AUTHORS: Zhou, Yang MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: October 2021 BACKGROUND: Depressive symptoms occur in over 40% of neurosurgical patients during the perioperative period. However, no measure has been suggested to have a rapid effect on depressive surgical patients during increasingly shorter stays in the hospital. This study aimed to determine whether ketamine could improve […]
Read MoreAuthor: Alicia Sparks Akers Medical News Today Taking pain medication, avoiding triggers, and having a solid support system can help a person get rid of a migraine episode at work — or at least reduce their migraine symptoms. Migraine is a neurological condition that can cause moderate-to-severe pain, nausea, and sensitivity to light or sound. […]
Read MoreThis is for our readers that treat chronic pain patients. DG Journal Club AUTHORS: Jami L Saloman, Gong Tang et al. Pancreatology. 2021 Sep 30 OBJECTIVES Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is associated with debilitating refractory pain. Distinct subtypes of CP pain have been previously characterized based on severity (none, mild-moderate, severe) and temporal (none, intermittent, constant) […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Jung, Jaewoong MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: September 30, 2021 BACKGROUND: Previous research has not evaluated the potential effect of transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block on quality of recovery following laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Therefore, we investigated whether addition of the bilateral subcostal and lateral TAP (bilateral dual TAP [BD-TAP]) blocks to multimodal analgesia would improve […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Wardhan, Richa MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: September 30, 2021 BACKGROUND: Information on the safety of placement, maintenance, and removal of peripheral nerve blocks in the presence of therapeutic or prophylactic antithrombotics is limited to case reports. METHODS: In this retrospective, descriptive study, we examined the use of femoral and gluteal or subgluteal sciatic […]
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