abstract：BACKGROUND:Intracranial-pressure (ICP) monitoring is useful for patients with increased ICP following hemorrhagic stroke. In this study, the changes in pressure gradients between the two cerebral hemispheres were investigated after hemorrhagic stroke of one side, and after a craniotomy. METHODS:Twenty-four patients wi...

journal_title：BMC anesthesiology

authors： Qiu W,Jiang Q,Xiao G,Wang W,Shen H

更新日期：2014-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early prediction of outcome would be useful for an optimal intensive care management of liver transplant recipients. Indocyanine green clearance can be measured non-invasively by pulse spectrophometry and is closely related to liver function. METHODS:This study was undertaken to assess the predictive value ...

journal_title：BMC anesthesiology

authors： Klinzing S,Brandi G,Stehberger PA,Raptis DA,Béchir M

更新日期：2014-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Blood biomarkers are increasingly used to diagnose, guide therapy in, and risk-stratify community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) patients in emergency departments (EDs). How pre-analytic factors affect these markers' initial levels in this population is unknown. METHODS:In this secondary analysis of consecutive E...

journal_title：BMC anesthesiology

authors： Kutz A,Grolimund E,Christ-Crain M,Thomann R,Falconnier C,Hoess C,Henzen C,Zimmerli W,Mueller B,Schuetz P,ProHOSP Study Group.

更新日期：2014-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Carbohydrate-rich liquid drinks (CRLDs) have been recommended to attenuate insulin resistance by shortening the preoperative fasting interval. The aim of our study the effect of preoperative oral administration of CRLDs on the well-being and clinical status of patients. METHODS:A randomized, double blind, p...

journal_title：BMC anesthesiology

authors： Sada F,Krasniqi A,Hamza A,Gecaj-Gashi A,Bicaj B,Kavaja F

更新日期：2014-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The frequency of malpositioning of gastric tubes in the trachea has been reported to be 0.3-15%, which may cause severe complications, such as pneumonia, if not detected promptly. If a gastric tube can be guided into the esophagus under direct vision with a video laryngoscope, misplacement of the gastric tub...

journal_title：BMC anesthesiology

authors： Okabe T,Goto G,Hori Y,Sakamoto A

更新日期：2014-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transpulmonary thermodilution (TPTD) derived parameters are used to direct fluid management in ICU-patients. Extravascular lung water EVLW and its ratio to pulmonary blood volume (pulmonary vascular permeability index PVPI) have been associated with mortality. In single indicator TPTD pulmonary blood volume ...

journal_title：BMC anesthesiology

authors： Berbara H,Mair S,Beitz A,Henschel B,Schmid RM,Huber W

更新日期：2014-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Effectiveness of the donation request is generally measured by consent rates, rather than by relatives' satisfaction with their decision. Our aim was to elicit Dutch ICU staffs' views and experiences with the donation request, to investigate their awareness of (dis)satisfaction with donation decisions by rel...

journal_title：BMC anesthesiology

authors： de Groot J,Vernooij-Dassen M,de Vries A,Hoedemaekers C,Hoitsma A,Smeets W,van Leeuwen E

更新日期：2014-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tramadol is an atypical centrally acting analgesic agent available as both oral and parenteral preparations. For patients who are unable to take tramadol orally, the subcutaneous route of administration offers an easy alternative to intravenous or intramuscular routes. This study aimed to characterise the ab...

journal_title：BMC anesthesiology

authors： Dooney NM,Sundararajan K,Ramkumar T,Somogyi AA,Upton RN,Ong J,O'Connor SN,Chapman MJ,Ludbrook GL

更新日期：2014-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Sweden, airway guidelines aimed toward improving patient safety have been recommended by the Swedish Society of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine. Adherence to evidence-based airway guidelines is known to be generally poor in Sweden. The aim of this study was to determine whether airway guidelines a...

journal_title：BMC anesthesiology

authors： Knudsen K,Pöder U,Högman M,Larsson A,Nilsson U

更新日期：2014-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The role of N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-pro-BNP) as a prognostic factor in patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) is not yet fully established. We aimed to determine whether NT-pro-BNP is predictive of ICU mortality in a multicenter cohort of critically ill patients. METHODS:A ...

journal_title：BMC anesthesiology

authors： Rhee CK,Lim SY,Koh SO,Choi WI,Lee YJ,Chon GR,Kim JH,Kim JY,Lim J,Park S,Kim HC,Lee JH,Lee JH,Park J,Koh Y,Suh GY,Kim SC,Validation of Simplified acute physiology score3 in Korean Intensive care unit (VSKI) study group &

更新日期：2014-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The volatile anesthetic isoflurane protects the heart from hypoxia/reperfusion (H/R) injury. However, it is still incompletely understood whether isoflurane exerts its protective role through preventing mitochondrial permeability transition pore (MPTP) opening. METHODS:Primary cultured cardiocytes were expo...

journal_title：BMC anesthesiology

authors： Wu W,Zhou X,Liu P,Fei W,Li L,Yun H

更新日期：2014-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of our study is to test procalcitonin (PCT) as surrogate marker of identification of Candida spp. by blood culture (BC) and real-time-polymerase chain reaction (PCR), whether alone or in association with bacteria, in septic patients. METHODS:We performed a single-centre retrospective study. We revie...

journal_title：BMC anesthesiology

authors： Cortegiani A,Russotto V,Montalto F,Foresta G,Accurso G,Palmeri C,Raineri SM,Giarratano A

更新日期：2014-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early aggressive therapy can reduce the mortality associated with severe sepsis but this relies on prompt recognition, which is hindered by variation among published severity criteria. Our aim was to test the performance of different severity scores in predicting mortality among a cohort of hospital inpatien...

journal_title：BMC anesthesiology

authors： Marwick CA,Guthrie B,Pringle JE,McLeod SR,Evans JM,Davey PG

更新日期：2014-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the assessment of hypovolemia the value of functional hemodynamic monitoring during spontaneous breathing is debated. The aim of our study was to investigate in spontaneously breathing subjects the changes in hemodynamic parameters during graded central hypovolemia and to test whether slow patterned breat...

journal_title：BMC anesthesiology

authors： Zöllei E,Bertalan V,Németh A,Csábi P,László I,Kaszaki J,Rudas L

更新日期：2013-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Post-dural puncture headache (PDPH) due to excessive cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage is a well-known complication of lumbar puncture. Although various factors, especially the type of spinal needle, have been demonstrated to be associated with PDPH, the clinical implications of CSF leakage detected on magne...

journal_title：BMC anesthesiology

authors： Sakurai K,Matsukawa N,Okita K,Nishio M,Shimohira M,Ozawa Y,Kobayashi S,Yamawaki T,Shibamoto Y

更新日期：2013-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning can be a life threatening condition. Systemic hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy is used to induce CO detoxification. However, little is known about the hemodynamic response to HBO in severely intoxicated patients. METHODS:We retrospectively analyzed the medical records of 6 CO-p...

journal_title：BMC anesthesiology

authors： Chateau-Degat ML,Poitras J,Abraini JH

更新日期：2013-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ultrasound gels may contain propylene glycol and glycerol, which are neurotoxic in high concentrations. If the needle passes through gel during regional anesthesia, gel may be injected near the nerve. It is unknown if this practice poses a risk for neurotoxicity. Using an animal model, we assessed the histol...

journal_title：BMC anesthesiology

authors： Belavy D,Sunn N,Lau Q,Robertson T

更新日期：2013-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hyperthermic isolated limb perfusion (HILP) is used for patients with intractable or extensive in-transit metastatic melanoma of the limb to deliver high concentrations of cytotoxic agents to the affected limb and offers a treatment option in a disease stage with a poor prognosis when no treatment is given. ...

journal_title：BMC anesthesiology

authors： Ruschulte H,Shi S,Tseng WW,Kolodzie K,Crawford PC,Schneider DB,Kashani-Sabet M,Minor D,Apfel C,Leong SP

更新日期：2013-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sodium nitroprusside (SNP) is a potent vasodilator that has been used to induce deliberate hypotension in children during surgery involving significant blood loss, including craniofacial and spinal fusion procedures. SNP metabolism liberates cyanide, which may cause interference with cellular energy metaboli...

journal_title：BMC anesthesiology

authors： Hammer GB,Connolly SG,Schulman SR,Lewandowski A,Cohane C,Reece TL,Anand R,Mitchell J,Drover DR

更新日期：2013-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED: BACKGROUND:Hyperventilation may be used to hasten recovery from general anesthesia with potent inhaled anesthetics. However, its effect may be less pronounced with the newer, less soluble agents, and it may result in rehypnotization if subsequent hypoventilation occurs because more residual anesthetic will...

journal_title：BMC anesthesiology

authors： De Wolf AM,Van Zundert TC,De Cooman S,Hendrickx JF

更新日期：2012-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effect of adding clonidine to local anesthetics for nerve or plexus blocks remains unclear. Most of the studies in adults have demonstrated the positive effects of clonidine on intra- and postoperative analgesia when used as an adjunctive agent or in some cases as a single to regional techniques. In the ...

journal_title：BMC anesthesiology

authors： Petroheilou K,Livanios S,Zavras N,Hager J,Fassoulaki A

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effect of local infiltration after breast surgery is controversial. This prospective double blind randomized study sought to document the analgesic effect of local anaesthetic infiltration after breast cancer surgery. METHODS:Patients scheduled for mastectomy or tumorectomy and axillary nodes dissection...

journal_title：BMC anesthesiology

authors： Vigneau A,Salengro A,Berger J,Rouzier R,Barranger E,Marret E,Bonnet F

更新日期：2011-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the immediate postoperative period, obese patients are more likely to exhibit hypoxaemia due to atelectasis and impaired respiratory mechanics, changes which can be attenuated by non-invasive ventilation (NIV). The aim of the study was to evaluate the duration of any effects of early initiation of short t...

journal_title：BMC anesthesiology

authors： Zoremba M,Kalmus G,Begemann D,Eberhart L,Zoremba N,Wulf H,Dette F

更新日期：2011-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Postoperative hypothermia is a common cause of complications in patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Hypothermia is known to elicit electrophysiological, biochemical, and cellular alterations thus leading to changes in the active and passive membrane properties. These changes might influence ...

journal_title：BMC anesthesiology

authors： Gutiérrez-Cruz AR,Soto-Rivera B,León-Chávez BA,Suaste-Gómez E,Martinez-Fong D,González-Barrios JA

更新日期：2011-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:About one third of hospital mortality in critically ill patients occurs after Intensive Care Unit (ICU) discharge. Some authors have recently hypothesized that unresolved or latent inflammation and sepsis may be an important factor that contributes to death following successful discharge from the ICU. AIM:T...

journal_title：BMC anesthesiology

authors： Silvestre J,Coelho L,Póvoa P

更新日期：2010-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Desflurane during early reperfusion has been shown to postcondition human myocardium, in vitro. We investigated the role of adenosine and bradykinin receptors, and generation of radical oxygen species in desflurane-induced postconditioning in human myocardium. METHODS:We recorded isometric contraction of hu...

journal_title：BMC anesthesiology

authors： Lemoine S,Buléon C,Rouet R,Ivascau C,Babatasi G,Massetti M,Gérard JL,Hanouz JL

更新日期：2010-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The present anonymous multicenter online survey was conducted to evaluate the application of regional anaesthesia techniques as well as the used local anaesthetics and adjuncts at German and Austrian university hospitals. METHODS:39 university hospitals were requested to fill in an online questionnaire, to ...

journal_title：BMC anesthesiology

authors： Wahlen BM,Roewer N,Kranke P

更新日期：2010-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The anaesthetic management of patients with Morquio syndrome is complicated by a number of factors including odontoid hypoplasia, atlantoaxial instability, thoracic kyphosis, and deposition of mucopolysaccharides in the soft tissue of the oropharnyx. CASE PRESENTATION:Herein we describe the anaesthetic cons...

journal_title：BMC anesthesiology

authors： McLaughlin AM,Farooq M,Donnelly MB,Foley K

更新日期：2010-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Even the best cancer surgery is usually associated with minimal residual disease. Whether these remaining malignant cells develop into clinical recurrence is at least partially determined by adequacy of host defense, especially natural killer cell function. Anesthetics impair immune defenses to varying degre...

journal_title：BMC anesthesiology

authors： Fleischmann E,Marschalek C,Schlemitz K,Dalton JE,Gruenberger T,Herbst F,Kurz A,Sessler DI

更新日期：2009-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Zeus® (Dräger, Lübeck, Germany), an automated closed-circuit anesthesia machine, uses high fresh gas flows (FGF) to wash-in the circuit and the lungs, and intermittently flushes the system to remove unwanted N₂. We hypothesized this could increase desflurane consumption to such an extent that agent consu...

journal_title：BMC anesthesiology

authors： De Cooman S,De Mey N,Dewulf BB,Carette R,Deloof T,Sosnowski M,De Wolf AM,Hendrickx JF

更新日期：2008-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gabapentin is an antiepileptic drug used in a variety of chronic pain conditions. Increasing numbers of randomized trials indicate that gabapentin is effective as a postoperative analgesic. This procedure-specific systematic review aims to analyse the 24-hour postoperative effect of gabapentin on acute pain ...

journal_title：BMC anesthesiology

authors： Mathiesen O,Møiniche S,Dahl JB

更新日期：2007-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We report a case of severe upper airway obstruction due to a retropharyngeal hematoma that presented nearly one day after a precipitating traumatic injury. Retropharyngeal hematomas are rare, but may cause life-threatening airway compromise. CASE PRESENTATION:A 50 year-old man developed severe dyspnea with ...

journal_title：BMC anesthesiology

authors： Lazott LW,Ponzo JA,Puana RB,Artz KS,Ciceri DP,Culp WC Jr

更新日期：2007-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a two-step procedure for preparing the skin before peripheral venous catheter (PVC) insertions. This procedure involves two successive swabbings with wipes soaked in alcoholic antiseptic. We investigated whether this two-step procedure was as effective and safe as the standard four-step procedure--wa...

journal_title：BMC anesthesiology

authors： van der Mee-Marquet NL,Bloodstream infection Study Group of the Relais Régional d'Hygiène Hospitalière du Centre.

更新日期：2007-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Induction of the COX-2 isoenzyme appears to play a major role in the genesis of central sensitization after nociceptive stimulation. This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of a single, oral dose of the specific COX-2 inhibitor-valdecoxib in attenuating the central sensitization - induced secondary hype...

journal_title：BMC anesthesiology

authors： Burns D,Hill L,Essandoh M,Jarzembowski TM,Schuler HG,Janicki PK

更新日期：2006-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND: Propofol is widely used for both short-term anesthesia and long-term sedation. It has unusual pharmacokinetics because of its high lipid solubility. The standard approach to describing the pharmacokinetics is by a multi-compartmental model. This paper presents the first detailed human physiologically based...

journal_title：BMC anesthesiology

authors： Levitt DG,Schnider TW

更新日期：2005-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND: We report a case of a patient with apparent resistance to local anesthetics. While similar cases of failure of regional anesthetics are often attributed to technical failure, the overall clinical presentation and history of this patient suggests a true resistance to local anesthetics. CASE PRESENTATION: Th...

journal_title：BMC anesthesiology

authors： Kavlock R,Ting PH

更新日期：2004-01-16 00:00:00