Morphine patient-controlled analgesia is superior to meperidine patient-controlled analgesia for postoperative pain.

abstract：UNLABELLED:Despite their contribution to overall perioperative treatment of patients, anesthesiologists often remain in anonymity. We evaluated the impact of business cards on physician recognition after general anesthesia. Using a questionnaire, 441 patients were interviewed for recall of the anesthesiologist's name, ...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Jeske HC,Lederer W,Lorenz I,Kolbitsch C,Margreiter J,Kinzl J,Benzer A

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Availability of physiologic monitoring equipment to ensure the safe administration of anesthesia is an expected standard in many parts of the world. Many hospitals in China may not have an adequate quantity and variety of anesthesia delivery and patient monitoring equipment to assure safe administration of anesthesia ...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Juan X,Xinqiao F,Shanglong Y,Yuguang H,Buwei Y,Shiying Y,Pengqian F,Hanqing Z

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Successful procedural sedation represents a spectrum of patient- and clinician-related goals. The absence of a gold-standard measure of the efficacy of procedural sedation has led to a variety of outcomes being used in clinical trials, with the consequent lack of consistency among measures, making comparisons among tr...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Williams MR,McKeown A,Dexter F,Miner JR,Sessler DI,Vargo J,Turk DC,Dworkin RH

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Repetitive transient ischemic depolarizations (IDs) during focal cerebral ischemia are thought to contribute to ischemic damage. Isoflurane and pentobarbital reduce injury (versus the nonanesthetized state) after focal cerebral ischemia. The mechanism by which these drugs reduce injury is not known. This pro...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Patel PM,Drummond JC,Cole DJ,Kelly PJ,Watson M

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inhalation agents are being used in place of intravenous agents to provide sedation in some intensive care units. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective randomized controlled trials, which compared the use of volatile agents versus intravenous midazolam or propofol in critical care...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Jerath A,Panckhurst J,Parotto M,Lightfoot N,Wasowicz M,Ferguson ND,Steel A,Beattie WS

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Midazolam is the most commonly used premedication in children. It has been shown to be more effective than parental presence or placebo in reducing anxiety and improving compliance at induction of anesthesia. Clonidine, an alpha(2) agonist, has been suggested as an alternative. Dexmedetomidine is a more alph...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Yuen VM,Hui TW,Irwin MG,Yuen MK

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the changes in spinal and cortical evoked potentials (EPs) produced by fentanyl in the rabbit. The reversibility of these effects by naloxone and the effects of varying stimulus intensity also were examined. Eleven ketamine-anesthetized rabbits underwent analysis of spinal and cortical EPs produced...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Lee VC

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The wide need for analgesia, anesthesia, and sedation in children and the lack of pediatric labeling leads to widespread off-label use of medications for pain and sedation in children. Any attempt to address the lack of labeling will require national estimates of the numbers of children using each medication...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Lasky T,Ernst FR,Greenspan J

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：IMPLICATIONS:This case describes the impact of argatroban and off-pump coronary revascularization on hemostasis as assessed by conventional hemostatic measures and Thrombelastography in a patient with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia. ...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Kieta DR,McCammon AT,Holman WL,Nielsen VG

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the effects of acute sympathetic denervation on the baroreflex control of heart rate, baroreflex sensitivities were compared in lightly anesthetized humans who had either cervical (N = 20) or lumbar epidural anesthesia (N = 18), or neither (N = 18). Levels of anesthesia during cervical block using 10 ml of...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Dohi S,Tsuchida H,Mayumi T

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous positive end-expiratory pressure (sPEEP) is a simple, low-cost method of providing low to moderate levels of PEEP as an alternative to continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), whether used alone or with continuous positive pressure ventilation (CPPV) in intermittent mandatory ventilation (IMV). The ther...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Gillick JS

更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thoracic epidural anesthesia is often used as a postoperative analgesic technique in thoracic surgery. However, the structure of the overlapping spinous processes, resulting in interlaminar space occlusion, often makes thoracic epidural needle placement difficult. With the development of multi-detector row s...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Murata H,Sakai T,Goto S,Sumikawa K

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:We compared the effectiveness of ondansetron, dimenhydrinate, and placebo for the prevention of postoperative vomiting in children after adenotonsillectomy. In a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind study, 74 children, 2-10 yr of age scheduled for adenotonsillectomy as outpatients were given a single...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Hamid SK,Selby IR,Sikich N,Lerman J

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The k(e)(0) value is the first order rate constant determining the equilibration of drugs between plasma or end-tidal concentration and effect-site (e.g., brain) concentration. Parametric and semiparametric approaches have been used for estimating individual k(e)(0) values and describing the drug-response cu...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Ellerkmann RK,Bruhn J,Soehle M,Kehrer M,Hoeft A,Kreuer S

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Local anesthetics cause reversible block of pain and robustly inhibit TWIK-related K channel (TREK-1) currents. Before local anesthesia onset, injection of local anesthetics can cause unwanted transient pain. TREK-1 is an anesthetic-sensitive potassium channel that when inhibited produces pain. A disordered ...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Pavel MA,Chung HW,Petersen EN,Hansen SB

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed a systematic review of 28 studies that examined preoperative risk factors for postoperative renal failure. Included in the studies were 10,865 patients who underwent either vascular, cardiac, general, or biliary surgery. No two studies used the same criteria for acute renal failure. Variability in definit...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Novis BK,Roizen MF,Aronson S,Thisted RA

更新日期：1994-01-01 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：:As of November 2016, the Florida Department of Health (FDH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have confirmed more than 4000 travel-related Zika virus (ZIKV) infections in the United States with >700 of those in Florida. There have been 139 cases of locally acquired infection, all occurring in Miami, F...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Tutiven JL,Pruden BT,Banks JS,Stevenson M,Birnbach DJ

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Previous studies of samples from cranial meninges have created doubts about the existence of a virtual subdural space. We examined the ultrastructure of spinal meninges from three human cadavers immediately after death to see whether there is a virtual subdural space at this level. The arachnoid mater had tw...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Reina MA,De Leon Casasola O,López A,De Andrés JA,Mora M,Fernández A

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Surgery causes changes in hemostasis, leading to a hypercoagulable state that has been linked to both arterial and venous thrombotic complications. The etiology of this state is unknown, but many investigators have hypothesized that perioperative neuroendocrine changes are responsible. We have previously dem...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Rosenfeld BA,Nguyen ND,Sung I,Faraday N

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Forty-eight healthy parturients scheduled for elective cesarean delivery were randomly allocated to receive intrathecally either 12 mg of hyperbaric bupivacaine plus 12.5 microg of fentanyl (n = 23) or bupivacaine alone (n = 25). In the latter group, IV 12.5 microg of fentanyl was administered immediately af...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Siddik-Sayyid SM,Aouad MT,Jalbout MI,Zalaket MI,Berzina CE,Baraka AS

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mitochondrial injury is a major cause of sepsis-induced organ failure. Polydatin (PD), a natural polyphenol, demonstrates protective mitochondrial effects in neurons and arteriolar smooth muscle cells during severe shock. In this study, we investigated the effects of PD on renal tubular epithelial cell (RTEC...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Gao Y,Zeng Z,Li T,Xu S,Wang X,Chen Z,Lin C

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to compare the anesthetic properties of hypobaric bupivacaine with those of isobaric and hyperbaric solutions when administered in the supine position in an elderly population undergoing hip surgery using continuous spinal anesthesia. Plain bupivacaine (0.5%) was mixed with equal volumes of 10%...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Van Gessel EF,Forster A,Schweizer A,Gamulin Z

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 7-year-old girl manifested the rare anomaly of a ventricular septal defect (VSD) with left aortic arch, right descending aorta, and right ligamentum arteriosum. After open-heart surgery to correct the VSD, symptoms of tracheal obstruction on spontaneous breathing developed, due to tracheal compression by the right l...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Moorthy SS,Franken EA,LoSasso AM,King H

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A single preoperative dose of 600 mg gabapentin, combined with multimodal analgesia, has previously been shown to reduce postcesarean pain and improve maternal satisfaction but was associated with increased maternal sedation. We hypothesized that a lower dose of gabapentin may be effective with less sedation...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Short J,Downey K,Bernstein P,Shah V,Carvalho JC

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:β3 containing γ-aminobutyric acid type A receptors (GABA(A)-Rs) mediate behavioral end points of IV anesthetics such as immobility and hypnosis. A knockout mouse with targeted forebrain deletion of the β3 subunit of the GABA(A)-R shows reduced sensitivity to the hypnotic effect of etomidate, as measured by t...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Rau V,Oh I,Liao M,Bodarky C,Fanselow MS,Homanics GE,Sonner JM,Eger EI 2nd

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although our understanding of nociceptive processing during anesthesia has increased greatly over the last decade, many patients still experience hyperalgesia and acute pain postoperatively. The noxious-induced withdrawal reflex (NIWR) model is specifically designed and validated to quantitatively study the ...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Sommers MG,Nguyen NK,Veening JG,Vissers KC,Ritskes-Hoitinga M,van Egmond J

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of dexmedetomidine, an alpha 2-adrenergic agonist, on cerebral blood flow and metabolic rate in dogs anesthetized with 0.64% isoflurane. After intubation and institution of mechanical ventilation, arterial, venous, pulmonary artery, and sagittal sinus catheters were...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Zornow MH,Fleischer JE,Scheller MS,Nakakimura K,Drummond JC

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Whether tracheal intubation is more difficult in obese patients is debatable. We compared the incidence of difficult tracheal intubation in obese and lean patients by using a recently validated objective scale, the intubation difficulty scale (IDS). We studied 134 lean (body mass index, <30 kg/m2) and 129 ob...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Juvin P,Lavaut E,Dupont H,Lefevre P,Demetriou M,Dumoulin JL,Desmonts JM

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Postoperative nausea (PON) is a common complication of anesthesia and surgery. Antiemetic medication for higher-risk patients may reduce but does not reliably prevent PON. We examined aromatherapy as a treatment for patients experiencing PON after ambulatory surgery. Our primary hypothesis was that in compar...

journal_title：Anesthesia and analgesia

authors： Hunt R,Dienemann J,Norton HJ,Hartley W,Hudgens A,Stern T,Divine G

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00