Investigators propose a prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial to investigate the effects of preoperative oral methadone on postoperative pain. The trial will be conducted in compliance with the protocol, Good Clinical Practice (GCP), and University of Saskatchewan Research
Our primary outcome is to assess the safety of Dotarem in these patients up to 24 hours after Dotarem injection. The patients will be monitored in the hospital for at least 2 hours following the completion of the MRI exam. Many of these patients will have received sedation for the MRI and would be
A Prospective Randomized Comparative Study to Evaluate the Use of Remifentanil as a Sole Agent or in Combination with Midazolam Versus Fentanyl/Midazolam during Sedation for Colonoscopy.
Background:
Audits of patient experiences and studies on quality improvement for colonoscopy have shown that
1. Aim of study 1.1 Background
Opioids are an effective instrument for patients with acute and chronic pain. Their route of administration ranges from transdermal to subcutaneous application through to Intravenous Patient-Controlled Analgesia (IV-PCA).
The use of IV-PCA-pumps has considerable
Patients will be randomized to receive either methadone or fentanyl on the basis of a computer generated random number table. Patients in each group will receive standard intraoperative doses of either methadone or fentanyl that will allow for early tracheal extubation (within 4-8 hours of the
BACKGROUND Inadequate pain control after abdominal procedures might result in increased morbidity, length of stay, and delay in overall recovery. Epidural analgesia is currently an accepted technique in major abdominal surgery [1-4]. Postoperative coagulation disturbances related to liver surgery,
Background:
There has been an increasing awareness of the need for adequate sedation and analgesia in critically ill pediatric patients. The choices of treatment for pain are numerous, but in the Pediatric ICU parenteral opioids are most commonly used. At equipotent doses, all mu agonist opioids
Objective:
To determine if Naloxone administration to pediatric ICU patients on Fentanyl infusions require less Fentanyl compared to control patients.
Background:
During recent years there has been an increased awareness of the need for adequate sedation and analgesia of critically ill pediatric
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