Effect of alpha2B-adrenoceptor polymorphism on peripheral vasoconstriction in healthy volunteers.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intensive care unit (ICU) patients often need blood transfusion, but no reliable predictors of transfusion requirements are available at ICU admission. The authors hypothesized that ICU patients with functional iron deficiency may be at higher risk for developing anemia, requiring blood transfusion. Their ob...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Fernandez R,Tubau I,Masip J,Muñoz L,Roig I,Artigas A

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The tuberomammillary histaminergic neurons are involved in the sedative component of anesthetic action. The nucleus basalis magnocellularis (NBM) in the basal forebrain receives dense excitatory innervation from the tuberomammillary nucleus and is recognized as an important site of sleep-wake regulation. Thi...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Luo T,Leung LS

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether disuse atrophy of skeletal muscle results in resistance to pancuronium, the dose response to pancuronium was determined simultaneously in both gastrocnemius muscles of six dogs that had one hind limb immobilized in a plaster cast for one month. Muscle responses were evoked during pentobarbital-nit...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Gronert GA

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Electroconvulsion therapy is likely to serve as an effective preconditioning stimulus for inducing tolerance to ischemic brain injury. The current study examines whether electrical stimuli on the spinal cord is also capable of inducing tolerance to ischemic spinal cord injury by transient aortic occlusion. ...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Kakinohana M,Harada H,Mishima Y,Kano T,Sugahara K

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Combined spinal-epidural anesthesia is a technique growing in popularity. However, there have been no attempts to investigate the risk of epidural drug reaching the subarachnoid space in high concentration by passing through the meningeal hole left by the spinal needle. This study begins to address this ques...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Bernards CM,Kopacz DJ,Michel MZ

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect on measured potassium values of a number of factors involved in sample acquisition and preparation were investigated. Measured potassium values in either plasma or serum were not influenced by the site of sample withdrawal, the presence of a tourniquet, or the time elapsed between blood sampling and analysi...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Hill AB,Nahrwold ML,Noonan D,Northrop P

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reduction of nocturnal obstructive events during lateral position in patients with obstructive sleep apnea was previously reported. However, little information is available regarding mechanisms of the improvement and the precise pharyngeal site influenced by the lateral position. The authors tested the hypot...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Isono S,Tanaka A,Nishino T

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anesthesiologist-reviewers examined 1,175 anesthetic-related closed malpractice claims from 17 professional liability insurance companies. The claims were filed between 1974 and 1988. The reviewers were asked to determine if the negative outcome was preventable by proper use of additional monitoring devices available ...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Tinker JH,Dull DL,Caplan RA,Ward RJ,Cheney FW

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Postherpetic neuralgia is one of the major complications of herpes zoster caused by the reactivation of varicella-zoster virus and is characterized by severe pain. The authors previously showed the association of a human major histocompatibility complex (MHC) haplotype with postherpetic neuralgia. This study...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Sato-Takeda M,Takasaki I,Takeda K,Sasaki A,Andoh T,Nojima H,Shiraki K,Kuraishi Y,Hanaoka K,Tokunaga K,Yabe T

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgical conditions during conventional mechanical ventilation (CMV) and pulmonary gas exchange were compared with those during high-frequency ventilation (HFV) in 24 patients undergoing anesthesia for intrathoracic surgery. HFV at an oscillatory frequency of 3 Hz and a delivered gas volume of 1.3-1.9 ml/kg provided e...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Glenski JA,Crawford M,Rehder K

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The anticonvulsant gabapentin has proven effective for neuropathic pain in three large placebo-controlled clinical trials. Experimental and clinical studies have demonstrated antihyperalgesic effects in models involving central neuronal sensitization. It has been suggested that central neuronal sensitization...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Dirks J,Fredensborg BB,Christensen D,Fomsgaard JS,Flyger H,Dahl JB

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to evaluate a new, physiologically inspired method for the analysis of the electroencephalogram during propofol-remifentanil anesthesia. Based on fixed-order autoregressive moving-average modeling, this method was hypothesized to be capable of dissociating the effects that hypno...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Liley DT,Sinclair NC,Lipping T,Heyse B,Vereecke HE,Struys MM

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The decision to extubate brain-injured patients with residual impaired consciousness holds a high degree of uncertainty of success. The authors developed a pragmatic clinical score predictive of extubation failure in brain-injured patients. METHODS:One hundred and forty brain-injured patients were prospecti...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Godet T,Chabanne R,Marin J,Kauffmann S,Futier E,Pereira B,Constantin JM

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effects of thoracic epidural anesthesia (TEA) on myocardial repolarization and arrhythmogenicity are only incompletely understood. This is primarily because of the lack of appropriate experimental models. In most of the studies performed thus far, TEA was used in anesthetized animals. Baseline anesthesia...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Meissner A,Eckardt L,Kirchhof P,Weber T,Rolf N,Breithardt G,Van Aken H,Haverkamp W

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:During experimental cardiac arrest, continuous insufflation of air or oxygen (CIO) through microcannulas inserted into the inner wall of a modified intubation tube and generating a permanent positive intrathoracic pressure, combined with external cardiac massage, has previously been shown to be as effective ...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Saïssy JM,Boussignac G,Cheptel E,Rouvin B,Fontaine D,Bargues L,Levecque JP,Michel A,Brochard L

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cortical acetylcholine originates in the basal forebrain and is essential for maintaining normal cognition and arousal. Morphine impairs these cholinergically mediated cortical functions. The current study tested the hypothesis that morphine decreases prefrontal cortical acetylcholine release by acting at th...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Osman NI,Baghdoyan HA,Lydic R

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In vitro studies have shown that isoflurane, enflurane, and halothane inhibit the hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction (HPV) with essentially the same potency. The aim of this study is to compare the effects of sevoflurane and isoflurane on HPV in constant-flow perfused rabbit lungs. METHODS:Constant-flow per...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Ishibe Y,Gui X,Uno H,Shiokawa Y,Umeda T,Suekane K

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adaptive support ventilation (ASV) allows the clinician to set a maximum plateau pressure (PP) and automatically adjusts tidal volume to keep PP below the set maximum. METHODS:ASV was compared to a fixed tidal volume of 6 ml/kg. ASV determined the respiratory rate and tidal volume based on its algorithms. M...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Sulemanji D,Marchese A,Garbarini P,Wysocki M,Kacmarek RM

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Opioids are used by patients who have conditions ranging from the acute pain of surgery and chronic cancer pain to substance abuse. Despite their widespread use and considerable experimental data about them, little is known about how opioids may alter in vivo immunity in humans. This study was designed to ev...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Yeager MP,Colacchio TA,Yu CT,Hildebrandt L,Howell AL,Weiss J,Guyre PM

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Morphine-6-glucuronide (M-6-G), a major metabolite of morphine, is reported to be more potent than morphine when administered intrathecally; however, its efficiency remains under debate when administered intravenously. This study was designed to assess the analgesic efficiency of intravenous M-6-G for the tr...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Motamed C,Mazoit X,Ghanouchi K,Guirimand F,Abhay K,Lieutaud T,Bensaid S,Fernandez C,Duvaldestin P

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epidural morphine has proven analgesic efficacy in the postoperative period and is widely used. This study evaluated the efficacy of extended-release epidural morphine (EREM; DepoDur; Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc., Chadds Ford, PA; SkyePharma, Inc., San Diego, CA) in providing pain relief for 48 h after surgery....

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Viscusi ER,Martin G,Hartrick CT,Singla N,Manvelian G,EREM Study Group.

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Excessive bleeding often occurs during pediatric scoliosis surgery and is attributed to numerous factors, including accelerated fibrinolysis. The authors hypothesized that administration of tranexamic acid would reduce bleeding and transfusion requirements during scoliosis surgery. METHODS:Forty-four patien...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Sethna NF,Zurakowski D,Brustowicz RM,Bacsik J,Sullivan LJ,Shapiro F

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sugammadex (Org 25969) forms a complex with steroidal neuromuscular blocking agents, thereby reversing neuromuscular block. This study investigated the dose-response relation, safety, and pharmacokinetics of sugammadex to reverse rocuronium-induced block. METHODS:Twenty-seven male surgical patients aged 18-...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Sorgenfrei IF,Norrild K,Larsen PB,Stensballe J,Ostergaard D,Prins ME,Viby-Mogensen J

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Drugs are routinely combined in anesthesia and pain management to obtain an enhancement of the desired effects. However, a parallel enhancement of the undesired effects might take place as well, resulting in a limited therapeutic usefulness. Therefore, when addressing the question of optimal drug combination...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Zanderigo E,Sartori V,Sveticic G,Bouillon T,Schumacher P,Morari M,Curatolo M

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A potentially serious complication of long-term epidural catheterization in cancer patients is infection. The early signs of infection were studied in 350 patients in whom long-term epidural catheters were inserted. Three areas of the catheter track were found to be involved; exit site and superficial catheter track i...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Du Pen SL,Peterson DG,Williams A,Bogosian AJ

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The long-term use of opioids for analgesia carries significant risk for tolerance, addiction, and diversion. These adverse effects are largely mediated by μ-opioid receptors in the central nervous system. Based on the authors' previous observation that morphine and δ-opioid receptor agonists synergize in spi...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Bruce DJ,Peterson CD,Kitto KF,Akgün E,Lazzaroni S,Portoghese PS,Fairbanks CA,Wilcox GL

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The potential benefit of propofol dose regimens that use physiologic pharmacokinetic modeling to target the brain has been demonstrated in animals, but no data are available on the rate of propofol distribution to the brain in humans. This study measured the brain uptake of propofol in humans and the simulta...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Ludbrook GL,Visco E,Lam AM

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study reports effects of halothane on tumor cells in vitro. Cells from the human colon cancer cell line HT-29 were exposed to various concentrations of halothane for 8-72 h. The effect of this exposure on this colon cancer cell line, with and without coincubation with the biologic response modifier gamma-interfer...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Rudnick S,Stevenson GW,Hall SC,Espinoza-Delgado I,Stevenson HC,Longo DL

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of the renin--angiotensin system in the maintenance of blood pressure during halothane anesthesia and sodium nitroprusside (SNP)-induced hypotension was evaluated. Control rats received halothane anesthesia (1 MAC) for one hour, followed by SNP infusion, 40 microgram/kg/min, for 30 min, followed by a 30-min r...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Delaney TJ,Miller ED Jr

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocardial ischemia results when halothane is administered to animals with severe coronary stenosis. This study was done to separate the effect of halothane, per se, on myocardial ischemia from indirect cardiovascular effects, primarily hypotension, that might cause ischemia by altering the oxygen supply-demand balanc...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Buffington CW

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00