Current paediatric anaesthetic fasting guidelines have recommended conservative fasting
regimes for many years and have not altered much in the last decades. Recent publications …

BACKGROUND: Safe and effective alternatives are required in labor when epidural analgesia
is not appropriate. We hypothesized that patient-controlled IV remifentanil labor analgesia …

BACKGROUND: Postoperative pain in patients with bone and soft tissue cancer is different
from that of other surgical patients due to the severity of the pain generated during surgery …

BACKGROUND: Remifentanil may be used by laboring women for analgesia, despite
controversy because of potential apneas. We evaluated candidate variables as early warning …

Background Due to inadequate pain assessment documentation in our paediatric post-anaesthetic
care unit (PACU), we were unable to monitor pain intensity, and target factors …

Background Preanesthesia evaluation is a basic practice preceding any surgical procedure,
aimed at tailoring individualized anesthetic plans for patients, improving safety, and …

Mucositis, a painful and debilitating condition, is a common side effect of chemotherapy.
The role of tramadol in the treatment of mucositis in pediatric patients has not yet been …

Pain management for children after posterior spinal fusion is complex. This has been
attributed to several factors including severe postoperative pain and treating a heterogeneous …

Methods: Twenty consecutive critically ill patients in general ICU were included in the study.
The OPTImus was connected to either an existing central venous or to a dedicated …

A quality improvement (QI) study to benchmark pain and post operative nausea and
vomiting (PONV) after pediatric strabismus surg Page 1 Introduction Pain is a key quality …