Predicting patient nonappearance for surgery as a scheduling strategy to optimize operating room utilization in a veterans' administration hospital.

abstract：:Previous investigators have identified an aortic-to-radial artery pressure gradient thought to develop during rewarming and discontinuation of cardiopulmonary bypass. The authors measured mean aortic and radial artery pressures before, during, and after cardiopulmonary bypass in 30 patients, to determine when the pres...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Rich GF,Lubanski RE Jr,McLoughlin TM

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although neuromuscular blocking agents do not cross the blood-brain barrier, they may penetrate the central nervous system under particular circumstances and eventually cause neurotoxic consequences. METHODS:The effects of neuromuscular blocking agents on excitatory and inhibitory transmission in area CA1 o...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Chiodini FC,Tassonyi E,Fuchs-Buder T,Fathi M,Bertrand D,Muller D

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Because the ultimate purpose of new medical knowledge is to achieve improved health outcomes, physicians need to possess and use this knowledge in their practice. The authors introduced enhanced education and individualized feedback to reduce postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV). The primary objective wa...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Cohen MM,Rose DK,Yee DA

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inhalation anesthetics may interfere with the synthesis or action of endothelium-derived vasoactive factors. We investigated the effects of desflurane, enflurane, halothane, isoflurane, and sevoflurane on the release of nitric oxide and endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor (EDHF) in the isolated endoth...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Lischke V,Busse R,Hecker M

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about the influence of liver transplantation on the pharmacokinetics of most anesthetic drugs. The authors determined the pharmacokinetics of rocuronium during liver transplantation and examined whether variability in pharmacokinetics could explain variability in recovery of neuromuscular fun...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Fisher DM,Ramsay MA,Hein HA,Marcel RJ,Sharma M,Ramsay KJ,Miller RD

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) and malignant hyperthermia (MH) was investigated using the in vitro skeletal muscle contracture test to screen for MH-susceptibility in NMS patients. The maximum contracture tension which developed following exposure to halothane (1-3%), and incremental dos...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Caroff SN,Rosenberg H,Fletcher JE,Heiman-Patterson TD,Mann SC

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is a distressing problem after strabismus surgery. An inspired oxygen fraction has been reported to decrease PONV in patients after colon resection and to be more effective than ondansetron after gynecologic laparoscopy. Therefore, in a randomized, prospective, placeb...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Treschan TA,Zimmer C,Nass C,Stegen B,Esser J,Peters J

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 2001, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a rule allowing U.S. states to "opt out" of the regulations requiring physician supervision of nurse anesthetists in an effort to increase access to anesthesia care. Whether "opt out" has successfully achieved this goal remains unknown. METHODS:...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Sun EC,Dexter F,Miller TR,Baker LC

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of morphine, halothane, and their various combinations on the purposeful movement (PM) response and the heart rate (HR) increase caused by noxious stimulation were studied in 250 rat experiments. Doses that block the PM and HR responses for the single agent and for combinations were determined with a probi...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Kissin I,Kerr CR,Smith LR

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the interaction between thiopental and epinephrine in inducing ventricular arrhythmias in dogs. The arrhythmogenic threshold of epinephrine was determined during anesthesia with either halothane alone, thiopental alone, etomidate plus different doses of thiopental, or halothane plus different doses...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Hayashi Y,Sumikawa K,Yamatodani A,Tashiro C,Wada H,Yoshiya I

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Identifying functionally relevant anesthetic-binding sites in pentameric ligand-gated ion channels (pLGICs) is an important step toward understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying anesthetic action. The anesthetic propofol is known to inhibit cation-conducting pLGICs, including a prokaryotic pLGIC from...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Kinde MN,Bu W,Chen Q,Xu Y,Eckenhoff RG,Tang P

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW ABOUT THIS TOPIC:WHAT THIS ARTICLE TELLS US THAT IS NEW: BACKGROUND:: Craniotomy for brain tumor displays significant morbidity and mortality, and no score is available to discriminate high-risk patients. Our objective was to validate a prediction score for postoperative neurosurgical complications...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Cinotti R,Bruder N,Srairi M,Paugam-Burtz C,Beloeil H,Pottecher J,Geeraerts T,Atthar V,Guéguen A,Triglia T,Josserand J,Vigouroux D,Viquesnel S,Lakhal K,Galliez M,Blanloeil Y,Le Thuaut A,Feuillet F,Rozec B,Asehnoune K

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pain behavior in response to skin incision is developmentally regulated, but little is known about the underlying neuronal mechanisms. The authors hypothesize that the spatial activation and intensity of dorsal horn neuron responses to skin incision differ in immature and adult spinal cord. METHODS:Single w...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Ririe DG,Bremner LR,Fitzgerald M

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The pharmacology of oxycodone is poorly understood despite its growing clinical use. The discrepancy between its good clinical effectiveness after systemic administration and the loss of potency after spinal administration led the authors to study the pharmacodynamic effects of oxycodone and its metabolites ...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Lemberg KK,Kontinen VK,Siiskonen AO,Viljakka KM,Yli-Kauhaluoma JT,Korpi ER,Kalso EA

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This series investigated the quality of analgesia and the incidence and severity of side effects of intrathecal morphine for post-cesarean analgesia administered over a dose range of 0.0-0.5 mg. METHODS:ONE hundred eight term parturients undergoing cesarean delivery at term and given spinal anesthesia were ...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Palmer CM,Emerson S,Volgoropolous D,Alves D

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Substance abuse is a major socioeconomic problem. However, the ready availability of potent narcotic and sedative drugs probably constitutes a unique risk for anesthesiologists. Until recently, few anesthesia departments were prepared to recognize or safely manage afflicted colleagues. Because we felt it important to ...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Lecky JH,Aukburg SJ,Conahan TJ 3rd,Geer RT,Ominsky AJ,Gross J,Muravchick S,Wollman H

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dexmedetomidine is a sedative with modest analgesic efficacy, whereas remifentanil is an opioid analgesic with modest sedative potency. Synergy is often observed when sedative-hypnotics are combined with opioid analgesics in anesthetic practice. A three-phase crossover trial was conducted to study the pharma...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Weerink MAS,Barends CRM,Muskiet ERR,Reyntjens KMEM,Knotnerus FH,Oostra M,van Bocxlaer JFP,Struys MMRF,Colin PJ

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Compared to other perioperative complications, failure to rescue (i.e., death after suffering a complication) is highest after perioperative myocardial infarction (a myocardial infarction that occurs intraoperatively or within 30 days after surgery). The purpose of this study was to identify patient and surg...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Mazzarello S,McIsaac DI,Beattie WS,Fergusson DA,Lalu MM

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anesthetic effects and interactions of midazolam and fentanyl were determined in terms of their reduction of enflurane MAC in dogs, and the effects of their specific antagonists were also investigated. Control enflurane MAC was determined by the tail clamp method in 18 mongrel dogs. Each animal then received an iv...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Schwieger IM,Hall RI,Szlam F,Hug CC Jr

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rapid development of acute opioid tolerance is well established in animals and is more likely to occur with large doses of short-acting drugs. The authors therefore tested the hypothesis that intraoperative remifentanil administration results in acute opioid tolerance that is manifested by increased postoper...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Guignard B,Bossard AE,Coste C,Sessler DI,Lebrault C,Alfonsi P,Fletcher D,Chauvin M

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Management of cardiovascular implantable electronic devices (CIEDs), including pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators, for surgical procedures is challenging due to the increasing number of patients with CIEDs and limited availability of trained providers. At the authors' institution, a small...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Rooke GA,Lombaard SA,Van Norman GA,Dziersk J,Natrajan KM,Larson LW,Poole JE

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Distribution and elimination of lidocaine and mepivacaine were studies in 114 subjects after obstetric epidural anesthesia, Epinephrine significantly lowered the concentrations of lidocaine in the mothers' circulations by about 33 per cent, and the concentrations of mepivacaine by about 22 per cent. It also significan...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Brown WU,Bell GC,Lurie AO,Weiss B,Scanlon JW,Alper MH

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of succinylcholine were studied simultaneously in anesthetized patients to understand why the drug has a rapid onset and short duration of action. A quantitative model describing the concentration-effect relation of succinylcholine was proposed. The correlation betwe...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Roy JJ,Donati F,Boismenu D,Varin F

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Respiratory function is fundamental in the practice of anesthesia. Knowledge of basic physiologic principles of respiration assists in the proper implementation of daily actions of induction and maintenance of general anesthesia, delivery of mechanical ventilation, discontinuation of mechanical and pharmacologic suppo...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Bigatello L,Pesenti A

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A class Ib antiarrhythmic drug, mexiletine, augments relaxations produced by adenosine triphosphate (ATP) sensitive K+ channel openers in isolated rat aortas, suggesting that it produces changes in the vasodilation mediated by ATP-sensitive K+ channels. Nitric oxide can induce its vasodilator effect via K+ c...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Kinoshita H,Ishikawa T,Hatano Y

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adding sodium bicarbonate to lidocaine to enhance its efficacy during peripheral nerve block is controversial. The authors studied the effect of adding sodium bicarbonate to lidocaine with and without epinephrine versus equivalent alkalinization by sodium hydroxide (NaOH) on onset, degree, and duration of pe...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Sinnott CJ,Garfield JM,Thalhammer JG,Strichartz GR

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:I653 is a new volatile anesthetic structurally similar to enflurane and isoflurane. Since enflurane can induce convulsions, whereas isoflurane progressively depresses cortical electrical activity, the authors believed it important to assess the effect of I653 on the EEG (in both the "time" and "frequency" domain). The...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Rampil IJ,Weiskopf RB,Brown JG,Eger EI 2nd,Johnson BH,Holmes MA,Donegan JH

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The authors determined the segmental effects of intracarotid verapamil in human subjects by using a novel method of measuring proximal and distal cerebrovascular resistance. Their hypothesis was that intracarotid verapamil, a calcium channel-blocking drug that augments cerebral blood flow and reverses arteri...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Joshi S,Meyers PM,Pile-Spellman J,Wang M,Sahlein DH

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Neurologic and Adaptive Capacity Score (NACS) is a multi-item scale that was published in 1982 to measure the effects of intrapartum drugs on the neonate. Although this scoring system has been widely used in obstetric anesthesia research, studies confirming its reliability have not been published. The pu...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Halpern SH,Littleford JA,Brockhurst NJ,Youngs PJ,Malik N,Owen HC

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Optimal analgesia for total knee arthroplasty remains challenging. Many modalities have been used, including peripheral nerve block, periarticular infiltration, and epidural analgesia. However, the relative efficacy of various modalities remains unknown. The authors aimed to quantify and rank order the effic...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Terkawi AS,Mavridis D,Sessler DI,Nunemaker MS,Doais KS,Terkawi RS,Terkawi YS,Petropoulou M,Nemergut EC

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00