Marcel E. Durieux
University of Virginia
283 Papers
1.7K Citations
Marcel E. Durieux is an academic researcher from University of Virginia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Perioperative. The author has an hindex of 55, co-authored 275 publications. Previous affiliations of Marcel E. Durieux include University of Iowa & Maastricht University.
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Papers
Ketamine: teaching an old drug new tricks.
Rainer Kohrs,Marcel E. Durieux +1 more
TL;DR: The mechanism of action of ketamine anesthesia, the pharmacologic properties of its stereoisomers, and the potential uses of ketamines for preemptive analgesia and neuroprotection are reviewed.
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Intravenous lidocaine infusion facilitates acute rehabilitation after laparoscopic colectomy.
Abdourahamane Kaba,Stanislas R. Laurent,Bernard Detroz,Daniel I. Sessler,Marcel E. Durieux,Maurice L. Lamy,Jean Joris +6 more
TL;DR: Intravenous lidocaine improves postoperative analgesia, fatigue, and bowel function after laparoscopic colectomy and is associated with a significant reduction in hospital stay.
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Ketamine for Perioperative Pain Management
TL;DR: Ketamine has a chiralcenter at the carbon-2 atom of the cyclohexanone ring, and therefore exists as the optical stereoisomers S( )and R(-) ketamine.
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The role of sodium channels in chronic inflammatory and neuropathic pain.
Ron Amir,Charles E. Argoff,Gary J. Bennett,Theodore R. Cummins,Marcel E. Durieux,Peter Gerner,Michael S. Gold,Frank Porreca,Gary R. Strichartz +8 more
TL;DR: Changes in the expression of neuronal voltage-gated sodium channels may play a key role in the pathogenesis of both chronic neuropathic and chronic inflammatory pain conditions, and drugs that block these channels may have therapeutic efficacy with doses that are far below those that impair nerve impulse propagation or cardiovascular function.
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Systemic Lidocaine Shortens Length of Hospital Stay After Colorectal Surgery: A Double-blinded, Randomized, Placebo-controlled Trial
Susanne Herroeder,Sabine Pecher,Marianne E. Schonherr,Grit Kaulitz,Klaus Hahnenkamp,Helmut Friess,Bernd W. Bottiger,Harry Bauer,Marcel G. W. Dijkgraaf,Marcel E. Durieux,Markus W. Hollmann +10 more
TL;DR: Perioperative intravenous lidocaine not only improved gastrointestinal motility but also shortened length of hospital stay significantly, and may provide a convenient and inexpensive approach to improve outcome for patients not suitable for epidural anesthesia.
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