Is the intensity of preoperative pain directly correlated with the amount of morphine needed for postoperative analgesia?
In this study, we showed that severity of preoperative pain intensity relates to postoperative pain levels and morphine consumption. Patients scheduled for total hip surgery with severe preoperative pain require more postoperative morphine in the first 24 h.
This is the first report on concurring damage to the retina that was evaluated in a rat model of white matter injury in the developing brain. The relatively mild damage to the retinal vessel system may represent the basis for a model of moderate forms of ROP and to study vascular remodeling.