Background Insight into COVID-19 intensive care unit (ICU) patient characteristics, rates and
risks of invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) and associated outcomes as well as any …

ABSTRACT The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is rapidly advancing
across the globe despite drastic public and personal health measures. Antivirals and …

In the present study, we examined the effects of preoperative electroacupuncture (EA) at
classical bilateral acupuncture points (Zusanli, also known as ST-36) on postoperative pain …

Intravenous lidocaine and ephedrine, but not propofol, suppress fentanyl-induced cough Page
1 Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of lidocaine, propofol and …

Background Hypnotics have been reported to be associated with dementia. However, the
relationship between insomnia, hypnotics and dementia is still controversial. We sought to …

Assessment of pain in cancer patients is very important to all health care professionals. This
paper describes the development of a Taiwanese version of the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI-T) …

Pruritus is a common side effect of intrathecal morphine injection for postoperative pain
control. Its incidence is especially high in patients undergoing cesarean delivery. We …

BackgroundThe potential relationship between anaesthesia, surgery and onset of dementia
remains elusive. AimsTo determine whether the risk of dementia increases after surgery with …

Background Recent studies have implicated the activation of stress-activated mitogen-
activated protein kinase (MAPK) p38 in spinal microglial cells for development of …

Background Sensing tissue acidosis is an important function of the somatosensory nervous
system to response to noxious stimuli. Main body In the pain clinic, acid or soreness …