Suspected migration of cervical epidural catheter into the brainstem after a difficult catheter insertion.

abstract：:Fifteen surgical patients received an epidural injection of 12 ml of 1.5% lidocaine through a catheter placed at C7-T1, followed by further injection as required. An intravenous bolus of 0.5 mg of atropine sulfate was administered simultaneously with the initial epidural injection. The high-(HFC: 0.15-0.4 Hz) and low-...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Shimoda O,Kano T,Ikuta Y,Tashiro M,Nakayama R,Oda T,Morioka T

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Flexible fiber-optic bronchoscope-guided orotracheal intubation is a valuable technique with demonstrated benefits in the management of difficult airways. Despite its popularity with anesthesia providers, the technique is not fail-safe and airway-related complications secondary to failed intubation attempts rem...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Ching YH,Karlnoski RA,Chen H,Camporesi EM,Shah VV,Padhya TA,Mangar D

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifteen infants and children (M = 7, F = 8), aged from 0 to 13 years, who underwent cardiac catheterization and cardioangiography under ketamine-diazepam anesthesia were the subjects of this study. The effect of a contrast medium, isolamate sodium (66.8%) on the plasma somolality and vasopressin concentration was stud...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Yamashita M,Horigome H,Kudo T,Matsuki A

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Transthoracic esophagectomy is an invasive surgery, and the excessive surgical stress produces inflammatory cytokines, which provoke acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Sivelestat sodium hydrate-a selective neutrophil elastase inhibitor-is used to treat or prevent ARDS in patients undergoing esophagecto...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Takeda C,Takeuchi M,Kawasaki Y,Yonekura H,Nahara I,Kuwauchi A,Yoshida S,Tanaka S,Kawakami K

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a case of near-fatal asthma requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). The patient presented with severe respiratory distress, which was not responsive to conventional pharmacological therapy. The patient also failed to respond to mechanical ventilation and thus was placed on venovenous ECMO for...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Tonan M,Hashimoto S,Kimura A,Matsuyama H,Kinose H,Sawada M,Shime N,Tokuhira N,Kato Y,Sasaki M,Tsuchiya K,Higaki S,Oomae T,Hashimoto S

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To elucidate the mechanisms of the more profound hypotensive effects of propofol relative to thiamylal, we monitored changes in left ventricular (LV) preload, afterload, and contractility during the course of anesthetic induction with propofol and thiamylal. METHODS:Thirty-two patients (ASA I) were randomly as...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Yamaura K,Hoka S,Okamoto H,Kandabashi T,Akiyoshi K,Takahashi S

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation (TEAS), a non-invasive and non-pharmacological adjunctive intervention for perioperative analgesia, may also reduce the incidence of postoperative pulmonary complications. The effect of TEAS on video-assisted thoracic surgical (VATS) patients is still unknown, h...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Huang S,Peng W,Tian X,Liang H,Jia Z,Lo T,He M,Feng Y

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the characteristics of postoperative pharyngeal morbidity in intubation between the AirWay Scope (AWS) and Macintosh laryngoscope in 68 ASA I-II female patients aged 35-77 years in a randomized, double-blinded, controlled fashion. After induction of general anesthesia, the patient's trachea was intubated u...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Maruyama K,Nakagawa H,Imanishi H,Kitamura A,Hayashida M

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Emergency surgery itself induces high risk for postoperative mortality and morbidities; however, it remains unknown which concomitant pathological conditions of emergency surgeries are causative factors of deteriorating outcomes. This study examined the causal factors of postoperative mortality and morbidity...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Matsuyama T,Iranami H,Fujii K,Inoue M,Nakagawa R,Kawashima K

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been no study comparing the advantage and disadvantage of various antihypertensive agents during surgery for pheochromocytomas because the study is difficult in clinical setting. In the present experiments using dogs, after increasing the arterial blood pressure with norepinephrine, we decreased it to the ba...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Murata K,Takahashi H,Ikeda K

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The incidence of postoperative pharyngolaryngeal complications after laryngeal mask airway (LMA) insertion can be as high as 50%. Over-inflation of the LMA cuff may be a causal factor. We conducted a single-centre parallel group randomised trial to determine whether maintaining LMA-ProSeal intra-cuff pressures ...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Vasanth Karthik R,Ranganathan P,Kulkarni AP,Sharma KS

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Muscle relaxation induced by neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBAs) is necessary for tracheal intubation and immobilization during surgery. Although acetylcholinesterase inhibitors have been successfully used as antagonists for NMBAs, they have their limitations; their effects are transient and ineffective against prof...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Suzuki K,Takazawa T,Saito S

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anesthetic management of anterior mediastinal masses (AMM) is challenging. We describe the successful anesthetic management of two patients with AMM in which dexmedetomidine was used at supra-sedative doses. Our first case was a 41-year-old man who presented with a 10 x 9 x 11 cm AMM, a pericardial effusion, compressi...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Abdelmalak B,Marcanthony N,Abdelmalak J,Machuzak MS,Gildea TR,Doyle DJ

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We assessed the accuracy of a point-of-care blood gas analyzer in providing data from saline samples obtained by gastrointestinal tonometry (Tonometrics Catheter; Tonometrics Division, Instrumentarium, Helsinki, Finland) for the calculation of intramucosal pH (pHi) and the P(CO)(2) gap (intramucosal P(CO)(2) - ...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Dohgomori H,Arikawa K,Kanmura Y

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Because the safety of intravenous fentanyl patient-controlled analgesia (iv-PCA) administered during labor remains unclear, we retrospectively examined the labor records from January 2005 to December 2007 in our institution, with a focus on both maternal and neonatal outcomes, as compared to no analgesia. METH...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Hosokawa Y,Morisaki H,Nakatsuka I,Hashiguchi S,Miyakoshi K,Tanaka M,Yoshimura Y,Takeda J

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Ultrasound (US)-guided continuous interscalene brachial plexus block (CBPB) is known to provide effective pain relief for arthroscopic rotator cuff repair. This study was conducted to compare analgesic efficacy and forearm muscle tone of the basal infusion rate and bolus dose of 0.2 % ropivacaine for US-guided ...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Shin SW,Byeon GJ,Yoon JU,Ok YM,Baek SH,Kim KH,Lee SJ

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bronchial thermoplasty (BT) is a recently introduced bronchoscopic treatment for patients with asthma refractory to pharmacotherapy. Intraprocedural sedation management is important for successful performance of BT. However, the results of general anesthesia in patients undergoing BT have not been well described. The ...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Aizawa M,Ishihara S,Yokoyama T,Katayama K

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study induction of anesthesia using the single-breath technique with either enflurane or sevoflurane in oxygen was compared. Each group consisted of 16 unpremedicated volunteers who breathed approximately 1.7 minimum alveolar concentration (MAC) equivalents of either vapor. There were no significant difference...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Yurino M,Kimura H

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alveolar capillary dysplasia (ACD), which is a rare and lethal congenital pulmonary anomaly found in newborns, begins its onset or causes deterioration of the infant's condition some time after birth. Various congenital anomalies in combination with ACD have been reported, except for subglottic stenosis. Therefore, we...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Shimizu T,Fukuda T,Inomata S,Satsumae T,Tanaka M

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The present study aimed to investigate the effects of different dosages of propofol, that induced different depths of anesthesia, on the local activity and connectivity of nuclei within the cortico-reticulo-thalamic loops, as well as the release of amino acids in those nuclei. METHODS:The nonlinear dynamics an...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Yang J,Wang W,Yong Z,Yuan W,Zhang H,Mi W

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iatrogenic injury is a difficult situation for a surgeon. Being successful in saving a patient at risk is the major concern in this situation. Once an iatrogenic injury to the superior vena cava (SVC) is found, increasing the intrathoracic pressure is theoretically able to overcome the venous pressure and to alleviate...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Chao CS,Chao CT,Chin HK,Chang YP

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This retrospective study aimed to determine whether prophylactic transcutaneous pacing is required for patients with complete right bundle-branch block (CRBBB) and axis deviation (AD), so-called bifascicular block, when surgical procedures are performed under general or local anesthesia. The authors reviewed 34 063 an...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Okamoto A,Inoue S,Tanaka Y,Kawaguchi M,Furuya H

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We investigated the mechanism by which inhibition of carbonic anhydrase (CA) increases organ blood flow. METHODS:Regional blood flow (rBF) in white rabbits anesthetized with ketamine/urethane was measured in the kidney, liver, stomach wall, and abdominal muscle by means of laser blood flow probes. Data obtaine...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Taki K,Nagasawa I,Hirahara K,Tomita S,Baba N,Totoki T

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) after adenotonsillectomy in children is, in spite of the prophylactic administration of tropisetron, still a frequent event. The aim of this study was to evaluate the benefit of the additional systemic administration of low-dose dexamethasone (0.15 mg x kg(-1)) for the p...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Liechti M,Feurer R,Gross D,Schmitz A,Stutz K,Gerber A,Weiss M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We compared the recovery profile of propofol and sevoflurane when used for maintenance of anesthesia in elective day care operative procedures. METHODS:One hundred ASA physical status I and II patients, aged between 18 and 50 years, were randomly assigned to receive either propofol-nitrous oxide or sevoflurane...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Parida S,Badhe AS

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) is a common type of bariatric surgery worldwide, though not so in Japan. Here we report the anesthetic management of LAGB in ten Japanese patients with morbid obesity. General anesthesia was induced with propofol, fentanyl, and vecuronium bromide and maintained with sevof...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Kira S,Koga H,Yamamoto S,Takeshima N,Hasegawa A,Miyakawa H,Noguchi T

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The excretion of trifluoroacetic acid (TFAA) in bile, saliva and gastric juice of two groups of guinea pigs with bile fistulae was measured by ion-chromatography during inhalation of halothane (0.25% and 1.0%) for two hours and after inhalation of halothane. In another two groups without bile fistulae, excretion of TF...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Mirkov MI,Morio M,Kawahara M,Yuge O,Kinoshita H,Fujii K

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the effects of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) on the release of polymorphonuclear leukocyte elastase (PMN-E) and postoperative pulmonary function, the perioperative plasma levels of PMN-E in α1-antitrypsin complex (EAC) and hydrogen peroxide concentration in the expired breath were measured in eight patients...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Yusa T,Nohara A,Sunagawa M

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSES:In the present study, we investigated whether flurbiprofen axetil (FA) alleviates hypoxemia during one-lung ventilation (OLV) by reducing the pulmonary shunt/total perfusion (Q s/Q t) ratio, and examined the relationship between the Q s/Q t ratio and the thromboxane B2 (TXB2)/6-keto-prostaglandin F1α (6-K-PGF1...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Chai XQ,Ma J,Xie YH,Wang D,Chen KZ

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 75-year-old female patient underwent right vitrectomy under total intravenous anesthesia with propofol, ketamine and fentanyl. During the surgery sudden severe bradycardia (heart rate, 33 beats per min), without hypotension, occurred, which was relatively atropine-insensitive. This event was accompanied by a marked ...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Hashimoto H,Nakamura H,Hirota K

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00