Managing intensive supports. The attitudes of the health care workers of five Italian Hospitals to institution of CPR and admission to the ICU.

abstract：:This review focuses on recent developments in preservation techniques in liver transplantation. First, we discuss mechanisms of organ injury when using high-risk organs, including donation after circulatory death and steatotic grafts and we summarize pathways of ischemia reperfusion injury together with their link to ...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Schlegel AA,Kalisvaart M,Muiesan P

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of the study was to investigate whether or not sevoflurane at different concentrations influenced the ED(effective dose) 50, 90 and 95 of cisatracurium and whether there is any relationship with age. METHODS:Individual dose response curves for cisatracurium were constructed in 80 consecutive patient...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Melloni C,Antolini F

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two groups of 15 children aged from 15 days to 6 years, undergoing surgery on cardiopulmonary by-pass for congenital heart disease have been retrospectively analyzed. Group A received a low-dose aprotinin treatment (30,000 KIU/kg in the priming solution); group C (control group) did not receive any aprotinin. Groups w...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Ranucci M,Corno A,Pavesi M,Cirri S,Menicanti L,Frigiola A,Celoria R,Ditta A,Boncilli A,Conti D

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaesthesia with atracurium, fentanyl, and continuous intravenous infusion of propofol in two myasthenic patients is described. There were no intra and postoperative problems and operative conditions were considered excellent. This technique offers a safe alternative to inhalational anaesthesia for patients with myast...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： De Grazia R,Belluco A,Chiarini L,Nani R

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspecific cellular reactivity was assessed in patients who underwent open heart surgery. The authors conclude that depressed PMN activity measured as O2- production is not linked to anaesthesiological procedures, hemodilution and hypothermia. No conclusive reports are possible on the role of pulmonary reinfusion or pl...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Pasetto A,Gilli E,Rigotti L,Girardi G,Bartoloni A,Ischia A

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim of this paper is to present a procedure aimed at raising the flow rate in the vena cava. To this purpose some fluid is injected at high speed in the vessel, accelerating the flow and dragging the stagnating flow upstream the catheter. In order to raise the efficiency of the system and to avoid damage to heart valv...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Banetta L,Santini E,Banetta S

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV-ECMO) is an effective rescue therapy for improving oxygenation in selected severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Prone position (PP) is usually considered before vvECMO and few data are available on the association of PP during VV-ECMO. Thus, w...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Guervilly C,Hraiech S,Gariboldi V,Xeridat F,Dizier S,Toesca R,Forel JM,Adda M,Grisoli D,Collart F,Roch A,Papazian L

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Authors have controlled the validity of VQI to quantify pulmonary shunt (Qs/Qt). The survey involved (group A) patients who had undergone major surgery and (group B) patients hospitalized in ICU for cardiorespiratory failure. Four subgroups were identified in both the groups according to different values of SaO2. ...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Donati A,Orsetti G,Bini G,Luzi A,Valente M,Giovannini C,De Ritis GC,Pietropaoli P

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Extubation failure (EF) refers to the inability to maintain spontaneous breathing after removal of endotracheal tube. The aim of this review is to identify the best parameter to predict EF in adult intensive care patients. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION:We searched for publications in PubMed (2000-2016). Studies of...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Lombardi FS,Cotoia A,Petta R,Schultz M,Cinnella G,Horn J

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is common practice to administer a premedication to patients about to undergo anesthesia. This study compared the effects of a small intravenous bolus of propofol versus midazolam administered as a premedication. METHODS:In this prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study, 60 healthy ...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Quario Rondo L,Thompson C

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate efficacy and tolerability of enoximone, a phosphodiesterase inhibitor, in the treatment of cardiogenic shock. DESIGN:A prospective non randomized, non comparative study. SETTING:A general intensive care unit of a university hospital. PATIENTS:Six patients with cardiogenic shock (cardiac index <...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Sicignano A,Bellato V,Riboni A,Vesconi S

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:We evaluated the perioperative levels of plasma myoglobin (Mb) and creatine kinase (CK) in patients submitted to peripheral revascularization surgery for a variety of conditions. METHODS, DESIGN AND SETTING: Observational study in a surgical ward of a community hospital. subjects: 50 consecutive patients were inclu...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Olivei MC,Sosso E,Suckzs Ventimiglia K,Macchiarulo R,Quatrocchio G,Guglielmotti E

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non invasive ventilation (NIV) has been shown to be an effective therapy in selected patients with acute respiratory failure. Due to its benefit and relative ease of use, NIV is frequently used. In addition, the shortage and high cost of intensive care beds have prompted the use of NIV outside the intensive care unit....

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Chiumello D,Conti G,Foti G,Giacomini Matteo M,Braschi A,Iapichino G

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Based on available data, there is no definite clinical research describing option, timing and effects of assisted as opposed to controlled ventilation to successfully treat acute severely brain-injured patients. This study demonstrates pressure support ventilation as a possible alternative to controlled vent...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Cormio M,Portella G,Spreafico E,Mazza L,Pesenti A,Citerio G

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The world population is mostly male at birth, although there is a shift in predominance over 55 years of age with more females than males. Male gender was recently hypothesized to be a risk factor for sepsis and septic shock; the reasons and the consequences of this odd discrepancy are yet a matter of deba...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Campanelli F,Landoni G,Cabrini L,Zangrillo A

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nutrition in critically ill patients should be considered as therapy: assessing the energy expenditure and the termogenic effect of food, and knowing the differences among composition and amount of given substrates, it is possible restore, maintain, or at least limit the derangement of energy equilibrium. Energy metab...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Iapichino G,Radrizzani D,Giacomini M,Pezzi A,Zaniboni M,Mistraletti G

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report the results of two clinical studies on postoperative pain relief with PCA. In the first clinical study 44 patients, undergoing gynecologic surgery, were assigned at random to two groups. The first was treated by PCA (infusor Baxter) with morphine i.v. (basal bolus 0.05 mg/kg, loading doses 1 mg ever...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Paoletti F,Ciammitti B,Tosti F,Boanelli A,Pasqualucci V

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sepsis is an important cause of mortality and morbidity in the intensive care unit (ICU). We performed a study to describe the epidemiology of sepsis syndromes in patients admitted to ICUs of the Piedmont region. METHODS:In this prospective, multicentre, observational study, all 3902 patients admitted to a ...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Sakr Y,Elia C,Mascia L,Barberis B,Cardellino S,Livigni S,Fiore G,Filippini C,Ranieri VM

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of non-invasive ventilation (NIV) in acute hypoxemic respiratory failure (AHRF) due to H1N1 virus infection is controversial. In this multicenter study we aimed to assess the efficacy of NIV in avoiding endotracheal intubation (ETI) and to identify predictors of success or failure. METHODS:In this p...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Nicolini A,Tonveronachi E,Navalesi P,Antonelli M,Valentini I,Melotti RM,Pigna A,Carrassi A,Righini P,Ferrari Bravo M,Pelosi P,Nicoli F,Cosentini R,Vaschetto R,Faenza S,Nava S

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A consecutive series of 41 patients aged less than 16 and admitted to the Department of Neurosurgery of the University of Milan in the period 1977-1978 following serious cranioencephalic trauma with Glasgow Coma Score (GCS) less than or equal to 7, duration of coma longer than 24 h and CT picture of diffuse lesion has...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Sganzerla EP,Massei R,De Santis A,Guerra P,Tiberio F,Parma A,Villani R,Trazzi R

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This year, the US Institute of Medicine has estimated that medical errors kill up to 98,000 Americans each year,1 a problem surpassing automobile fatalities. For patients on the medical ward, drug therapy is the primary intervention they are receiving yet medication errors occur in as many as 4% of inpatients.2 Althou...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Subramanian S,Kellum JA

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Upper airway obstruction (UAO) can cause severe respiratory distress in young children by increasing inspiratory muscle load and decreasing alveolar ventilation, ultimately resulting in hypercapnia and hypoxemia which have long term negative cardiovascular effects. Although non-invasive continuous positive airway pres...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Racca F,Cutrera R,Robba C,Caldarelli V,Paglietti MG,De Angelis MC,Sekhon MS,Gualino J,Bella C,Passoni N,Ranieri VM

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The performance of a precise and safe peripheral nerve blockade (PNB) can currently rely on the aid of the ultrasounds and nerve stimulators. The injection pressure monitoring may be beneficial to perform a safer procedure. This review focuses on the pressures measured during PNB among studies conducted on animal, and...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Carassiti M,De Filippis A,Palermo P,Valenti C,Costa F,Massaroni C,Schena E

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to avoid complications such as pneumothorax or subarachnoid injection, the paper proposes a new approach to brachial plexus using a supraclavear route based on the pulse of the subclavian artery and 7th cervical vertebra. Complications are unlikely using this route. ...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Alemanno F

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The efficacy of an ultrasound guided transmuscular quadratus lumborum block (QLB) for perioperative analgesia of the upper and lower abdomen remain debatable. The purpose of this study was to compare the cutaneous sensory blocked area (CSBA) between QLB blocks performed at the L2 vs. L4 levels. METHODS:Twen...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Lu Y,Zhang J,Xu X,Chen W,Zhang S,Zheng H,Xia Y,Papadimos TJ,Xu X,Chen H

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data concerning antibiotic therapy in italian ICUs are presented. These data were not directly measured: they have been derived from a previous study on costs of intensive care treatments. 78% of 1065 patients received antibiotic therapy. Empirical therapy was started in 82% of septic patients. 93% of septic patients ...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Malacarne P,Rossi C

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The etiology, diagnosis, pathology and treatment of rhabdomyolysis due to intraoperative malpositioning and the medico-legal implications of physicians involved in the surgical treatment and anesthesia of the patient are described. According to the Italian law, the anesthesiologist is the only physician of the surgery...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Ronchi E,Macrì L,Schillaci DR,Tommasino C

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Humoral immunity (immunoglobulins and C3) as well as nutritional conditions (serum albumin, transferrin) have been investigated in 23 patients in the acute phase after surgery and/or trauma. Immunoglobulin deficiency, well correlated with the severity of trauma, was observed in the most critically ill patients in the ...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Guarducci AM,Langer M,Solca M,Radrizzani D,Carnevale-Maffè A

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The utility of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in reducing postoperative pain and patient's hospital discharge is already known. Nevertheless peritoneal gas insufflation required by surgical procedure can modify respiratory homeostasis during general anesthesia. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of laparos...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Casati A,Salvo I,Calderini E,Valentini G,Carozzo A,Celeste E,Torri G

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transthoracic thermodilution (TTT) measures cardiac output without the need for right heart catheterization. In addition, two volumetric hemodynamic indices have been derived from the mathematical analysis of the TTT curve: the global end diastolic volume (a quantitative measure of cardiac preload) and the extravascul...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Bigatello LM,Kistler EB,Noto A

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00