Background: Ketamine potentiates intravenous or epidural morphine analgesia. The authors hypothesized that very-low-dose ketamine infusion reduces acute and long-term postthoracotomy pain.
Methods: Forty-nine patients scheduled to undergo open thoracotomy were randomly assigned to receive one of two anesthesia regimens: continuous epidural infusion of ropivacaine and morphine, along with intravenous infusion of ketamine (0.05 mg [middle dot] kg-1 [middle dot] h-1 [approximately 3 mg/h], ketamine group, n = 24) or placebo (saline, control group, n = 25). Epidural analgesia was continued for 2 days after surgery, and infusion of ketamine or placebo was continued for 3 days. Pain was assessed at 6, 12, 24, and 48 h after surgery. Patients were asked about their pain, abnormal sensation on the wound, and inconvenience in daily life at 7 days and 1, 3, and 6 months after surgery.
Results: The visual analog scale scores for pain at rest and on coughing 24 and 48 h after thoracotomy were lower in the ketamine group than in the control group (pain at rest, 9 +/- 11 vs. 25 +/- 20 and 9 +/- 11 vs. 18 +/- 13; pain on coughing, 26 +/- 16 vs. 50 +/- 17 and 30 +/- 18 vs. 43 +/- 18, mean +/- SD; P = 0.002 and P = 0.01, P < 0.0001 and P = 0.02, respectively). The numerical rating scale scores for baseline pain 1 and 3 months after thoracotomy were significantly lower in the ketamine group (0.5 [0-4] vs. 2 [0-5] and 0 [0-5] vs. 1.5 [0-6], median [range], respectively; P = 0.02). Three months after surgery, a higher number of control patients were taking pain medication (2 vs. 9; P = 0.03). 相似文献
Objective: Impacts of mediastinal lymph node dissection on a patient’s course after pulmonary resection is unclear in octogenarians with non-small cell lung cancer. Methods: Retrospectively identified subjects included 39 octogenarians and 1 nonagenarian, with grades according to the Charlson Comorbidity Index ranging from only 0 to 2. We performed mediastinal lymph node dissection in 19 patients (D group), and just lymph node sampling biopsy in the other 21 (S group). We compared clinicopathologic features and outcome after surgery between both groups. Results: Deterioration of performance status at the time of discharge, evident in 17 patients overall, was significantly more frequent in the D group. Postoperative complications occurred in 27 patients overall and there was no significant difference between the two groups. Survival rates in younger patients at 1, 3, and 5 years were 86, 59, and 49%, respectively; in octogenarians these were 83, 58, and 42% (no significant difference). Nor did survival differ significantly by surgical management of mediastinal lymph nodes; 1-, 3-, and 5-year survival rates were 94, 63, and 40%, respectively in the D group and 78, 66, and 43%, respectively in the S group. Conclusion: Octogenarians with non-small cell lung cancer should be treated by urgent pulmonary resection whenever possible. Since mediastinal lymph node dissection has little effect on long-term survival or the carried risk of worsening performance status at discharge, pulmonary resection without complete mediastinal lymph node dissection should be considered. 相似文献
We evaluated whether we could predict the neurologic outcome in 55 out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients using auditory
brainstem responses (ABR). ABR patterns were classified into one of 3 types by evaluation of 5 components: type 1, with all
5 components; type 2, lack of at least one response between the 2nd and 5th components; type 3, with only the first component
or no response. The relation between the ABR patterns on the 3rd day following resuscitation and the neurologic outcome on
hospital discharge was evaluated. The specificity that the 5 awake patients had type-1 ABR was 38%. The sensitivity that the
10 brain dead patients had type-3 ABR was 60%. In the type-1 ABR patients, the negative predictive value that the patients
were awake was 100%. In the type-3 ABR patients, the negative predictive value that the patients became brain dead was 90.9%.
These results suggest that ABR on the 3rd post-resuscitation day may not be useful for predicting if patients are awake or
become brain dead, although the loss of components may be a sign of morbidity, and the presence of the 2nd or later components
indicates possible future prevention of brain death. 相似文献
Fifty two outpatients, who showed signs of school-refusal-withdrawal at the Shiga Prefectural Psychiatric Institution have been analyzed according to their age, gender, ICD-10 diagnosis, medical evolution, and total number of consultations. A total of 61.5% of the population were male, and they showed a higher average and a wider range of age than female patients. According to the ICD-10 diagnosis, 67.3% were in the group of F40-48 neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders, and 11.5% were in the group of F30-39 mood [affective] disorders. Twenty five % of the patients were assumed to have show medical improvement, and 42.3% of the patients continued to have further consultations. This article discusses the possible role of psychiatric medical institutions in supporting cases of school-refusal and social-withdrawal. 相似文献
Objectives To analyze the relationship between lateral displacement of the mandible and scoliosis.
Methods From April 2002 through July 2003, we examined posteroanterior cephalometric radiographs and chest X-rays from 85 patients
with jaw deformities and a control group of 20 patients with no jaw deformities. To measure the lateral shift of the mandible,
we drew a horizontal baseline (X axis) on the cephalogram connecting the intersection of the external margins of the orbits and the most lateral points of
the greater wings of the sphenoid. A vertical baseline (Y axis) was then marked perpendicular to the X axis, intersecting the ethmoid crista galli. Then, we measured the lateral displacement of the mandibular mentum from the
Y axis. Displacement to the right was designated positive; that to the left was designated negative. Cobb's method was used
to measure scoliosis curves on chest X-rays; the direction of the curve was designated similarly.
Results Of the 85 patients with jaw deformity, 23 (27.1%) had a Cobb angle exceeding 10°. None of the control group had scoliosis
exceeding 10°. No correlation was found between the direction of mandibular displacement and the direction of scoliosis.
Conclusion This study suggests a relationship between jaw deformities and scoliosis, as scoliosis was found in 27.1% of the patients
with a main complaint of jaw deformity. 相似文献