Intravenous verapamil blunts hyperdynamic responses during electroconvulsive therapy without altering seizure activity.

abstract：:There is precedent in medicine for recognizing and accepting intact decisional capacity and the subsequent ability to provide valid consent in one treatment domain, while simultaneously recognizing that the patient lacks decisional capacity in other domains. As such, obtaining consent for anesthesia for a surgical pro...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Marcucci C,Seagull FJ,Loreck D,Bourke DL,Sandson NB

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blind oral intubation using the Augustine Guide is helpful for intubating the trachea of patients presenting with difficult airways. This device has been modified by adding a fiberoptic scope with a built-in battery-powered light. We studied this Augustine Scope in 104 patients (Group AS) and compared the results with...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Krafft P,Krenn CG,Fitzgerald RD,Pernerstorfer T,Fridrich P,Weinstabl C

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:We examined how to program an operating room (OR) information system to assist the OR manager in deciding whether to move the last case of the day in one OR to another OR that is empty to decrease overtime labor costs. We first developed a statistical strategy to predict whether moving the case would decreas...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Dexter F

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:External cephalic version is a technique that decreases the need for cesarean delivery in patients with breech presentation. Several techniques exist to increase the success of external cephalic version; however, there are no studies comparing different tocolytics in patients who also received neuraxial anesthesia. We...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Katz D,Riley K,Kim E,Beilin Y

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:In a prospective, randomized, double-blinded study, we evaluated the efficacy of granisetron and ramosetron for preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) in major gynecologic surgery. One hundred twenty patients, ASA physical status I or II, aged 23-65 yr, received i.v. granisetron 2.5 mg or ramose...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Fujii Y,Saitoh Y,Tanaka H,Toyooka H

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we investigated the effects of a racemic mixture of bupivacaine (RS(+/-)bupivacaine) and its isomers (S(-)bupivacaine and R(+)bupivacaine) on the Ca2+ handling by ventricular myocytes from Wistar rats. Single ventricular myocytes were enzymatically isolated and loaded with the fluorescent Ca2+ indicator ...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Chedid NG,Sudo RT,Aguiar MI,Trachez MM,Masuda MO,Zapata-Sudo G

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Improved pain control after cesarean delivery remains a challenging objective. Poorly treated acute pain following delivery is associated with an increased risk of chronic pain and depression. This study was conducted to determine whether the addition of systemic acetaminophen and an increased dose of intrat...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Booth JL,Harris LC,Eisenach JC,Pan PH

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with frailty experience substantial physical and emotional distress related to their condition and face increased morbidity and mortality compared with their nonfrail peers. Palliative care is an interdisciplinary medical specialty focused on improving quality of life for patients with serious illness, includ...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Crooms RC,Gelfman LP

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the increased use of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography, patent foramen ovale (PFO) has become a common finding during heart surgery. This finding presents a difficult dilemma for cardiac surgeons, since the impact of intraoperatively diagnosed PFOs on postoperative outcome is unknown. Changes in the...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Sukernik MR,Bennett-Guerrero E

更新日期：2007-09-01 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：UNLABELLED:Volatile anesthetics attenuate baroreflex function in a concentration-dependent manner. This study was designed to determine how long full recovery of baroreflex control of heart rate takes after isoflurane or sevoflurane anesthesia in healthy volunteers. We assessed baroreflex sensitivity in 20 subjects ran...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Nagasaki G,Tanaka M,Nishikawa T

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The preoperative encounter may offer a cost-effective opportunity for diabetes screening. METHODS:Three hundred forty-seven fasting patients had a preoperative glucose measurement determined from blood residue left on the IV needle, measured with an Accu-Chek glucometer (Roche Diagnostics, Indianapolis, I...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Grek S,Gravenstein N,Morey TE,Rice MJ

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Improving perioperative efficiency and throughput has become increasingly important in the modern practice of anesthesiology. Fast-track surgery represents a multidisciplinary approach to improving perioperative efficiency by facilitating recovery after both minor (i.e., outpatient) and major (inpatient) sur...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： White PF,Kehlet H,Neal JM,Schricker T,Carr DB,Carli F,Fast-Track Surgery Study Group.

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used laser-Doppler flowmetry to compare the effects of the volatile anesthetics, isoflurane and halothane, on the cerebrovascular response to CO2 inhalation in male Sprague-Dawley rats. The effects of 0.5 and 1.5 minimum alveolar anesthetic concentrations (MAC) of halothane and isoflurane on the microcirculatory re...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Lee JG,Smith JJ,Hudetz AG,Hillard CJ,Bosnjak ZJ,Kampine JP

更新日期：1995-04-01 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：:The effects of nitrous oxide-oxygen plus small doses of fentanyl with (N = 7) and without (N = 15) naloxone and the effects of nitrous oxide-oxygen plus halothane (N = 13) on plasma concentration of arginine vasopressin (AVP) and cortisol were studied in normal patients before and during gynecologic laparotomies. Pati...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Lehtinen AM,Fyhrquist F,Kivalo I

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Propofol and alfentanil are both rapid and short-acting drugs that can be used for sedation and analgesia during monitored anesthesia care (MAC). This study was designed to determine the optimal infusion rates of propofol and alfentanil when administered during local anesthesia. In this randomized, double-bl...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Avramov MN,White PF

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:This report describes treatment with cervical epidural blood patch of low cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pressure headache resulting from spontaneous CSF leak via a tear in a cervical dural cuff. The leak was diagnosed by a dynamic computed tomography (CT)-myelography study followed by gadolinium enhanced magneti...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Cousins MJ,Brazier D,Cook R

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interscalene brachial plexus anesthesia for shoulder surgery routinely includes sensory anesthesia of the fourth and fifth cervical nerves. The authors reasoned that some degree of diaphragm paralysis should result from interscalene blocks that produce surgical C3-C5 sensory anesthesia. In this investigation, ultrason...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Urmey WF,Talts KH,Sharrock NE

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have determined that the mixed agonist-antagonist narcotic, butorphanol, improves CO2 response and ventilation after fentanyl anesthesia. A tentative dosage range has been established. Twenty-two patients were anesthetized with isoflurane, nitrous oxide, and fentanyl, which was continuously infused throughout the s...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Bowdle TA,Greichen SL,Bjurstrom RL,Schoene RB

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Incorrect positioning of central venous catheters (CVC) in infants and children may lead to serious complications such as perforation of the heart or great vessels. CVC position is not usually assessed until the first postoperative chest radiograph, potentially leaving malposition undetected for several hour...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Andropoulos DB,Bent ST,Skjonsby B,Stayer SA

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To further investigate possible prolongation of the frequency-corrected QT interval (QTc interval) after administration of droperidol (DRO), we studied 40 surgical patients who were randomly assigned to one of three groups, receiving an intravenous (IV) injection of either 0.1 mg/kg (Group 1, n = 10), 0.175 mg/kg (Gro...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Lischke V,Behne M,Doelken P,Schledt U,Probst S,Vettermann J

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Insufficient fixation of an epidural catheter may result in migration of the catheter and eventual catheter failure. However, the best fixation method remains to be established. Aron Alpha A (2-ethyl cyanoacrylate) adhesive is approved for clinical use and can be used for surgical adhesion to both skin and b...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Tadokoro T,Kakinohana M,Navarro M,Goya M,Odo Y

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:We compared the laryngeal mask airway ProSeal (PLMA) and the laryngeal tube airway (LTA), two new extraglottic airway devices, with respect to: 1) insertion success rates and times, 2) efficacy of seal, 3) ventilatory variables during pressure-controlled ventilation, 4) tidal volume in different head/neck po...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Brimacombe J,Keller C,Brimacombe L

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spine surgery has been growing rapidly as a neurosurgical operation, with an increase of 220% over a 15-year period. Intraoperative blood transfusion is a major outcome determinant of spine procedures. Various approaches, including pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic therapies, have been tested to decrease both intraop...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Willner D,Spennati V,Stohl S,Tosti G,Aloisio S,Bilotta F

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Education is the fundamental process used to develop and maintain the professional skills of physicians. Medical students, residents, and fellows are expected to learn considerable amounts of information as they progress toward board certification. Established practitioners must continue to learn in an effort to remai...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Weidman J,Baker K

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of halothane and enflurane anesthesia under conditions of normo-, hyper-, and hypocarbia on the autoregulation of cerebral blood flow (CBF) in the goat were evaluated. The goat was selected because of its unique arterial blood supply to the head and the development of a method by which CBF may be continuou...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Miletich DJ,Ivankovich AD,Albrecht RF,Reimann CR,Rosenberg R,McKissic ED

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We obtained data on lecture practices from 100 of the 110 university-affiliated anesthesiology residency programs certified in the United States in 1988. Of these residency programs, 36% had a majority of their lectures before the operating room schedule began, 57% had no lectures at all in this early time slot, and 7...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Landers DF,Becker GL,Newland MC,Peters KR

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We built and tested a combined proportional/derivative and minimum variance adaptive control algorithm for the regulation of blood pressure using sodium nitroprusside (SNP). In ten dogs the pressure was reduced by 30 mm Hg for 1 hr. The blood pressure came to within 5 mm Hg of the desired pressure in 1.7 +/- 4 min and...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Meline LJ,Westenskow DR,Pace NL,Bodily MN

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anesthesiologists may contribute to postoperative infections by means of the transmission of blood and pathogens to the patient and the environment in the operating room (OR). Our primary aims were to determine whether contamination of the IV hub, the anesthesia work area, and the patient could be reduced af...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Birnbach DJ,Rosen LF,Fitzpatrick M,Carling P,Arheart KL,Munoz-Price LS

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00