European journal of anaesthesiology
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
Effects of levobupivacaine infiltration on postoperative analgesia and stress response in children following inguinal hernia repair.
The present study compared the postoperative analgesic effects of preincisional and postincisional wound infiltration with levobupivacaine and postoperative cortisol and prolactin levels in children following inguinal hernia repair. ⋯ Wound infiltration with levobupivacaine after induction of general anaesthesia and before the end of the surgery both provide postoperative pain relief following hernia repair, and decrease the stress response to postoperative pain.
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Comparative Study
Evaluation of the Aesculon cardiac output monitor by subxiphoidal Doppler flow measurement in children with congenital heart defects.
To evaluate the noninvasive electrical velocimetry (Aesculon) monitor for cardiac output (CO) by subxiphoidal Doppler flow measurement in children. ⋯ We conclude that electrical velocimetry using the Aesculon monitor does not reliably reflect absolute CO values as compared with subxiphoidal Doppler flow measurement.
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Editorial Comment
Total intravenous anaesthesia to obese patients: largely guesswork?