OBJECTIVE AND METHODS In a prospective, observer-blind study, 50 patients scheduled for posterolateral thoracotomy were investigated to compare the effects of intermittent intercostal extrapleural bupivacaine (n = 25) and intravenous pethidine (n = 25) on post-thoracotomy pain and pulmonary function. The severity of chest pain (objectified by the use 5-point scale of Prince Henry) and changes i...

BACKGROUND Percutaneous liver biopsy (PLB) is the "gold standard" in the diagnosis of liver diseases. A pilot trial has shown pethidine may reduce anxiety and the need for post-procedural pain relief. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of pre-procedural pethidine. METHODS A double-blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled trial was conducted to assess the need for pethidine prior...

Background: Spinal anaesthesia is a less expensive option to general for surgical procedures below the umbilicus in resource-constrained settings with shortage of medical gases and specialized an anesthetists. The patient’s airway not harmed by spinal anaesthesia, both patient doctor benefits from host additional benefits. Following discontinuation hyperbaric lidocaine intrathecal injection bec...

background: appropriate pain management is needed during the post -partum hospitalization period for preventing cesarean section ( cs) related complications. protocols of post-partum pain management should be planned based on the facilities of each center or region. the aim of current study was to compare the analgesic efficacy of oral methadone and intra muscular (im) pethidine which the latte...

A randomized prospective single blind trial was conducted in the Department of Anaesthesia, Analgesia, Palliative and Intensive Care Medicine, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh, between July 2021 February 2022, to compare effects intravenous pethidine nalbuphine hydrochloride combating epigastric pain discomfort during mopping intraperitoneal blood lower uterine caesarean sectio...

a bstract background: shivering is a common complication of general and epidural anesthesia. warming methods and many drugs are used for control of shivering in the recovery room. the present study is a randomized clinical trial aimed to investigate the effects of two interventions in comparison with pethidine which is the routine treatment on shivering in patients undergoing abdominal surgery ...

Four analgesic drugs--fentanyl, phenoperidine, morphine and pethidine--were compared in a double-blind trial involving 113 patients paralysed and ventilated with nitrous oxide and oxygen. The differences between the drugs were relatively small. There were only slight differences in "duration of action", a term which is questioned in this context. Pethidine appeared to have a slightly longer dur...

Objective: Renal colic is a common cause of emergency room visits. Due to the spontaneous passage of more than 90% of kidney stones, treatment in the emergency department (ED) is limited to pain control. Analgesics currently used are selected based on physician experiences and various theories from different sources. The aim of this study was to compare the common drugs (pethid...