The dynamics and implications of bacterial transmission events arising from the anesthesia work area.

abstract：:Tracheal injuries, independent of their origin, may be life-threatening. Surgical repair is regarded as the treatment of choice but has not been compared with other approaches. We hypothesized that defects bridgeable by an artificial airway may enable conservative treatment. We report on five patients with tracheal in...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Beiderlinden M,Adamzik M,Peters J

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hemodynamic effects of mivacurium chloride were studied in 54 adult cardiac patients anesthetized with midazolam and sufentanil. After baseline data were collected, a placebo (N = 9) or mivacurium was administered over 60 seconds, the latter in doses of 0.15 (N = 18), 0.20 (N = 18), or 0.25 (N = 9) mg/kg. Measurem...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Stoops CM,Curtis CA,Kovach DA,McCammon RL,Stoelting RK,Warren TM,Miller D,Bopp SK,Jugovic DJ,Abou-Donia MM

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Some drugs used for sedation and anesthesia produce histopathologic central nervous system changes in juvenile animal models. These observations have raised concerns regarding the use of these drugs in pediatric patients. We summarized the findings in developing animals and describe the steps that the Food a...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Mellon RD,Simone AF,Rappaport BA

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Atrial fibrillation is a common complication of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery that is associated with adverse patient outcomes. We evaluated whether preexisting abnormalities of cardiac structure or function detected with transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) are prevalent in patients later de...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Skubas NJ,Barzilai B,Hogue CW Jr

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The calcium channel blocker nifedipine has analgesic properties that are enhanced by nicotine. Although it is not known how this analgesic state might affect the awareness of anginal pain and impending myocardial infraction, recent studies have shown an increased mortality associated with the use of large do...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Hunt TE,Wu WH,Zbuzek VK

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:We studied lung function in children with and without asthma receiving anesthesia with sevoflurane. Fifty-two children had anesthesia induced with sevoflurane (up to 8%) in a mixture of 50% nitrous oxide in oxygen and then maintained at 3% with children breathing spontaneously via face mask and Jackson-Rees ...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Habre W,Scalfaro P,Sims C,Tiller K,Sly PD

更新日期：1999-11-01 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：BACKGROUND:Every facility that performs cases on holidays has in some way decided on its operating room (OR) and anesthesia staffing for holidays. Previous studies have not examined how best to calculate appropriate holiday staffing. METHODS:We analyzed weekend and holiday data from a university hospital. RESULTS:The...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Dexter F,Epstein RH

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ketamine has many neuromuscular effects in vitro. Its neuromuscular effects in vivo have been controversial and inconsistent. To systematically examine its neuromuscular effects over a wide dose range and its interaction with all popular nondepolarizing neuromuscular relaxants, the effects of ketamine 2, 5, and 10 mg/...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Tsai SK,Lee C

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We considered the allocation of operating room (OR) time at facilities where the strategic decision had been made to increase the number of ORs. Allocation occurs in two stages: a long-term tactical stage followed by short-term operational stage. Tactical decisions, approximately 1 yr in advance, determine what specia...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Dexter F,Ledolter J,Wachtel RE

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The increasing demand for anesthetic procedures in the gastrointestinal endoscopy area has not been followed by a similar increase in the methods to provide and control sedation and analgesia for these patients. In this study, we evaluated different combinations of propofol and remifentanil, administered thr...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Gambús PL,Jensen EW,Jospin M,Borrat X,Martínez Pallí G,Fernández-Candil J,Valencia JF,Barba X,Caminal P,Trocóniz IF

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased attention has been directed at the quality of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and how they are being reported. We examined leading anesthesiology journals to identify if there were specific areas for improvement in the design and analysis of published clinical studies. All RCTs that appeared between Janu...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Greenfield ML,Rosenberg AL,O'Reilly M,Shanks AM,Sliwinski MJ,Nauss MD

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To prevent reflex-induced bronchoconstriction in patients with asthma, local anesthetics are commonly administered by aerosol or IV as adjunct medication. Lidocaine attenuates responsiveness to a neurally active stimulus that increases tone, but there is scant information about the effect of lidocaine on bas...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Chang HY,Togias A,Brown RH

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Attempted pulmonary artery catheterization via the left internal jugular vein resulted in a misdiagnosis of pulmonary hypertension before transesophageal echocardiography revealed the catheter positioned in the ascending aorta. Inadvertent aortic cannulation through an unusual type of partial anomalous pulmonary venou...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Siegmueller C,Bell A,Mittal T,George S

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ex utero intrapartum treatment (EXIT) procedure provides time to secure the airway of the fetus while utero-placental circulation supplies the fetus with oxygen. We report the anesthetic management of a fetus with a large neck mass during an EXIT procedure in which the confirmation of correct endotracheal intubati...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Eschertzhuber S,Keller C,Mitterschiffthaler G,Jochberger S,Kühbacher G

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are profound racial and ethnic disparities in obstetric outcomes in the United States, but little is known about disparities in risk of postpartum hemorrhage (PPH). We explored the association of race and ethnicity on the risk of PPH due to uterine atony with sequential adjustment for possible mediatin...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Bryant A,Mhyre JM,Leffert LR,Hoban RA,Yakoob MY,Bateman BT

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate whether regression of sensory analgesia during constant epidural bupivacaine infusion was different in postoperative patients with acute pain than in patients with chronic nonsurgical pain. Sensory levels of analgesia (to pinprick) and pain (on a five-point scale) were asse...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Mogensen T,Scott NB,Lund C,Bigler D,Hjortsø NC,Kehlet H

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anesthetic propofol (2,6 diisopropylphenol) mediates some of its effects by activating inhibitory chloride currents in the lower brainstem and spinal cord. The effects comprise direct activation of gamma-aminobutyric acid-A and glycine receptors in the absence of the natural agonist, as well as potentiation of the...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Ahrens J,Haeseler G,Leuwer M,Mohammadi B,Krampfl K,Dengler R,Bufler J

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both clonidine, an alpha(2) agonist, and morphine, an opioid agonist, provide enhanced patient analgesia after arthroscopic knee surgery when administered via the intraarticular (IA) route. Clonidine potentiates morphine analgesia in the animal model. We designed this study to determine whether clonidine or morphine r...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Joshi W,Reuben SS,Kilaru PR,Sklar J,Maciolek H

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bilateral breast augmentation is an increasingly popular day-case procedure. Local infiltration with sedation is routinely used for its ease of application compared with the more complex and potentially riskier paravertebral blockade (PVB). We hypothesized that ropivacaine injected by experienced anesthesia ...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Gardiner S,Rudkin G,Cooter R,Field J,Bond M

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of enflurane on responses of isolated canine mesenteric arteries and veins to transmural nerve stimulation and to exogenously administered norepinephrine (a mixed alpha 1- and alpha 2-adrenoceptor agonist), phenylephrine (a selective alpha 1-adrenoceptor agonist), and tyramine were studied. The contractile...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Kobayashi Y,Yoshida K,Noguchi M,Wakasugi Y,Ito H,Okabe E

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the safety, efficacy, and dose response of epidurally administered morphine for analgesia after cesarean delivery, 40 healthy women who underwent cesarean delivery with epidural anesthesia were randomly assigned to receive one of four regimens for relief of postoperative pain: intramuscular administration...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Rosen MA,Hughes SC,Shnider SM,Abboud TK,Norton M,Dailey PA,Curtis JD

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High blood concentrations of local anesthetics are cardiotoxic. The aim of this study was to compare the effects of lidocaine and bupivacaine on the intrinsic pacemaker activity of in vitro sinoatrial nodal cells of the adult and neonatal guinea pig in the presence and absence of hypoxia and acidosis. Fifteen pairs of...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Bosnjak ZJ,Stowe DF,Kampine JP

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of midazolam on atrial rate and contractile force in the isolated canine atrium perfused with donor blood were investigated. When midazolam in a dose range of 100-1000 micrograms was injected directly into the sinus node artery of the isolated atrium, biphasic (negative followed by positive) chronotropic a...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Saegusa K,Furukawa Y,Ogiwara Y,Takeda M,Chiba S

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With health care practice consolidation, the increasing geographic scope of health care systems, and the advancement of mobile telecommunications, there is increasing interest in telemedicine-based health care consultations. Anesthesiology has had experience with telemedicine consultation for preoperative ev...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Kamdar NV,Huverserian A,Jalilian L,Thi W,Duval V,Beck L,Brooker L,Grogan T,Lin A,Cannesson M

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Mitral regurgitation (MR) is a major determinant of outcome in cardiac surgery. The location and mechanism of mitral lesions determine the approach to various repairs and their feasibility. Because of incomplete evaluations or change in patient condition, detailed intraoperative transesophageal echocardiogra...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Lambert AS,Miller JP,Merrick SH,Schiller NB,Foster E,Muhiudeen-Russell I,Cahalan MK

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We studied the effects that the lung recruitment maneuver (RM) and positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) have on the elimination of CO(2) per breath (Vtco(2,br)). METHODS:In 7 healthy and 7 lung-lavaged pigs at constant ventilation, PEEP was increased from 0 to 18 cm H(2)O and then decreased to 0 in steps...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Tusman G,Bohm SH,Suarez-Sipmann F,Scandurra A,Hedenstierna G

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:We compared sedation quality, intraocular pressure (IOP) changes, and recovery profiles in patients who received propofol or propofol-ketamine sedation during placement of the retrobulbar nerve block (RBB). Seventy elderly patients undergoing cataract extraction according to a prospective, randomized, double...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Frey K,Sukhani R,Pawlowski J,Pappas AL,Mikat-Stevens M,Slogoff S

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Thiopental is a racemate. In this study, we examined whether thiopental total body clearance and its distribution into central nervous system (CNS) tissue of rats was enantioselective. Rats, either anesthetized with halothane or conscious and restrained, were infused to stepwise steady-state targets of 5, 10...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Mather LE,Edwards SR,Duke CC,Cousins MJ

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Catecholamine and serotonin concentrations in the cord, medulla, and hypothalamus were measured in rats after saline, after sufentanil sufficient to reduce the minimum alveolar concentration (MAC) of halothane by 30% or less, or after sufentanil sufficient to reduce the MAC of halothane by 80% or more. In the cord, hi...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Althaus JS,Miller ED Jr,Moscicki JC,Hecker BR,DiFazio CA

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00