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Filter by:Pregabalin due to its antihyperalgesic effect, has proven its efficacy on neuropathic pain, essentially in nociceptive surgeries. Few studies have attempted to identify the utility of pregabalin as a premedication before cesarean delivery. The investigators aimed to determine whether or not pregabalin as premedication improves analgesia post cesarean delivery.
Epidural analgesia is an efficient way to relieve pain after major abdominal surgery. Two different protocols are used to provide analgesia: continuous epidural infusion (CEI) and programmed intermittent boluses (PIEB). CEI consists in the delivery of a continuous administration of the intended hourly dose. PIEB consists in the administration of sequential high pressure boluses of the intended dose. Although some studies in the postoperative setting have observed that PIEB reduces the total dose needed to ensure adequate pain control, the clinical value of this finding is still uncertain. Moreover, nursing and medical interventions to the epidural infusion rates are frequently needed in the first 48 postoperative hours to optimize the provision of analgesia. These interventions add to the already important nursing workload associated with major abdominal surgery, and are correlated with suboptimal analgesia for the patient. This randomized controlled trial aims to compare the effect of epidural PIEB on the workload as a reflection of adequate analgesia compared to the standard CEI protocol in use. The investigators hypothesize that the use of PIEB decreases the number of interventions needed to obtain adequate analgesia.
It is unclear whether addition of opioids to epidural solutions for postoperative analgesia is beneficial. In this multicenter randomized double-blinded trial, we aim to test the primary hypothesis that epidural solutions containing only bupivacaine are as effective as solutions containing both bupivacaine and fentanyl in promoting analgesia in patients recovering from open abdominal surgery. We also aim to assess the incidence of epidural-induced hypotension, the difference in patient-reported opioid side-effects between the two groups. If we demonstrate no clinically important difference between the two interventions, clinicians will be able to substantially reduce the amount of opioids patients receive during their postoperative recovery, and potentially decrease the associated high incidence of opioid adverse effects in post-surgical patients.
The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of relaxation exercises on pain level and pain medication use after arthroscopic rotator cuff shoulder surgery
1. The investigators aim to examine the use of IV and oral ketorolac as an adjunctive agent to the standard of care pain protocol for postoperative pain control following ACL reconstruction surgery. 2. The investigators hypothesize that the use of IV and oral ketorolac in addition to the standard of care pain protocol will reduce postoperative opioid consumption following ACL reconstruction surgery.
The utilization of arthroscopic surgery to treat meniscus injuries has continued to increase in recent years, partly due to a younger, more active population, and improved technology and technique. However, pain management in the post-operative period is critical to the ability to perform this procedure as an outpatient surgery. Traditionally, oral narcotic agents have been the preferred analgesic postoperatively in orthopaedic surgery. However, these agents are associated with several side effects, including nausea/vomiting, constipation, and somnolence. In addition, opioid agents have a significant potential for abuse in comparison to non-narcotic analgesics. In light of the rising opioid epidemic and nationwide initiatives to limit narcotic usage, surgeons must explore alternate pain modalities in the acute postoperative period. Ketorolac is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) with analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties.1 Multiple prior studies have examined the beneficial effect of oral and intravenous (IV) ketorolac as an analgesic in the postoperative period,1-3 including arthroscopic meniscus surgery. However, the beneficial effects of this agent following arthroscopic meniscus surgery have not been extensively described.
Injection of intraperitoneal bupivacaine revealed an analgesic effect whether injected alone or in combination with other adjuvants, which increase duration of analgesia and decrease the dose of administered bupivacaine thus minimizing its side effects e.g. Opioids, Corticosteroids and Magnesium sulphate. Neostigmine, a cholinesterase inhibitor that produces muscarinic receptor-mediated analgesia, increased postoperative analgesia when combined with local anaesthetics. Peripheral afferent nerve fibres contain muscarinic receptors, these could be a good target for pain suppression.
Music therapy is a non-invasive, safe, and inexpensive intervention that can be easily and successfully delivered. it has been shown that music therapy might reduce the postoperative pain in patients undergoing cesarean section and in those with cancer, showing a lower state of anxiety and greater pain reduction in participants who received music interventions. The aim of the present study is to investigate the role of music and music therapy on anxiety and perception of pain in patients undergoing elective hysterectomy for benign disease.
Video-assisted thoracoscopic (VATs) lobectomy is mild to moderately pain procedure. For conventional thoracotomy, there are many invasive pain control such as epidural analgesia, paravertebral block. However, for VATs, the invasive pain control somehow are too invasive. Nefopam is non-opioid painkilling medication, Serotonin, norepinephrine, dopamine reuptake inhibitor. Many study were demonstrated positive outcome of nefopam usage in many operation such as abdominal surgery, laparocopic surgery, orthopedic surgery. Nevertheless, nefopam for VATs is not well studied yet.
The investigators will evaluate the influence of intraoperative remifentanil infusion on the postoperative hyperalgesia in patients receiving rotator cuff repair after brachial plexus block for postoperative analgesia.