Critical pathways are care plans that detail the essential steps in patient care with a view to
describing the expected progress of the patient. The authors' review of the literature suggest …

Background Outpatient knee surgery has come to involve increasingly complex procedures.
The authors present observational data from a nerve block algorithm designed for the care …

Background Both general and nerve block anesthesia are effective for shoulder surgery. For
outpatient surgery, it is important to determine which technique provides more efficient …

Background and Objectives Femoral nerve block is effective in reducing postoperative pain
after inpatient knee surgery. We studied its efficacy compared with standard analgesia …

Background: Single-injection femoral nerve block analgesia and spinal anesthesia have
been associated with fewer postoperative nursing interventions and successful same-day …

Background and Objectives: In this retrospective study, we queried our Quality Improvement
database of anesthetic-related complications to evaluate the frequency of noncatheter …

Background Standard therapy (ST) for postoperative pain after knee and hip replacement at
the Hamilton Health Sciences Henderson Hospital consists of epidural analgesia or patient …

The demand for increased efficiency and decreased hospital stay has magnified the role of
anesthesia and acute postoperative pain management in orthopedics. Orthopedic …

IMPLICATIONS: In outpatients undergoing inguinal herniorrhaphy, regional anesthesia
(paravertebral blocks) provided faster recovery than general anesthesia. Inguinal hernia …

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence of and factors associated
with loss of extension (LOE) 4 weeks after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction …