Onset, intensity of blockade and somatosensory evoked potential changes of the lumbosacral dermatomes after epidural anesthesia with alkalinized lidocaine.

abstract：BACKGROUND:We evaluated in which anatomic layer (above the fascia [AF] or below the fascia [BF]) wound infusion of bupivacaine has the best effect on postoperative pain after abdominal hysterectomy. METHODS:Sixty-two ASA physical status I and II patients undergoing total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-o...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Hafizoglu MC,Katircioglu K,Ozkalkanli MY,Savaci S

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the unique process whereby simulation-based, objective structured clinical evaluation (OSCE) has been incorporated into the Israeli board examination in anesthesiology. Development of the examination included three steps: a) definition of clinical conditions that residents are required to handle competentl...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Berkenstadt H,Ziv A,Gafni N,Sidi A

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preoperative use of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors is common and has been associated with hypotension at separation from cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). This study prospectively examined the influence of chronic preoperative ACE inhibitor use and other perioperative factors on the incidence of vasoconstr...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Tuman KJ,McCarthy RJ,O'Connor CJ,Holm WE,Ivankovich AD

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Procaine hydrochloride was added to cardioplegia and studied for its efficacy in stabilizing the postischemic rhythm after aortic declamping in cardiac surgery. Fifty-six patients scheduled for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), were included in a randomized, double-blind study. The patients were anesthetized wit...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Sellevold OF,Berg EM,Levang OW

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are three basic types of decision aids to facilitate operating room (OR) management decision-making on the day of surgery. Decision makers can rely on passive status displays (e.g., big screens or whiteboards), active status displays (e.g., text pager notification), and/or command displays (e.g., text ...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Dexter F,Willemsen-Dunlap A,Lee JD

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid sequence induction and intubation (RSII) and awake tracheal intubation are commonly used anesthetic techniques in patients at risk of pulmonary aspiration of gastric or esophageal contents. Some of these patients may have a gastric tube (GT) placed preoperatively. Currently, there are no guidelines regarding whi...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Salem MR,Khorasani A,Saatee S,Crystal GJ,El-Orbany M

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Local anesthetics have been used clinically for more than a century, but new insights into their mechanisms of action and their interaction with biological systems continue to surprise researchers and clinicians alike. Next to their classic action on voltage-gated sodium channels, local anesthetics interact with calci...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Lirk P,Hollmann MW,Strichartz G

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed computer software to store data on all surgical and obstetrical anesthetics administered by our department. The computer system provides information for monitoring the residency training program, department and operating room management, professional fee billing, and research. It imposes little addit...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Bashein G,Barna CR

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to compare the perioperative effects of the intramuscular (i.m.) alpha 2 agonist, dexmedetomidine (DEX), and midazolam (MID) premedication. The study comprised 192 women (64 per group) scheduled for abdominal hysterectomy. The doses of the study drugs were chosen to obtain equal sedative ...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Erkola O,Korttila K,Aho M,Haasio J,Aantaa R,Kallio A

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the anesthetic and analgesic effectiveness of adding dexamethasone to lidocaine for IV regional anesthesia (IVRA). Seventy-five patients undergoing ambulatory hand surgery were randomly assigned to one of three groups: group L received 3 mg/kg lidocaine, group LD received 3 mg/kg lidocaine + 8 mg dexam...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Bigat Z,Boztug N,Hadimioglu N,Cete N,Coskunfirat N,Ertok E

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have determined that the mixed agonist-antagonist narcotic, butorphanol, improves CO2 response and ventilation after fentanyl anesthesia. A tentative dosage range has been established. Twenty-two patients were anesthetized with isoflurane, nitrous oxide, and fentanyl, which was continuously infused throughout the s...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Bowdle TA,Greichen SL,Bjurstrom RL,Schoene RB

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of isoflurane on regional myocardial metabolism and blood flow, when used as an adjunct to fentanyl-nitrous oxide anesthesia, to control intraoperative hypertension was investigated. Twenty-two patients with two- or three-vessel coronary artery disease with an ejection fraction greater than 0.5 and on beta-...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Sahlman L,Milocco I,Appelgren L,William-Olsson G,Ricksten SE

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sedative effects of epidural anesthesia without volatile and IV anesthetics and quantification of the degree of epidural anesthesia-induced sedation have not been investigated. In the current study we evaluated the effects of epidural anesthesia on the bispectral index (BIS) during the awake phase and during gener...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Ishiyama T,Kashimoto S,Oguchi T,Yamaguchi T,Okuyama K,Kumazawa T

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:We investigated the effects of sevoflurane and hyperventilation on intraoperative electrocorticogram (ECoG) spike activity in 13 patients with intractable epilepsy. Grid electrodes were placed on the brain surface and ECoG was recorded under the following conditions: 1) 0.5 minimal alveolar anesthetic concen...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Kurita N,Kawaguchi M,Hoshida T,Nakase H,Sakaki T,Furuya H

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We determined the sensitivity of motor responses evoked by stimulating catheters in determining catheter-nerve contact using ultrasonography as reference. METHODS:Femoral nerves were contacted using stimulating catheters under ultrasonography scanning in 25 patients. The output current was increased from it...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Altermatt FR,Corvetto MA,Venegas C,Echevarría G,Bravo P,De la Cuadra JC,Irribarra LA

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitral valve replacement is frequently complicated by a low cardiac output syndrome and elevated pulmonary arterial pressures. In the present study, we used dobutamine to increase cardiac index and measured the pulmonary hemodynamic effects in 10 patients with increased pulmonary vascular tone following mitral valve r...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Schwenzer KJ,Miller ED Jr

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied 49 patients of ASA physical status I to determine cerebral anesthetic concentration on awakening calculated with end-tidal anesthetic concentration, when the end-tidal concentration decreased spontaneously. We also attempted to explain the difference in the average of the bracketing alveolar anesthetic conc...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Katoh T,Suguro Y,Kimura T,Ikeda K

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Visual estimation and gravimetric methods are commonly used to quantify the volume of blood loss during cesarean delivery (CD). However, the correlation between blood loss and post-CD hemoglobin (Hb) is poorly studied, and it is unclear whether the correlation varies according to how blood loss is measured. ...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Fedoruk K,Seligman KM,Carvalho B,Butwick AJ

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to determine whether mechanically ventilated trauma patients with a positive urine drug screen (UDS) for cocaine and/or amphetamines have different opioid analgesic and sedative requirements compared with similar patients with a negative drug screen for these stimulants. METHOD...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Kram B,Kram SJ,Sharpe ML,James ML,Kuchibhatla M,Shapiro ML

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred twenty-two spinal anesthesias were administered with 10 mg. of tetracaine and 1 ml. of 10 percent dextrose to investigate the effects of vasopressors, patients age, and pH of cerebrospinal fluid on the onset and duration of spinal anesthesia. Neither the differences in overall age, cerebrospinal fluid pH, ...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Park WY,Balingit PE,Macnamara TE

更新日期：1975-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transesophageal Doppler (TED) monitoring provides continuous, noninvasive monitoring of cardiac output by measurement of aortic flow velocities. Because of the effects on aortic flow dynamics resulting from atherosclerosis, aortic cross-clamping, and wide variations in arterial blood pressure, the validity of TED moni...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Perrino AC Jr,Fleming J,LaMantia KR

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early first-stage labor pain is primarily visceral in origin. Increasing pain intensity and transition to somatic nociceptive input characterizes late first- and second-stage labor pain. The effect of this change in nociceptive input on the duration of intrathecal labor analgesia has not been well studied. This prospe...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Viscomi CM,Rathmell JP,Pace NL

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood levels of many medications are acutely lowered by cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). Because nifedipine is often used to provide protection from coronary ischemia, a determination of the effect of CPB on plasma nifedipine levels might help to determine the potential clinical benefit of nifedipine during and after byp...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Katz RI,Kanchuger MS,Patton KF,Eide TR

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The purpose of this study was to determine whether different levels of pain would respond similarly to analgesia. We compared the analgesic response to ibuprofen in subjects with moderate versus severe baseline pain in clinical trials using the third molar post-extraction dental pain model. We performed a po...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Averbuch M,Katzper M

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Pressure infusion devices are often used to administer fluids in the operating room, but they may rarely be associated with serious venous air embolism. We studied the performance of the Level 1 and the Ranger Pressure Infusor in the laboratory. The Ranger delivered less air and delivered fluid faster than t...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Eaton MP,Dhillon AK

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Discitis (inflammation of the intervertebral disk) most commonly develops as a rare complication of bacterial infection or chemical or mechanical irritation during spine surgery (1) with a postoperative incidence of 1%-2.8% (2). It is also a complication of discography-the intradiscal injection of saline or ...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Bajwa ZH,Ho C,Grush A,Kleefield J,Warfield CA

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent data indicate that ketamine exerts antiinflammatory actions. However, little is known about the signaling mechanisms involved in ketamine-induced immune modulation. In this study, we investigated the effects of ketamine on lipopolysaccharide-induced activation of transcription factors activator protei...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Welters ID,Hafer G,Menzebach A,Mühling J,Neuhäuser C,Browning P,Goumon Y

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute angle closure glaucoma is a rare complication of general anesthesia. However, in case of delayed diagnosis, it may lead to blindness. We present a case of bilateral acute angle closure glaucoma after cervical spine surgery under general anesthesia in a hypermetropic patient. In this case, the most likely trigger...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Gayat E,Gabison E,Devys JM

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the incidence of transient neurologic symptoms (TNS) after the use of hyperbaric lidocaine as compared with hyperbaric bupivacaine in patients undergoing cesarean delivery under spinal anesthesia. Two hundred women scheduled for cesarean delivery were randomly allocated to receive spinal anesthesia wit...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Aouad MT,Siddik SS,Jalbout MI,Baraka AS

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Adenosine and adenosine analogs induce analgesia in humans and presumed antinociception in animal models when administered both systemically and intrathecally. In the present investigation in rats, we studied the effects of intrathecally administered adenosine analogs, with or without systemic coadministrati...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Sjölund KF,Sollevi A,Segerdahl M,Lundeberg T

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00