An analysis of the data on 52 infants whose mothers had contracted varicella during
pregnancy revealed that 27 had congenital malformations ascribed to the maternal varicella …

Methods. Epidural anesthesia and analgesia was the major (39.7%) technique when
administering 40,010 anesthetics. For the upper and the lower abdominal procedures, EAA …

Background The mechanism of epidural infection associated with epidural block is not
clearly understood. Resident organisms in skin specimens were studied after skin was …

Background and Objectives The rate of onset of antimicrobial activity of local anesthetics is
unknown. Similarly, whether the activity is bactericidal or bacteriostatic is also unknown. The …

We studied bactericidal activity of 10% povidone-iodine, 0.5% chlorhexidine gluconate, and
0.5% chlorhexidine in 80% ethanol on four strains of methicillin-resistant and two strains of …

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of continuous epidural
blockade on acute zoster-associated pain, compared with intermittent epidural blocks …

Objective: To investigate effects of continuous epidural infusion (CEI) of 0.5% bupivacaine
added to intermittent epidural boluses (IEB) on the duration of zoster-associated pain (ZAP) …

Background and Objectives. Stellate ganglion block (SGB) leads to vasodilation of the head
and neck, as a result of a regional sympathetic blockade. However, in such cases …

Duration of acute herpetic pain (AHP) in 1431 patients for whom treatment was begun within
14 days after the onset of herpes zoster (HZ) was analyzed with respect to age, involved …

The aim of the present study was to investigate whether melittin, the principal toxin of the
honeybee (Apis mellifera) venom, can be used as an algogenic agent in the study of pain in …