Publications by authors named "V Tsekoura"
Purpose: Several methods have been proposed for postoperative pain management, including administration of opioid analgesics, epidural analgesia, and perineural and infiltrative techniques; however, data are lacking on the relationship between pain intensity, patients' age and gender, and surgery duration.
Design: Prospective, observational, single-center study.
Methods: The study included patients greater than or equal to 18 years old who underwent surgery with different anesthesia types, grouped according to the American Society of Anesthesiologists' physical status classification score.
Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the prevalence, activities, and reasons for missed nursing care in the postanesthesia care unit (PACU) and the effect of intensive care unit (ICU) overflow patients.
Design: This is a single-center, cross-sectional survey.
Methods: Nineteen PACU-registered nurses of a tertiary care hospital participated.
Aims And Objectives: To investigate the associations between nurse staffing and the incidence and severity of hypoxaemia, arterial hypotension and bradycardia of postoperative patients during their postanaesthesia care unit stay.
Background: Nurse understaffing has been associated with adverse patient outcomes in a variety of hospital settings. In the postanaesthesia care unit, nursing shortage is common and can be related to compromised prevention, detection and treatment of adverse events.
Article Synopsis
- Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), such as lornoxicam and parecoxib, have been found effective in managing post-operative pain after laparoscopic cholecystectomy, reducing the need for opioids.
- In a study involving 108 patients, those given lornoxicam or parecoxib experienced significantly lower pain scores compared to those given a placebo, both at rest and during movement.
- The results indicate that both lornoxicam (8 mg orally) and parecoxib (40 mg intravenously) are equally effective in reducing pain and the need for additional rescue pain medication post-surgery.