abstract：BACKGROUND:Inguinal hernia repair is a common procedure, and can be performed under spinal anesthesia. Although adequate analgesia is crucial to postoperative recovery, the optimal protective analgesic regimen remains to be established. PURPOSE:To investigate the effects of preoperative etoricoxib within a protective ...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Somri M,Hawash N,Hadjittofi C,Ghantous-Toukan M,Tome R,Yodashkin M,Matter I

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study aims to identify prognostic factors related to short-term and long-term outcomes of patients with hematological malignancy (HM) admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) in Japan during ICU stay and after discharge from ICU. METHODS:We conducted a retrospective, observational study of 169 patients w...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Irie H,Otake T,Kawai K,Hino M,Namazu A,Shinjo Y,Yamashita S

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For select total knee arthroplasty (TKA) patients, we have established an alternative pathway to bypass the acute care surgical ward and directly admit patients from the post-anesthesia care unit to on-campus rehabilitation. We retrospectively examined whether this 'fast track' pathway decreased costs and improved pat...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Tse BK,Walters TL,Howard SK,Kim TE,Memtsoudis SG,Sun EC,Kou A,Graham L,King R,Mariano ER

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The sedative effects of pregabalin during perioperative period have not been sufficiently characterized. The aim of this study was to verify the sedative effects of premedication with pregabalin on intravenous sedation (IVS) using propofol and also to assess the influences of this agent on circulation, respirat...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Karube N,Ito S,Sako S,Hirokawa J,Yokoyama T

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study demonstrated the effects of perfluorobutane (Sonazoid®) with contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) to identify the spread of local anesthetics in ultrasound-guided nerve block. METHODS:This study consists of simulation, cadaveric, and animal studies. In a simulation study, 1% lidocaine with 10- t...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Sasaki H,Yamauchi M,Ninomiya T,Tatsumi H,Yamakage M

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Patients in whom neutropenia recovery is complicated by pneumonia have an increased risk of acute lung injury (ALI) and detrimental outcomes. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether inhibition of neutrophil elastase (NE) is effective in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced ALI during neutropenia rec...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Lee JM,Yeo CD,Lee HY,Rhee CK,Kim IK,Lee DG,Lee SH,Kim JW

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Newborns are often sedated during MRI but sedation itself creates adverse events and management is more challenging in this environment. Oral glucose/sucrose administration has been studied in newborns during painful procedures; however, its effectiveness in keeping newborns sleepy and motionlessness during pai...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Eker HE,Cok OY,Çetinkaya B,Aribogan A

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Increased glucose variability may be associated with worse outcomes in critically ill patients. Hyperinsulinemic normoglycemia provides intensive glucose control during surgery and may reduce glucose variability. Our objective was to compare glycemic variability between two methods of glucose control in cardiac...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Abd-Elsayed A,Mascha EJ,Yang D,Sessler DI,Duncan A

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Intrathecal morphine provides superior pain control for patients undergoing cesarean delivery when compared to intravenous opioid patient-controlled analgesia. However, no study has assessed the overall cost associated with each modality as a primary outcome. The aim of this study is to determine the overall co...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Patel N,Bryant A,Duncan K,Kukreja P,Powell MF

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation (TEAS), a non-invasive and non-pharmacological adjunctive intervention for perioperative analgesia, may also reduce the incidence of postoperative pulmonary complications. The effect of TEAS on video-assisted thoracic surgical (VATS) patients is still unknown, h...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Huang S,Peng W,Tian X,Liang H,Jia Z,Lo T,He M,Feng Y

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:When physicians become patients, they may expect special privileges, extra attention from caregivers, and non-routine treatments. Consequently, physician patients may not be treated per routine-which possibly worsens care rather than improving it. We thus tested the primary hypothesis that in-hospital mortal...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Panjasawatwong K,Lin P,Karimi N,You J,Sessler DI

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Holmium laser enucleation of prostate (HoLEP) is being performed with increasing frequency as a minimally invasive alternative to transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) for the surgical management of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). HoLEP offers the advantage of use of normal saline for irrigation, instead ...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Dodd SE,Jankowski CJ,Krambeck AE,Gali B

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of drug-induced myoclonus possibly related to palonosetron, a second-generation 5-hydroxytryptamine-3 receptor antagonist which was administered as a prophylaxis for postoperative nausea and vomiting in a 28-year-old female. The recurrent episodes of myoclonus jerk involving the head, neck and shoulde...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Chaw SH,Chan L,Lee PK,Bakar JA,Rasiah R,Foo LL

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to assess whether preanesthetic laboratory values can predict in-hospital mortality and morbidity in patients who have undergone burr hole craniostomy due to chronic subdural hematoma. METHODS:From January 2007 to February 2016, the records of 502 consecutive patients who under...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Choi JJ,Kim HS,Lee KC,Hur H,Jo YY

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, gastric ultrasonography has been used as a noninvasive portable tool for evaluating gastric content and volume in adults and children. Pediatric patients are not always cooperative, especially younger ones, and it may be difficult to keep them in the appropriate scanning position without sedation. Hence, we ...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Fukunaga C,Sugita M,Yamamoto T

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the role of the phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase (PI3K)/protein kinase B (Akt)/hypoxia-inducible factor 1α (HIF-1α) signaling pathway in the protection by dexmedetomidine against lung ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) in rats. METHODS:Forty-eight male Sprague-Dawley rats weighing 250-350 g were random...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Zhang W,Zhang JQ,Meng FM,Xue FS

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A male patient with Marfan syndrome underwent aortic root replacement and developed left ventricular (LV) failure. Four years later, he underwent aortic arch and aortic valve replacement. Thereafter, his LV failure progressed, and cardiogenic pulmonary edema (CPE) appeared, which we treated with extracorporeal LV assi...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Toyama H,Takei Y,Saito K,Ota T,Kurotaki K,Ejima Y,Matsuura T,Akiyama M,Saiki Y,Yamauchi M

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We evaluated the hemodynamic and respiratory effects of dexmedetomidine in intubated, spontaneously breathing patients after endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for cervical esophageal or pharyngeal cancer. METHODS:This retrospective study included 129 patients aged 66.5 ± 8.3 years, who underwent ESD under...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Ishibashi C,Hayashida M,Sugasawa Y,Yamaguchi K,Tomita N,Kajiyama Y,Inada E

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent publications provided controversial results indicating that perioperative heparin bridging anticoagulation (HBA) increased the bleeding risk without decreasing the thromboembolic risk in patients undergoing minor surgery. To investigate if this is also the case in high-risk patients undergoing major abdominal m...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Ono K,Hidaka H,Koyama Y,Ishii K,Taguchi S,Kosaka M,Okazaki N,Tanimoto W,Katayama A

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perioperative positive airway pressure (PAP) is recommended by the American Society of Anesthesiologists for patients with obstructive sleep apnea, but a readily available and personalized intraoperative delivery system does not exist. We present the successful use of a patient's own nasal PAP machine in the operating...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Borg L,Walters TL,Siegel LC,Dazols J,Mariano ER

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lead aprons are worn by medical workers to reduce the effects of the radiation doses to which they are exposed during radiography and surgery performed with radioscopic apparatus. Regarding the management of such aprons, the Radiation Protection Section of the Japanese Society of Radiological Technology issued the "Gu...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Matsuda M,Suzuki T

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The present study, conducted in rats, investigated whether propofol attenuates lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-triggered liver dysfunction via regulation of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α production in activated Kupffer cells. METHODS:Rats received LPS (500 μg/kg) under Urethane™ sedation (1 g/kg) in combination with ...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Li J,Kandatsu N,Feng GG,Jiang JZ,Huang L,Kinoshita H,Okada S,Fujiwara Y

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Admission on the day of surgery for elective cardiac and non-cardiac surgery has been established as a prevalent, critical practice. This approach realizes medical, logistical, psychological and fiscal benefits, and its success is predicated on an effective outpatient pre-operative evaluation. The establishment of a h...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Silvay G,Goldberg A,Gutsche JT,T Augoustides JG

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The recommended method for elucidating the effects of strong ions other than lactate on acid-base balance is to calculate the non-lactate strong ion difference (SIDnl). A relationship between HCO3 (-) and SIDnl in hyperchloremic patients has already been demonstrated; in the present study, the relationships bet...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Gucyetmez B,Atalan HK

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Within the airway management field, simulation has been used as a tool of training for over 40 years. Simulation training offers a chance of active involvement for the trainees. It can effectively enhance and upgrade the knowledge and skills of the trainees in airway management, and subsequently decrease medical error...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Yang D,Wei YK,Xue FS,Deng XM,Zhi J

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While the demand for bariatric surgery is increasing, hospital capacity remains limited. The ERABS (Enhanced Recovery After Bariatric Surgery) protocol has been implemented in a number of bariatric centers. We retrospectively compared the operating room logistics and postoperative complications between pre-ERABS and E...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Proczko M,Kaska L,Twardowski P,Stepaniak P

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSES:In the present study, we investigated whether flurbiprofen axetil (FA) alleviates hypoxemia during one-lung ventilation (OLV) by reducing the pulmonary shunt/total perfusion (Q s/Q t) ratio, and examined the relationship between the Q s/Q t ratio and the thromboxane B2 (TXB2)/6-keto-prostaglandin F1α (6-K-PGF1...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Chai XQ,Ma J,Xie YH,Wang D,Chen KZ

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent decades anesthesia safety has not been improved in low-income countries. This prospective audit describes the incidence of hypoxia and related events detected among a cohort of patients undergoing surgery in the maternity unit at Sylvanus Olympio University Teaching Hospital, Togo, West Africa, by using puls...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Sama HD,Maman AF,Walker IA

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have performed a systematic literature review and a meta-analysis investigating the effect of beta-adrenergic antagonist on perioperative pain in randomized clinical trials (RCTs). The search included the CENTRAL, CINAHL, EMBASE, and MEDLINE databases (from inception to 10 February 2015). From the retrieved full te...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Härkänen L,Halonen J,Selander T,Kokki H

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Hypoxia promotes the progression of lung cancer cells. Unfortunately, anesthetic technique might aggravate hypoxia of lung cancer cells. Sevoflurane is a commonly used anesthetic. Its effect on hypoxia-induced aggressiveness of lung cancer cells remains unknown. The aim of the study is to investigate the effect...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Liang H,Yang CX,Zhang B,Wang HB,Liu HZ,Lai XH,Liao MJ,Zhang T

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A needle guide kit will be able to improve visibility on ultrasonic images. We examined the degree of stability using a SIVA guide. The SIVA guide is a needle guide kit in which the angle is not restricted, allowing the puncture to be made at any angle. We punctured the Blue Phantom™ with a high-frequency linear probe...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Ueshima H,Kitamura A

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although maintaining anesthesia for myasthenia gravis (MG) with minimal muscle relaxants (MR) is common, the success rate of anesthetic management for MG without MR is not clear. We therefore retrospectively examined the success rate of anesthetic management for MG without MR among 66 consecutive cases of thymectomy f...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Fujita Y,Moriyama S,Aoki S,Yoshizawa S,Tomita M,Kojima T,Mori Y,Takeuchi N,So MH,Yano M,Sobue K

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In many anesthesia textbooks written in English, lidocaine, tetracaine, bupivacaine, ropivacaine, and chloroprocaine are listed as useful local anesthetics for spinal anesthesia. In contrast, T-cain is not included in these lists, even though it has been reported to be suitable for spinal anesthesia in Japan. T-cain w...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Tobe M,Saito S

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Levobupivacaine has been developed as a safer alternative to bupivacaine because of its reduced systemic toxicity. However, the effect of directly delivering levobupivacaine into tracheal smooth muscle has not been adequately explored. We performed this study to determine the in vitro effects of levobupivacaine on iso...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Chang HC,Chen SY,Huang YF,Liu FL,Cherng YG,Wang HW

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Because blood concentrations of local anesthetics sometimes reach toxic levels after transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block, reduction of the dose has been necessary to reduce the risk of systemic toxicity. We therefore investigated the effects of TAP block with 0.25 % levobupivacaine (100 mg) on postoperative...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Ishida T,Sakamoto A,Tanaka H,Ide S,Ishida K,Tanaka S,Mori T,Kawamata M

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effect of the Mega Acer kit(@), a new heated and humidified breathing circuit (HHBC) containing a fluid-warming device, was investigated on intraoperative core temperature (T c). METHODS:A total of 102 patients undergoing elective craniotomies were randomly divided into three groups based on the breathi...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Kim E,Lee SY,Lim YJ,Choi JY,Jeon YT,Hwang JW,Park HP

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Stroke volume variation (SVV) is affected by many factors. Although elevated intra-abdominal pressure and a pneumoperitoneum have been shown to increase SVV in animals, a recent human study showed that SVV did not change as a pneumoperitoneum was established. However, we considered the results of this study que...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Wajima Z,Shiga T,Imanaga K

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is recommended that the period of fasting before elective surgery should be shortened to facilitate a rapid recovery by preventing catabolism. We examined the effects of a short period of fasting on metabolism by performing indirect calorimetry (IC) under general anesthesia. A prospective observational study involv...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Yoshimura S,Fujita Y,Hirate H,Kusama N,Azami T,Sobue K

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Dexmedetomidine acts as a selective α2-adrenergic receptor agonist and an imidazoline receptor agonist, both of which are known to affect insulin secretion. Here, we investigated the effects of clinically relevant concentrations of dexmedetomidine on insulin secretion under in vivo conditions. Furthermore, its ...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Takahashi T,Kawano T,Eguchi S,Chi H,Iwata H,Yokoyama M

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study aimed to examine the incidence, case fatality rate, and characteristics of perioperative symptomatic pulmonary thromboembolism (PS-PTE) throughout Japan. METHODS:From 2002 to 2011, confidential questionnaires were mailed annually to all Japanese Society of Anesthesiologists-certified training hospit...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Kuroiwa M,Morimatsu H,Tsuzaki K,Irita K,Sanuki M,Nakatsuka H,Nakamura M

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00