Greta Kasputytė, Aurika Karbonskienė Abstract Effective postoperative pain management enhances early postoperative rehabilitation and may improve outcomes of surgical treatment. New analgetic medications and combinations of these are sought for optimal analgesia with lowest possible incidence of side effects. Ketamine is an old general anaesthetic. Low doses of it might be used as a adjunct…
Liuda Brogienė, Agnė Klimaitė, Arnas Lukošiūnas, Martynas Paliokas, Andrius Macas Abstract Background and Goal of study. Pain after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is underestimated problem, which has a lack of attention. In this study we report the prevalence, pain intensity and predisposing factors of acute and chronic pain after PCI procedure. Material and methods. The…
Liuda Brogienė, Dovilė Bendinskaitė, Miglė Siderkevičiutė, Aida Kinderytė, Gintarė Žemgulytė, Andrius Macas Abstract Background. Acute neuropathic pain can be one of the post-surgical pain components, which is often under-recognized and complicated to treat. The prevalence of pain with neuropathic characteristics in general population is about 6 – 8%. Moreover, it might to progress and become…
