Regional blocks for pre-emptive anti-emesis

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Pre-emptive analgesia.

Transmission of pain signals evoked by tissue damage leads to sensitization of the peripheral and central pain pathways. Pre-emptive analgesia is a treatment that is initiated before the surgical procedure in order to reduce this sensitization. Owing to this 'protective' effect on the nociceptive system, pre-emptive analgesia has the potential to be more effective than a similar analgesic treat...

Pre - Emptive Extradural Analgesia

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Pre-emptive treatment of Cytomegalovirus

Valganciclovir is equally efficacious in preventing CMV disease when used as prophylaxis or as pre-emptive treatment (Level 2 evidence but not designed for this outcome) Pre-emptive treatment of CMV infection results in significantly less leukopenia than prophylaxis, however, there is no difference in other adverse events. Pre-emptive treatment with 1⁄2 dose ganciclovir and 1⁄2 dose foscarnet r...

The involvement of TRPV1 in emesis and anti-emesis

Diverse transmitter systems (e.g. acetylcholine, dopamine, endocannabinoids, endorphins, glutamate, histamine, 5-hydroxytryptamine, substance P) have been implicated in the pathways by which nausea and vomiting are induced and are targets for anti-emetic drugs (e.g. 5-hydroxytryptamine3 and tachykinin NK1 antagonists). The involvement of TRPV1 in emesis was discovered in the early 1990s and may...