(1) Arterial oxyhaemoglobin saturation (SaO2) was monitored continuously during normal labour in 33 healthy parturients receiving pethidine and nitrous oxide for analgesia.
(2) Patients in these groups had better postoperative analgesia.
(3) This study compares anaesthesia with controlled ventilation of the lungs with atracurium and alfentanil analgesia with halothane anaesthesia.
(4) EMLA cream, usually used for skin surface analgesia, was tested as an adjunct to anesthesia in dermabrasion.
(5) Ten patients received intercostal nerve blockade on a total of 29 occasions in order to provide analgesia following liver transplantation and to facilitate weaning from artificial ventilation of the lungs.
(6) It is assumed that the mild analgesia produced by acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) and indomethacin is due to a common mode of action, namely inhibition of the cyclo-oxygenase reaction in the synthesis of prostaglandins.
(7) Emily Stow London • Until I retired a year ago I was a consultant anaesthetist with a special interest in obstetric anaesthesia and analgesia.
(8) Pre-operative side-effects were more frequent after gemeprost but did not increase the need for analgesia.
(9) In the remaining 122, the system worked well and the majority of patients obtained satisfactory analgesia.
(10) Patient-Controlled-Analgesia (PCA) is becoming a standard in post-operative analgesia.
(11) It may be observed that the release of 5-HT in these regions of the brain is accelerated during acupuncture analgesia.
(12) Drugs known to improve memory, including physostigmine, pramiracetam and the muscarinic agonists, oxotremorine and RS 86, selectively induced analgesia in rats subjected to test before the shock plus the shock, thereby supporting a hypothesis of avoidance learning.
(13) After sulfentanil analgesia the patients were more rapidly awake and lucid, than after fentanyl-analgesia.
(14) The threshold for stimulation-produced analgesia or aversion, whichever was lowest, was determined before and after drug administration.
(15) During the initial 6-hour efficacy evaluation, analgesia was measured using verbal and visual scriptors and vital signs, and acute toxicity information was recorded.
(16) Both placental and blood-lumbar CSF transfer of diazepam (5 mg orally) and its two metabolites, N-desmethyldiazepam and unconjugated oxazepam, was measured (by GLC) in 15 patients undergoing Caesarean section under spinal analgesia.
(17) The complications of postoperative analgesia include respiratory depression and--when choosing the epidural route--possible damage to the spinal cord by infection, trauma, or bleeding.
(18) Though intraspinal narcotic analgesia is associated with a number of side effects, with proper knowledge these adverse reactions are wither preventable or can be greatly reduced.
(19) Since July 1, 1990, Nalbuphine has been used as an obstetric analgesia at the Municipal Women's Hospital in Cologne-Holweide.
(20) Analysis of patient questionnaires suggests more enthusiasm for patient-controlled analgesia, but in this study, it was difficult to clearly demonstrate any significant advantage for pain management or amount of opiate administered.
Anodyne
Definition:
(a.) Serving to assuage pain; soothing.
(a.) Any medicine which allays pain, as an opiate or narcotic; anything that soothes disturbed feelings.
Example Sentences:
(1) Because of its long-time use as a sedative or anodyne in dental procedures, eugenol was studied to determine its effect on evoked nerve impulse transmission.
(2) After a period on Radio Luxembourg he was offered the freelance job of disc jockey on the radio programme Housewives' Choice, on which Jacobs had to play record requests and punctuate them with anodyne chat.
(3) Mr Johnson referred to the anodyne press statement released the previous day, without reference to the gathering political storm and public outcry to the treatment of Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty.
(4) Some of the tension was punctured on Monday after Zardari and the prime minister, Yousaf Raza Gilani, met the army chief, General Kayani, after which they released an anodyne statement about flood relief.
(5) I see Dylan Jones, a Cameron fan, has written a book on Live Aid, defining the 80s as caring: more anodyne revision.
(6) In terms of time required for anodyne administration, the Infusor group required significantly less time compared with the intermittent infusion group (P less than 0.05).
(7) I expected an anodyne but warm response about talent pipelines, mentoring and nurturing potential.
(8) Iglesias looked oddly out of place in this pristine but anodyne new home, with its hotel-style fitted carpets and shiny wooden doors.
(9) The president’s first speech, in 2009, was more anodyne.
(10) The growth rate is very low, so that the first symptoms, as hoarseness or dyspnea, may be anodyne.
(11) The bite restorer combines the strength of Vitallium with the occlusal acceptability of Anodyne to produce an esthetic and functional orthotic without the ill effects of cast metallic overlays.
(12) While hit shows such as Queer as Folk (anodyne and sexless in its US version), Will and Grace and Queer Eye for the Straight Guy have been important steps in acquainting American viewers with homo reality, The L Word is a huge leap forward, dealing with lesbian life as it is lived, albeit with a Hollywood gloss.
(13) They encouraged other firms that had funded the blacklist, disguised under the anodyne name of the Consulting Association and run from a nondescript office in Droitwich, Worcestershire, to join the scheme.
(14) Stewart recounts one big disappointment – an anodyne interview with Donald Rumsfeld in 2011 that failed to claim the former secretary of defence’s scalp.
(15) It even has, in "winter vomiting bug", an anodyne pet name.
(16) The smog even led the flagship evening news bulletin on television, which traditionally begins with an anodyne account of leaders' activities and achievements.
(17) She was treated with anodyne and benzbromarone for gout.
(18) They include cognitive and behavioral intervention techniques in part already well known that can accompany and enhance traditional forms of anodyne therapy.
(19) She agreed that, as a freelance, she had sold information to the Evening Standard, Daily Mail, Daily Star, Guardian, Sun and The People, but said it was anodyne and bland.
(20) But many of the policies they describe are either too technical (allowing dual citizenship) or too anodyne (the existence of a government body to consult minorities) to stimulate serious tax resistance.