Middle East journal of anaesthesiology
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Middle East J Anaesthesiol · Feb 2015
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative StudyCOMPARISON OF THE EFFECTS OF ORAL VS. PERITONSILLAR INFILTRATION OF KETAMINE IN PAIN REDUCTION AFTER TONSILLECTOMY: A RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL.
Although oral ketamine has been used in some cases to reduce pain in children, the use of this drug to reduce pain after tonsillectomy has not been studied yet. ⋯ The finding of this study showed that, compared with the peritonsillar infiltration of ketamine, the use of oral ketamine before general anesthesia was less effective in reducing postoperative pain of tonsillectomy in children.
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Middle East J Anaesthesiol · Feb 2015
Randomized Controlled TrialSUBTENON BUPIVACAINE INJECTION FOR POSTOPERATIVE PAIN RELIEF FOLLOWING PEDIATRIC STRABISMUS SURGERY: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED DOUBLE BLIND TRIAL.
Strabismus surgery in children is often associated with undesirable intraoperative and postoperative side effects including pain, postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV), and occulocardiac reflex (OCR). Systemic analgesics have side effects and are contraindicated in some cases. We hypothesized that the preoperative subtenon injection of bupivacaine would reduce postoperative pain and the incidence of side effects adverse effects. ⋯ These data provide some evidence that a preoperative subtenon block with bupivacaine combined with general anesthesia allows efficient control of postoperative pain as well as a reduction in the incidence of OCR and PONV in young children undergoing strabismus surgery.
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Middle East J Anaesthesiol · Feb 2015
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative StudyCOMPARISON BETWEEN C-MAC VIDEO-LARYNGOSCOPE AND MACINTOSH DIRECT LARYNGOSCOPE DURING CERVICAL SPINE IMMOBILIZATION.
Video-laryngoscopes have gained popularity in the recent years and have shown definite advantages over the conventional Macintosh direct laryngoscopes. However, there is still insufficient evidence comparing the C-MAC with the Macintosh for patients during manual inline stabilization (MILS). ⋯ The C-MAC video-laryngoscope was superior to the Macintosh laryngoscope for patients requiring intubation when manual inline neck stabilization was applied.
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Middle East J Anaesthesiol · Feb 2015
Randomized Controlled TrialEFFECT OF PREOPERATIVE ORAL PREGABALIN ON POSTOPERATIVE PAIN AFTER MASTECTOMY.
This was a randomized, double-blinded clinical trial to study the effects of a single oral dose of pregabalin 150 mg in postoperative pain management after mastectomy. ⋯ A single dose of 150 mg pregabalin given preoperatively compared to placebo significantly reduced postoperative pain scores after mastectomy.