M Soledad Cepeda

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Affiliation: Tufts-New England Medical Center
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Tramadol for osteoarthritis: a systematic review and metaanalysis
    M Soledad Cepeda
    Department of Anesthesia, Tufts New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA
    J Rheumatol 34:543-55. 2007
  2. ncbi Static magnetic therapy does not decrease pain or opioid requirements: a randomized double-blind trial
    M Soledad Cepeda
    Department of Anesthesia, San Ignacio Hospital, Bogota, Colombia
    Anesth Analg 104:290-4. 2007
  3. ncbi Emotional disclosure through patient narrative may improve pain and well-being: results of a randomized controlled trial in patients with cancer pain
    M Soledad Cepeda
    Department of Anesthesia, Tufts New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA
    J Pain Symptom Manage 35:623-31. 2008
  4. ncbi Continuous lumbar plexus block provides improved analgesia with fewer side effects compared with systemic opioids after hip arthroplasty: a randomized controlled trial
    Zafar I Siddiqui
    Department of Anesthesia, Tufts New England Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111, USA
    Reg Anesth Pain Med 32:393-8. 2007
  5. ncbi Women experience more pain and require more morphine than men to achieve a similar degree of analgesia
    M Soledad Cepeda
    Department of Anesthesia, San Ignacio Hospital, Javeriana University School of Medicine, Bogota, Colombia
    Anesth Analg 97:1464-8. 2003
  6. ncbi Agreement between percentage pain reductions calculated from numeric rating scores of pain intensity and those reported by patients with acute or cancer pain
    M Soledad Cepeda
    Department of Anesthesia, San Ignacio Hospital, Javeriana University School of Medicine, Bogota, Colombia
    Pain 106:439-42. 2003
  7. ncbi Addition of ultralow dose naloxone to postoperative morphine PCA: unchanged analgesia and opioid requirement but decreased incidence of opioid side effects
    M Soledad Cepeda
    Department of Anesthesia, San Ignacio Hospital, Javeriana University School of Medicine, Bogota, Colombia
    Pain 107:41-6. 2004
  8. ncbi What decline in pain intensity is meaningful to patients with acute pain?
    M Soledad Cepeda
    Department of Anesthesia, Javeriana University School of Medicine, San Ignacio Hospital, Bogota, Colombia
    Pain 105:151-7. 2003
  9. ncbi The combination of low dose of naloxone and morphine in PCA does not decrease opioid requirements in the postoperative period
    M Soledad Cepeda
    Department of Anesthesia, San Ignacio Hospital, Javeriana University School of Medicine, Bogota, Colombia
    Pain 96:73-9. 2002
  10. ncbi An N-of-1 trial as an aid to decision-making prior to implanting a permanent spinal cord stimulator
    M Soledad Cepeda
    Department of Anesthesia, San Ignacio Hospital, Javeriana University School of Medicine, Bogota, Colombia
    Pain Med 9:235-9. 2008

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Publications19

  1. ncbi Tramadol for osteoarthritis: a systematic review and metaanalysis
    M Soledad Cepeda
    Department of Anesthesia, Tufts New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA
    J Rheumatol 34:543-55. 2007
    ..We sought to determine the analgesic effectiveness, the effect on physical function, the duration of benefit, and the safety of oral tramadol in people with OA...
  2. ncbi Static magnetic therapy does not decrease pain or opioid requirements: a randomized double-blind trial
    M Soledad Cepeda
    Department of Anesthesia, San Ignacio Hospital, Bogota, Colombia
    Anesth Analg 104:290-4. 2007
    ..8 to 4.0) than the sham magnet group. Magnetic therapy lacks efficacy in controlling acute postoperative pain intensity levels or opioid requirements and should not be recommended for pain relief in this setting...
  3. ncbi Emotional disclosure through patient narrative may improve pain and well-being: results of a randomized controlled trial in patients with cancer pain
    M Soledad Cepeda
    Department of Anesthesia, Tufts New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA
    J Pain Symptom Manage 35:623-31. 2008
    ..Further study is needed to demonstrate whether the implementation of narrative medicine is associated with health benefits in this and other contexts...
  4. ncbi Continuous lumbar plexus block provides improved analgesia with fewer side effects compared with systemic opioids after hip arthroplasty: a randomized controlled trial
    Zafar I Siddiqui
    Department of Anesthesia, Tufts New England Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111, USA
    Reg Anesth Pain Med 32:393-8. 2007
    ..We conducted a randomized controlled trial to determine the effect of a continuous lumbar plexus block on perioperative opioid requirements and pain intensity...
  5. ncbi Women experience more pain and require more morphine than men to achieve a similar degree of analgesia
    M Soledad Cepeda
    Department of Anesthesia, San Ignacio Hospital, Javeriana University School of Medicine, Bogota, Colombia
    Anesth Analg 97:1464-8. 2003
    ..We found that women had more intense pain and required 30% more morphine to achieve a similar degree of analgesia compared with men...
  6. ncbi Agreement between percentage pain reductions calculated from numeric rating scores of pain intensity and those reported by patients with acute or cancer pain
    M Soledad Cepeda
    Department of Anesthesia, San Ignacio Hospital, Javeriana University School of Medicine, Bogota, Colombia
    Pain 106:439-42. 2003
    ..The findings of this study extend existing patient-centered pain research and may be applied for the evaluation and comparison of pain treatments...
  7. ncbi Addition of ultralow dose naloxone to postoperative morphine PCA: unchanged analgesia and opioid requirement but decreased incidence of opioid side effects
    M Soledad Cepeda
    Department of Anesthesia, San Ignacio Hospital, Javeriana University School of Medicine, Bogota, Colombia
    Pain 107:41-6. 2004
    ..1). The combination of ultralow dose naloxone and morphine in PCA does not affect analgesia or opioid requirements, but it decreases the incidence of nausea and pruritus...
  8. ncbi What decline in pain intensity is meaningful to patients with acute pain?
    M Soledad Cepeda
    Department of Anesthesia, Javeriana University School of Medicine, San Ignacio Hospital, Bogota, Colombia
    Pain 105:151-7. 2003
    ..The change in pain intensity that is meaningful to patients increases as the severity of their baseline pain increases. The present findings are applicable in the clinical setting and research arena to assess treatment efficacy...
  9. ncbi The combination of low dose of naloxone and morphine in PCA does not decrease opioid requirements in the postoperative period
    M Soledad Cepeda
    Department of Anesthesia, San Ignacio Hospital, Javeriana University School of Medicine, Bogota, Colombia
    Pain 96:73-9. 2002
    ..01) than the morphine group. The incidence of side effects was similar in both groups (P=0.3). Contrary to previous reports, adding low doses of naloxone to a morphine PCA solution increases opioid requirements and pain...
  10. ncbi An N-of-1 trial as an aid to decision-making prior to implanting a permanent spinal cord stimulator
    M Soledad Cepeda
    Department of Anesthesia, San Ignacio Hospital, Javeriana University School of Medicine, Bogota, Colombia
    Pain Med 9:235-9. 2008
    ..An N-of-1 trial is an experiment in which a single participant undergoes periods of comparative treatments. We illustrate how an N-of-1 trial design may permit clinicians to conduct such an assessment in an individual patient...
  11. ncbi Side effects of opioids during short-term administration: effect of age, gender, and race
    M Soledad Cepeda
    Department of Anesthesiology, and Clinical Epidemiology Unit. Javeriana Univeristy, Bogota, Colombia
    Clin Pharmacol Ther 74:102-12. 2003
    ..The risk of respiratory depression increases substantially after 60 years of age. Women have nausea and vomiting more often than men. The effect of race deserves further investigation...
  12. ncbi Local anesthetic infiltration versus caudal epidural block for anorectal surgery: a randomized controlled trial
    Zafar I Siddiqui
    Department of Anesthesia, Tufts New England Medical Center and Tufts University School of Medicine, Box 298, Boston, MA 02111, USA
    J Clin Anesth 19:269-73. 2007
    ..To compare patient satisfaction with local anesthetic infiltration versus caudal epidural block for anorectal procedures...
  13. ncbi Economic evaluation of oral treatments for neuropathic pain
    M Soledad Cepeda
    Department of Anesthesia and Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Javeriana University School of Medicine, Bogota, Colombia
    J Pain 7:119-28. 2006
    ..We report a cost-effectiveness evaluation of treatments for neuropathic pain...
  14. ncbi Corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) produces analgesia in a thermal injury model independent of its effect on systemic beta-endorphin and corticosterone
    M Soledad Cepeda
    Department of Anesthesia, San Ignacio Hospital, Javeriana University School of Medicine, Bogota, Colombia
    Regul Pept 118:39-43. 2004
    ..1). Thus, systemically administered CRH produces analgesia in thermal injury independent of its effect on these two markers of local or systemic inflammation...
  15. ncbi Defining the therapeutic role of local anesthetic sympathetic blockade in complex regional pain syndrome: a narrative and systematic review
    M Soledad Cepeda
    Department of Anesthesia, San Ignacio Hospital, and Javeriana University School of Medicine, Bogota, Colombia
    Clin J Pain 18:216-33. 2002
    ..Its efficacy is based mainly on case series. Less than one third of patients obtained full pain relief. The absence of control groups in case series leads to an overestimation of the treatment response that can explain the findings...
  16. ncbi Extent of right hepatectomy determines postoperative donor albumin and bilirubin changes: new insights
    Roman Schumann
    Department of Anesthesia, Tufts New England Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111, USA
    Liver Int 28:95-8. 2008
    ..We conducted a retrospective study to determine whether the size of the liver resection and the estimated blood loss (EBL) impact these laboratory values in the first week (early) and third week (late) postoperatively...
  17. ncbi The PediSedate device, a novel approach to pediatric sedation that provides distraction and inhaled nitrous oxide: clinical evaluation in a large case series
    William T Denman
    Department of Anesthesia, New England Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111, USA
    Paediatr Anaesth 17:162-6. 2007
    ..A novel device (PediSedate) provides sedation through a combination of inhaled nitrous oxide and distraction (video game). We evaluated the acceptability and safety of the PediSedate device in children...
  18. ncbi Single dose intravenous propacetamol or intravenous paracetamol for postoperative pain
    Aikaterini Tzortzopoulou
    Department of Anesthesiology, Tufts Medical Center, 800 Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 02111
    Cochrane Database Syst Rev 10:CD007126. 2011
    ..It may be administered orally or intravenously. The efficacy and safety of intravenous (IV) formulations of paracetamol, IV paracetamol and IV propacetamol, compared with placebo and other analgesics, is unclear...
  19. ncbi No debate on the minimal decline in pain intensity that patients can discern
    M Soledad Cepeda
    Am J Emerg Med 24:391-2. 2006