General anesthesia with reduced rocuronium and sugammadex reversal safely enabled cesarean section in a patient with inclusion body myositis
A single case shows safe anesthesia for a pregnant patient with inclusion body myositis
This case report describes the perioperative anesthetic management of a 43-year-old pregnant patient with inclusion body myositis undergoing…
A 43-year-old pregnant patient with inclusion body myositis had a cesarean section without complications. Her baby scored 10 out of 10 on Ap…
Immersive VR reduces pain and anxiety in obstetric procedures
Virtual reality reduces pain and anxiety during childbirth
A meta-analysis of 5355 women shows immersive VR significantly reduces pain and anxiety during obstetric and gynaecological procedures, with…
A new analysis of 31 trials finds immersive VR significantly lowers pain and anxiety during labor and gynecological procedures.
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation cuts neuropathic pain intensity with large effect in meta-analysis
Magnetic brain stimulation eases nerve pain, review finds
This meta-analysis of 435 patients with peripheral neuropathic pain found that repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) significa…
For people with nerve pain, a treatment using magnetic pulses on the brain may cut pain intensity, a new review of 435 patients shows.
Infrared irradiation reduces postpartum pain after episiotomy, but low-level laser therapy shows no benefit
Meta-analysis shows infrared light reduces postpartum pain but healing remains unclear
This systematic review and meta-analysis of 1377 postpartum women found infrared irradiation reduced episiotomy pain, but low-level laser th…
A large review found infrared light therapy lessened pain for some women after childbirth, while laser therapy showed no clear benefit for p…
Superficial parasternal intercostal plane block reduces 24-hour morphine use by 8.53 mg in cardiac surgery patients
S-PIP block lowers pain and opioid needs for adult heart surgery patients in this review
This meta-analysis evaluated the superficial parasternal intercostal plane (S-PIP) block versus standard or placebo analgesia in 1760 adult …
A review of seventeen hundred patients found that adding a S-PIP block to standard care reduced early pain and opioid use after heart surger…
Intrauterine lidocaine reduces pain during hysteroscope insertion and improves patient satisfaction
Lidocaine reduces pain during hysteroscope insertion
This meta-analysis of nine RCTs found intrauterine lidocaine significantly reduces pain during hysteroscope insertion and at 10 minutes post…
A review of nine trials finds lidocaine instillation cuts pain during hysteroscope insertion and boosts patient satisfaction, but its relief…
Intercostal nerve cryoablation reduces length of stay by 2.2 days in pediatric pectus excavatum surgery compared to standard care
Ice on nerves shortens hospital stays for chest wall surgery in children
This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated intercostal nerve cryoablation versus standard multimodal analgesia in 922 pediatric pati…
A new analysis of 922 children shows ice on chest nerves cuts hospital time by two days while keeping pain levels the same as standard care.
Hypnotic communication cuts post-ABG pain intensity beta = -0.97 in ED patients
Hypnotic words failed to reduce pain during blood draws in this emergency trial
This randomized controlled trial in 216 adults in a Swiss ED compared hypnotic, neutral, and nocebo communication during arterial blood gas …
A trial in a Swiss hospital found hypnotic suggestions did not lower pain, anxiety, or discomfort during blood draws compared to neutral tal…
Dexmedetomidine plus sufentanil cuts postoperative delirium risk to 4.9% vs 15.28% with sufentanil alone
Combining two drugs cuts confusion after lung surgery for older adults
This randomized controlled trial in 287 elderly patients undergoing thoracoscopic lung surgery found that IV patient-controlled dexmedetomid…
Older patients getting a specific mix of IV medicines had far less confusion after lung surgery compared to those getting only one drug.
Wound infusion catheter shortens hospital stay and provides comparable analgesia to epidural after laparotomy
Wound catheter shows shorter hospital stay after abdominal surgery
This systematic review and meta-analysis of 778 patients found that wound infusion catheter (WC) provided comparable postoperative analgesia…
A review of 778 patients found wound catheters led to shorter hospital stays than epidural pain control after abdominal surgery, with simila…
Systematic review finds ketamine offers no pain advantage over opioids in prehospital trauma care settings
Ketamine works as well as opioids for trauma pain
Analysis of eighteen studies shows ketamine provides similar pain relief to opioids for trauma patients. While heart rate rose slightly, adv…
For traumatic injuries, ketamine relieves pain just as well as opioids, with a modest heart rate increase.
Massage or music listening reduces pain severity in ICU patients within 48 hours after cardiac surgery
Comfort care like massage and music lowers pain after heart surgery
This systematic review and meta-analysis pooled data from 19 randomized controlled trials involving patients in the intensive care unit (ICU…
Comfort care like massage and music lowers pain after heart surgery. This review of ICU patients shows significant relief within the first t…