Fentanyl 50 and 100 mcg is useful in accelerating the onset of labour analgesia without compromising safety, according to a study presented here at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society (CAS). “We have been decreasing our concentrations of our local anaesthetics, and we find that one of the impacts of that is […]
Read MorePatients who minimally used opioids prior to surgery, but who continued to use them for pain relief 30 days after surgery were likely to be using them in the longer term, according to a study presented here at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society (CAS). With ongoing opioid use being a public […]
Read MoreThe use of sumatriptan decreases post-operative headache at the non-surgical site in patients who undergo craniotomy for the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia and facial spasms, researchers said here at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society (CAS). “These patients complain of pain at the non-surgical site as well as nausea and vomiting,” said […]
Read MoreThe use of periarticular ketorolac, an anti-platelet agent, does not produce additional blood loss in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA), a retrospective study presented here on Monday, June 22nd at the annual meeting of the Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society concludes. The study compared 57 patients who received periarticular ketorolac injection and 33 patients who didn’t […]
Read MoreIsoflurane is noninferior to sevoflurane as an anaesthetic in cases of cardiac surgery, according to study results presented at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society (CAS). “There was no evidence that there was a difference in effect between the 2 treatments,” said lead investigator Philip M. Jones MD, The University of Western […]
Read More