Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
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Acta Anaesthesiol Scand · May 1997
Postoperative analgesia in Italy. National survey on the anaesthetist's beliefs, opinions, behaviour and techniques in postoperative pain control in Italy.
Using a personal, anonymous questionnaire developed ad hoc, we tried to document the role, the problems and the activities of Italian anaesthetists in postoperative pain control. ⋯ This survey shows that Italian anaesthetists do not consider the postoperative period to be their own personal work area and that POA is to be considered as a matter of individual choice.
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Acta Anaesthesiol Scand · Apr 1997
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialPreoperative infiltration of bupivacaine--effects on pain relief and trauma response (cortisol and interleukin-6).
Subcutaneous infiltration of bupivacaine before skin incision can reduce postoperative pain and modulate the stress response. ⋯ Preoperative subcutaneous infiltration of bupivacaine significantly reduced the postoperative consumption of intravenous morphine.
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Acta Anaesthesiol Scand · Apr 1997
Analysis of anaesthesia in patients suspected to be susceptible to malignant hyperthermia before diagnostic in vitro contracture test.
It is well known that patients susceptible to malignant hyperthermia (MH) do not always develop clinical signs of MH at their first anaesthetic. Large material concerning this epidemiological problem do not exist. Therefore, we undertook the present investigation at the Danish Malignant Hyperthermia Register. ⋯ The clinical expressivity of the MHS phenotype was found to be 34%-54%.
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Acta Anaesthesiol Scand · Apr 1997
Letter Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialStreptomycin/lignocaine local infiltration in the treatment of hypertrophic scar pain. A preliminary report.