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Pain Med 2015 Aug Authors: Claroni C et al OBJECTIVE: Continuous surgical wound infusion with local anesthetics is an effective and widely used technique in postoperative pain management. Some aspects of this technique, however, require further investigation. The aim of this study was to retrospectively assess whether continuous infusion of ropivacaine delays the process of wound healing, […]
Read MorePain Med 2015 Aug Authors: Winegarden Jet al OBJECTIVE: We report a case of opioid-induced neurotoxicity (OIN) in an actively dying hospice patient, its reversal and improved analgesia that followed opioid dosage reduction made possible after addition of IV ketamine. We briefly review the diagnosis and treatment of OIN. SETTING: OIN, particularly when associated with high […]
Read MoreOrphanet J Rare Dis 2015 Aug 4;10:93 Authors: Rosenberg H et al Abstract Malignant hyperthermia (MH) is a pharmacogenetic disorder of skeletal muscle that presents as a hypermetabolic response to potent volatile anesthetic gases such as halothane, sevoflurane, desflurane, isoflurane and the depolarizing muscle relaxant succinylcholine, and rarely, in humans, to stressors such as vigorous exercise and […]
Read MoreMedicine: Jan 2015-Vol 94-Issue 3-p e422 Authors: Lazaro, Reynaldo P. MD Abstract: Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) associated with acute carpal tunnel syndrome (aCTS) developed in a 38-year-old right-handed man following radial artery cannulation (RAC) during the course of lumbar spine surgery. Inciting events and risk factors that might have led to these complications included: […]
Read MoreAnesthesia & Analgesia: Aug 2015 Authors: Law, Lawrence Siu-Chun MD et al BACKGROUND: Xenon anesthesia has been studied for decades. However, no meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on xenon anesthesia has been conducted. The aim of this study was to systematically review all available evidence from RCTs comparing xenon and other inhaled and IV […]
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