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Reg Anesth Pain Med
January 2025
Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Background/importance: Opioids continue to play a key role in managing acute postoperative pain, but their use contributes to adverse outcomes. Buprenorphine may offer effective analgesia with a superior safety profile.
Objective: To compare the efficacy and safety of buprenorphine with other opioids for acute postoperative pain management in adults.
Multimodal analgesia and anesthesia have become the gold standard in total joint arthroplasty to reduce postoperative pain and opioid consumption and minimize complications associated with opioid use. There are several elements in an effective multimodal protocol, including oral medications, periarticular injection, regional nerve blocks, and spinal and general anesthesia. Many nonopioid medications are often used, such as acetaminophen and NSAIDs.
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November 2024
Department of Internal Medicine, Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, KEN.
Post-dural puncture headaches usually occur when the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks due to trauma to the dura mater. This often results in spontaneous intracranial hypotension characterized by orthostatic headaches, neck stiffness, and nausea. In this case report, we discuss a 20-year-old male patient who developed symptoms of intracranial hypotension one year following a lumbar puncture.
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December 2024
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen 518036, Guangdong Province, China.
Background: Mucosal adenocarcinoma of the descending duodenum is a very rare gastrointestinal tumor. Due to its low incidence, it has rarely been the focus of clinical and pathological studies. The clinical manifestations of these tumors are usually nonspecific, and they are easily misdiagnosed or missed.
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December 2024
Universidad Simón Bolívar, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Barranquilla 080001, Atlántico, Colombia.
Background: Ophthalmoplegic migraine (OM) is an uncommon variant of migraine characterised by headache and cranial nerve palsy, posing significant diagnostic and therapeutic challenges.
Objective: This study aimed to describe an extremely rare OM variant with a partial therapeutic response.
Clinical Case: A 34-year-old pregnant woman in gestational week 19.
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