We have studied the effect of adding ketamine to iv morphine patient-controlled analgesia (PCA)
for the treatment of pain after laparotomy. Thirty patients were allocated randomly to …

Background. Many preoperative factors can influence perioperative mortality in cardiac
surgery. Because the perioperative use of β‐blocking agents may reduce perioperative cardiac …

Although exogenous opioids alter the responses of animals to tissue-damaging stimuli and
therefore are the cornerstone in the treatment of acute antinociception, they have profound …

The effects of 30-min infusions of thiopental (20, 30, 40, 50, 60 and 70 mg [middle dot] kg-1 [middle
dot] h-1), etomidute (2.4, 3.6, 7.2, 9.6, 12, and 14.4 mg [middle dot] kg-1 [middle dot] h…

We have studied the haemodynamic and myocardial effects of propofol-fentanyl anaesthesia
in 12 patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery during the pre-bypass period. …

Background and Purpose: Chronic constriction injury to the rat infraorbital nerve (IoN-CCI)
was reported to induce asymmetric face grooming directed to the territory of the injured nerve, …

Epidural opioids have been reported to provide superior analgesia in acute pain management.
Despite the fact that the required doses are low, major side effects such as respiratory …

F 13640 is a recently discovered high-efficacy 5-HT 1A receptor agonist that has demonstrated
robust anti-allodynic efficacy in a rat model of trigeminal neuropathic pain upon acute …

Effects are reported of an anesthetic protocol involving use of predetermined intravenous (iv)-administered
drug doses during acute experimental procedures in vagotomized, New …

Background In a subset of coronary surgery patients, a transient increase in cardiac load by
leg elevation resulted in a decrease in maximal rate of pressure development (dP/dtmax) …