Reduced Postoperative Opioid Administration in Infants With Standing IV Acetaminophen Protocol
Researchers sought to find nonopioid analgesics for patients aged younger than 1 year receiving abdominal or anorectal surgery.
Postsurgical Pain
Lidocaine in Multimodal Analgesia Reduces Pain After Sleeve Gastrectomy
Researchers compared the effects of lidocaine, dexmedetomidine, and ketamine infusions added to multimodal analgesia to analyze pain scores following sleeve gastrectomy.
Spinal Anesthesia Tied to More Severe Pain After Hip Fracture Surgery
Severe pain is common after hip fracture surgery, and spinal anesthesia is associated with greater pain in the first 24 hours after surgery.
Cold Therapy Prior to Deep Breathing, Coughing Exercise Improves Chest Tube Pain
In patients with chest tubes, can cold therapy effectively soothe the pain associated with movement resulting from breathing and coughing?
Perioperative IV Dexamethasone Decreased Opioid Consumption After Total Knee Arthroplasty
The perioperative administration of IV dexamethasone should be considered as part of a multimodal analgesic regimen for total knee arthroplasty.
Novel Depot Bupivacaine Formulation Reduced Pain After Arthroscopic Subacromial Decompression
In a double-blind, placebo-controlled study, researchers evaluated the effects of a novel depot bupivacaine formulation on postoperative pain after subacromial decompression.
Similar Periprocedural Pain With 2 Ablation Techniques for Saphenous Vein Incompetence
Comparable pain outcomes were found after mechanochemical ablation and cyanoacrylate adhesive injections for primary saphenous vein incompetence.
Cannabis Use Linked to Increased Opioid Consumption After Lumbar Fusion
Patients undergoing lumbar spinal fusion surgery who were cannabis users consumed more opioids both prior to and after hospital discharge.
Multimodal Analgesia and Education Reduced Post-Arthroplasty Pain, Opioid Consumption
The provision of multimodal nonopioid analgesia was linked to reduced subacute pain after total knee and hip arthroplasty.
What Factors Help Predict Postoperative Fentanyl Use in IBD?
Researchers sought to identify factors that could help predict postoperative opioid consumption in patients with IBD.
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