Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are commonly combined with intravenous
morphine patient-controlled analgesia to relieve postoperative pain. NSAIDs have a …

BACKGROUND: Preventive analgesia using non-opioid analgesic strategies is recognized
as a pathway to improve postoperative pain control while minimizing opioid-related side …

Background Nonsteroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) can play a major role in the
management of acute pain in the peri‐operative period. However, there are conflicting views …

Opioids have long been used for analgesic purposes for a wide range of procedures.
However, the binding of these drugs to opiate receptors has created various challenges to …

Background: Obese patients may be sensitive to the respiratory depressant effect of opioid
analgesics. Alternative methods for analgesia may be beneficial for management of bariatric …

Preoperative administration of pharmacological substances, such as non‐steroidal anti‐
inflammatory drugs or opioids, has been gaining acclaim as a preemptive measure to …

Purpose Several non-opioid drugs have been shown to provide analgesia during and after
surgery. We compared sevoflurane anesthesia with fentanyl analgesia to sevoflurane and …

Laparoscopic surgery is widespread, and an increasing number of surgeries are performed
laparoscopically. Early pain after laparoscopy can be similar or even more severe than that …

Ketorolac tromethamine (KT) is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug that belongs to the
class of heteroaryl acetic acid derivatives. It is a non-selective cyclooxygenase (COX) …

Background Multimodal recovery programmes decrease hospital stay. The objective of this
systematic review was to assess how single-modality evidence-based care principles …