Complete neurological recovery after systemic air embolism during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography.

abstract：BACKGROUND:In this study, the level and the variation of a number of hormone and metabolic parameters during brain death treatment in potential organ donors have been monitored. METHODS:Thirty-nine consecutive brain-dead patients were enrolled in 3 Intensive Care Units of Regional Hospitals of the North of Italy. All ...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Gravame V,Porretti L,Cardillo M,Marchesi G,Rizzi M,Sacchi C,Candiani A,Chiaranda M,Gualandris L,Taioli E,Scalamogna M

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tonomitor NG tube was positioned in the stomach of 11 critical ill patients during their stay in ICU and 48 measurements of intramucosal pH (pHi) have been performed. In 7 patients haemodynamic measurement were performed in concomitance with each pHi measure. The Authors looked for statistical relations between pHi an...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Pappagallo S,Romagnoli P,Tulli G

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of severe accidental hypothermia (core temperature 20 degrees C) in an elderly woman successfully treated by warmed lavage of peritoneal cavity is reported. The various available rewarming techniques and some observations about the differential diagnosis between the severe hypothermic patient with cardiac arres...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Visetti E,Pastorelli M,Bruno M

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac surgery patients often develop a restrictive pulmonary impairment and gas exchange abnormalities in the early postoperative period. Chest physiotherapy is routinely prescribed in order to reduce or prevent these complications. Besides early mobilization, positioning and shoulder girdle exercises, various breat...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Westerdahl E

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aim of the study was to validate commonly used bedside right-ventricular (RV) impedance parameters, which are utilized in determining heart-lung interactions during mechanical ventilation. METHODS:Fifteen pigs were equally assigned to either an open or a closed pericardium group. In all animals, an inflatab...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Reis Miranda D,Marco Knook AH,Paalvast F,Rossi A,Hop W,Oei F,Van Bommel J,Gommers D

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The detection of tissue hypoxia and its correction is one of the aim of the hemodynamic monitoring. Classical hemodynamic variable often fail to achieve this goal. Lactate measurements may be a good indicator of tissue hypoxia. Selected review of the articles on lactate in critically ill patients. Tissue hypoxia is as...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： De Backer D

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is an emergent alternative technique to surgery in high-risk patients with aortic stenosis. Here, we describe the anesthesiological management of patients undergoing TAVI at our institution over an 18-month period. METHODS:After a proper assessment of surgical risk an...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Covello RD,Ruggeri L,Landoni G,Guarracino F,Bignami E,Gonfalini M,Virzo I,Michev I,Colombo A,Zangrillo A

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1947 John Bonica as new Chief of Anesthesiology at Tacoma General Hospital organized one of the first around-the-clock labor anesthesia services and when became the first chairman of the new Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Washington (1960), caudal anesthesia was the primary technique used for pro...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Chadwick HS

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Authors report a case of coccygodynia following a car accident and describe the therapeutic approach used. In view of the clinical characteristics of pain and the limited quality and duration of benefits, it was proposed to insert an epidural neurostimulation electrode in an attempt to normalise the threshold of n...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Poggi A,Fanchini P,Fara B

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prolonged electrocardiographic QTc interval may be unsafe during general anesthesia; thus successful anesthetic management in patients affected by congenital long QT syndrome include avoidance of any event that increases sympathetic activity and drugs that prolong QT interval. Propofol seems to have less effect on t...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Azzolini M,Ragagni M,Pfaender M,Dallape L,Gasperotti G

更新日期：1993-07-01 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：BACKGROUND:The aim of this paper was to determine if there were any significant differences between the effects of fentanyl delivered as a bolus or remifentanil delivered as a continuous infusion on the QT interval and QT dispersion (QTD) during the induction of anesthesia and tracheal intubation. METHODS:This was a p...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Cafiero T,Di Minno RM,Di Iorio C

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGRAUND:Pain is the primary reason for admission to the Emergency Department (ED). However, the management of pain in this setting is often inadequate because of opiophagia, fear of excessive sedation, and fear of compromising an adequate clinical assessment. METHODS:An intersociety consensus conference was held in...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Savoia G,Coluzzi F,Di Maria C,Ambrosio F,Della Corte F,Oggioni R,Messina A,Costantini A,Launo C,Mattia C,Paoletti F,Lo Presti C,Bertini L,Peduto AV,De Iaco F,Schiraldi F,Bussani F,De Vito L,Giagnorio G,Marinangeli F

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The majority of intensive care physicians recognize the clinical significance of intra-abdominal hypertension on the outcome of critically ill patients. Abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) is defined as an intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) >20 mmHg with ongoing organ failure. However, there is no consensus reg...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Chiara O,Cimbanassi S,Boati S,Bassi G

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To verify, in dissection adenotonsillectomy (AT) performed in Rose position under general anaesthesia with oro-tracheal intubation, the following: 1) the ability of tramadol to produce an effective intra- and postoperative analgesia without any considerable side effects or interferences with the normal post-surgica...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Macarone Palmieri A,Meglio M,Testa D,Salafia M,Iasiello A

更新日期：1998-12-01 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 selection of opioid drugs for anesthesia is often based on empirical judgment such as the selection of opioids with rapid elimination half-life for short surgical procedures (e.g. alfentanil), while opioids with longer elimination half-life (e.g. fentanyl, sufentanil) are used for longer procedures. A better insig...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Camu F

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：: ...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Fusco P,Vespasiano M,Di Carlo S,Scimia P,Petrucci E,Marinangeli F

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanical ventilation (MV) with positive pressure insufflations of gas into the lung may be required to ensure sufficient oxygenation of blood and elimination of carbon dioxide in acute respiratory failure. Interfacing spontaneous breathing and mechanical ventilation has been used to improve gas exchange and may offe...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Hedenstierna G,Lichtwarck-Aschoff M

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Predictive models of acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery (CS-AKI) include emergency surgery and patients with hemodynamic instability. Our objective was to evaluate the performance of validated predictive models (Thakar and Demirjian) in elective cardiac surgery and to propose a better score in the cas...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Callejas R,Panadero A,Vives M,Duque P,Echarri G,Monedero P,Renal Dysfunction in Cardiac Surgery Spanish Group (GEDRCC2).

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive candidiasis (IC) includes candidemia, disseminated candidiasis with deep organ involvement, endocarditis and meningitis. IC has an attributable mortality of 40% to 50% and is increasingly reported in intensive care units (ICUs). Candida albicans and non-albicans strains are both responsible for infections in ...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： De Rosa FG,Garazzino S,Pasero D,Di Perri G,Ranieri VM

更新日期：2009-07-01 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 effort to decrease hospital stays and to increase operating room efficacy has become an important consideration in the practice of anesthesia. METHODS:Fifty-three patients who underwent shoulder rotator cuff repair in the sitting position were divided into four groups according to the anesthesia techniq...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Chelly JE,Greger J,Al Samsam T,Gebhard R,Masson M,Matuszczak M,Sciard D

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the usefulness of the modified Harris-Benedict formula predicting Energy Expenditure (EE) in pressure support ventilated, critically ill patient. SETTING:The intensive care unit (ICU) of a teaching hospital. PATIENTS:Fiftyfive patients admitted to ICU for acute respiratory failure, requiring mec...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Casati A,Colombo S,Leggieri C,Muttini S,Capocasa T,Gallioli G

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Overall medical complications have been reduced after fast-track total hip (THA) and knee arthroplasty (TKA), but data on specific renal and urological (RU) complications are limited. METHODS:To describe the incidence and consequences of serious RU complications resulting in length of stay > 4 days or 30-da...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Bjerregaard LS,Jorgensen CC,Kehlet H,Lundbeck Foundation Centre for Fast-Track Hip and Knee Replacement Collaborative Group.

更新日期：2016-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Presurgical cognitive impairment (PreCI) is frequently seen in older age, but the influence on postoperative delirium (POD) and postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) remains unclear. The present study sought to determine the association between PreCI, POD and POCD with special focus to different PreCI d...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Knaak C,Brockhaus WR,Spies C,Borchers F,Piper SK,Radtke FM,Lachmann G

更新日期：2020-04-01 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：BACKGROUND:Reduced glutathione (GSH) an antioxidant used for i.v. or i.m. administrations, prepared as powder to be diluted in distilled water just before injection (Tationil 600), could lose its antioxidant properties when added to various infusions currently utilized in anesthesia and reanimation. AIM OF THE WORK:Ev...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Mangiameli S,Calabrese V,Cantarella G,Milazzo G,Nicolosi D,Rizza V

更新日期：1995-10-01 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：BACKGROUND:To test validity, safety, costs and healing-outcome of surgical minitracheotomy after cannula removing. METHODS: DESIGN:Opened, perspective. Site: Polyvalent ICU. PATIENTS:40 patients underwent surgical minitracheotomy, in a year. Traditional surgical technique was adopted. Minitracheotomy was performed b...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Leonelli V,Guasti G,Barbieri A

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00