Effective pain management is fundamental to enhanced recovery after surgery. Selection of
strategies should be tailored to patient and operation. As well as improving the quality of …

The use of enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS), as in other surgical specialties, is an
emerging concept in cardio-thoracic surgery but there is still a lack of effective protocols to …

Intraoperative neuromonitoring has been a valuable tool for ensuring the functional integrity
of vital neural structures by providing real-time feedback to the operative team during …

Background The trauma mortality rate is higher in the elderly compared with younger
patients. Ageing is associated with physiological changes in multiple systems and correlated …

An emergency laparotomy is a common surgical procedure, performed for a wide variety of
intra-abdominal pathologies, which has a significant associated morbidity and mortality …

The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a high-sensitivity methodology for
identifying one of the most used drugs—ketamine. Ketamine is used medicinally to treat …

Although ketamine infusion therapy (KIT) has been used extensively for the treatment of
chronic persistent pain, there remains high heterogeneity in the administration protocols …

Acute pain relief continues to be suboptimal for many patients. The efficacy of a
postoperative analgesic strategy must take a holistic view, allowing timely return of patient …

Cats and dogs occupy a unique place in the lives of humans around the world, and we value
them both as working animals and also as companions. However, the intrinsic value of …

Optimum perioperative fluid management improves both perioperative morbidity and
mortality [1]. This is achieved by a multi-professional team approach. Clinical team members …