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Prolongation of regional anesthesia. Determinants of peripheral nerve block duration
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Repeatable and adjustable on-demand local anesthesia using externally-triggerable liposomes
… triggerable liposomes that provide on-demand nerve block at the desired timing, intensity and duration. The responsiveness of the liposomes towards the external triggering was studied in vitro, where the light triggerable system showed 5.6% drug release upon irradiation with 730 nm light and …
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Paediatric regional anaesthetic procedures: clinical anatomy competence, pitfalls and complications
… and the successful performance of regional blocks demands a working and yet specific knowledge of the anatomy underlying each procedure, especially knowledge regarding the relative depth or specific positions of certain key structures in paediatric patients, as it is known that the anatomy …
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Intrasąnarinės ir perineurinės analgezijos metodų veiksmingumo nustatymas atliekant artroskopines kelio priekinio kryžminio raiščio rekonstrukcines operacijas /
… hours in patients who, in addition to spinal block, received a single-shot femoral nerve block followed by the end-of-surgery intra-articular injection of morphine, neostigmine or placebo. Additionally, the former two were compared with continuous femoral nerve block with postoperative patient …
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Retrospective Chart Review of Patients Following Unilateral Total Knee Replacement to Assess Achievement of Functional Milestones Based on Type of Anesthetic Used Intra-Operatively
… to determine which analgesic technique; femoral nerve block (FNB), saphenous nerve block (SNB) or periarticular injection (PAI), within the context of a multi-modal pain management regimen, results in optimal TKR patient outcomes and achievement of functional milestones, as well as decreased …
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Learning Approaches for Diverse Professional Students: Learning Module of Oral Nerve Injections
… learning styles of students regarding oral nerve block injections. Identify which population of students to utilize for the investigation to show the most valuable data—researching information on the VARK survey model and how this could be beneficial in understanding how students learn. …
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Identification of Nurse-Controlled Predictors of Pain in Patients Undergoing a Total Hip or Total Knee Arthroplasty
… between nurse pain assessments, sedation status, nerve block, aromatherapy and comfort massage use. Logistic regression indicated patients with lower BMI, longer time between nurse pain assessments on day 2 post op, received aromatherapy during hospitalization, and a nerve block were more likely …
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Locoregional techniques for dogs undergoing tibial plateau leveling osteotomy : a literature review, anesthesiologist survey, and future directions
… undergoing TPLO, the development of peripheral nerve blocks has been a rapidly growing area of veterinary research. An in-depth knowledge of the pain cycle and ways to intervene in nociception is an immense area of interest in both the human and veterinary worlds. This thesis examines the pain …
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Chemical penetration enhancers and in situ-forming reservoirs for trans-tympanic drug delivery : progress toward improved treatment of Otitis media
… to both permeability enhancement and changes in nerve block potency and efficacy. Finally, we evaluate our hydrogel formulations in an in vivo chinchilla model of OM, and demonstrate early success in their ability to safely and effectively eradicate middle ear bacteria.
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Development and Applications of Opioids Alternatives for Pain Management
… fatal overdoses. TTX is a site-1 sodium channel blocker, nearly 1000 times more potent than conventional amino-amide and amino-ester local anesthetics, and it lacks the myotoxicity and nerve toxicity often associated with these anesthetics. However, its systemic distribution can cause fatal …
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Single Crystal Based Ultrasound Actuated Needle For Regional Anaesthesia and Biopsy
… and reduced some side effects during regional nerve block. However, the presentation and interpretation of real-time ultrasound guided needle interventions remains inaccurate and unreliable. Poor visibility occurs especially when using a thin needle, inserting to a deep location and at a steep …
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A Rodent Animal Model for Forelimb to Lower Jaw Reorganization in Primary Somatosensory Cortex (SI) Barrel Field
… following limb amputation, brachial plexus nerve cut or brachial plexus anesthesia, neurons in the deafferented FBS begin responding to previously unexpressed input from the lower jaw; here, we define this phenomenon as hand-to-face cortical reorganization. In this dissertation, …
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Ultrasound Guided Motor Sparing Knee Blocks for Postoperative Analgesia Following Total Knee Arthroplasty
… We devised a single injection motor sparing knee block (MSB) by targeting the adductor canal and lateral femoral cutaneous nerve with a posterior knee infiltration under ultrasound. Our primary objective was to evaluate the duration of the MSB compared to a standard periarticular infiltration …
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Improving pain management for children
… This gel is now widely used in the UK. For nerve block, the efficacy and safety of fascia iliaca compartment block in children was demonstrated(Doyle et al., 1997) and the additional safety margin provided by adding the vasoconstrictor adrenaline to the local anaesthetic solution was proved …
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Dolor postoperatorio en pacientes llevados a inserción de dispositivos de estimulación cardiaca con bloqueo pectoral en un hospital de Bogotá entre 2020 y 2023.
Este estudio de cohorte retrospectivo analiza la incidencia y características del dolor postoperatorio en pacientes sometidos a la inserción de dispositivos de estimulación cardíaca con bloqueo pectoral. Se evaluaron datos clínicos entre 2020 y 2023 en la Fundación Cardioinfantil. El objetivo fue …
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Comparación entre analgesia epidural continua vs bloqueo nervio periférico en niños llevados a cirugía múltiple de miembros inferiores
Las cirugías reconstructivas múltiples de miembros inferiores son intervenciones quirúrgicas que implican un difícil manejo analgésico en el postoperatorio, actualmente la técnica analgésica usada es la analgesia peridural; sin embargo los efectos adversos asociados a esta no la hacen una técnica …