Journal of neurosurgical anesthesiology
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J Neurosurg Anesthesiol · Apr 2013
Comparative StudyAn observational study of the influence of "white-coat hypertension" on day-of-surgery blood pressure determinations.
Because decisions as to what range of intraoperative blood pressure (BP) is consistent with cerebral well-being are often made in reference to "baseline BP," we sought to determine whether day-of-surgery BPs accurately reflect baseline BP, as defined by ambulatory clinic BPs over the preceding 7 months. ⋯ For most patients whose 1st OR-BP is hypertensive, that BP is greater than ambulatory clinic BPs recorded during the preceding 7 months. For most patients with Severe-HTN at 1st OR-BP, day-of-surgery BPs overestimate Baseline-BP and reference to prehospitalization BPs is advisable. When 1st OR-BP is normotensive, that BP usually reflects Baseline-BP.
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J Neurosurg Anesthesiol · Apr 2013
Randomized Controlled TrialEfficacy of intravenous paracetamol and dexketoprofen on postoperative pain and morphine consumption after a lumbar disk surgery.
We compared the analgesic effects of intravenous (IV) paracetamol with that of dexketoprofen on postoperative pain and morphine consumption during the first 24 hour after a lumbar disk surgery. ⋯ The study showed that pain intensity during 24 hours after the lumbar disk surgery was significantly lowered by dexketoprofen, but not with paracetamol, as a supplemental analgesic to morphine patient-controlled analgesia when compared with controls.