Objective: The data of the patients undergoing percutaneous nephrolithotomy under either regional or general anesthesia at our hospital were compared retrospectively in this study. Material and Methods: Demographic characteristics, mean hemoglobin decline, transfusion and ephedrine requirements, duration of surgery and anesthesia, length of hospital stay, and postoperative analgesic requirement...

BACKGROUND Midazolam has some potential in pain control of patients undergoing knee arthroscopy. However, the results remain controversial. We conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis to explore the effect of midazolam on pain control after knee arthroscopy. METHODS PubMed, EMbase, Web of science, EBSCO, and Cochrane library databases are systematically searched. Randomized controlled tr...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of adding neostigmine to lidocaine in intravenous regional anesthesia (IVRA). DESIGN Randomized, double-blinded study. SETTING Tertiary-care academic medical institution. PATIENTS 40 ASA physical status I and II patients scheduled for elective or emergency forearm and hand surgery. INTERVENTION Patients were randomized to two groups of 20 patients ...

BACKGROUND Appropriate postoperative pain management contributes to earlier mobilization, shorter hospitalization, and reduced cost. The under treatment of pain may impede short-term recovery and have a detrimental long-term effect on health. This study focuses on Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA), which is a delivery system for pain medication. This study proposes and demonstrates how to use ...

conclusions the results of this study showed that ketamine, doxapram and meperidine are equally effective in the prevention of postoperative shivering. background postanaesthetic shivering is one of the most common unpleasant complications in patients. objectives the aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of doxapram, ketamine and meperidine in prevention of shivering after anaesthesia. ...

objective: we aimed to evaluate the efficacy of celecoxib in reducing intrathecal morphine-induced pruritus in parturient undergoing cesarean section delivery under spinal anesthesia. materials and methods: in a randomized double-blind placebo controlled study 126 women undergoing elective cesarean section under spinal anesthesia (0.5% bupivacaine 12mg plus 0.2 mg preservativefree morphine )wer...

Objective To summarise the evidence for use of intravenous magnesium for analgesic effect in caesarean section patients. Background Postcaesarean pain requires effective analgesia. Magnesium, an N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist and calcium-channel blocker, has previously been investigated for its analgesic properties. Methods A systematic search was conducted of PubMed, Scopus, MEDL...

background: b vitamins deficiencies in humans and animals have been known for some time to induce pain and inflammation. these symptoms can be readily alleviated by appropriate administration of vitamins b. the aim of this study was to evaluate opioids requirements and hemodynamic variables and analgesic effect of b vitamins and b vitamins-diclofenac in general anesthesia and post-anesthesia ca...