PCMusic – Support during Pain Management, Part 1

Pain management: Part 1: Managing acute and postoperative dental pain.

Safe and effective management of acute dental pain can be accomplished with nonopioid and opioid analgesics. To formulate regimens properly, it is essential to appreciate basic pharmacological principles and appropriate dosage strategies for each of the available analgesic classes. This article will review the basic pharmacology of analgesic drug classes, including their relative efficacy for d...

Pain management part II: pharmacologic management of chronic orofacial pain.

The pharmacologic management of chronic orofacial pain involves the use of medications not used routinely in dental practice. Additionally, many drugs are used for long periods of time necessitating careful monitoring for adverse effects and potential drug interactions. This article will review commonly used medications for chronic orofacial pain and highlight important areas of concern.

Management of Blunt Trauma to the Spleen (Part 1)

Spleen is the most frequent solid organ to be injured in blunt abdominal trauma. Considering its important role in providing immunity and preventing infection by a variety of mechanisms, every attempt should be made, if possible, to salvage the traumatized spleen at any age particularly in children. After primary resuscitation, mandatory requirements for non-operative management include absence...

Pain management during labor

Recent studies investigating the management of analgesia in childbirth have demonstrated that pain relief can be started early in labor with no negative consequences. Also of particular importance are studies showing that automated delivery of large boluses of diluted local anesthetic with opioids might be more effective than continuous background infusion of these drugs in patient-controlled e...

Complex regional pain syndrome : Part 1