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Enhanced Recovery After Surgery: Opioid Sparing Strategies After Discharge: A Review
Rajput K, Shergill S, Chow RM, Vadivelu N, Kaye AD. Enhanced Recovery After Surgery: Opioid Sparing Strategies After Discharge: A Review. Current Pain And Headache Reports 2022, 26: 93-102. PMID: 35072920, DOI: 10.1007/s11916-022-01009-x.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsOpioid usePersistent post-surgical painNon-opioid strategiesNon-opioid therapiesOpioid-sparing strategiesOverprescribing of opioidsPostoperative pain scoresMultimodal analgesic approachPost-surgical painSide effect profileNon-opioid analgesicsRecent FindingsSeveral studiesERAS protocolOpioid protocolAnalgesic approachBreakthrough painHospital stayMultimodal analgesiaPain scoresAcute painOral ketaminePostoperative periodEffect profilePatient recoveryGood quality researchAnalysis of Multiple Routes of Analgesic Administration in the Immediate Postoperative Period: a 10-Year Experience
Vadivelu N, Kai AM, Dai F, Dabu-Bondoc S. Analysis of Multiple Routes of Analgesic Administration in the Immediate Postoperative Period: a 10-Year Experience. Current Pain And Headache Reports 2019, 23: 22. PMID: 30854578, DOI: 10.1007/s11916-019-0754-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPain scoresAnalgesic administrationPostoperative painPost-anesthesia care unitYale-New Haven HospitalImmediate postoperative painPostoperative pain scoresPurpose of ReviewAnSignificant pain reliefImmediate postoperative periodConsecutive surgical casesTime of dischargeRoute of administrationCommon routeAdverse side effectsNew Haven HospitalIndividual analgesicsNeuraxial routeAnalgesia administrationNeuraxial analgesiaPain reliefPostoperative periodSynergistic analgesiaCare unitParenteral route
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Hemispheric Synchronized Sounds and Perioperative Analgesic Requirements
Dabu-Bondoc S, Vadivelu N, Benson J, Perret D, Kain ZN. Hemispheric Synchronized Sounds and Perioperative Analgesic Requirements. Anesthesia & Analgesia 2009, 110: 208-210. PMID: 19861358, DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e3181bea424.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPerioperative analgesic requirementsAnalgesic requirementsGeneral anesthesiaTreatment groupsVisual analog scale scoreIntraoperative analgesic requirementsIntraoperative fentanyl consumptionPostoperative pain scoresAnalog scale scoreFentanyl consumptionPain scoresSurgical outpatientsScale scoreControl groupAnesthesiaMusic groupScoresGroupSubjectsVecuroniumOutpatients