Articles: postoperative.
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Anesthesia and analgesia · Jul 2017
Multimodal Analgesic Therapy With Gabapentin and Its Association With Postoperative Respiratory Depression.
Gabapentinoids are widely used in perioperative multimodal analgesic regimens. The primary aim of this study was to determine whether gabapentin was associated with respiratory depression during phase-I postanesthesia recovery after major laparoscopic procedures. ⋯ The use of gabapentin is associated with increased rates of respiratory depression among patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery. When gabapentinoids are included in multimodal analgesic regimens, intraoperative opioids must be reduced, and increased vigilance for respiratory depression may be warranted, especially in elderly patients.
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Comparative Study
Local infiltration for postsurgical analgesia following total hip arthroplasty: a comparison of liposomal bupivacaine to traditional bupivacaine.
To assess postsurgical clinical and economic outcomes of patients who received local infiltration containing liposomal bupivacaine versus traditional bupivacaine for pain management following total hip arthroplasty (THA). ⋯ Infiltration at the surgical site with liposomal bupivacaine was associated with improved postsurgical outcomes when compared with traditional bupivacaine in patients undergoing THA.