Procedure-specific Pain Management

Procedure-specific postoperative pain management.

Procedure-specific postoperative pain management guidelines arguably are more helpful to the clinician than general pain guidelines or guidelines based on the use of the Oxford League Tables. Two sources, the United States Veteran's Health Administration and the European Prospect Working Group, offer websites that include surgical procedure-specific postoperative pain management guidelines, whi...

Procedure-specific pain management: the road to improve postsurgical pain management?

780 April 2013 T benefits of optimal pain management are well recognized. Nevertheless, treatment of postoperative pain continues to be a major challenge and inadequate postoperative pain relief remains disturbingly high.1,2 This is also demonstrated in a large, comprehensive, prospective cohort study from Germany by Gerbershagen et al.3 published in this issue of ANEstHEsioloGy. one of the rea...

Management of paediatric procedure-related cancer pain

Childhood cancers are comparatively rare, affecting one in 600 children before the age of 15 years. Each year in the UK there are around 1300 new childhood cancer patients, an annual incidence rate of one per 10 000 children.1 The outlook for children with cancer has improved radically since the widespread introduction of combination chemotherapy in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Before that t...

Anesthesic and Pain Management Considerations for the Nuss Procedure

Inm-10: OHSS Management Procedure and Results

The ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) is a consequence of superovulation therapy for assisted conception procedures. This potentiallyfatal condition is avoidable by the judicious use of gonadotropins and carefulmonitoring of stimulation regimens. Women who are at particular risk ofdeveloping the syndrome include those who have polycystic ovaries and thosewho are young (under 30 years). W...