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Patients with advanced cancer suffer from many symptoms which dramatically reduce their Quality of Life (QOL). There have been significant improvements in the management of pain, nausea and constipation, but other common symptoms such as fatigue, anxiety, depression, and a lack of well-being are not
Hypothesis:
The investigators hypothesize that preoperative administration of intravenous dexamethasone in non-cancer gynecologic laparotomy will decrease postoperative cortisol levels in a dose-dependent fashion.
Objectives:
To compare the post-operative plasma cortisol and glucose level in
Randomization
At the end of surgery, the anesthesiologist will open a sealed envelope labeled with software-generated randomized numbers to assign the patients, who will be allocated in a 1:1 ratio from nonstratified blocks of four patients, to one of two groups to emerge from anesthesia with the
Graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) represents a major cause for morbidity and mortality in patients who underwent haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) [1]. In the gastrointestinal tract as one of the main target organs of GvHD diagnosis may be difficult because of many similar presenting
Title: Serratus and Parasternal Infrapectoral block for breast reduction surgery. A randomized controlled double blinded study to measure impact on time to hospital discharge in an outpatient setting.
Introduction
1. Postoperative pain. The prevalence of severe acute postoperative pain after breast
Polypharmacy and inappropriate medication use in older adults is common and associated with a number of harms including adverse drug reactions, falls, hospitalization, reduced quality of life and mortality. There is particular concern about medications with anticholinergic and sedative effects.Older