Brief report: The sensitivity of motor responses for detecting catheter-nerve contact during ultrasound-guided femoral nerve blocks with stimulating catheters.

abstract：UNLABELLED:We studied the effects of glycopyrrolate on oral mucous host defenses. Single IV doses of glycopyrrolate (4 microg/kg) or placebo were administered to 12 healthy volunteers in a randomized, double-blinded, cross-over study. Salivary flow rates and the concentrations/activities of total protein, amylase, and ...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Lähteenmäki MT,Salo MS,Tenovuo JO,Helminen AV,Vilja PJ,Huupponen RK

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Nitric oxide (NO) may play an important role in central and peripheral nociceptive processes. However, its contribution to peripheral antinociception is still not clear. In the present study, we investigated the effect of peripherally administered FK409, a spontaneous NO releaser, and its interaction with pe...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Nozaki-Taguchi N,Yamamoto T

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Whether intraoperative analgesics have an impact on postoperative cancer recurrence is unknown. Some investigations suggest that the opioids could favor relapse and that regional analgesia and nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs could improve cancer prognosis. We retrospectively reviewed our series of breast...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Forget P,Vandenhende J,Berliere M,Machiels JP,Nussbaum B,Legrand C,De Kock M

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lidocaine is used clinically for tactile allodynia associated with diabetes-induced neuropathy. Although the analgesic effect of lidocaine through suppression of microglial activation has been implicated in the development of injury-induced neuropathic pain, its mechanism of action in diabetes-induced tactil...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Suzuki N,Hasegawa-Moriyama M,Takahashi Y,Kamikubo Y,Sakurai T,Inada E

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One-hundred and eight-five pairs of gas samples were collected from inspired gas (10 cm behind the head at nose level) and end-tidal gas of persons administering anesthesia in 3 operating rooms during daily routine anesthesia. Mean operating-room N2O concentrations from 22 to 144 ppm (volume/volume [V/V]) were measure...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Beynen FM,Knopp TJ,Rehder K

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is frequently used in children with congenital heart disease (CHD). Although transnasal TEE is being used in various settings in the adult population, there are no descriptions of its use intraoperatively in patients with CHD. This report describes the su...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Aronson LA

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dantrolene effectively treats malignant hyperthermia (MH) hut the current form, Dantrium, must be dissolved to a 0.33 mg/mL, pH 9.5 solution. This study describes lecithin-coated microcrystal formulations of sodium dantrolene (MC-NaD) and neutral dantrolene (MC-D) which reconstitute to 200 mg/mL within 1 min. In rats,...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Karan SM,Lojeski EW,Haynes DH,Bina S,Wesche DL,Boedeker BH,Muldoon SM

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the appropriateness of the somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEPs) as an objective monitor of sensory blockade of the ulnar nerve by comparing the effects of saline and lidocaine infiltration of the ulnar nerve at the elbow, with and without epinephrine. The four treatments were administered in random ...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Benzon HT,Toleikis JR,Shanks C,Ramseur A,Sloan T

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Calcium-sensitizing drugs, such as levosimendan, are a novel class of drug therapy for heart failure. We investigated the hypothesis that levosimendan is a pulmonary vasodepressor mediated through inhibition of phosphodiesterase, adenosine triphosphate (ATP)-dependent potassium channels, or both. We investig...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： De Witt BJ,Ibrahim IN,Bayer E,Fields AM,Richards TA,Banister RE,Kaye AD

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Ketamine, a noncompetitive N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist, has psychotomimetic activity. NMDA receptor antagonists cause morphological damage in the posterior cingulate cortex, which may be the brain region responsible for their psychotomimetic effects. Benzodiazepines are effective in preve...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Nagata A,Nakao S,Miyamoto E,Inada T,Tooyama I,Kimura H,Shingu K

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three-centimetre linear incisions were made in 90 young male Lew/f Mai rats by scalpel through skin to the investing fascia of the left flank. The skin was undermined sharply for a distance of 0.5 cm along both sides of the entire length of the incision. The wound site was closed per primam with Michel clips and left ...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Shah NK,Kripke BJ,Sanzone CF,Cosman EB

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antagonism of a pancuronium-curare (P + C) neuromuscular block was assessed and compared to the antagonism of a pancuronium (P) block. One group of seven patients received P + C (0.024 mg/kg + 0.144 mg/kg); another similar group of seven patients received P (0.07 mg/kg). Both groups were anesthetized with nitrous ...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Vitez TS,Difrancesco LV

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Spinal anesthesia is commonly used in former preterm infants (FPI). In these patients, hypotension induced by spinal anesthesia may impair cerebral blood flow. We measured cerebral blood flow velocity (CBFV) by transcranial Doppler ultrasound to assess the effect of hypotension induced by spinal anesthesia o...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Bonnet MP,Larousse E,Asehnoune K,Benhamou D

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Natural killer (NK) cells can lyse certain tumor cells as well as virally infected cells without prior sensitization. Animal studies have shown that general anesthesia (GA) alone or GA followed by surgery decreases both basal NK cytotoxicity and enhancement of NK activity by interferon (IFN). The purpose of ...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Kutza J,Gratz I,Afshar M,Murasko DM

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Despite their contribution to overall perioperative treatment of patients, anesthesiologists often remain in anonymity. We evaluated the impact of business cards on physician recognition after general anesthesia. Using a questionnaire, 441 patients were interviewed for recall of the anesthesiologist's name, ...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Jeske HC,Lederer W,Lorenz I,Kolbitsch C,Margreiter J,Kinzl J,Benzer A

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:We assessed the sedative potential of continuous infusions of remifentanil with a validated composite alertness scale in 160 patients (ASA physical status I or II) undergoing hip replacement surgery with spinal block (n = 61) or hand surgery using brachial plexus block (n = 93). They were randomized to recei...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Lauwers M,Camu F,Breivik H,Hagelberg A,Rosen M,Sneyd R,Horn A,Noronha D,Shaikh S

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sedation protocols, including the use of sedation scales and regular sedation stops, help to reduce the length of mechanical ventilation and intensive care unit stay. Because clinical assessment of depth of sedation is labor-intensive, performed only intermittently, and interferes with sedation and sleep, pr...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Haenggi M,Ypparila-Wolters H,Buerki S,Schlauri R,Korhonen I,Takala J,Jakob SM

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are limited and conflicting data on how a confirmatory step using high-dose heparin can improve diagnostic specificity of the antiplatelet factor 4/heparin enzyme immunoassay for heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT). We investigated sera from a recently published study on cardiac surgery patients and found tha...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Selleng S,Schreier N,Wollert HG,Greinacher A

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selective segmental nerve blocks with local anesthetics are applied for diagnostic purposes in patients with chronic back pain to determine the segmental level of the pain. We performed this study to establish myotomal motor effects after L4 spinal nerve blocks by lidocaine and ropivacaine and to evaluate the relation...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Wolff AP,Wilder Smith OH,Crul BJ,van de Heijden MP,Groen GJ

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To compare the arterial and venous concentration differences of propofol, six healthy adult patients received a propofol infusion by the Bristol three-stage manual stepdown technique. Both the mean arterial and venous concentrations of propofol remained relatively stable during the 40-min infusion. Simultaneous blood ...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Wang YP,Cheng YJ,Fan SZ,Liu CC

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The clinical utility of focused transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) is increasingly recognized in perioperative medicine. However its use is limited among anesthesiologists because of a lack of training. The most efficient training methods have not been determined. We hypothesized that simulation-based TTE ...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Neelankavil J,Howard-Quijano K,Hsieh TC,Ramsingh D,Scovotti JC,Chua JH,Ho JK,Mahajan A

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Severe pain has been linked to depression, which raises the question of whether epidural analgesia (EDA) during childbirth is associated with a reduced risk of postpartum depression (PPD). This association has been explored previously, but the studies were restricted by small sample sizes and the inability t...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Eckerdal P,Kollia N,Karlsson L,Skoog-Svanberg A,Wikström AK,Högberg U,Skalkidou A

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few anesthesia studies have explored perioperative continuous epidural infusion of neostigmine. We examined such a regimen in thoracotomy patients. Ninety patients were randomized to one of three groups in this double-blind trial. Before anesthesia induction, an epidural catheter was inserted in all patients at T5-8 l...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Chia YY,Chang TH,Liu K,Chang HC,Ko NH,Wang YM

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:We evaluated the pretreatment of small-dose of ketamine or normal saline in the reduction of withdrawal movements induced by rocuronium injection. One-hundred pediatric patients (aged 1-6 yr) were randomly assigned into 2 groups. A 22-gauge IV cannula was inserted into the dorsum of the hand, and ketamine 0....

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Liou JT,Hsu JC,Liu FC,Ching-Wah Sum D,Lui PW

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many clinical pain states that are difficult to treat share a common feature of sensitization of nociceptive pathways. Drugs that could normalize hyperexcitable neural activity (e.g., antiepileptic drugs) may be useful in relieving these pain states. Eslicarbazepine acetate (ESL) is a novel antiepileptic dru...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Tomić MA,Pecikoza UB,Micov AM,Stepanović-Petrović RM

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This research determined the safety and efficacy of two small-dose infusions of dexmedetomidine by evaluating sedation, analgesia, cognition, and cardiorespiratory function. Seven healthy young volunteers provided informed consent and participated on three occasions with random assignment to drug or placebo. Heart rat...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Hall JE,Uhrich TD,Barney JA,Arain SR,Ebert TJ

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The displacement of the larynx in the three specific directions (a) posteriorly against the cervical vertebrae, (b) superiorly as possible, and (c) slightly laterally to the right have been reported and named the "BURP" maneuver. We evaluated the efficacy of the BURP maneuver in improving visualization of the larynx. ...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Takahata O,Kubota M,Mamiya K,Akama Y,Nozaka T,Matsumoto H,Ogawa H

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The purpose of this study was to determine if rates of telemetry events differ between patients whose monitoring is appropriately "indicated" versus "not indicated" by systematically applying rigorous criteria for appropriateness of electrocardiogram (ECG) telemetry usage. We performed a retrospective cohort...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Curry JP,Hanson CW 3rd,Russell MW,Hanna C,Devine G,Ochroch EA

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:We performed this study to assess the influence of endotracheal tube (ETT) tip design (Murphy-tip versus Magill-tip) on nasal trauma during nasotracheal intubation with a conventional polyvinyl chloride ETT. Patients were randomly allocated to one of four groups (n = 25 each): Magill-tipped ETT and Murphy-ti...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Lee JH,Kim CH,Bahk JH,Park KS

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inferential statistics relies heavily on the central limit theorem and the related law of large numbers. According to the central limit theorem, regardless of the distribution of the source population, a sample estimate of that population will have a normal distribution, but only if the sample is large enough. The rel...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Mascha EJ,Vetter TR

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00