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Filter by:Low current electrical stimulation test, also called the Tsui test, has been used successfully to confirm the catheter location in the epidural space in various patient populations. The results of this study will show whether or not doing a Tsui test can predict inadequate epidural analgesia early in the course of placing the epidural, so that the appropriate measures could be applied immediately upon gathering unfavorable results.
This is an intervention study focusing on both medical and nursing questions. The study is a joint project between the Ambulance services at four cities in West Sweden and Knowledge and research centre, PreHospen at University of Borås. The aim is to prove the importance of a caring relation between a patient and a caregiver in cases when a caregiver treats a patient with benzodiazepines (Midazolam). The overall aim is to show that knowledge and skills in both caring science and medicine can be applied at the same time in order to relieve pain and anxiety in acute myocardial disease. The nursing intervention involves a professional development course for caregivers. The course is expected to deepen the caregivers' knowledge about the encounter with patients as well as cardiovascular treatment. Following questions are formulated: A. What are the effects regarding relieving pain and anxiety in acute myocardial disease? B. What are the effects regarding circulatory influence? C. What are the effects regarding patients' experiences of the ambulance services? D. What are the effects regarding number of care days in relation to acute myocardial disease? E. What are the effects of patients' disease complications?
To evaluate the safety and efficacy of self-titration to effective analgesia with inhaled AeroLEF in patients with moderate/severe acute pain in the post-surgical setting.
Effective perioperative analgesia is the key to postoperative rehabilitation. An intriguing body of evidence suggests that short-term administration of intravenous lidocaine may produce pain relief that far exceeds both the duration of infusion and the half-life of the drug. When pain relief is provided, concomitant anal-gesic medication can be reduced, side effects from pain relieving medication minimized with a potential for a more rapid postoperative recovery and less complications. IV application of lidocaine should de-crease the duration of bowel dysfunction. We hypothesise that i.v. application of lidocaine in a standard antiarrythmic dose can significantly improve acute rehabilitation after laparoscopic urological surgery and so shorten the hospital stay (primary outcome). We expect that the intraoperative inflammatory response can significantly be reduced.
The Surgical Pleth index (SPI) has been introduced as a non invasive tool to "measure" stress and pain during surgery. Preliminary studies were performed in patients under general anaesthesia with propofol and remifentanil. These trials showed a good correlation between SPI and aching procedures and a negative correlation between SPI and the remifentanil dosage. Hence, it was concluded that SPI may be a bedside tool to measure `pain` during surgery. So far, no study investigated SPI during regional anaesthesia.
The hypothesis of the study is: Does the Surgical Stress Index (SSI) correlate with the Behavioral Pain Scale (BPS), the Ramsay Sedation Scale (RSS)and/or the Behavioral Pain Scale(BPV) and can therefore be used to monitor the quality of analgosedation in noncommunicative intensive care unit patients?
This protocol describes a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial intended to demonstrate the effectiveness of lidocaine at reducing pain associated wiht propofol infusion for short-term deep sedation in children. Patients will be randomized to receive either placebo (saline) or one of two dosing regimens of IV lidocaine prior to initiating propofol infusion. The efficacy of the differing lidocaine doses will be compared to determine the minimum dose required to safely achieve alleviation of pain. We hypothesize that premedicating with lidocaine will significantly decrease pain experienced by pediatric patients receiving propofol for outpatient sedation.
The purpose of this study is to determine if vaporized cannabis is effective as an analgesic for the treatment of painful diabetic neuropathy.
The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of a local anesthetic nerve block on markers of inflammation and pain after a sunburn. This is important because it may provide information regarding the way that nerve blocks help with the treatment of pain and in particular provide preemptive analgesia.
This study will test the SCION (Self care improvement through oncology nursing)-PAIN program, a multi-modular structured intervention to improve self management in oncologic patients with pain compared to care as usual (standard pain treatment and standard care). The study will determine if the self management skills of the patients continue to be used when the intervention stops, e.g. after discharge from hospital. It is hypothesized that patients who receive the multi-modular structured intervention will have less patient-related barriers to the management of cancer pain.