Body position changes redistribute lung computed-tomographic density in patients with acute respiratory failure.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Some patients develop recrudescence after a malignant hyperthermia (MH) reaction, but it is not clear which patients are at risk. The authors analyzed clinical variables associated with recrudescence after a clinical MH episode. METHODS:Data were obtained from Adverse Metabolic Reaction to Anesthesia report...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Burkman JM,Posner KL,Domino KB

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In this study, the authors determined the success and failure rates for interns learning bag-and-mask ventilation and orotracheal intubation. Their goal was to determine the amount of experience needed to perform these procedures correctly. METHODS:The authors recorded 695 bag-and-mask ventilations and 679 ...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Komatsu R,Kasuya Y,Yogo H,Sessler DI,Mascha E,Yang D,Ozaki M

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW ABOUT THIS TOPIC:Cardiac surgery is associated with cognitive decline and postoperative delirium. The relationship between postoperative delirium and cognitive decline after cardiac surgery is unclear WHAT THIS ARTICLE TELLS US THAT IS NEW:The development of postoperative delirium is associated wi...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Brown CH 4th,Probert J,Healy R,Parish M,Nomura Y,Yamaguchi A,Tian J,Zehr K,Mandal K,Kamath V,Neufeld KJ,Hogue CW

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Propofol is an alternative to thiopental as an intravenous induction agent for cesarean section. Because it has relaxant effects on vascular and other smooth muscles, the authors set out to determine whether propofol has any effect on pregnant human uterine smooth muscle in an isolated preparation. METHODS:...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Shin YK,Kim YD,Collea JV

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aprotinin has been reported to reduce blood loss and transfusion requirements in patients having major orthopedic operations. Data on whether epsilon amino-caproic acid (EACA) is effective in this population are sparse. METHODS:Sixty-nine adults with malignancy scheduled for either pelvic, extremity or spin...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Amar D,Grant FM,Zhang H,Boland PJ,Leung DH,Healey JA

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ethical conduct in human research in anesthesia includes approval by an institutional review board (IRB) or ethics committee and informed consent. Evidence of these is sometimes lacking in journal publications. METHODS:The authors reviewed all publications involving human subjects in six leading anesthesia ...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Myles PS,Tan N

更新日期：2003-11-01 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：: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:Resiniferatoxin is a potent capsaicin analog. Intrathecal administration leads to selective, prolonged opening of the transient receptor potential V1 ion channel, which is localized mainly to C-fiber primary afferent nociceptive sensory neurons. Following work in laboratory animals, the authors explored the ...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Brown DC,Iadarola MJ,Perkowski SZ,Erin H,Shofer F,Laszlo KJ,Olah Z,Mannes AJ

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vastus lateralis muscle was excised from normal pigs and from pigs susceptible to malignant hyperthermia. Anesthesia consisted of diazepam, N2O:O2, and a lidocaine field block. In the susceptible (MHS) pigs, respiratory control in mitochondria of excised muscle was normal, while electron transport was accelerated. Glu...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Britt BA,Endrenyi L,Cadman DL,Fan HM,Fung HY

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Initial postoperative core temperature is a physician and hospital performance measure. However, the extent to which core temperature changes during emergence from anesthesia and transport from the operating room to the postanesthesia care unit (PACU) remains unknown. Similarly, the accuracy of many noninvas...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Langham GE,Maheshwari A,Contrera K,You J,Mascha E,Sessler DI

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In cardiac patients, pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) is estimated using color M-mode Doppler study of left ventricular filling and Doppler tissue imaging. The goal of this study was to assess whether echocardiography accurately estimates PCWP in critically ill patients. METHODS:Sixty ventilated pa...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Bouhemad B,Nicolas-Robin A,Benois A,Lemaire S,Goarin JP,Rouby JJ

更新日期：2003-05-01 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：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:Early acquisition of critical competencies by novice anesthesiology residents is essential for patient safety, but traditional training methods may be insufficient. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of high-fidelity simulation training of novice residents in the initial management ...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Park CS,Rochlen LR,Yaghmour E,Higgins N,Bauchat JR,Wojciechowski KG,Sullivan JT,McCarthy RJ

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Furosemide and mannitol are used to reduce intracranial pressure, but the impact of furosemide on edema of injured brain is unclear. The authors examined the effects of furosemide and mannitol, alone and in combination, on brain water content in brain-injured rats. METHODS:Anesthetized rats were subjected t...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Todd MM,Cutkomp J,Brian JE

更新日期：2006-12-01 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：BACKGROUND:Anesthetic preconditioning (APC) with sevoflurane reduces myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury. The authors tested whether two brief exposures to sevoflurane would lead to a better preconditioning state than would a single longer exposure and whether dual exposure to a lower (L) concentration of sevofluran...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Riess ML,Kevin LG,Camara AK,Heisner JS,Stowe DF

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Opioids are powerful analgesics, but are also common drugs of abuse. Few studies have examined how neuropathic pain alters the pharmacology of opioids in modulating limbic pathways that underlie abuse liability. METHODS:Rats with or without spinal nerve ligation (SNL) were implanted with electrodes into t...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Ewan EE,Martin TJ

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent evidence indicates that vascular adenosine triphosphate-sensitive potassium (K(ATP)) channels in vascular smooth muscle cells are critical in the regulation of vascular tonus under both physiologic and pathophysiologic conditions. Studies of the interaction of volatile anesthetics with vascular K(ATP)...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Tanaka K,Kawano T,Nakamura A,Nazari H,Kawahito S,Oshita S,Takahashi A,Nakaya Y

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine the effects of cardiac surgery and cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) on the lung, functional residual capacity (FRC) and lung-thorax compliance were measured at four stages during open heart surgery in 15 children. The patients were anesthetized with fentanyl/droperidol and N2O/O2, paralyzed, and ventilated with...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Jonmarker C,Larsson A,Werner O

更新日期：1986-09-01 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:Clonidine, an alpha 2-adrenoceptor agonist, has been shown to be effective as a preanesthetic medication in adults. The current study was designed to investigate the efficacy of two doses of oral clonidine as a premedicant preceding oral atropine in children. METHODS:In a prospective, randomized, double-bli...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Mikawa K,Maekawa N,Nishina K,Takao Y,Yaku H,Obara H

更新日期：1993-11-01 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:The incidence of awareness has been reported to be higher in children than in adults. Accurately assessing awareness in children is difficult, and the lack of a specific measure of awareness makes it difficult to determine exactly how many and why children are aware. The aim of this study was to determine th...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Davidson AJ,Sheppard SJ,Engwerda AL,Wong A,Phelan L,Ironfield CM,Stargatt R

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The concept of the axillary "sheath" has been a central tenet of brachial plexus regional anesthesia for many years. Recent investigations have cast doubt on its nature and existence. This study further examines the issue. METHODS:Computerized axial tomographic dye studies were performed using continuous ca...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Cornish PB,Leaper C

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of this randomized study of high-risk surgical patients was to determine whether intraoperative thoracic epidural anesthesia in combination with light general anesthesia alters postoperative morbidity when compared to a standard technique of "balanced" general anesthesia. A total of 173 patients scheduled for...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Baron JF,Bertrand M,Barré E,Godet G,Mundler O,Coriat P,Viars P

更新日期：1991-10-01 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：: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:Ketamine was previously suggested to relax vascular smooth muscle by reducing the intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i). However, no direct evidence is available to indicate that ketamine reduces the [Ca2+]i in vascular smooth muscle of systemic resistance arteries. METHODS:Endothelium-intact or -denud...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Akata T,Izumi K,Nakashima M

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00