British journal of anaesthesia
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Does a postoperative visit increase patient satisfaction with anaesthesia care?
Patient satisfaction with anaesthesia is unchanged by post-operative anaesthetist visit.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Combined spinal and epidural anaesthesia and maternal intrapartum temperature during vaginal delivery: a randomized clinical trial.
We determined the association between combined spinal-epidural (CSE) anaesthesia and an increase in maternal intrapartum temperature and intrapartum fever. ⋯ The use of CSE is associated with a significant increase in maternal temperature and in the incidence of intrapartum maternal fever. However, the increase in maternal temperature does not appear to provoke any deleterious effects on the mother or child.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Thoracic epidural analgesia or patient-controlled local analgesia for radical retropubic prostatectomy: a randomized, double-blind study.
Postoperative pain after radical retropubic prostatectomy is moderate to severe. The primary aim of this study was to assess whether intra-abdominal local anaesthetics provide similar analgesia compared with thoracic epidural analgesia (TEA). ⋯ TEA provides superior postoperative pain relief with better preservation of expiratory muscle strength compared with PCLA.