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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial
[Critical aspects of an outside evaluation of postoperative pain in infants. A placebo-controlled double-blind study of the question of the reliability and validity of the measurement system].
Postoperative analgesia in infants and young children is a topic of growing interest in pediatric anesthesia. Two systems measuring postoperative pain in this group of patients have been offered recently: CHEOPS (Childrens Hospital of Eastern Ontario Pain Scale) by McGrath et al. and OPS (Objective Pain Scale) by Hannallah et al. and Broadman et al. [3, 7, 8]. Both systems are economical and not reactive, but their validity is not satisfying. ⋯ The design of the study was accepted by the ethic committee with the provision that neither a sedative nor an analgesic drug should be withheld from any child if indicated. Therefore, all children who seemed to feel discomfort according to the subjective impression of the anesthetist received midazolam intraveneously to a maximal dose of 2 mg. All the behavioral data were included in a factor analysis (principal components)...
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
[Potentiation of nondepolarizing muscle relaxants by nifedipine iv in inhalation anesthesia].
Calcium entry blockers are now widely used in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases. Nifedipine is established for the treatment of perioperative hypertension during anesthesia. Previous animal experiments have demonstrated that calcium entry blockers potentiate the neuromuscular response induced by nondepolarizing blocking drugs. ⋯ Our results confirm previous assumptions of synergistic effects of neuromuscular blocking drugs and nifedipine in patients. This synergistic effect includes both duration and intensity of neuromuscular blockade. In the postoperative period patients may be endangered by nifedipine therapy if recovery from the neuromuscular depression is not complete.