The following text summarizes information provided in the video. Procedural sedation and analgesia involve the use of one or more sedative and analgesic agents to relieve pain and anxiety and to ...

An epidural is an anesthetic delivered through a catheter (small tube) into a potential space outside the spinal cord called the epidural space. Using this catheter, we are able to infuse a solution ...

Patient-controlled analgesia (PCA), which allows patients to self-administer small doses of analgesia within prescribed parameters, has become commonplace in inpatient settings and has proven to be a ...

From the patient’s point of view, one of the most difficult aspects of surgery is the recovery. After colorectal surgery, for example, the typical recovery involves prolonged rehabilitation with ...

In a study of vaginal births in New York State hospitals, labor neuraxial analgesia – having an epidural or combined spinal and epidural - was associated with a decreased risk of severe maternal ...

Should patient-controlled analgesia be used to treat acute pain in the emergency department? Melzer and coworkers [5] designed a pilot study to determine the role of PCA protocol on timing of ...

Epidural analgesia initiated early in labor (when the cervix is less than 4.0 cm dilated) has been associated with an increased risk of cesarean delivery. It is unclear, however, whether this increase ...

Ever noticed that looking at photos of good times with family or friends diminishes the pain of your headache? Nostalgia has already been shown to be helpful with pain relief, and a new study has now ...

Steven Pete and his brother were born with the rare genetic disorder congenital analgesia. They grew up - in Washington state, US - with a sense of touch but, as he explains in his own words, without ...