Found 34 clinical trials
Cognitive Outcomes After Dexmedetomidine Sedation in Cardiac Surgery Patients
Anesthesia is a drug induced, reversible, comatose state that facilitates surgery and it is widely assumed that cognition returns to baseline after anesthetics have been eliminated. However, many patients have persistent memory impairment for weeks to months after surgery. Cardiac surgery appears to carry the highest risk of postoperative cognitive …
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- 19 Feb, 2024
Assessment of the Effect of Age on Duration of Analgesia From Single-shot Femoral Nerve Blocks
Cohort study to examine the effect of age on duration of analgesia in patients receiving single-shot femoral nerve block prior to surgery, by postoperative phone follow-up questionnaire.
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- 19 Feb, 2024
Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Celiac Plexus Neurolysis (EUS-CPN) for Chronic Pancreatitis
Physicians need a tracking system for specific treatment modalities, and data to determine the impact of endoscopic ultrasound pain management for patients with chronic pancreatitis.
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- 19 Feb, 2024
Managing Pain and Symptom Burden Caused by Chemotherapy in People With Myeloma or Lymphoma
The purpose of this study is to find out whether acupuncture treatments can reduce the need for opioid medication when managing pain caused by chemotherapy. The study will compare the effects of adding acupuncture to usual pain management with those of usual pain management alone, in reducing opioid use by …
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- 19 Feb, 2024
Effect of Academic Detailing to Reduce Opioid Prescribing in Dentistry
The purpose of this project is to improve quality of care for dental patients in the state of Michigan. This will be achieved through educating dentists about best practices for opioid prescribing and includes three continuing education (CE) credits and one (or two) academic detailing (AD) visits. The cohort of …
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- 19 Feb, 2024
Erector Spinae Plane Block After Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Surgery
Lumbar spinae stenosis surgery is a frequent intervention resulting in important postoperative pain. Management of this postoperative pain is thus important. Different pain management therapies exist. The erector spinae plane (ESP) block was described in 2016.
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- 19 Feb, 2024
Comparison of Epidural Combined and Dural Puncture Labor Epidural on Pain and Course of Vaginal Delivery
The three standard techniques used for labor analgesia, thus epidural, combined spinal-epidural and dural puncture epidural will be compared regarding their impact on pain intensity, analgesic and local anesthetic consumption and course of vaginal delivery in a prospective, randomised, double blind manner
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- 19 Feb, 2024
Lavender Aromasticks for Pain Control
The purpose of this randomized pilot study is to collect preliminary data on the impacts of lavender essential oil aromatherapy on the patient-reported quality of pain management provided for the vascular surgery patient population. The investigators hypothesize that individuals who use a lavender aromastick as a part of their pain …
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- 19 Feb, 2024
Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation for Post-Cesarean Pain Control
Purpose of study is to evaluate the efficacy of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) for post-operative pain control after a cesarean delivery compared to placebo and no TENS.
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- 19 Feb, 2024
Liberal vs. Restricted Post-discharge Opioid Prescribing Following Midurethral Sling
The central hypothesis is that, in spite of the fact that opioids are often routinely prescribed by many surgeons following this procedure, most patients do not require them for pain control, and patients who are not prescribed postoperative will have similar pain scores and pain control satisfaction compared with patients …
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- 19 Feb, 2024