Journal of clinical anesthesia
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Epidural scopolamine administration in preventing nausea after epidural morphine.
To determine the effectiveness of epidural scopolamine in preventing nausea and vomiting in patients receiving epidural morphine. ⋯ Epidural scopolamine can be used as an adjunct to epidural morphine in effectively reducing the incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial
Doxacurium block is not influenced by age.
To determine the influence of aging on the efficacy and safety of doxacurium. ⋯ The use of doxacurium in elderly patients is possible with no need for dose adjustment. Doxacurium might be a good choice for patients with cardiac disease who are scheduled for long surgical procedures.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Factors that influence an anesthesiologist's decision to cancel elective surgery for the child with an upper respiratory tract infection.
To examine factors that anesthesiologists consider when making decisions regarding elective surgery cancellation of the pediatric patient with an upper respiratory infection (URI). ⋯ The results of this survey demonstrate a wide range of opinions and approaches to this enduring clinical dilemma. However, it appears that the practice of cancelling elective surgery for children with URIs may be changing over time, since younger anesthesiologists appear to cancel less often than their more experienced counterparts. It is hoped that this information will be useful to practioners in their evaluation and management of children with colds and will stimulate further investigation into this important clinical problem.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
A post-anesthetic discharge scoring system for home readiness after ambulatory surgery.
To evaluate the validity and reliability of an objective scoring system, the Post-Anesthetic Discharge Scoring System (PADSS), which was compared against existing Clinical Discharge Criteria in the ambulatory surgery unit of our hospital. ⋯ We have found PADSS to have superior measurement scaling and diagnostic properties.
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Clinical Trial
The effect of epidural blood patch on hearing loss in patients with severe postdural puncture headache.
To determine the immediate effect of epidural blood patch (EBP) on the hearing loss that can accompany postdural puncture headache (PDPH). ⋯ Epidural blood patch improves hearing within one hour in the majority of patients with severe PDPH.