Expect analgesic failure; pursue analgesic success

C & Kalso , E 2013 , ' Expect analgesic failure ; pursue analgesic success

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Analgesic abuse and renal failure in Australasia.

Analgesic-induced renal papillary necrosis first became a significant factor in mortality tables for two Australian states, Queensland and New South Wales, about the year 1960 [1, 21, and the earliest descriptions of the clinical syndrome and renal pathology in Australasia (i.e., Australia and New Zealand) appeared during the following two years [3—5]. Nearly two decades earlier there had been ...

Analgesic nephropathy.

Many questions about analgesic nephropathy (AN) lack clear-cut answers. We present available evidence for and against proposed answers to many of these questions. These include: (1) Is acetaminophen (AC) nephrotoxic when taken as the sole analgesic? (2) Is the combination of acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) and AC more nephrotoxic than AC taken alone, and if so, why? (3) What are the minimum doses an...

Analgesic requirements following surgery.

THE requirements for postoperative analgesia are very variable and are thought to depend on a multitude of factors which include age, sex, social class, the site and extent of surgery and the immobility or otherwise of the patient (Keats, 1956). The writer had the opportunity to observe and record the frequency of use of postoperative analgesia in the general surgical recovery ward in a main ho...