European journal of anaesthesiology
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Comparative Study
Age-adapted morphine titration produces equivalent analgesia and adverse effects in younger and older patients.
To determine the efficacy and safety of intravenous postoperative morphine titration in the elderly compared with younger patients. ⋯ Using lower bolus doses, pain relief in the immediate postoperative period with morphine was as efficacious and safe in elderly patients as in younger patients. The decrease in renal clearance of morphine in the elderly justifies the reduction of intravenous morphine boluses for the treatment of postoperative pain.
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Letter Multicenter Study
Videolaryngoscopy--an answer to difficult laryngoscopy?
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
The postoperative analgesic efficacy of intraperitoneal tramadol compared to normal saline or intravenous tramadol in laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
The aim of this study was to compare the postoperative analgesic efficacy of intraperitoneal tramadol with intravenous tramadol or normal saline in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy. ⋯ Intravenous tramadol provides superior postoperative analgesia in the early postoperative period after laparoscopic cholecystectomy compared with an equivalent dose of tramadol administered intraperitoneally and with normal saline in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy.