European journal of anaesthesiology
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Randomized Controlled Trial
The effect of a standardised source of divided attention in airway management: A randomised, crossover, interventional manikin study.
Dual-tasking, the need to divide attention between concurrent tasks, causes a severe increase in workload in emergency situations and yet there is no standardised training simulation scenario for this key difficulty. ⋯ The scenario was effective for simulation training involving divided attention in acute care medicine. The significant effects on performance and perceived workload demonstrate the validity of the model, which was also characterised by high acceptability, technical simplicity and a novel degree of standardisation.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Tizanidine for the management of acute postoperative pain after inguinal hernia repair: A placebo-controlled double-blind trial.
α2-Agonists are used postoperatively as a component of multimodal analgesia. Tizanidine is a centrally acting α2-agonist with muscle relaxant properties. ⋯ The addition of tizanidine to the postoperative pain therapy after herniorrhaphy decreased postoperative pain and analgesic consumption and improved return to normal activity and quality of life.