Background Fast‐track cardiac care is a complex intervention involving several components
of care during cardiac anaesthesia and in the postoperative period, with the ultimate aim of …

Studies of regional anesthesia are increasing in popularity not only for the purpose of
technical advancement, but also to better understand the effects of neural deafferentation on …

Adequate postoperative analgesia prevents unnecessary patient discomfort. It may also
decrease morbidity, postoperative hospital length of stay and, thus, cost. Achieving optimal …

Lamellar liposome technology has been used for several decades to produce sustained-
release drug formulations for parenteral administration. Multivesicular liposomes are …

Background and objective: Adequate analgesia after sternotomy reduces postoperative
adverse events. There are various methods of treating pain after heart surgery, such as …

The epidural administration of local anesthetics can provide anesthesia without the need for
respiratory support or mechanical ventilation. Nevertheless, because of the additional effects …

Early extubation for adult cardiac surgical patients Page 1 Early extubation for adult cardiac
surgical patients (Review) Hawkes CA, Dhileepan S, Foxcroft D This is a reprint of a …

Objective While narcotics remain the backbone of perioperative analgesia, the adjunctive
role of other analgesics, including non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), is being …

Results: Twenty-five patients were enrolled in each group. Patients in the epidural group
had significantly less pain on the operative day, and for the subsequent two days. Compared …

SummaryObjective: To evaluate the effect of postoperative pain control in cardiac surgical
patients on morbidity, mortality and other outcome measures. Background: New approaches …