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The 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 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 (controls). Because ketorolac is […]
Read MoreActa Anaesthesiol Scand, 2015 Jun 4. doi: 10.1111/aas.12560 Authors: Xiao Y et al BACKGROUND: Tolerance to remifentanil during sevoflurane anesthesia may increase postoperative analgesic requirements. Low-dose naloxone not only has been shown to block the development of acute opioid tolerance but also to ameliorate undesired opioid-induced side effects. We hypothesized that naloxone prevents the acute opioid tolerance […]
Read MoreActa Anaesthesiol Scand. 2015 Jun 16. doi: 10.1111/aas.12571. Authors: Minoshima R et al BACKGROUND: In this randomized controlled trial, we examined whether intra- and postoperative infusion of low-dose ketamine decreased postoperative morphine requirement and morphine-related adverse effects as nausea and vomiting after scoliosis surgery. METHODS: After IRB approval and informed consent, 36 patients, aged 10-19 years, undergoing posterior […]
Read MoreNearly half of children and adolescents who present for the first time with migraine or probable migraine receive no treatment, and fewer than one in six receive evidence-based treatment, a new study finds. The results, from an analysis of electronic health record data across practice settings in four US states, were presented here at the […]
Read MoreActa Obstet Gynecol Scand, 2015 Sep;94(9):1014-21. Authors: Frauenfelders S et al INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study was to compare patient satisfaction between remifentanil patient-controlled analgesia (RPCA) and epidural analgesia (EA) for labor pain. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This prospective cohort study was carried out on primiparous women requesting analgesia for labor at a Teaching Hospital, Amsterdam, the […]
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