Vocalization assessed by electrolaryngography is unaffected by topical lidocaine anesthesia: a prospective, crossover, randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled study.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In this study we sought to identify differences in risk factors and outcome of critically ill patients with Candida albicans and non-albicans candidemia. METHODS:Nonimmunosuppressed, nonneutropenic patients with candidemia diagnosed after intensive care unit (ICU) admission were included in a prospective obs...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Dimopoulos G,Ntziora F,Rachiotis G,Armaganidis A,Falagas ME

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postoperative sore throat (POST), although a minor complication, remains a source of postoperative morbidity. We compared the efficacy of dispersible aspirin gargle to benzydamine hydrochloride (a topical nonsteroidal anti inflammatory drug) gargles for prevention of POST. We enrolled 60 consecutive female patients, 1...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Agarwal A,Nath SS,Goswami D,Gupta D,Dhiraaj S,Singh PK

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent attention to adverse effects of intensive care unit (ICU) sedation has led to the use of strategies that target a "lighter" depth of sedation. Among these strategies are "analgosedation" protocols, which prioritize pain management and preferentially use IV opioids before administration of continuously...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Faust AC,Rajan P,Sheperd LA,Alvarez CA,McCorstin P,Doebele RL

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Health care-associated infections are a hospital-wide concern associated with a significant increase in patient morbidity, mortality, and health care costs. Bacterial transmission in the anesthesia work area of the operating room environment is a root cause of 30-day postoperative infections affecting as many as 16% o...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Loftus RW,Koff MD,Birnbach DJ

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The accurate measurement of oxygen consumption (VO2) and energy expenditure (EE) may be helpful to optimize the treatment of critically ill patients. However, current techniques are limited in their ability to accurately quantify these end points in infants due to a low VO2, low tidal volume, and rapid respi...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Nachman E,Clemensen P,Santos K,Cole AR,Polizzotti BD,Hofmann G,Leeman KT,van den Bosch SJ,Kheir JN

更新日期：2018-07-01 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：IMPLICATIONS:Esophageal insufflation can occur simultaneously with venting from the drain tube during positive pressure ventilation with the ProSeal laryngeal mask airway. ...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Stix MS,Borromeo CJ,O'Connor CJ Jr

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypotension compromises local tissue perfusion, thereby reducing tissue oxygenation. Hypotension might thus be expected to promote infection. Hypotension on surgical wards, while usually less severe than intraoperative hypotension, is common and often prolonged. In this retrospective cohort study, we tested ...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Yilmaz HO,Babazade R,Leung S,Zimmerman NM,Makarova N,Saasouh W,Stocchi L,Gorgun E,Sessler DI,Turan A

更新日期：2018-11-01 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：:Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a highly effective treatment for severe depression. However, its use is associated with significant posttreatment cognitive impairment. Magnetic seizure therapy (MST) was developed as an alternative therapy that could reduce postseizure side effects through the induction of more "foc...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： White PF,Amos Q,Zhang Y,Stool L,Husain MM,Thornton L,Downing M,McClintock S,Lisanby SH

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dexmedetomidine hydrochloride is a potent, highly selective alpha-2 adrenergic receptor agonist, broadly used as a sedative drug in intensive care units. We describe the case of a 59-yr-old patient who experienced drug fever caused by dexmedetomidine hydrochloride. The patient was transferred to the intensive care uni...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Okabe T,Takeda S,Akada S,Hongo T,Sakamoto A

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the efficacy of patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) techniques for extended femoral nerve sheath block after total hip arthroplasty. Forty-five patients were divided into three groups of 15. Over 48 h, all patients received 0.125% bupivacaine with clonidine 1 microg/mL and sufentanil 0.1 microg/mL via a fem...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Singelyn FJ,Vanderelst PE,Gouverneur JM

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:We investigated the impact of cardiopulmonary bypass pump (CPB), hematocrit, gender, age, and body weight on blood use in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery at a major university hospital. Participants were 1235 consecutive patients undergoing primary coronary artery surgery over a peri...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Scott BH,Seifert FC,Glass PS,Grimson R

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:General anesthesia results in increases in respiratory elastance and flow resistance within 10-15 min after induction. Stabilization (compensation) of the respiratory system in the face of this added load is related to the addition of active (contractile) force-length and force-velocity properties to its internal impe...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Baydur A,Sassoon CS,Stiles CM

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:A synergistic effect of nonselective cyclooxygenase (COX) inhibitors on morphine-induced decrease of isoflurane minimum alveolar concentration (MAC(ISO)) has been observed in the rat. We studied the influence of specific COX-2 inhibitors on this decrease of MAC. Sixty-four female rats were anesthetized with ...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Santos M,Kunkar V,García-Iturralde P,Tendillo FJ

更新日期：2004-02-01 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:Linking physiological pharmacokinetic models to models of the cardiovascular system requires knowledge of the sites in the body that mediate a drug's cardiovascular effects. We examined the role of the coronary concentrations of propofol. Nine sheep anesthetized with isoflurane (2%) were instrumented acutely...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Zheng D,Upton RN,Martinez AM

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dose-dependent effects of nitrous oxide on thymidine and methionine syntheses were investigated in pregnant rats. Female Sprague-Dawley rats were exposed on day 9 of gestation to 0.75%, 7.5%, or 75% nitrous oxide for 24 h. Immediately and 72 h after exposure, a deoxyuridine-suppression test was performed on matern...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Baden JM,Rice SA,Serra M,Kelley M,Mazze R

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the neuromuscular blockade of 0.2 mg. kg(-1) mivacurium at the diaphragm by using two new methods of electromyographic (EMG) monitoring and compared it with acceleromyography of the orbicularis oculi (OO) and the corrugator supercilii (CS) muscle. After the induction of anesthesia in 15 patients undergoi...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Hemmerling TM,Schmidt J,Wolf T,Hanusa C,Siebzehnruebl E,Schmitt H

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Among the various factors influencing the success rate, onset time, and duration of peripheral nerve blocks, the role of local anesthetics concentration remains uncertain. In this prospective, randomized, single-blinded study, we evaluated whether varying the dilution of a fixed dose of mepivacaine solution ...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Cappelleri G,Ambrosoli AL,Turconi S,Gemma M,Ricci EB,Cornaggia G

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Patients undergoing vascular surgery have a high risk of suffering major postoperative cardiac events. Preoperative myocardial ischemia as detected by Holter monitoring identifies a high-risk subgroup whose postoperative ischemia, similarly detected, seems to herald major cardiac events. In this study, we de...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Raby KE,Brull SJ,Timimi F,Akhtar S,Rosenbaum S,Naimi C,Whittemore AD

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Respiratory variations in arterial pulse pressure (DeltaPP) are accurate predictors of fluid responsiveness in mechanically ventilated patients. The aim of our study was to assess the ability of a novel algorithm for automatic estimation of stroke volume variation (SVV) to predict fluid responsiveness in mec...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Cannesson M,Musard H,Desebbe O,Boucau C,Simon R,Hénaine R,Lehot JJ

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent randomized controlled trials have shown no benefit for transfusion to a hemoglobin >10 g/dL compared with lower hemoglobin thresholds in the perioperative period, even among older adults. Nevertheless, physicians may choose to transfuse older adults more liberally than younger adults. It is unclear wh...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Brown CH 4th,Savage WJ,Masear CG,Walston JD,Tian J,Colantuoni E,Hogue CW,Frank SM

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In view of the overall experience regarding regional anesthetic techniques to control postoperative pain in infants and children, it is feasible that a similar efficacy and safety profile can be obtained when using such techniques after major orthopedic procedures such as anterior or posterior spinal fusion. I reviewe...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Tobias JD

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Modifications in physician billing patterns have been shown to occur in response to payer incentives, but the phenomenon remains largely unexplored in billing for anesthesia services. Within the field of anesthesiology, Medicare's policy not to provide additional reimbursement for higher ASA physical status ...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Schonberger RB,Dutton RP,Dai F

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children have increased anxiety during the preoperative period. The administration of oral premedication to children is often met with apprehension, reluctance, or refusal. We sought to determine whether giving a small toy to the children would decrease the anxiety associated with taking oral premedication. This was a...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Golden L,Pagala M,Sukhavasi S,Nagpal D,Ahmad A,Mahanta A

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 10 premature infants (1123 +/- 263 g), fentanyl citrate (30 to 50 microgram/kg) was used in conjunction with pancuronium (0.1 mg/kg) as the sole anesthetic for transthoracic ligation of patent ductus arteriosus. Ventilation was controlled with air and oxygen in concentrations sufficient to maintain transcutaneous P...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Robinson S,Gregory GA

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Helium produces preconditioning against myocardial infarction by activating prosurvival signaling, but whether nitric oxide (NO) generated by endothelial NO synthase plays a role in this phenomenon is unknown. We tested the hypothesis that NO mediates helium-induced cardioprotection in vivo. METHODS:Rabbits...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Pagel PS,Krolikowski JG,Pratt PF Jr,Shim YH,Amour J,Warltier DC,Weihrauch D

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to evaluate the possible physiologic significance of intra- and postoperative hypotension, we monitored arterial blood pressure and heart rate continuously for 36 hr starting the night before and ending the morning after operation in 34 gynecologic patients. The lowest pressures that occurred during physiolog...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Berger JJ,Donchin M,Morgan LS,van der Aa J,Gravenstein JS

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Target-controlled infusion of IV anesthetic drugs is approved worldwide with the exception of the United States. The purpose of this special article is to review regulatory pathways that could lead to target-controlled infusion (TCI) clearance or approval in the United States. ...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Dryden PE

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00