IJMDS ● www.ijmds.org ● January 2015; 4(1) 547 Original Article The efficacy of intravenous Paracetamol versus Tramadol for postoperative analgesia after elective surgery Singh B, Singh I, Singh AP ABSTRACT Background: Pain is an unpleasant sensory or emotional experience usually occurs due to potential tissue damage associated with surgical trauma. Opioids and Non steroidal antiinflammatory dr...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Pain is an aggravating factor in postoperative morbidity and mortality especially in large size surgeries. Methods to effectively fend pain collide with elevated costs and for this reason they are not accessible in every service. The option would be the use of an opioid with long half-life, such as methadone. The objective of the present study was to compare the requir...

Background: Post-operative pain relief after Caesarean section is important; it improves mobility and reduces the risk of thromboembolic complications. Neuraxial opioids are effective in postoperative pain relief but untoward effects like postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) prevent their regular use. Recent studies have shown that IV Dexamethasone reduces the incidence of PONV associated w...

BACKGROUND Anesthesia and inflammatory response have been studied in major abdominal and thoracic surgical procedures, but not in major orthopaedic reconstructive procedures such as total knee arthroplasty. Most studies have compared general anesthesia with epidural anesthesia, but none has compared epidural with spinal. MATERIAL/METHODS In a prospective randomized study, 2 groups of patients...

The analgesic effect of the centrally acting opioid, tramadol, is well-known. It has been shown in clinical studies that using tramadol epidurally can provide longer duration of analgesia, without the common side effects of opioids. The study was undertaken to evaluate the duration of analgesia and/or pain free period produced by intrathecal tramadol added to bupivacaine in patients undergoing ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Management of postoperative pain after laparoscopic segmental colonic resections remains controversial. We compared 2 methods of analgesia within an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) program. The goal of the study was to investigate whether administration of intrathecal bupivacaine/morphine would lead to an enhanced recovery. METHODS A single-center, randomized,...

OBJECTIVE The study was planned to investigate the possible effects of peroperative prone and supine positions on postspinal headache incidence. METHODS This prospective study was completed at Demet Hospital, Ankara, Turkey between January-July 2003. Two groups of patients were studied, Group 1 comprised randomly selected male American Society of Anesthesiology Classification grade 1 (ASA 1)...

The aim of this paper is the description of a new version of the software application GRUNUMUR, a useful tool for human nutrition studies designed by the Nutrition Research Group from the Murcia University. Similar to the first, this second version offers the possibility to address different types of study: dietary habits (24 h recall, 7-days dietary record and Food Frequency Questionnaire), ep...

PURPOSE Evaluate efficacy of superficial peribulbar anesthesia for cataract extraction compared with conventional peribulbar anesthesia. SETTING Department of Ophthalmology, Al Nahdha Hospital (Tertiary Ophthalmic and ENT Hospital) and Magraby Eye & Ear Center, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. METHODS Patients scheduled for cataract extraction with intraocular lens implantation were randomly divi...

INTRODUCTION Paravertebral block (PVB) is an alternative to general anaesthesia (GA) for breast surgery. However, for extensive surgery multiple punctures are needed increasing the immanent risk of the method. The purpose of this study was to evaluate PVB via catheter and injections at three different levels. Primary outcome was the quality of postoperative analgesia, in particular, the number ...