Articles: analgesia.
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Curr Opin Anaesthesiol · Feb 2024
ReviewGet your 7-point golden medal for pain management in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.
Thoracic surgery is evolving, necessitating an adaptation for perioperative anesthesia and analgesia. This review highlights the recent advancements in perioperative (multimodal) analgesia for minimally invasive thoracic surgery. ⋯ In the realm of minimally invasive thoracic surgery, perioperative analgesia is typically administered through systemic and regional techniques. Nevertheless, collaboration between anesthesiologists and surgeons, utilizing surgically placed nerve blocks and an active chest drain management, has the potential to significantly improve overall patient care.
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Int J Obstet Anesth · Feb 2024
Observational StudyAssociation of pain catastrophizing with labor pain and analgesia consumption in obstetrical patients.
Pain catastrophizing is an exaggerated negative orientation to painful stimuli which in obstetric patients is associated with fear of overwhelming labor pain and negative pain-related outcomes. This study aimed to quantitatively examine the association of pain catastrophizing with maternal labor pain outcomes. ⋯ We did not observe greater labor or post-delivery pain or increased analgesic use in high-catastrophizing parturients. High catastrophizers reported greater pain when requesting analgesia, which is consistent with the role of catastrophizing in intensifying the experience of pain.