nine Cochrane reviews of randomised trials have examined the analgesic efficacy of individual drug interventions in […]

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Uncategorized Published - 29 December, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
A comparison of ultrasound alone vs ultrasound with nerve stimulation guidance for continuous femoral nerve block in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty

J Clin Anesth, 2015 Sep 28. Authors: Kim HY et al STUDY OBJECTIVE: To compare analgesic efficacy of ultrasound (US) guidance alone and US guidance combined with nerve stimulation (NS) for continuous femoral nerve block (CFNB) in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA). DESIGN: Prospective, randomized double-blind trial. SETTING: Postanesthesia care unit and general ward. PATIENTS: Fifty […]

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Uncategorized Published - 29 December, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Study Identifies Variations In Pain Processing Activity

Clinicians seeking greater understanding of the neural activity behind pain can turn to the results of a University of Western Ontario study, which identified variations in neural activity associated with pain processing between control and neuropathic pain groups. These differences in signal activity—particularly in regions critical to endogenous analgesia—may represent a key step in elucidating […]

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Uncategorized Published - 29 December, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Management of Preoperative Hypertension

Peter J. Papadakos, MD, FCCM, FAARC Director of Critical Care Medicine University of Rochester Medical Center School of Medicine and Dentistry Rochester, New York Editorial Advisory Board Member Anesthesiology News Keith M. Franklin, MD Department of Anesthesiology University of Rochester Medical Center School of Medicine and Dentistry Rochester, New York Systemic hypertension is an extremely […]

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