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Intra- and postoperative intravenous ketamine does not prevent chronic pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Scand J Pain
April 2015
Department for Anaesthesia, Surgical Intensive Care, Prehospital Emergency Medicine and Pain Therapy, University of Basel Hospital, CH-4031 Basel Switzerland.
Background and aims The development of postoperative chronic pain (POCP) after surgery is a major problem with a considerable socioeconomic impact. It is defined as pain lasting more than the usual healing, often more than 2-6 months. Recent systematic reviews and meta-analyses demonstrate that the N-methyl-D-aspartate-receptor antagonist ketamine given peri- and intraoperatively can reduce immediate postoperative pain, especially if severe postoperative pain is expected and regional anaesthesia techniques are impossible.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEffects of sevoflurane and propofol on left ventricular diastolic function in patients with pre-existing diastolic dysfunction.
Br J Anaesth
January 2007
Department of Anaesthesia, University of Basel Hospital CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland.
Background: The effects of anaesthetics on left ventricular (LV) diastolic function in patients with pre-existing diastolic dysfunction are not well known. We hypothesized that propofol but not sevoflurane will worsen the pre-existing LV diastolic dysfunction.
Methods: Of 24 randomized patients, 23 fulfilled the predefined echocardiographic criterion for diastolic dysfunction.