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Anesthesia
Recent findings in anesthesia described
April 11th, 2006
Anesthesia research advances have been reported from Turkey and Germany. Study 1: The addition of intrathecal morphine to remifentanil infusion enhances postoperative analgesia in patients undergoing off-pump heart bypass surgery. In a "prospective, randomized, controlled, blinded clinical study," anesthesiologists in Turkey assessed "the combination of intrathecal morphine and remifentanil infusion with isoflurane in off-pump coronary artery surgery, with a focus on postoperative analgesia and fast-tracking." "Forty-six patients who underwent elective off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting" were enrolled, according to G. Turker...
Source: Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week (2006-04-11)
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