Worldwide, the use of prescription opioid analgesics more than doubled between 2001 and
2013, with several countries, including the USA, Canada, and Australia, experiencing …

Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) programmes are increasingly becoming standard
of care for several surgical procedures. However, compliance with ERAS protocols including …

Surgical procedures are key drivers of pain development and opioid utilization globally.
Various organizations have generated guidance on postoperative pain management …

Objectives Open cardiac surgery may cause severe postoperative pain. The authors
hypothesized that patients receiving a bundle of care using continuous erector spinae plane …

Opioid use has risen dramatically in the past three decades. In the USA, opioid overdose
has become a leading cause of unintentional death, surpassing motor vehicle accidents. A …

Opioid-free anesthesia (OFA) is emerging as a new stimulating research perspective. The
rationale to propose OFA is based on the aim to avoid the negative impact of intraoperative …

Objectives: The objective of this study was to review the current scientific evidence on the
role of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) implementations in reducing postoperative …

OBJECTIVE Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) and multimodal analgesia are
established care models that minimize perioperative opioid consumption and promote …

The drug-induced, reversible coma of anaesthesia requires three clinical outcomes:
unconsciousness, immobility, and the control of autonomic nervous system (ANS) responses …

Postoperative nausea and vomiting is one of the most frequent adverse events after surgery
and anesthesia. It is distressing for the patient and can lead to other postoperative …