Anesthesia and analgesia
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Anesthesia and analgesia · Sep 2014
Ultrasound-Guided Greater Palatine Nerve Block: A Case Series of Anatomical Descriptions and Clinical Evaluations.
Greater palatine nerve (GPN) block is commonly performed for maxillary and palatal anesthesia by using bony landmarks. Ultrasound (US) can be used to consistently identify greater palatine foramen (GPF) as a defect in the bony palate enabling US-guided injections near the foramen. ⋯ US has the potential to successfully locate and characterize GPF in normal and edentulous maxilla. US-guided GPN blocks can be technically challenging. The clinical applicability of US guidance or assistance for GPN block needs further evaluation in a larger sample of patients.
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Anesthesia and analgesia · Sep 2014
Editorial CommentThe growing burden of perioperative heart failure.
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Anesthesia and analgesia · Sep 2014
Observational StudyA Prospective Observational Study Evaluating the Ability of Prelabor Psychological Tests to Predict Labor Pain, Epidural Analgesic Consumption, and Maternal Satisfaction.
Psychological characteristics may affect interpretation and expression of pain. In this study, we sought to determine whether validated psychological tests predict the labor pain experience. ⋯ Personality traits (psychoticism, extroversion, and lying), as well as scaled ratings of anxiety, confidence, and analgesia expectations, show some potential to predict labor pain, epidural local anesthetic use, and time to epidural analgesia request. Although ASI was included in the final model for labor pain AUC, and FPQ and PCS were not, further study is required to determine whether ASI is a better predictor than FPQ or PCS.