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Anesth Pain Med
October 2024
Department of Emergency and Critical Care Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Zanjan University Sciences, Zanjan, Iran.
Background: There are several methods for managing postpartum pain. The combined use of drugs with anesthetics can lead to effective pain management.
Objectives: The present study aimed to compare the analgesic effects of ropivacaine (RPV) + dexamethasone (DEXA) and RPV + dexmedetomidine (DEX) on pain after cesarean section (CS) using the transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block.
Anesth Pain Med
October 2024
Anesthesiology Unit, Surgical Intensive Care and Pain Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt.
Background: Modified rapid sequence intubation (RSI) is crucial in emergency surgery, particularly for patients with a full stomach, as it allows for the administration of general anesthesia (GA).
Objectives: This work aimed to evaluate mivacurium effectiveness and optimal dose in modified RSI.
Methods: This randomized double-blind study involved 100 patients, aged between 20 - 60 years, of both sexes, with the American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status classification of I - III, who were undergoing emergency surgery under GA.
Anesth Pain Med
August 2024
Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Background: This study compares the effects of transforaminal magnesium sulfate injection versus other methods for managing radicular back pain, highlighting its potential for improved pain relief and functional outcomes.
Methods: This randomized, double-blind clinical trial involved 30 patients with radicular back pain who were randomly assigned to receive either transforaminal magnesium sulfate or triamcinolone injection. Primary outcomes were pain intensity and functional disability, assessed using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), respectively.
Ther Adv Musculoskelet Dis
March 2025
Department of Gastroenterology, Infectiology and Rheumatology (including Nutrition Medicine), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Background: Early treatment initiation is one of the strongest predictors of good treatment response in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). Recently, the Assessment in SpondyloArthritis International Society (ASAS) defined early axSpA as a diagnosis of axSpA with a duration of axial symptoms equal to or less than 2 years. Tofacitinib is a Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor for the treatment of ankylosing spondylitis.
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February 2025
Department of Neurology, Center for Translational and Behavioral Neurosciences, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
Risk communication has been found to be a driver of nocebo effects in medical settings by enhancing negative expectations. In fact, merely disclosing the risk of side effects and complications of treatments or medical procedures increases reports of adverse events. Along these lines, it has been proposed that the occurrence of headache after lumbar puncture (LP), a routine diagnostic procedure in neurology, is caused to a large degree by the information delivered by the physician during the informed consent procedure.
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