Recurring brachial plexus neuropathy in a diabetic patient after shoulder surgery and continuous interscalene block.

abstract：:Children have increased anxiety during the preoperative period. The administration of oral premedication to children is often met with apprehension, reluctance, or refusal. We sought to determine whether giving a small toy to the children would decrease the anxiety associated with taking oral premedication. This was a...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Golden L,Pagala M,Sukhavasi S,Nagpal D,Ahmad A,Mahanta A

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During surgery, patients are exposed to multiple foreign substances including anesthetic drugs, antibiotics, blood products, heparin, polypeptides (aprotinin, latex, and protamine), and intravascular volume expanders, which have the potential to produce life-threatening allergic reactions termed "anaphylaxis." The hal...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Levy JH,Adkinson NF Jr

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Topical anesthesia of the upper airway is often recommended when difficulty in airway management is anticipated. There are published reports, however, of administration of topical anesthesia resulting in complete loss of airway control. Adverse effects are mostly attributed to interference with involuntary p...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Maxwell MJ,English JD,Moppett IK,McGlashan JA,Norris AM

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：IMPLICATIONS:We report the successful use of the laryngeal mask airway for percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in an adult patient with a known difficult airway and severe cerebral palsy. ...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Brimacombe J,Newell S,Bergin A,McCarthy J,Barry J

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bilateral breast augmentation is an increasingly popular day-case procedure. Local infiltration with sedation is routinely used for its ease of application compared with the more complex and potentially riskier paravertebral blockade (PVB). We hypothesized that ropivacaine injected by experienced anesthesia ...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Gardiner S,Rudkin G,Cooter R,Field J,Bond M

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of possible air embolism during a three-port pars plana vitrectomy and air-fluid exchange of the vitreous cavity of the eye. After the start of intraocular air flushing, sudden tachycardia, a decrease in oxygen saturation and end-tidal carbon dioxide tension, and a distinct "mill-wheel" murmur were ob...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Ledowski T,Kiese F,Jeglin S,Scholz J

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Some drugs used for sedation and anesthesia produce histopathologic central nervous system changes in juvenile animal models. These observations have raised concerns regarding the use of these drugs in pediatric patients. We summarized the findings in developing animals and describe the steps that the Food a...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Mellon RD,Simone AF,Rappaport BA

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A new benzodiazepine, remimazolam, which is rapidly metabolized by tissue esterases to an inactive metabolite, has been developed to permit a fast onset, a short, predictable duration of sedative action, and a more rapid recovery profile than currently available drugs. We report on modeling of the data and s...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Wiltshire HR,Kilpatrick GJ,Tilbrook GS,Borkett KM

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:We evaluated, by using a before-and-after study, the influence of leukoreduction by filtration on postoperative infections and adverse outcomes in patients undergoing elective major aortic surgery. From January 1995 to October 2000, all patients who underwent elective abdominal aortic surgery were included i...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Baron JF,Gourdin M,Bertrand M,Mercadier A,Delort J,Kieffer E,Coriat P

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, we reported a new technique to augment motor-evoked potentials (MEPs) under general anesthesia, posttetanic MEP (p-MEP), in which tetanic stimulation of the peripheral nerve before transcranial stimulation enlarged amplitudes of MEPs from the muscle innervated by the nerve subjected to tetanic stim...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Hayashi H,Kawaguchi M,Yamamoto Y,Inoue S,Koizumi M,Ueda Y,Takakura Y,Furuya H

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to compare the perioperative effects of the intramuscular (i.m.) alpha 2 agonist, dexmedetomidine (DEX), and midazolam (MID) premedication. The study comprised 192 women (64 per group) scheduled for abdominal hysterectomy. The doses of the study drugs were chosen to obtain equal sedative ...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Erkola O,Korttila K,Aho M,Haasio J,Aantaa R,Kallio A

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:We sought to determine minimum alveolar anesthetic concentrations for skin incision (MAC) and for tracheal extubation (MAC(Ex)) for sevoflurane and its associated awakening time and respiratory complications during emergence from sevoflurane anesthesia in children. We studied 40 (20 in each group) unpremedic...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Inomata S,Suwa T,Toyooka H,Suto Y

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:We investigated the effect of epidural local anesthetic blockade on urinary substance P levels in five patients suffering from painful flare-ups of interstitial cystitis. Urine was collected in 24-h intervals commencing at the onset of an epidural bolus of 0.25% bupivacaine followed by maintenance epidural i...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Sukiennik A,Carr DB,Bonney I,Marchand JE,Wurm H,Sant GR

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) are cardiac hormones with natriuretic, vasorelaxant, and aldosterone-inhibiting properties. We analyzed the plasma of 178 critically ill patients for ANP, BNP, aldosterone, and serum sodium concentration, as well as serum and urine osmolality and sod...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Berendes E,Van Aken H,Raufhake C,Schmidt C,Assmann G,Walter M

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of release of intraoperative thigh tourniquets on velocity of blood flow in the middle cerebral artery was examined in five patients given general anesthesia with controlled ventilation for lower extremity orthopedic procedures using transcranial Doppler sonography. Middle cerebral artery blood flow velocit...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Hirst RP,Slee TA,Lam AM

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypothermia (HT) reduces neuronal injury after perinatal asphyxia. The anesthetic gas xenon (XE) may enhance this effect. We investigated the sedative and respiratory effects of variable XE concentrations at 37 degrees C normothermia (NT) or 32 degrees C HT after a hypoxic-ischemic (HI) insult to determine t...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Dingley J,Hobbs C,Ferguson J,Stone J,Thoresen M

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 19-year-old African American man with a T12 spinal cord lesion underwent a T4-L5 thoracolumbar spinal fusion. Intraoperatively, his arterial blood pressure acutely increased from 110/60 to 260/130 mm Hg without a change in heart rate. The patient did not have pheochromocytoma, carcinoid syndrome, or thyroid storm. T...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Blacker SN,Brown CQ,Tarant NS

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The finger plethysmographic waveform of pulse oximeters is a qualitative indicator of fingertip perfusion. This waveform has been used to assess the depth of anesthesia. Its cyclical changes associated with mechanical ventilation have also been used to detect changes in blood volume under normotensive condit...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Golparvar M,Naddafnia H,Saghaei M

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:We examined the reliability of an airway evaluation test to assess the occipitoatlantoaxial (OAA) extension capacity described by Bellhouse et al. (Bellhouse test) in 20 adult volunteers with normal cervical spines. Each subject sat upright with the head in the neutral position and was then asked to extend t...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Urakami Y,Takenaka I,Nakamura M,Fukuyama H,Aoyama K,Kadoya T

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hyperkalemia poses serious hazards to patients undergoing orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT), and its predictors have not been thoroughly examined. METHODS:We retrospectively studied 1124 consecutive adult patients who underwent OLT. Hyperkalemia was defined as serum K+ > or =5.5 mmol/L. A total of 47 r...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Xia VW,Ghobrial RM,Du B,Chen T,Hu KQ,Hiatt JR,Busuttil RW,Steadman RH

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI) is a 40-kDa, endogenous protein that inhibits tissue factor (TF)-initiated coagulation by bonding with activated factor X (FXa). The TFPI/FXa complex then subsequently binds with TF/activated factor VII (FVIIa) complex, ultimately inhibiting thrombin generation. Heparin...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Audu P,Nielsen VG,Armstead V,Powell G,Kim J,Kim L,Mehta M

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article, we describe the role of "clinical scenario" information to assure the safety of interoperable systems, as well as the system's ability to deliver the requisite clinical functionality to improve clinical care. Described are methods and rationale for capturing the clinical needs, workflow, hazards, and ...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Weininger S,Jaffe MB,Rausch T,Goldman JM

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The low solubility of desflurane contributes to rapid emergence after outpatient anesthesia. Compared with isoflurane, recovery times to eye opening, response to verbal commands, and orientation to person, place, and time have been significantly shorter. Even when compared with the rapid, short-acting intravenous anes...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： White PF

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We measured arterial plasma concentrations of lidocaine by enzyme immunoassay when 10 ml of 2% lidocaine without epinephrine was injected into the cervical, thoracic, or lumbar epidural spaces in 30 patients. There was no difference in the time courses of plasma levels of lidocaine. Peak concentrations were achieved 1...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Mayumi T,Dohi S,Takahashi T

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Using a MEDLINE-based analysis, we studied the national origin of articles published in important anesthesia, pain, critical care, and emergency medicine journals. All journals in English listed in the Science Citation Index (SCI) of Journal Citation Reports under the subheadings Anesthesiology (n = 17) and ...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Boldt J,Maleck W,Koetter KP

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Preoperative risk stratification is a critical element in assessing the risks and benefits of surgery. Prior work has demonstrated that intra-abdominal general surgery patients can be classified based on their comorbidities and risk factors using latent class analysis (LCA), a model-based clustering techniqu...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Kim M,Wall MM,Li G

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oral opioid formulations contribute to postoperative analgesia. In this study, we evaluated the perioperative application of oral controlled-release oxycodone to reduce postoperative IV morphine consumption and opioid side effects after lumbar discectomy. METHODS:Forty patients scheduled for elective lumbar...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Blumenthal S,Min K,Marquardt M,Borgeat A

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Adenosine and adenosine analogs induce analgesia in humans and presumed antinociception in animal models when administered both systemically and intrathecally. In the present investigation in rats, we studied the effects of intrathecally administered adenosine analogs, with or without systemic coadministrati...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Sjölund KF,Sollevi A,Segerdahl M,Lundeberg T

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:In this randomized, controlled study in dogs, we examined the short-term effects of blood pressure targeted fluid resuscitation with colloids or crystalloids solutions on systemic oxygen delivery, and lactate blood concentration. Fluid resuscitation using hydroxyethyl starch (HES) 6% to a mean arterial blood...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Friedman Z,Berkenstadt H,Preisman S,Perel A

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Perioperative opioid use is associated with poor survival in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. The most common histological type of esophageal cancer in western countries is adenocarcinoma. The objective of this study was to evaluate the association between intraoperative opioid consumption a...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Du KN,Feng L,Newhouse A,Mehta J,Lasala J,Mena GE,Hofstetter WL,Cata JP

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00