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Table 2 Anesthetic and analgesic protocol, level of evidence (LoE) according to the Oxford Center for Evidence Based Medicine, and application rate in a series of hundred consecutive living related adult donor hepatectomy

From: Pain management in living related adult donor hepatectomy: feasibility of an evidence-based protocol in 100 consecutive donors

 

LoE

Application rate (%)

Preanesthesia consultation with dedicated anesthetist

1

55

Premedication with pregabalin

1–2

75

Total intravenous anesthesia

 

83

Thoracic epidural analgesia

1–2

77

Opioid-free anesthesia

OIH → 1

79

Clonidine

 IV

2

87

 (Epidural)

91

Ketamine

 Induction

2

93

 Continuous infusion

83

Ketorolac

2

78

Magnesium sulphate

1

79

  1. OIH opioid induced hyperalgesia