Preemptive wound infiltration in lumbar laminectomy for postoperative pain: comparison of bupivacaine and levobupivacaine.

Aim: Patients usually suffer significant pain after lumbar laminectomy. Wound infiltration with local anesthetics is a useful method for postoperative pain control. Our aim was to compare the efficacies of preemptive wound infiltration with bupivacaine and levobupivacaine.

Comparison of intraarticular bupivacaine and levobupivacaine with morphine and epinephrine for knee arthroscopy.

Objective: To compare the efficacy of intraarticularly injected bupivacaine with levobupivacaine when administered in combination with morphine and adrenaline for post-operative analgesia and functional recovery after knee surgery.

Materials And Methods: Sixty American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status I-II patients were randomized into three groups: Group B was administered 30 mL isobaric 0.5% bupivacaine, 2 mg morphine and 100 μg adrenaline, Group L was administered 30 mL 0.

The effect of nursing-implemented sedation on the duration of mechanical ventilation in the ICU.

Background: We aimed to compare the effects of nursing-implemented sedation protocol and daily interruption of sedative infusion on the duration of mechanical ventilation.

Methods: Fifty patients receiving mechanical ventilation and requiring sedation in the intensive care unit (ICU) were randomly selected to receive either daily interruption of sedative infusion (Group P, n=25) or nursing-implemented sedation protocol (Group N, n=25). In Group P, daily interruption of sedative infusions without any sedation protocol was performed by physicians.