Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
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Acta Anaesthesiol Scand · Feb 2008
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative StudyIntravenous remifentanil vs. epidural levobupivacaine with fentanyl for pain relief in early labour: a randomised, controlled, double-blinded study.
We hypothesised that intravenous patient-controlled analgesia (IV PCA) with remifentanil could provide as satisfactory pain relief for labour as epidural analgesia. ⋯ In terms of pain scores, epidural analgesia is superior to that provided by IV remifentanil. However, there was no difference in the pain relief scores between the treatments.
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Acta Anaesthesiol Scand · Feb 2008
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialDexmedetomidine blunts acute hyperdynamic responses to electroconvulsive therapy without altering seizure duration.
This study was designed to evaluate the effect of dexmedetomidine on the acute hyperdynamic response, duration of seizure activity and recovery times in patients undergoing electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). ⋯ A dexmedetomidine dose of 1 mug/kg IV administered over 10 min before the induction of anaesthesia with propofol may be useful in preventing the acute hyperdynamic responses to ECT without altering the duration of seizure activity and recovery time.
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Acta Anaesthesiol Scand · Feb 2008
Randomized Controlled TrialLow-dose haloperidol prevents post-operative nausea and vomiting after ambulatory laparoscopic surgery.
We evaluated the prophylactic effect of low-dose haloperidol (1 mg) on post-operative nausea and vomiting (PONV) in women undergoing ambulatory laparoscopic surgery. Droperidol (0.625 mg) and saline were controls. ⋯ Like droperidol (0.625 mg), prophylactic intravenous haloperidol (1 mg) significantly reduced the incidence of PONV in women undergoing ambulatory laparoscopic surgery.