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Filter by:This study will test the null hypothesis that low-dose ketamine given peri-operatively will have no effect on the development of chronic post-surgical pain, in patients undergoing thoracotomy or video assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) procedures A double-blind, randomised placebo-controlled trial will be used to test the null hypothesis. Potential participants due to undergo either thoracotomy or video assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) will be identified by the collaborating thoracic surgeons in the out-patient department. Patients will be sent information about the study by post, prior to admission for surgery. If they are willing to participate, written consent will be sought on the ward preoperatively, where they will complete baseline measures of pain. Patients will be randomised to receive an intravenous infusion of placebo (saline) or ketamine running at 0.1mg/kg/hour, starting 10 minutes prior to the surgical incision and continuing for the first three postoperative days (96 hours in total). Prior to starting the infusion a loading dose of ketamine (0.1 mg per kg) will be administered.
The purpose of this study is to examine the efficacy of the use of Marcaine in femoral nerve blocks and hematoma blocks for post operative pain relief for femoral shaft fractures in a pediatric population.
This prospective randomized study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of intravenous lidocaine injection on the relief of pain in patients undergoing tonsillectomy. A total of 62 patients will be randomized into one of two groups (group C or group I) based on Excel number generation. Patients in group C will receive received normal saline intravenous injection, and patients in group I will receive an intravenous bolus injection of 1.5 mg/kg lidocaine followed by a continuous lidocaine infusion of 2 mg/kg/hr. Visual analogue scale pain scores, fentanyl consumption and the frequency at which patients pushed the button (FPB) of a patient-controlled analgesia system will be recorded at 4, 12, 24, 48 hours postoperatively.
The purpose of this study is: - to document ketorolac disposition (concentration/time profile, protein binding, metabolism) and its covariates following intravenous (iv) administration of ketorolac right after caesarean section and to compare those observations (n=32) with non-pregnant state (n=8) (intra-subject PK comparison) - to document biochemical tolerance of ketorolac - to evaluate if optimalisation of ketorolac dose regimen during pregnancy and labor are appropriated and needed - to quantify the neonatal exposure to ketorolac through excretion in the breast milk
More hysterectomies are performed laparoscopically either as a total laparoscopic hysterectomy or as a laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy. The advantages of laparoscopic surgery include quicker hospital discharge, a shorter convalescence and cost effectiveness when compared to open procedures. Laparoscopic hysterectomies (both total and vaginally assisted) can lead to discomfort which may lead to a delay in discharge from hospital. Continuous infusions of local anaesthetic agents given post operatively to the site of operation have the been subject of trials for several operative procedures. To date however there have not been any properly controlled studies evaluating whether there are benefits of giving a local anaesthetic infusion for 48 hours into the pelvis following a total or vaginally assisted laparoscopic hysterectomy. The investigators therefore propose to investigate whether giving a local anaesthetic infusion in this fashion decreases the amount of rescue and patient controlled analgesia needed, and length of hospital stay. In order to do this the investigators wish to conduct a randomised placebo controlled double blind trial.
The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy of parecoxib with placebo on the incidence and severity of postthoracotomy shoulder pain, the amount of analgesic requirement for relieving severity of postthoracotomy shoulder pain and adverse events associated with treatment.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the use of a lumbar plexus block for arthroscopic hip surgery is superior to oral and intravenous opioid pain medications alone in treating pain. In addition, the study will examine whether lumbar plexus blocks reduce the total amount of pain medication needed, and therefore reduce the side effects of these medicines and increase patient satisfaction. It is hypothesized that addition of the lumbar plexus block will significantly reduce patients' postoperative pain.
A randomized, controlled, single-blinded study comparing conventional postoperative analgesia with paracetamol-on-demand with the same regime plus acupuncture. The hypothesis is that postoperative treatment of children undergoing tonsillectomy with acupuncture will reduce pain with minimal unwanted effects.
Postoperative pain following total hip arthroplasty (THA) (1) is often considered moderate to severe and can therefore influence the postoperative course of event and result in delayed postoperative mobilization and prolonged hospitalization. It is therefore necessary to find the most optimal method for alleviation of pain for these patients. Traditionally, this has been managed by epidural analgesia, continuous peripheral nerve blocks, parental- or spinal opioids. Recently, Drs Kerr and Kohan at the Joint Orthopaedic Centre in Sydney, Australia developed a local infiltration analgesia (LIA) technique. The technique was introduced in Scandinavia during 2001 and has been shown to be efficacious during knee surgery. The LIA technique is based on a systemic infiltration of a mixture of a long-acting local anaesthetic (ropivacaine), a non steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (ketorolac), and epinephrine into the tissue around the surgical field to achieve satisfactory pain control with little physiological disturbance. A catheter is left from the skin and into the joint cavity, allowing repeated injection on the morning after surgery (10). Effective pain relief with early mobilization and reduced hospital stay has been reported following total knee arthroplasty and, recently, following unicompartmental knee arthroplasty. The aim of this study is to assess whether LIA technique is equi-efficacious to intrathecal morphine, the standard of care in our hospital.
The objective of the study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of a single oral dose of two dose combinations of naproxen sodium and diphenhydramine (DPH) to demonstrate that naproxen sodium/DPH combination provides added clinical benefit to sleep improvement than either single ingredient alone in subjects with post-surgical dental pain and phase advanced sleep.