Palliative Care and End-of-Life Considerations for the Frail Patient.

abstract：:We previously reported that in rats with closed head trauma (CHT), intravenous (IV) administration of 0.25 mL/g of 5% dextrose solution (D5W) increased blood glucose (G), decreased blood sodium (Na), caused no change in blood osmolality (Osm), increased brain edema (BE), and worsened neurological severity score (NSS) ...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Gurevich B,Talmor D,Artru AA,Katcko L,Geva D,Gurman G,Shapira Y

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Preoperative flushing of an anesthesia workstation is an alternative for preparation of the anesthesia workstation before use in malignant hyperthermia-susceptible patients (MHS). We studied in vitro, using a test lung, the washout profile of sevoflurane in 7 recent workstations during adult and, for the fir...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Cottron N,Larcher C,Sommet A,Fesseau R,Alacoque X,Minville V,Fourcade O,Kern D

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Capsaicin can produce a selective and long-lasting neural blockade. Resiniferatoxin (RTX) is an ultrapotent vanilloid agonist with a unique spectrum of activities different from that of capsaicin. We sought to determine whether a single application of RTX to a peripheral nerve could completely prevent the lo...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Kissin I,Bright CA,Bradley EL Jr

更新日期：2002-05-01 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:Percutaneous cannulation of the femoral vein, in the pediatric age group, can be technically challenging, especially when performed by residents in training. We examined whether the use of real-time ultrasound guidance is superior to a landmark technique for femoral vein catheterization in children undergoin...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Aouad MT,Kanazi GE,Abdallah FW,Moukaddem FH,Turbay MJ,Obeid MY,Siddik-Sayyid SM

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ketamine given IV in a dose of 2 mg/kg caused a significant reduction in Pao2 in 7 patients spontaneously breathing with an unassisted airway. Under the same conditions, in 7 patients, ketamine (2 mg/kg IV) preceded by diazepam (0.2 mg/kg IV) also caused a reduction in Pao2 not significantly different from that caused...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Zsigmond EK,Matsuki A,Kothary SP,Jallad M

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Carpal tunnel release is often performed as an outpatient procedure. We designed this retrospective study to assess the effect of different anesthesia techniques on intraoperative cardiovascular stability and discharge time. According to the anesthesia technique received, 62 consecutive patients were categor...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Gebhard RE,Al-Samsam T,Greger J,Khan A,Chelly JE

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Many drugs are tested intrathecally to investigate alternatives to opioids. We aimed to explore the analgesic and possible neurotoxic effects of chronic intrathecally-administered ketorolac tromethamine in rats. Catheters were placed via atlantoaxial interval in 28 Wistar rats under anesthesia of intraperito...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Korkmaz HA,Maltepe F,Erbayraktar S,Yilmaz O,Güray M,Canda MS,Günerli A,Gökmen N

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current guidelines from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommend antibiotic prophylaxis for cesarean delivery immediately before incision. The purpose of this study was to measure and describe correlates of adherence to these guidelines in a sample of United States anesthesiologists....

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Raghunathan K,Connelly NR,Friderici J,Naglieri-Prescod D,Joyce R,Prasanna P,Ponnusamy N

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although local anesthetics (LAs) are generally accepted as being safe, incidental neuronal damage has been reported for all LAs in humans. Therefore, in this study, we compared the dose corresponding to 50% cell lethality (LD50) of articaine, lidocaine, mepivacaine, bupivacaine, prilocaine, and ropivacaine i...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Malet A,Faure MO,Deletage N,Pereira B,Haas J,Lambert G

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Brain dysfunction after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is common, and it has been hypothesized that this injury might be due partly to activation of inflammatory processes in the brain. We measured juguloarterial gradients for interleukin-1beta, interleukin-6, and interleukin-8 (IL-8) as indices of local proin...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Nandate K,Vuylsteke A,Crosbie AE,Messahel S,Oduro-Dominah A,Menon DK

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As infectious complications from blood transfusion have decreased because of improved donor questionnaires and sophisticated infectious disease blood screening, noninfectious serious hazards of transfusion (NISHOTs) have emerged as the most common complications of transfusion. The category of NISHOTs is very broad, in...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Hendrickson JE,Hillyer CD

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent research suggests that 6% hydroxyethyl starch (HES) 130/0.4 is one of the most frequently used resuscitation fluids worldwide. The retraction of studies evaluating its use necessitates a reevaluation of available evidence regarding its safety and efficacy. METHODS:We performed a systematic review and...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Gattas DJ,Dan A,Myburgh J,Billot L,Lo S,Finfer S,CHEST Management Committee.

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:QT interval prolongation is associated with torsades des pointes (TdP), but is a poor predictor of drug torsadogenicity. Susceptibility to TdP arises from increased transmural dispersion of repolarization (TDR) across the myocardial wall, rather than QT interval prolongation per se. TDR can be measured on th...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Whyte SD,Sanatani S,Lim J,Booker PD

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bupivacaine and ropivacaine are the preferred long-acting local anesthetics for peripheral nerve blocks as they provide prolonged analgesia in the postoperative period. No studies have directly compared the analgesic duration of these commonly used local anesthetics in the setting of low-volume ultrasound-gu...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Safa B,Flynn B,McHardy PG,Kiss A,Haslam L,Henry PD,Kaustov L,Choi S

更新日期：2021-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The hemodynamic effects of high-dose hydromorphone hydrochloride (H), 1.25 mg/kg, were investigated in 10 patients with normal ventricular function undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. One patient with unstable angina was excluded from the study because of hypotension and facial flushing after a 6-m...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Welti RS,Moldenhauer CC,Hug CC Jr,Kaplan JA,Holbrook GW

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Cardiopulmonary bypass results in increased plasma activity of phospholipase A(2) (PLA(2)) that appears to be caused by the administration of heparin. High PLA(2) activity may be responsible for increased production of eicosanoids and, thus, may be implicated in various pathophysiologic events associated wit...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Kern H,Johnen W,Braun J,Frey B,Rüstow B,Kox WJ,Schlame M

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:General anesthesia promotes atelectasis formation, which is augmented by administration of large oxygen concentrations. We studied the efficacy of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) application during the induction of general anesthesia (fraction of inspired oxygen [FIO(2)] 1.0) to prevent atelectasis. ...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Rusca M,Proietti S,Schnyder P,Frascarolo P,Hedenstierna G,Spahn DR,Magnusson L

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of alfentanil applied to the surface of the spinal cord and the effects of intravenously administered alfentanil on noxiously evoked activity of dorsal horn neurons. Extracellular single neuron recordings were obtained from wide dynamic range neurons in 26 decerebra...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Matsumoto M,Collins JG,Kitahata LM,Yuge O,Tanaka A

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In this prospective, randomized, observer-blinded trial, we compared ultrasound-guided subparaneural popliteal sciatic nerve blocks performed either at or proximal to the neural bifurcation (B). We hypothesized that the total anesthesia-related time (sum of performance and onset times) would be decreased wit...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Tran DQ,González AP,Bernucci F,Pham K,Finlayson RJ

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clonidine is effective in treating sevoflurane-induced postanesthesia agitation in children. We conducted a study on 169 children to quantify the risk reduction of clonidine agitation in patients admitted to our day-surgery pediatric clinic. Children were randomly allocated to receive clonidine 2 mug/kg or placebo bef...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Tesoro S,Mezzetti D,Marchesini L,Peduto VA

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The aim of this study was to investigate modern and classical electroencephalographic (EEG) variables in response to remifentanil and propofol infusions. We hypothesized that modern EEG variables may indicate the effects of propofol but not of remifentanil. Twenty-five patients were included in the study aft...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Schmidt GN,Bischoff P,Standl T,Voigt M,Papavero L,Schulte am Esch J

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The application of digital pressure above the injection site during interscalene block has been advocated to prevent cephalad spread of local anesthetic. In prior studies, radiographs taken immediately after interscalene injection of radiographic contrast have supported this concept. However, the clinical efficacy of ...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Urmey WF,Grossi P,Sharrock NE,Stanton J,Gloeggler PJ

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with lung failure who undergo prone positioning often receive extended hemodynamic monitoring. We investigated the influence of modified prone positioning (135°) on the accuracy of pulse contour-derived calibrated cardiac index (CIPC) and uncalibrated cardiac index (CIVIG) in this patient population...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Grensemann J,Bruecken U,Treszl A,Wappler F,Sakka SG

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant hyperthermia syndrome associated with various anesthetic agents has been well documented, but none has been reported with enflurane (Ethrane). This particular case is the first involving exposure for the second time to enflurane anesthesia after a six-month interval in which malignant hyperthermia resulted. ...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Pan TH,Wollack AR,DeMarco JA

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the increased use of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography, patent foramen ovale (PFO) has become a common finding during heart surgery. This finding presents a difficult dilemma for cardiac surgeons, since the impact of intraoperatively diagnosed PFOs on postoperative outcome is unknown. Changes in the...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Sukernik MR,Bennett-Guerrero E

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In children, postoperative respiratory rate (RR) monitoring by transthoracic impedance (TI), capnography, and manual counting has limitations. The rainbow acoustic monitor (RAM) measures continuous RR noninvasively by a different methodology. Our primary aim was to compare the degree of agreement and accurac...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Patino M,Kalin M,Griffin A,Minhajuddin A,Ding L,Williams T,Ishman S,Mahmoud M,Kurth CD,Szmuk P

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Accidental intravascular injection of an epinephrine-containing test dose increases T-wave amplitude of lead II electrocardiogram (EKG) in anesthetized children. We designed this study to test whether the choice of EKG lead would affect the usefulness of simulated intravascular test dose. We studied 32 ASA p...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Ogasawara K,Tanaka M,Nishikawa T

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The insertion of implantable cardioverter/defibrillators (ICD) requires induction of repeated episodes of ventricular fibrillation (VF). The neuropsychological repercussions associated with repeated inducement of hypotension and cerebral ischemia are unknown. In this prospective clinical trial, 1 day prior to ICD asse...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Murkin JM,Baird DL,Martzke JS,Yee R

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sigma (sigma)-receptor agonists attenuate brain injury after experimental focal cerebral ischemia in several species. We tested the hypothesis that the potent, prototypical sigma(1)-receptor agonist, 4-phenyl-1-(4-phenylbutyl) piperidine (PPBP), protects neurons by a mechanism involving the antiapoptotic pro...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Yang S,Bhardwaj A,Cheng J,Alkayed NJ,Hurn PD,Kirsch JR

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00