http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Among infants undergoing major surgery, postoperative use of intermittent intravenous paracetamol (acetaminophen) for the management of pain resulted in a lower cumulative morphine dose over 48 hours, according to a study appearing in the January 9 issue of JAMA. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-post-operative-intravenous-acetaminophen-morphine-infants.html Surgery Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:00:01 EST news276864462 (HealthDay)—Children and adolescents given intravenously (IV)-administered acetaminophen after major spine surgery have significantly less postoperative pain, compared with those given placebo, but administration of acetaminophen does not reduce the need for opioids, according to a study published in the Sept. 15 issue of Spine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-iv-acetaminophen-eases-post-spinal-op.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sun, 23 Sep 2012 15:02:35 EST news267631342 (HealthDay) -- Compared with periprostatic nerve block (PNB), pelvic plexus block (PPB), performed under Doppler ultrasound guidance, provides better pain relief for men during office-based transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy, according to research published in the August issue of The Journal of Urology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-analgesia-pelvic-plexus-block-prostate.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 26 Jul 2012 17:41:31 EST news262543277 French researchers have found a way to identify quickly the 5-10% of patients in whom the commonly used painkiller, tramadol, does not work effectively. A simple blood test can produce a result within a few hours, enabling doctors to switch a non-responding patient on to another painkiller, such as morphine, which will be able to work in these patients. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-quick-simple-patients-painkiller-tramadol.html Medications Sun, 10 Jun 2012 12:21:38 EST news258549679 (HealthDay) -- Use of the five S's intervention (swaddling, side/stomach position, shushing, swinging, and sucking) reduces pain scores and crying time following administration of routine immunizations for 2- and 4-month-old infants, according to a study published online April 16 in Pediatrics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-immunization-pain-technique.html Health Tue, 17 Apr 2012 04:40:01 EST news253852845 (HealthDay) -- Researchers have identified three previously unreported instances of severe opioid-induced toxicity in children following adenotonsillectomy for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, according to a case report published online April 9 in Pediatrics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-highlights-child-deaths-post-surgery-codeine.html Sleep apnea Mon, 09 Apr 2012 13:50:02 EST news253195977 A new study published in the international Nordic journal Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica (AOGS) reveals that inducing labor in the weeks around term, or from week 39 to week 41, is not connected with higher rates of cesarean section compared with waiting for a later spontaneous or induced labor. There has been much debate about this in recent years with a concern that induction as opposed to expectant management might lead to a higher risk for the woman to end up with emergency cesarean section, rather than to deliver normally. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-labor-higher-cesarean-sections.html Health Mon, 20 Jun 2011 12:09:34 EST news227790568