Osmolarity determines the solubility of anesthetics in aqueous solutions at 37 degrees C.

abstract：:Neurophysiologic and local cerebral metabolic mapping techniques indicate that seizures associated with lidocaine toxicity originate in subcortical brain structures. Normally local cerebral blood flow (l-CBF) is quantitatively coupled to local cerebral metabolic rate for glucose (l-CMRg). In the present study the resp...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Tommasino C,Maekawa T,Shapiro HM

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The proclamation, "Gentlemen! this is no humbug," attributed to John Collins Warren, M.D., was not identified in any contemporaneous eyewitness report of William T. G. Morton's October 16, 1846, demonstration of ether at Massachusetts General Hospital. The earliest known documentation of the proclamation is in Nathan ...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Haridas RP

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of the survey was to assess the status of acute pain management in U.S. hospitals and attitudes of adults in the U.S. toward postoperative pain management, information that has not been previously available. METHODS:Two telephone questionnaire surveys were conducted U.S. hospital participants,...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Warfield CA,Kahn CH

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pain following thoracotomy can persist for years with an undetermined impact on quality of life. Factors hypothesized to modulate this painful experience include analgesic regimen, gender, and type of incision. METHODS:A total of 157 generally healthy patients of both genders scheduled for segmentectomy, lo...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Ochroch EA,Gottschalk A,Augostides J,Carson KA,Kent L,Malayaman N,Kaiser LR,Aukburg SJ

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inhaled nitric oxide (NO), a selective vasodilator, improves oxygenation in many patients with adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Vasoconstrictors may also improve oxygenation, possibly by enhancing hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction. This study compared the effects of phenylephrine, NO, and their c...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Doering EB,Hanson CW 3rd,Reily DJ,Marshall C,Marshall BE

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intraoperative awareness in patients undergoing general anesthesia is an infrequent but well-described adverse outcome. The reported incidence of this phenomenon is between 0.1% and 0.9%. METHODS:With institutional review board approval, the authors reviewed continuous quality improvement data from 3 yr (20...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Pollard RJ,Coyle JP,Gilbert RL,Beck JE

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Age is a known risk factor for postoperative complications, but the genetic factors that account for variability in age at presentation for surgery have not been characterized. Because thrombosis is a critical process in the development of coronary syndromes, the authors hypothesized that patients bearing th...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Donahue BS,Byrne DW,Gailani D,George AL Jr

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The results of sevoflurane biotransformation (fluoromethyl-1,1,1,3,3,3,-hexafluoro-2-propyl ether) to inorganic fluoride have been examined. However, these investigations have lacked a simplified assay for determining the primary organic metabolite, hexafluoroisopropanol. Previous attempts have involved exte...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Morgan SE,Frink EJ,Gandolfi AJ

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute kidney injury is a common complication after cardiac surgery, leading to increased morbidity and mortality. One suggested cause for acute kidney injury is extracorporeal circulation-induced ischemia-reperfusion injury. In animal studies, cyclosporine has been shown to reduce ischemia-reperfusion injury...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Ederoth P,Dardashti A,Grins E,Brondén B,Metzsch C,Erdling A,Nozohoor S,Mokhtari A,Hansson MJ,Elmér E,Algotsson L,Jovinge S,Bjursten H

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reduced spinal excitability contributes to the suppression of movement responses to noxious stimuli during the anesthetic state. This study examines and compares presynaptic and postsynaptic effects of two anesthetics in the human spinal cord. METHODS:The authors tested two parameters during the administrat...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Baars JH,Benzke M,von Dincklage F,Reiche J,Schlattmann P,Rehberg B

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intravascular volume replacement is often required in the presence of increased pulmonary capillary leakage, for example in patients with volutrauma with major hemorrhage. In the present study, the effects of Ringer's acetate (RA), gelatin-polysuccinate (GEL), and a modern hydroxyethyl starch (HES, 6% 130/0....

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Silva PL,Güldner A,Uhlig C,Carvalho N,Beda A,Rentzsch I,Kasper M,Wiedemann B,Spieth PM,Koch T,Capelozzi VL,Pelosi P,Rocco PR,de Abreu MG

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The duration of action and the pharmacokinetics of vecuronium were compared in patients with and without renal function. Twenty patients were studied: 12 with renal failure who were to receive kidney transplants from cadaveric donors, and eight with normal renal function. After oral premedication with diazepam, 10 mg,...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Lynam DP,Cronnelly R,Castagnoli KP,Canfell PC,Caldwell J,Arden J,Miller RD

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Factors determining renal function at organ recovery in deceased kidney donors are not well established. METHODS:The authors studied the prevalence and risk factors associated with elevated prerecovery creatinine and calculated glomerular filtration rate in 458 deceased organ donors identified through the C...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Blasi-Ibanez A,Hirose R,Feiner J,Freise C,Stock PG,Roberts JP,Niemann CU

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thermoregulatory vasoconstriction minimizes further core hypothermia during anesthesia. Elderly patients become more hypothermic during surgery than do younger patients, and take longer to rewarm postoperatively. These data indicate that perianesthetic thermoregulatory responses may be especially impaired in...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Kurz A,Plattner O,Sessler DI,Huemer G,Redl G,Lackner F

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The relative contributions of intraoperative and postoperative hypotension to perioperative morbidity remain unclear. We determined the association between hypotension and a composite of 30-day myocardial infarction and death over three periods: (1) intraoperative, (2) remaining day of surgery, and (3) durin...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Sessler DI,Meyhoff CS,Zimmerman NM,Mao G,Leslie K,Vásquez SM,Balaji P,Alvarez-Garcia J,Cavalcanti AB,Parlow JL,Rahate PV,Seeberger MD,Gossetti B,Walker SA,Premchand RK,Dahl RM,Duceppe E,Rodseth R,Botto F,Devereaux P

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Age is often the sole criterion for determining the need for preoperative electrocardiograms. However, screening electrocardiograms have not been shown to add value above clinical information. This study was designed to determine whether it is possible to target electrocardiograms ordering to patients most l...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Correll DJ,Hepner DL,Chang C,Tsen L,Hevelone ND,Bader AM

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors performed a randomized, prospective trial comparing enflurane, halothane, and isoflurane (each administered with nitrous oxide) to establish which inhaled anesthetic produced the fewest complications and the most rapid induction of anesthesia for children undergoing general anesthesia for diagnostic proced...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Fisher DM,Robinson S,Brett CM,Perin G,Gregory GA

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies have shown that permissive hypotension for uncontrolled hemorrhagic shock can result in good resuscitation outcome. The ideal target mean arterial pressure (MAP) and the tolerance time for permissive hypotension have not been determined. METHODS:To elucidate the ideal target MAP and tolerance time f...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Li T,Zhu Y,Hu Y,Li L,Diao Y,Tang J,Liu L

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a recent editorial, Kapur described perioperative nausea and vomiting as "the big 'little problem' following ambulatory surgery."257 Although the actual morbidity associated with nausea is relatively low in health outpatients, it should not be considered an unavoidable part of the perioperative experience. The avai...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Watcha MF,White PF

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous investigators have identified an aortic-to-radial artery pressure gradient thought to develop during rewarming and discontinuation of cardiopulmonary bypass. The authors measured mean aortic and radial artery pressures before, during, and after cardiopulmonary bypass in 30 patients, to determine when the pres...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Rich GF,Lubanski RE Jr,McLoughlin TM

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A carcinogen bioassay of enflurane was performed in Swiss/ICR mice. Two groups of weanling mice, each of 125 males and 125 females, were exposed to eigher a maximum tolerated dose of enflurane, 3000 ppm (0.3 per cent v/v) or compressed air for 4 hs per day, 5 days per week. After 52 weeks exposure, 25 males and 25 fem...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Baden JM,Egbert B,Mazze RI

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anesthetic preconditioning (APC) with sevoflurane reduces myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury. The authors tested whether two brief exposures to sevoflurane would lead to a better preconditioning state than would a single longer exposure and whether dual exposure to a lower (L) concentration of sevofluran...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Riess ML,Kevin LG,Camara AK,Heisner JS,Stowe DF

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The sevoflurane degradation product compound A is nephrotoxic in rats. In contrast, patient exposure to compound A during sevoflurane anesthesia has no clinically significant renal effects. The mechanism for this difference is incompletely understood. One possibility is that the metabolism and toxicity of co...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Kharasch ED,Schroeder JL,Sheffels P,Liggitt HD

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Traditional strategies for myofascial pain relief provide transient, incomplete, variable, or unpredictable outcomes. Botulinum toxin is itself an analgesic but can also cause sustained muscular relaxation, thereby possibly affording even greater relief than traditional therapies. METHODS:The study goal was...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Ferrante FM,Bearn L,Rothrock R,King L

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The anticonvulsant gabapentin, proven effective for neuropathic pain in two large, placebo-controlled clinical trials, is widely used for treatment of chronic pain. Preclinical studies have demonstrated analgesic and antiallodynic effects in models involving neuronal sensitization and nerve injury, without a...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Dirks J,Petersen KL,Rowbotham MC,Dahl JB

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dyspnea, like pain, can cause major suffering in intensive care unit (ICU) patients. Its evaluation relies on self-report; hence, the risk of being overlooked when verbal communication is impaired. Observation scales incorporating respiratory and behavioral signs (respiratory distress observation scales [RDO...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Persichini R,Gay F,Schmidt M,Mayaux J,Demoule A,Morélot-Panzini C,Similowski T

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine if a relationship exists between perioperative myocardial ischemia (ST segment depression greater than or equal to 0.1 mV) and postoperative myocardial infarction (PMI), nonparticipating observers recorded all ECG, hemodynamic, and other events between arrival of patients in the operating room and onset o...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Slogoff S,Keats AS

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Repetitive C-fiber stimulation induces a state of facilitated processing of sensory information in the dorsal horn, while chronic nerve compression gives rise to a hyperalgesic state, characterized by spontaneous neuronal activity generated by voltage-sensitive sodium channels, as well as spinal facilitation...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Abram SE,Yaksh TL

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although halothane reduces digitalis toxicity, other anesthetics, notably cyclopropane, increase toxicity. This study determined the effects of isoflurane on digitalis toxicity in isolated cardiac tissue and compared these effects with those of halothane. METHODS:Standard microelectrode techniques were used...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Gallagher JD

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although intravenous patient-controlled analgesia opioids and epidural analgesia offer improved analgesia for postoperative patients treated on an acute pain service, these modalities also expose patients to some risk of serious morbidity and even mortality. Root cause analysis, a process for identifying the...

journal_title：Anesthesiology

authors： Paul JE,Buckley N,McLean RF,Antoni K,Musson D,Kampf M,Buckley D,Marcoux M,Frketich R,Thabane L,Cheng J

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00