Malachy O. Columb

ORCID: 0000-0001-7837-4262 · 2 papers in corpus

rct 2024

Melatonin treatment has consistent but transient beneficial effects on sleep measures and pain in patients with severe chronic pain: the DREAM-CP randomised controlled trial

British journal of anaesthesia ·doi:10.1016/j.bja.2024.01.012

BACKGROUND: Sleep disturbance is a major issue for patients with chronic pain. Melatonin has been shown to improve symptoms of fibromyalgia, but its efficacy in other chronic non-malignant pain conditions is not fully known. Hence, we deter…

other 2010

Minimum effective dose of spinal ropivacaine with and without fentanyl for postpartum tubal ligation

International journal of obstetric anesthesia ·doi:10.1016/j.ijoa.2010.06.011

BACKGROUND: Ropivacaine may be the ideal spinal anesthetic for postpartum tubal ligation due to its medium duration of action, low incidence of side effects and possibly reduced post-anesthetic care unit (PACU) stay. METHODS: Two prospecti…