European journal of anaesthesiology
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Multicenter Study Controlled Clinical Trial
Implementing situation-background-assessment-recommendation in an anaesthetic clinic and subsequent information retention among receivers: A prospective interventional study of postoperative handovers.
Communication errors cause clinical incidents and adverse events in relation to surgery. To ensure proper postoperative patient care, it is essential that personnel remember and recall information given during the handover from the operating theatre to the postanaesthesia care unit. Formalizing the handover may improve communication and aid memory, but research in this area is lacking. ⋯ Compared with the comparison group with no intervention, when SBAR was implemented in an anaesthetic clinic, we were unable to show any improvement in recalled information among receivers following postoperative handover.
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Multicenter Study Observational Study
Metamizole for postoperative pain therapy in 1177 children: A prospective, multicentre, observational, postauthorisation safety study.
Due to possible serious adverse drug reactions (ADRs), the use of metamizole for postoperative pain therapy in children is a subject of debate. Safety studies with large sample sizes have not been published as yet. ⋯ Single intravenous doses of metamizole used for the prevention or treatment of postoperative pain were well tolerated in more than 1000 children aged up to 6 years. The probability of serious ADRs (haemodynamic, anaphylactic or respiratory reactions) is lower than 0.3%. The sample size and follow-up was not sufficient to detect episodes of agranulocytosis.
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Letter Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Comparative Study
Urapidil versus nicardipine in preeclamptic toxaemia: A randomised feasibility study.
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Multicenter Study
General anaesthetic agents do not influence persistent pain after breast cancer surgery: A prospective nationwide cohort study.
It has recently been suggested that propofol exerts a protective effect on the occurrence of persistent pain after breast cancer surgery. We analysed data from a subcohort taken from a multicentre study to validate this information. ⋯ There does not appear to be a role for the anaesthetic protocol in the occurrence of persistent postsurgical pain. Other already well established hypotheses were confirmed.
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Multicenter Study Observational Study
Chronic postsurgical pain in Europe: An observational study.
Chronic postsurgical pain (CPSP) is an important clinical problem. Prospective studies of the incidence, characteristics and risk factors of CPSP are needed. ⋯ The collection of data on CPSP was feasible within the European registry PAIN OUT. The incidence of moderate to severe CPSP at 12 months was 11.8%. Functional impairment was associated with CPSP severity and neuropathic characteristics. Risk factors for CPSP in the present study were chronic preoperative pain, orthopaedic surgery and percentage of time in severe pain on D1.