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The most common factors for unplanned admission following outpatient laparoscopic cholecystectomy are surgical observations, pain, and postoperative and post-discharge nausea and vomiting (PONV), according to results of a retrospective study. Careful selection of patients, increased use of anaesthesia techniques, and more aggressive pain control may help to reduce these admissions, stated lead author Deepak Subramanian, […]
Read MoreUltrasound-guided supraclavicular block for upper extremity surgery has a high degree of analgaesic efficacy postoperatively, according to the results of a retrospective. Supraclavicular block using ultrasound-guided technique successfully controlled 4-hour postoperative pain in 94% of procedures evaluated in this study of the records of 259 patients, noted lead author and anaesthesiologist Warren J. Choi, MD, […]
Read MoreSevoflurane is associated with a higher incidence of complications than propofol in paediatric patients undergoing sedation (13.46% vs 7.03%), according to results of a cohort. While procedure and recovery times were similar for both the sevoflurane and propofol groups, the duration of anaesthesia time was significantly shorter in the propofol group (56.6 ± 41.6 vs […]
Read MoreOral oxycodone could be an important analgaesic agent for the management of postoperative pain in hospitalised patients with moderate to severe pain ( greater than 40 mm on the visual analog scale [VAS]), according to results of a double-blind study. When oxycodone hydrochloride capsules and morphine sulfate tablets were compared at a dose ratio of […]
Read MoreA novel, noninvasive neurostimulator targeting the vagus nerve improves on treatment of chronic cluster headaches over the current standard of care, according to a new study. “Patients who used this device for 6 minutes, two times per day had the number of cluster headache attached reduced by 40% per week,” said lead author Eric J. […]
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