abstract：PURPOSE:Although non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and acetaminophen have no proven efficacy against neuropathic pain, they are frequently prescribed for neuropathic pain patients. We examined whether the combination of opioids (tramadol and morphine) with indomethacin or acetaminophen produce favorable effects on ...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Shinozaki T,Yamada T,Nonaka T,Yamamoto T

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This observational study was designed to evaluate the clinical value of cardiac output (CO) obtained via bioreactance (NICOM™) as compared with values of CO obtained via thermodilution (using pulmonary artery catheter, Vigilance™) and the thoracic bioimpedance (BioZ.com™), in patients undergoing off-pump corona...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Cheung H,Dong Q,Dong R,Yu B

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Flexible fiber-optic bronchoscope-guided orotracheal intubation is a valuable technique with demonstrated benefits in the management of difficult airways. Despite its popularity with anesthesia providers, the technique is not fail-safe and airway-related complications secondary to failed intubation attempts rem...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Ching YH,Karlnoski RA,Chen H,Camporesi EM,Shah VV,Padhya TA,Mangar D

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rocuronium (Rb) is ideal for continuous infusion but has a widely variable duration of action. We investigated the distribution of Rb infusion in a steady state of optimal muscle relaxation and the relationship between the measured and predicted blood Rb concentrations in laparoscopic surgery. METHODS:Seven...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Kajiura A,Nagata O,Takizawa Y,Nakatomi T,Kodera S,Murayama T

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac surgery is associated with a high incidence of cardiovascular and other complications during the perioperative period that translate into increased mortality and prolonged hospital stays. Safe comprehensive perioperative management is required to eliminate these adverse events. Dexmedetomidine is a selective α...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Zhang X,Zhao X,Wang Y

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Atrial arrhythmias are common after non-cardiac thoracic surgery. We tested the hypothesis that TEA reduces the risk of new-onset atrial arrhythmias after pulmonary resection. METHODS:We evaluated patients who had pulmonary resection. New-onset atrial arrhythmias detected before hospital discharge was our prim...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Komatsu R,Makarova N,Dalton JE,Sun Z,Chang D,Grandhe R,Sreedharan R,De Oliveira Dias K,Pal R,Bashour A,Murthy SC,Turan A

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We performed a multicenter, randomized, double-blind trial to assess the efficacy and safety of a single, fixed, intravenous dose of palonosetron (0.075 mg) in the treatment of established postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV). METHODS:Three hundred and eighty-four patients who had at least one risk factors...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Hahm TS,Hwang JW,Kim WH,Oh EJ,Kim DK,Choi WJ,Kim YH,Ryu JH,Yoo BH,Yon JH

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, ultrasound-guided caudal anesthesia has been performed for postoperative pain management after lumbar spine surgery. Although it is well known that intravascular injection often occurs in the caudal part of the spine, and that this cannot be detected at the time of injection under ultrasound screening, the r...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Fukazawa K,Matsuki Y,Ueno H,Hosokawa T,Hirose M

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:During perioperative care, the continuous measurement of blood pressure (BP) provides superior physiological monitoring compared to intermittent techniques, especially for patients with comorbid conditions such as severe obesity. The current study prospectively assesses the accuracy of a continuous, noninvas...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Tobias JD,McKee C,Herz D,Teich S,Sohner P,Rice J,Barry N,Michalsky M

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Within continuously controlled limits of cuff pressure, an endotracheal tube cuff made of polyurethane (PU) prevents secretion inflow better than a conventional polyvinylchloride cuff. However, the temperature difference between ventilator gas and the air inside a PU cuff produces condensation droplets that accumulate...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Spapen H,Moeyersons W,Stiers W,Desmet G,Suys E

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We compared the recovery profile of propofol and sevoflurane when used for maintenance of anesthesia in elective day care operative procedures. METHODS:One hundred ASA physical status I and II patients, aged between 18 and 50 years, were randomly assigned to receive either propofol-nitrous oxide or sevoflurane...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Parida S,Badhe AS

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tarsal tunnel syndrome (TTS) is a compression neuropathy that results from entrapment of the posterior tibial nerve or its branches. TTS may be treated either by conservative measures, including physical therapy, medications, and steroid injections, or by surgical decompression. Despite a variety of treatments, a few ...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Chon JY,Hahn YJ,Sung CH,Jung SH,Moon HS

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The incidence of postoperative pharyngolaryngeal complications after laryngeal mask airway (LMA) insertion can be as high as 50%. Over-inflation of the LMA cuff may be a causal factor. We conducted a single-centre parallel group randomised trial to determine whether maintaining LMA-ProSeal intra-cuff pressures ...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Vasanth Karthik R,Ranganathan P,Kulkarni AP,Sharma KS

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We hypothesized that, after axillary block, positioning the patient in a lateral position with the injected side down and simultaneously in a 20° Trendelenburg position will increase the success rate and quality of the block. METHODS:Fifty patients with chronic renal failure (ASA 2-3) scheduled for arterioveno...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Salih Sevdi M,Gunday I,Arar C,Colak A,Turan N

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Postoperative pain is an important health-care issue. Patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) is considered the gold standard for systemic postoperative pain treatment. Methadone PCA is used for patients with chronic pain and those in the palliative care setting. However, its efficacy as a first-line drug for acute ...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Neto JO,Machado MD,de Almeida Correa M,Scomparim HA,Posso IP,Ashmawi HA

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiac surgery and sternotomy are procedures accompanied by substantial postoperative pain which is challenging to treat. In general, intravenous (IV) opioids are used in the immediate postoperative phase, followed by oral opioids. Oral opioids are easier to use and generally less expensive. Our goal was th...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Ruetzler K,Blome CJ,Nabecker S,Makarova N,Fischer H,Rinoesl H,Goliasch G,Sessler DI,Koinig H

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Sevoflurane increases reactive oxygen species (ROS), which mediate cardioprotection against myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury. Emerging evidence suggests that autophagy is involved in cardioprotection. We examined whether reactive oxygen species mediate sevoflurane preconditioning through autophagy. METHO...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Shiomi M,Miyamae M,Takemura G,Kaneda K,Inamura Y,Onishi A,Koshinuma S,Momota Y,Minami T,Figueredo VM

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of diplopia during continuous epidural injection presumably caused by catheter migration. A 61-year-old woman underwent shoulder surgery under general anesthesia with cervical epidural anesthesia. The epidural catheter was placed in the C6-C7 epidural space with some difficulty before general anesthes...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Asano M,Akatsuka M,Uda R,Son H,Nagano Y,Tatsumi T

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report three cases with systolic anterior motion (SAM) after mitral valve plasty. Preoperative mitral valve morphology is a risk factor for SAM. The morphological characteristics of SAM have been revealed in several studies. We found a small distance between coaptation and the interventricular septum in all cases, ...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Yoshimura M,Kunisawa T,Iida T,Matsumoto M,Takakai H,Kanda H,Kurosawa A,Takahata O,Iwasaki H

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laparoscopic surgery has advanced remarkably in recent years, resulting in reduced morbidity and shorter hospital stay compared with open surgery. Despite challenges from the expanding array of laparoscopic procedures performed with the use of pneumoperitoneum on increasingly sick patients, anesthesia has remained lar...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Vretzakis G,Bareka M,Aretha D,Karanikolas M

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the aim to optimize surgical safety, the World Health Organization (WHO) introduced the Surgical Safety Checklist (SSCL) in 2008. The SSCL has been piloted in many countries worldwide and shown to improve both safety attitudes within surgical teams and patient outcomes. In the study reported here we investigated ...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Kawano T,Taniwaki M,Ogata K,Sakamoto M,Yokoyama M

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In a previous study using the tail-flick test, we found that intracerebroventricular administration of D-serine, an endogenous co-agonist at the glycine sites of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors, elicited an antinociceptive effect on thermal nociception. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Ito M,Yoshikawa M,Ito K,Matsuda M,Jin XL,Takahashi S,Kobayashi H,Suzuki T

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We hypothesized that body shape metrics influence the anatomy of spinal canal and intraabdominal pressure in three dimensions. We explored the effects of abdominal circumference, trunk length, and their combination on the level of spinal anesthesia in the term parturient in this study. METHODS:Thirty term p...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Lee YH,Wang YC,Wang ML,Lin PL,Huang CH,Huang HH

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Assessment of breathing on clinical examination requires visualization of "chest" wall movement. However, in mechanically ventilated paralyzed patients, chest expansion is smaller than that of the abdomen. The aim of this study was to determine chest and upper abdominal movements in mechanically ventilated patients...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Toriyama S,Ikeshita K,Tsujikawa S,Yamashita T,Tani Y

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Postanesthetic shivering can be triggered by surgical stress and several aspects of anesthetic management and is frequently preceded by a decrease in peripheral blood flow due to thermoregulatory vasoconstriction. As perfusion index correlates with peripheral blood flow, we examined whether perioperative per...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Kuroki C,Godai K,Hasegawa-Moriyama M,Kuniyoshi T,Matsunaga A,Kanmura Y,Kuwaki T

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Ultrasound (US)-guided continuous interscalene brachial plexus block (CBPB) is known to provide effective pain relief for arthroscopic rotator cuff repair. This study was conducted to compare analgesic efficacy and forearm muscle tone of the basal infusion rate and bolus dose of 0.2 % ropivacaine for US-guided ...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Shin SW,Byeon GJ,Yoon JU,Ok YM,Baek SH,Kim KH,Lee SJ

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is an acute syndrome involving apical ballooning and consequent dysfunction of the left ventricle. Most cases of left ventricular dysfunction resolve within 1 month. We present the case of a 40-year-old woman who developed severe heart failure caused by takotsubo cardiomyopathy with severe lef...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Suzuki T,Nemoto C,Ikegami Y,Yokokawa T,Tsukada Y,Abe Y,Shimada J,Takeishi Y,Tase C

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cervical spinal cord injury is a rare but serious complication after general anesthesia. The risk factors include traumatic cervical injury, cervical spine instability, and difficult airway management. It has also occurred in the absence of cervical instability. Here we report a patient who had a history of intermitte...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Yao W,Qiu J,Zhou Z,Zhang L,Zhang C

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Emergency surgery itself induces high risk for postoperative mortality and morbidities; however, it remains unknown which concomitant pathological conditions of emergency surgeries are causative factors of deteriorating outcomes. This study examined the causal factors of postoperative mortality and morbidity...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Matsuyama T,Iranami H,Fujii K,Inoue M,Nakagawa R,Kawashima K

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We investigated the effect of low-dose droperidol on heart rate-corrected QT (QTc) interval and interaction with propofol. METHODS:Seventy-two patients undergoing upper limb surgery were included in this study. Patients were randomly allocated to one of three groups: group S (n = 24), which received 1 ml salin...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Toyoda T,Terao Y,Oji M,Okada M,Fukusaki M,Sumikawa K

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although rare, a change in visual acuity after surgery for nonocular procedures has devastating consequences. Increased recognition and discussion of this complication is reported in recent literature, most notably following spinal and cardiac surgery. Various pathologies may be responsible for perioperative visual lo...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Kitaba A,Martin DP,Gopalakrishnan S,Tobias JD

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This prospective, randomized trial was designed to assess whether the i-gel supraglottic airway device is suitable for volume-controlled ventilation while applying positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) of 5 cmH(2)O under general anesthesia. It was believed that this device might improve arterial oxygenation. ...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Kim YB,Chang YJ,Jung WS,Byen SH,Jo YY

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optimal visualization of the glottis can be crucial to successful laryngoscopy. Limited information has been published on the light intensity delivered from laryngoscopes powered by rechargeable batteries. In this study the laryngoscope light intensity delivered from 10 nickel metal hydride (NiMH), 7 nickel cadmium (N...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Milne AD,Brousseau CA

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preeclampsia can cause myriad organ dysfunction, including cranial nerve palsies that pose diagnostic and management dilemmas. We present an unusual case of third nerve palsy, (presenting as diplopia, ptosis) with hypertension, hyperreflexia, proteinuria, easy bruising in a parturient at 34 + 6/52 weeks of twins gesta...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Chutatape A,Teoh WH

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia is a rare autosomal dominant disease characterized by capillary malformation leading to multisite cutaneomucosal telangiectasias and multiorgan arteriovenous malformations, which can present challenges to anesthetic care. The primary aim of this report is to present a large...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Weingarten TN,Hanson JW,Anusionwu KO,Moncrief ML,Opdahl TJ,Schneider DD,Sprung J

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Nowadays the size of the streamlined liner of the pharynx airway (SLIPA™) is selected by matching the width of the thyroid cartilage of the patient to the widest dimension of the SLIPA™. The objective of this work was to improve the method of selection by matching the distance between the otobasion inferius and...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Li Y,Xie Y,Wei X

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Inhaled anesthetics increase the incidence of postoperative residual neuromuscular blockade, and the mechanism is still unclear. We have investigated the synergistic effect of low-concentration inhaled anesthetics and rocuronium on inhibition of the inward current of the adult-type muscle nicotinic acetylcholin...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Liu L,Li W,Wei K,Cao J,Luo J,Wang B,Min S

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury (AKI) is a major health problem that is extremely common and has a significant effect on cardiac surgical outcomes. AKI occurs in nearly 30 % of patients undergoing cardiac surgery, with about 1-2 % of these ultimately requiring dialysis. The development of AKI predicts a...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Parida S,Badhe AS

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Intravenous cannulation is a painful and stressful procedure. The objective of this study was to compare the analgesic efficacy of the eutectic mixture of local anesthetics (EMLA(®)) with that of the Valsalva maneuver in adult patients during i.v. cannulation. METHODS:One hundred ninety-five patients were rand...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Suren M,Kaya Z,Ozkan F,Erkorkmaz U,Arıcı S,Karaman S

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Unilateral spinal anesthesia is beneficial in patients undergoing unilateral leg surgery. The direction and the shape of the spinal needle are thought to influence the unilateral distribution of the local anesthetic in the intrathecal space. Therefore, to study the effects of different spinal needles we compare...

journal_title：Journal of anesthesia

authors： Kuusniemi K,Leino K,Lertola K,Pihlajamäki K,Pitkänen M

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00