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Author: Christine Richardson MedicalNewsToday Causes of breast pain may be cyclical, meaning linked to hormonal changes, or noncyclical, meaning related to a type of injury. Breast cancer is not usually painful, but if a person experiences unexplained breast pain or unusual breast changes, they should consult a doctor. Breast pain, or mastalgia, is not usually […]
Read MoreAuthor: Caitlin Geng MedicalNewsToday Trigeminal neuralgia is a rare nerve disorder that affects the face. It causes sudden and severe pain in the face, which people describe as a shooting, electric shock-like pain in the teeth, jaw, gums, and other areas of the face. Trigeminal neuralgia is also known as tic douloureux. Some describe it […]
Read MoreDG Journal Club AUTHORS: Kuo-Chuan Hung, Ying-Jen Chang et al. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2022 Jan; 18(1): 135-147 BACKGROUND The impact of intravenous lidocaine in adults undergoing laparoscopic bariatric surgeries (LBS) remains unclear. OBJECTIVES This study aimed at investigating the effect of intravenous lidocaine on postoperative opioid consumption and recovery following LBS. SETTING Meta-analysis. METHODS […]
Read MoreDG Journal Club AUTHORS: Omer Gokhan Doluoglu, Ali Kaan Yildiz et al. Urol J. 2021 Dec 25 PURPOSE We aimed to investigate the effects of obturator nerve block (ONB) on obturator reflex, incomplete resection, perforation, progression and recurrence of tumor, presence of muscle tissue in the specimen, need for a second transurethral resection (TURBT) of […]
Read MoreDG Journal Club AUTHORS: Shruti Handa, David A Keith et al. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol. 2021 Dec; 132(6): 653-661 OBJECTIVE To characterize patients with chronic neuropathic orofacial pain in accordance with the International Classification of Orofacial Pain (ICOP first edition) criteria. STUDY DESIGN A retrospective chart review of 108 patients was […]
Read MoreAuthor: Mark Cowen and Sarah Charmley MedicalNewsToday Tension headaches, or stress headaches, are the most common type of primary headache. A primary headache is a headache that does not stem from another condition. A person may feel tightness or pressure like a band around the head. The pain may spread to or from the neck. The World […]
Read MoreDG Journal Club AUTHORS: Amos Hundert, Christy Woolcott et al. Clin J Pain. 2021 Dec 20 OBJECTIVES Infants born preterm are exposed to repeated painful procedures during neonatal intensive care unit admission. Particularly in preterm infants, trajectories of pain response are not well understood. The aim of this study was to classify pain response trajectories […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Aulenkamp, Jana L. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: December 2021 Abstract BACKGROUND: Chronic posttraumatic/postsurgical pain (CPSP) is common after traumatic or surgical damage. Exposure to both trauma and surgery, with the potential for repeated bone and nerve damage, may increase the risk of CPSP after fracture-related surgery. But the (long-term) incidences of CPSP and […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Serath, Angela FRCPC, FANZCA, MBBS, BSc et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: December 2018 – Volume 127 – Issue 6 – p 1323-1332 BACKGROUND: Tranexamic acid (TXA) is a common antifibrinolytic agent used to minimize bleeding in cardiac surgery. Up to 50% cardiac surgical patients have chronic renal dysfunction (CRD). Optimal dosing of TXA in CRD […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Nagata, Isao MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: December 2021 BACKGROUND: Propofol has addictive properties, even with a single administration, and facilitates dopamine secretion in the nucleus accumbens (NAc). Activation of the dopaminergic circuits of the midbrain reward system, including the ventral tegmental area (VTA) and NAc, plays a crucial role in addiction. However, the […]
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