conclusions intravenous acetaminophen reduced pain following outpatient urological surgery more significantly than meperidine. patients and methods in a prospective, randomized, double-blind clinical trial, 100 outpatients of urological surgery were studied in two groups of acetaminophen (a) and meperidine (m). patients in group a received 1g of acetaminophen in 100 ml saline within 15 minutes ...

background: postoperative nausea and vomiting (ponv) is a frequent and unpleasant adverse event associated with surgery. the reported incidence of ponv after laparoscopic cholecystectomy (lc) is quite high. despite the use of different drugs to prevent or relieve ponv, it continues to be undermanaged. recently, studies have been undertaken to determine if gabapentin can be useful for the prevent...

purpose: to evaluate the efficacy of pregabalin and gabapentin for post-photorefractive keratectomy (prk) pain relief. methods: 150 patients were divided into 3 groups. after undergoing prk; groups 1, 2, 3 received pregabalin 75 mg, gabapentin 300 mg, and placebo 3 times daily for 3 days, respectively. patients could take acetaminophen-codeine 300/10 mg tablets every 4 hours as needed. patients...

background: ovarian masses represent a range of pathology from benign cyst to highly aggressive malignant tumors. it has been estimated that gynecologic malignancy account for approximately 2% of all types of cancer in children, 60-70% of these lesions arise in the ovary.  methods: all ovarian masses which were resected or biopsied in mofid children's hospital from 2002 to 2012 were review...

opiates such as morphine are one of the most effective classes of medication prescribed to treat both acute and chronic pain.they act to suppress pain through mu-receptor activation on primary afferent nerve fibers, dorsal horn neurons and supraspinal pain center neorons. when morphine is administered epidurally, it diffuses to the cord substance, producing analgesia [1],the aim of this study w...

introduction: post operative pain is an unpleasant experience following various stimuli resulting in a response by the body. this process causes physiological disturbances in all of the systems of the body. methods and materials: in this clinical trial , 60 upper abdominal surgery patients were selected post operatively and divided into two groups of 30 patients each. in one group, bupivacaine ...

background postoperative relapse is a common feature of crohn's disease (cd) in western countries but its frequency and risk factors have not been studied in the middle east where there is a rapid upsurge in the incidence of cd. this study aims to research the frequency and risk factors of its recurrence after surgery among 566 iranian patients with cd in tehran, iran. methods all 566 patients ...

conclusions it can be concluded that subjects receiving ea intraoperatively experienced less pain and ponv. hence, it is plausible that ea has an opioid-sparing effect and can reduce ponv. results the mean nrs was 2.75 (sd = 2.34) at 30 minutes and 2.25 (sd = 1.80) at 2 hours postoperatively in the ea group that was significantly lower than the mean nrs in the control group as 4.50 (sd = 2.37) ...

conclusions our case report showed the therapeutic effect of rhepo in complete curing of povl. regarding the side effects of epo such as thrombogenic effects or mild hemodynamic changes like transient sinus tachycardia during infusion, it seems that beneficial effects of epo is more than its disadvantages and expenses, for patients with povl. case presentation our patient was a 61-year-old man,...