Naproxen for Post-Operative Pain

Current methods of controlling post-operative pain.

Until recently, the clinical significance of post-surgical pain and its undertreatment were for the most part unappreciated. Recognition that inadequate analgesia adversely affects the patient's cardiovascular, pulmonary, and emotional status has spurred development of new and highly effective methods of controlling pain. With the introduction of spinal opioid and patient-controlled analgesia (...

Epidural morphine and post-operative pain relief.

Epidural morphine was compared with placebo in two randomly selected but similar groups of patients undergoing upper abdominal operations. There was no quantitative or qualitative difference in the analgesia obtained in the two groups of patients but there were significantly diminished long term requirements of intramuscular morphine in those who had been previously given epidural morphine when...

Pain Control and Post-operative Ileus

In any disease process, pain is always present. This pain can be acute or chronic. It can be caused by our treatment or by our manipulations. It is of variable intensity and the systemic adverse effects can differ from an animal to another. Pain always generates stress for the animal. In some situations, mild levels of pain can be beneficial and may help to avoid catastrophic failure of a fract...

Novel concepts of analgesia for post operative pain: Multimodal analgesia

The 2014 guidelines for post-operative pain management.

1Klinika Anestezjologii i Intensywnej Terapii, Wydział Lekarski z Oddziałem Lekarsko-Dentystycznym w Zabrzu, Śląski Uniwersytet Medyczny w Katowicach 2Oddział Anestezjologii i Intensywnej Terapii dla Dzieci, Wojewódzki Szpital Zespolony w Toruniu 3Klinika Leczenia Bólu i Opieki Paliatywnej, Zakład Farmakologii Klinicznej Collegium Medicum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego w Krakowie 4Klinika Leczeni...