BACKGROUND The surgical pleth index (SPI) is proposed for titration of analgesic drugs during general anesthesia. Several reports have investigated the effect of SPI on the consumption of opioids including remifentanil, fentanyl, and sufentanil during anesthesia, but there are no reports about oxycodone. We aimed to investigate intravenous oxycodone consumption between SPI-guided analgesia and ...

injecting local anesthetic at the seeking current would be appealing.it would save time and avoid potentially dangerous manipulations of the needle. this study aimed to test the hypotheses that in vertical infraclavicular block, injecting local anesthetic at a seeking current of 0.8 ma would produce the same quality of block as injecting at ≤0.5ma. a total of sixty asa i -iii adult patients sch...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Various additives have been evaluated for the purpose of enhancing quality of analgesia and prolonging duration of spinal anesthesia. This randomized, double-blind study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of intravenous dexamethasone in spinal anesthesia. METHODS A total of sixty patients scheduled for lower segment cesarean section under spinal anesthesia were randoml...

Introduction: This study looked at how pharmacology affected surgical anatomy and patient outcomes. Methods: The research included a total of 162 participants who were having elective surgery. Propofol or sevoflurane was randomly allocated to patients for the initiation maintenance anesthesia. Acetaminophen, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications (NSAIDs), opioids used in combination allevi...

BACKGROUND Multimodal analgesia programs have been shown to decrease hospital stay, but it not clear which functions are restored after surgery. The objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of epidural anesthesia and analgesia on functional exercise capacity and health-related quality of life. METHODS Sixty-four patients undergoing elective colonic resection were randomized to either...