Given the expanding role of ambulatory surgery and the need to facilitate an earlier hospital
discharge, improving postoperative pain control has become an increasingly important issue …

Background Post‐dural (post‐lumbar or post‐spinal) puncture headache (PDPH) is one of
the most common complications of diagnostic, therapeutic or inadvertent lumbar punctures …

Challenges have emerged following the revival of nitric oxide (NO) from 'something old', a
simple gas derived from nitrogen and oxygen with a role in the early stages of evolution, into …

IMPLICATIONS: This study shows that the addition of IV nitroglycerin to a local anesthetic
(lidocaine) may influence the extent of sensorial and motor blockade and tourniquet pain …

Background The purpose of this study was to determine whether combination of 1-5 microg
intrathecal neostigmine would enhance analgesia from a fixed intrathecal dose of morphine …

The effects of local application of a cream containing nitric oxide (NO) donors, S-nitroso-N-
acetylpenicillamine (SNAP) or isosorbide dinitrate were studied in a rat model of incision …

Intrathecal neostigmine has been used as an adjunct to intrathecal local anaesthetic or
opioid to prolong regional analgesia and improve haemodynamic stability, with variable …

Aims: To compare and evaluate the effect of adding ketamine or nitroglycerin (NTG) as
adjuncts to lidocaine for intravenous regional anesthesia (IVRA) on intraoperative and …

Introduction: Cholinesterase inhibitors participate in the maintenance of the levels of the
neurotransmitter acetylcholine by inhibiting the enzymes implicated in its degradation …

Neostigmine is a parasympathomimetic agent that has been recently investigated for use as
an adjunct analgesic agent in the perioperative and peripartum period. A number of studies …