Comparison of pre-emptive tonsillar lodge infiltration with ropivacaine versus intravenous tramadol in pediatric tonsillectomies: a randomized placebo-controlled study.

Objective: To investigate the placebo controlled effect of pre-emptive local infiltration of ropivacaine and intravenous tramadol in postoperative pain and nausea-vomiting in pediatric tonsillectomy cases.

Methods: 90 children at ASA I-II physical status, who are between 2 and 9 years old, underwent tonsillectomy were included to the study. Patients were randomized into one of three study groups.

Pseudocholinesterase in gestational diabetes: positive correlation with LDL and negative correlation with triglyceride.

Objective: Low pseudocholinesterase (PChE) activity accompanies pregnancy, liver disease, renal failure, and certain drug therapies. The aim of this study was to investigate a possible relationship among PChE and plasma insulin levels, lipid profile, and inflammatory response ingestational diabetes.

Methods: This study included 165 women aged 20–40 years.

Transient neurologic syndrome after spinal anesthesia with epidural steroid treatment.

Background: Transient neurologic syndrome (TNS) is a rare complication of spinal and epidural anesthesia. It is defined as paradoxic postoperative back pain radiating to the lower extremities with no neurologic deficits. Because it is a self-limited disease, the treatment is usually symptomatic and consists of NSAIDs and injections of a neuromuscular-blocking drug at the trigger points.