Anesthesia & Clinical Research
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Raghavendra Rao

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• Research Article
  Comparison of the Effectiveness of Unimodal Opioid Analgesia with Multimodal Analgesia in the Management of Postoperative Pain in Patients Undergoing Surgery under Spinal Anesthesia-Double Blind Study
  Author(s): Madhu Mala, Prabha Parthasarathy and Raghavendra RaoMadhu Mala, Prabha Parthasarathy and Raghavendra Rao
  
  Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of opioid analgesic alone or in combination with a Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug (NSAID) in management of post-operative pain after regression of spinal anesthesia. Methods: In this double-blind study, 120 patients who underwent infra-umbilical surgeries under spinal anesthesia were chosen for the study and were randomly allocated into 4 groups of 30 each. Each group received Tramadol 100 mg or Pentazocine 30 mg or Tramadol 100 mg+Piroxicam 20 mg or Pentazocine 30 mg+Piroxicam 20 mg intramuscularly, 30 minutes after the end of the surgery. The primary efficacy end points were the total duration of post-operative analgesia and the intensity of pain relief in different groups, as assessed by VAS. Level of sedation and incidence of side effects were observed as secondary outcomes. Results: The mean VAS scores of the patients in Pentaz.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-6148.1000673

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