Large-dose hydroxyethyl starch 130/0.4 does not increase blood loss and transfusion requirements in coronary artery bypass surgery compared with hydroxyethyl starch 200/0.5 at recommended doses.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with brain injury are at high risk of extubation failure. METHODS:We conducted a prospective observational cohort study in four intensive care units of three university hospitals. The aim of the study was to create a score that could predict extubation success in patients with brain injury. RESULT...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Asehnoune K,Seguin P,Lasocki S,Roquilly A,Delater A,Gros A,Denou F,Mahé PJ,Nesseler N,Demeure-Dit-Latte D,Launey Y,Lakhal K,Rozec B,Mallédant Y,Sébille V,Jaber S,Le Thuaut A,Feuillet F,Cinotti R,ATLANREA group.

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Volatile anesthetics such as isoflurane are widely used in clinical and research contexts. Concerns have been raised that the effects of these drugs on the central nervous system may result in long-term impairment after surgery or general anesthesia. Hence, this study aimed to detect how different isoflurane...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Valentim AM,Di Giminiani P,Ribeiro PO,Rodrigues P,Olsson IA,Antunes LM

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The authors' purpose in this study was to compare prospectively four different anesthetic induction and maintenance techniques using nitrous oxide with halothane and/or propofol for vomiting and recovery after outpatient tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy procedures in children. METHODS:Eighty unpremedicated c...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Ved SA,Walden TL,Montana J,Lea DE,Tefft MC,Kataria BK,Pudimat MA,Nicodemus HF,Milmoe GJ

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is not always possible to predict when tracheal intubation will be difficult or impossible. The authors wanted to determine whether indirect laryngoscopy could identify patients in whom intubation was difficult. METHODS:Indirect laryngoscopy was done in 2,504 patients. The Wilson risk sum score and the m...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Yamamoto K,Tsubokawa T,Shibata K,Ohmura S,Nitta S,Kobayashi T

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chloroprocaine, 0.5 per cent, with physiologic saline solution, has a specific gravity of 1.007 and a osmolarity of 283 mOsm/l, which increase to a specific gravity of 1.025 and an osmolarity of 542 mOsm/l when chloroprocaine is prepared in dextrose, 5 per cent. Chloroprocaine, 2.7 per cent, shows similar increases in...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Park YR,Eastwood DW

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Activation of the gamma-aminobutyric acidA (GABAA) receptor-ionophore complex has been reported as a possible molecular mechanism of the anesthetic action of propofol. Augmentation of GABA-induced inhibitory transmission has also been suggested as a mechanism. Because data describing this latter mechanism in...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Hara M,Kai Y,Ikemoto Y

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:No externally validated risk score for postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) is currently available. The authors tested the generalizability of the Assess Respiratory Risk in Surgical Patients in Catalonia risk score for PPCs in a large European cohort (Prospective Evaluation of a RIsk Score for posto...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Mazo V,Sabaté S,Canet J,Gallart L,de Abreu MG,Belda J,Langeron O,Hoeft A,Pelosi P

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) on cardiovascular dynamics and pulmonary shunt (QS/QT) were investigated in 12 dogs before and during sodium nitroprusside infusion that decreased mean arterial blood pressure 40-50 per cent. Before nitroprusside infusion, 5 cm H2O CPAP significantly, P less th...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Hodges MR,Stanley TH,Johansen RK

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study investigated the ability of the modified continual reassessment method (MCRM) to determine the maximum tolerated dose of the opioid antagonist nalmefene, which does not reverse analgesia in an acceptable number of postoperative patients receiving epidural fentanyl in 0.075% bupivacaine. METHODS:I...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Dougherty TB,Porche VH,Thall PF

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study was design to assess clinical agitation, electroencephalogram (EEG) and autonomic cardiovascular activity changes in children during induction of anesthesia with sevoflurane compared with halothane using noninvasive recording of EEG, heart rate, and finger blood pressure. METHODS:Children aged 2-...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Constant I,Dubois MC,Piat V,Moutard ML,McCue M,Murat I

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Breast surgery is associated with a high incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting. Propofol and prophylactic administration of ondansetron are associated with a lower incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting. To date no comparison of these two drugs has been reported. A randomized study was done ...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Gan TJ,Ginsberg B,Grant AP,Glass PS

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The need for accurate clinical diagnosis and appropriate intervention requires that a modern blood-gas laboratory have the means to correct for significant discrepancies between patient temperature and the temperature at which in vitro blood samples are analyzed. Recent advances in mini- and microcomputer technology p...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Andritsch RF,Muravchick S,Gold MI

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lactate has been shown to be a prognostic biomarker in trauma. Although lactate clearance has already been proposed as an intermediate endpoint in randomized trials, its precise role in trauma patients remains to be determined. METHODS:Blood lactate levels and lactate clearance (LC) were calculated at admis...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Régnier MA,Raux M,Le Manach Y,Asencio Y,Gaillard J,Devilliers C,Langeron O,Riou B

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ropivacaine is an amide local anesthetic structurally related to, but appearing less cardiotoxic, than bupivacaine. The authors' investigation was designed in a randomized, double-blind fashion to compare the clinical effectiveness of ropivacaine and bupivacaine in patients undergoing lower-extremity surgery. Forty-fi...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Brown DL,Carpenter RL,Thompson GE

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors used pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic modeling to explain the time course of neuromuscular blockade following single or multiple doses of three nondepolarizing muscle relaxants. Published and unpublished pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic data for 13 normal subjects were used to simulate the duration o...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Fisher DM,Rosen JI

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite decreasing cardiac events, perioperative beta-blockade also increases perioperative stroke and mortality. Major bleeding and/or hypotension are independently associated with these outcomes. To investigate the hypothesis that beta-blockade limits the cardiac reserve to compensate for acute surgical an...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Beattie WS,Wijeysundera DN,Karkouti K,McCluskey S,Tait G,Mitsakakis N,Hare GM

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vascular spasm is a well-known complication during vascular surgery. Topical lidocaine is frequently used to prevent this spasm. However, the effects of lidocaine on the endothelium-dependent antiaggregation are not clear. METHODS:The aggregation of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) obtained from healthy volunteer...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Az-ma T,Hardian,Yuge O

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Investigators in the authors' laboratory previously established the critical participation of the cerulospinal noradrenergic pathway in muscular rigidity elicited by fentanyl. The identification of colocalization of glutamate with tyrosine hydroxylase in most locus ceruleus neurons suggests a role for cerulo...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Fu MJ,Tsen LY,Lee TY,Lui PW,Chan SH

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Amitriptyline has been reported to be a more potent local anesthetic than bupivacaine. In keeping with the objective of identifying drugs for prolonged cutaneous analgesia, the authors compared the cutaneous analgesic effectiveness of amitriptyline and bupivacaine in rats. METHODS:Rats were subcutaneously i...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Khan MA,Gerner P,Kuo Wang G

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether anesthesiologists can manually detect significant changes in pulmonary compliance in neonates using an "educated hand," the authors tested whether clinicians could detect clamping of an endotracheal tube connecting a neonatal lung model to one of three anesthesia breathing circuits. The test lungs...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Spears RS Jr,Yeh A,Fisher DM,Zwass MS

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Local anesthetics were suggested to have a potential for neurotoxicity in both clinical reports and laboratory experiments. Growing neurons have been shown to be susceptible to the toxic effects of local anesthetics in culture. These findings have generated the interest in factors that would rescue the neuro...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Radwan IA,Saito S,Goto F

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Selective breeding produces animal strains with varying anesthetic sensitivity. It thus seems unlikely that various human ethnicities have identical anesthetic requirements. Therefore, the authors tested the hypothesis that the minimum alveolar concentration of sevoflurane differs significantly as a function...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Ezri T,Sessler D,Weisenberg M,Muzikant G,Protianov M,Mascha E,Evron S

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rapid elimination of nitrous oxide from the lungs at the end of inhalational anesthesia dilutes alveolar oxygen, producing "diffusion hypoxia." A similar dilutional effect on accompanying volatile anesthetic agent has not been evaluated and may impact the speed of emergence. METHODS:Twenty patients undergoi...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Peyton PJ,Chao I,Weinberg L,Robinson GJ,Thompson BR

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patient blood management combines the use of several transfusion alternatives. Integrated use of erythropoietin, cell saver, and/or postoperative drain reinfusion devices on allogeneic erythrocyte use was evaluated using a restrictive transfusion threshold. METHODS:In a factorial design, adult elective hip-...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： So-Osman C,Nelissen RG,Koopman-van Gemert AW,Kluyver E,Pöll RG,Onstenk R,Van Hilten JA,Jansen-Werkhoven TM,van den Hout WB,Brand R,Brand A

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interposition of activated carbon between a nitrogen analyzer needle valve and gas mixtures containing halothane, methoxyflurane, enflurane, or isoflurane eliminated the interfering effects of these agents, but added sampling delays. Placement of a carbon-filled Swinney adaptor in the sampling line between the needle ...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Gilmour IJ,Holland R,Craig DB

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Premedication with diazepam, hydroxyzine or secobarbital significantly increased ketamine-induced sleep time (137 +/- 3.5 min, 135 +/- 9.2 min, 128 +/- 4.7 min) over that of unpremedicated controls (98.5 +/- 4.4 min) in man. The corresponding mean plasma half-lives (t1/2) of ketamine were longer in patients premedicat...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Lo JN,Cumming JF

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isoflurane has a lesser ability than halothane to induce contracture in malignant hyperthermia (MH) muscle in vitro. This does not necessarily imply that isoflurane is not as potent an MH trigger as halothane in vivo. A hypothesis was tested that in vitro treatment with Bay K 8644, an activator of both the dihydropyri...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Adnet PJ,Krivosic-Horber RM,Adamantidis MM,Haudecoeur G,Reyford H,Imbenotte M

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Conventional cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) includes 80-100/min precordial compressions with intermittent positive pressure ventilation (IPPV) after every fifth compression. To prevent gastric insufflation, chest compressions are held during IPPV if the patient is not intubated. Elimination of IPPV woul...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Hevesi ZG,Thrush DN,Downs JB,Smith RA

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Propofol is a potent lipophilic anesthetic that was initially formulated in Cremophor El for human use. Because of the occurrence of Cremophor EL anaphylaxis and improvements in the quality of lipid emulsions, it was ultimately brought to market as 1% propofol formulated in 10% soybean oil emulsion. Emulsions represen...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Baker MT,Naguib M

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anesthetic induction with propofol commonly results in hypotension. This study explored potential mechanisms contributing to hypotension by recording cardiovascular responses including sympathetic neural activity from patients during induction of anesthesia with propofol (2.5 mg.kg-1 plus 200 micrograms.kg-1.min-1) or...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Ebert TJ,Muzi M,Berens R,Goff D,Kampine JP

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00