European journal of anaesthesiology
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Editorial Comment
Total intravenous anaesthesia to obese patients: largely guesswork?
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Letter Case Reports
Respiratory arrest after cadaveric renal transplant.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
Effects of levobupivacaine infiltration on postoperative analgesia and stress response in children following inguinal hernia repair.
The present study compared the postoperative analgesic effects of preincisional and postincisional wound infiltration with levobupivacaine and postoperative cortisol and prolactin levels in children following inguinal hernia repair. ⋯ Wound infiltration with levobupivacaine after induction of general anaesthesia and before the end of the surgery both provide postoperative pain relief following hernia repair, and decrease the stress response to postoperative pain.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
Intraabdominal local anaesthetics for postoperative pain relief following abdominal hysterectomy: a randomized, double-blind, dose-finding study.
Local anaesthetics administered intraabdominally have been found to reduce analgesic requirements postoperatively after hysterectomy. This study was designed to assess the optimal dose of local anaesthetics for best pain relief. ⋯ Satisfactory analgesia can be achieved with low doses of levobupivacaine administered intraabdominally, except during the early postoperative period. No advantages were seen in this study when higher doses of levobupivacaine were administered as a continuous infusion for postoperative pain relief.