abstract：BACKGROUND:Postoperative opioid analgesia increases the incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV). We investigated whether a combination of the neurokinin-1 antagonist aprepitant and dexamethasone decreases PONV incidence compared with dexamethasone alone in high-risk patients receiving continuous epidural ...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Kawano H,Matsumoto T,Hamaguchi E,Manabe S,Nakagawa M,Yamada A,Fujimoto M,Tada F

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGRAUND:Pain is the primary reason for admission to the Emergency Department (ED). However, the management of pain in this setting is often inadequate because of opiophagia, fear of excessive sedation, and fear of compromising an adequate clinical assessment. METHODS:An intersociety consensus conference was held in...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Savoia G,Coluzzi F,Di Maria C,Ambrosio F,Della Corte F,Oggioni R,Messina A,Costantini A,Launo C,Mattia C,Paoletti F,Lo Presti C,Bertini L,Peduto AV,De Iaco F,Schiraldi F,Bussani F,De Vito L,Giagnorio G,Marinangeli F

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Upper airway obstruction (UAO) can cause severe respiratory distress in young children by increasing inspiratory muscle load and decreasing alveolar ventilation, ultimately resulting in hypercapnia and hypoxemia which have long term negative cardiovascular effects. Although non-invasive continuous positive airway pres...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Racca F,Cutrera R,Robba C,Caldarelli V,Paglietti MG,De Angelis MC,Sekhon MS,Gualino J,Bella C,Passoni N,Ranieri VM

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Maximal inspiratory pressure (MIP) can help to evaluate inspiratory muscle strength. However its determination in ventilated patients is cumbersome and needs special equipment. We hypothesized that MIP could be obtained by using the expiratory hold knob of the ventilator. The aim of this study was to verify ...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Spadaro S,Marangoni E,Ragazzi R,Mojoli F,Verri M,Longo L,Astolfi L,Volta CA

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The goal of this paper was to investigate the association between patterns of intracranial hypertension (IH) and outcomes, to describe the treatment of patients with different patterns of IH, and to examine whether IH is an independent predictor of mortality and unfavourable outcome, respectively. METHODS:A...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Majdan M,Mauritz W,Wilbacher I,Brazinova A,Rusnak M,Leitgeb J

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aim of the study was to validate commonly used bedside right-ventricular (RV) impedance parameters, which are utilized in determining heart-lung interactions during mechanical ventilation. METHODS:Fifteen pigs were equally assigned to either an open or a closed pericardium group. In all animals, an inflatab...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Reis Miranda D,Marco Knook AH,Paalvast F,Rossi A,Hop W,Oei F,Van Bommel J,Gommers D

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few studies have investigated the incidence of pulmonary anaerobes in a specific population in surgical Intensive Care Unit (ICU). The objective of this work was to determine the incidence of anaerobes in surgical ICU patients with suspected pneumonia. METHODS:This was a prospective observational, single-ce...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Clavier T,Gouin P,Frebourg N,Rey N,Royon V,Bergis A,Hobeika S,Dureuil B,Veber B

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim was to investigate whether tramadol had toxic effect on cerebral neurons and/or spinal cord neurons when it was administered into the cerebrospinal fluid. Due to lipid peroxidation (LPO) and myeloperoxidation (MPO) levels are not specific predictors of neuronal damage, these biochemical markers of ti...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Kose EA,Bakar B,Ayva SK,Kilinc K,Apan A

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanical ventilation may induce or aggravate lung injury, a phenomenon known as ventilator induced lung injury (VILI). On a macroscopic level, the effects of mechanical stress and strain on lung tissue are well described. Increased tidal volumes may lead to volutrauma, raised airway pressures may cause barotrauma an...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Spieth PM,Bluth T,Gama De Abreu M,Bacelis A,Goetz AE,Kiefmann R

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of epinephrine is currently recommended as a treatment option for patients with cardiac arrest. The primary objective of this systematic review was to determine if epinephrine use during cardiac arrest is associated with improved survival to hospital discharge. MEDLINE, EMBASE, The Cochrane Library (Cochrane D...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Patanwala AE,Slack MK,Martin JR,Basken RL,Nolan PE

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Disorders in cerebral circulation following elevated intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) may lead to silent brain ischemia, which can be serious problem in sedated critically ill patients. The aim of the present study was to analyse the possible association between jugular venous bulb pressure (JVBP) and jugular ...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Kotlinska-Hasiec E,Dabrowski W,Rzecki Z,Rybojad B,Pilat J,De Keulenaer B,Lng Malbrain M

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute respiratory failure (ARF) in cancer patients remains a frequent and severe complication, despite the general improved outcome over the last decade. The survival of cancer patients requiring ventilatory support in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) has dramatically improved over the last years. The diagnostic approach, in...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Saillard C,Mokart D,Lemiale V,Azoulay E

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High volume hemofiltration (HVHF) has been proposed as method for blood purification, especially under the condition of systemic inflammatory syndromes. Our goal was to evaluate the effects of HVHF in critically ill patients. METHODS:A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted of randomized controll...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Lehner GF,Wiedermann CJ,Joannidis M

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pharyngolaryngeal discomfort is a significant complication following the use of laryngeal mask airway (LMA). The present study aimed to investigate the relation of LMA cuff pressure and the occurrence of pharyngolaryngeal discomfort during spontaneous ventilation (SV), pressure support (PSV) and pressure con...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Chantzara G,Stroumpoulis K,Alexandrou N,Kokkinos L,Iacovidou N,Xanthos T

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Perioperative hypothermia is a common complication during general anesthesia. Although rewarming of patients before surgery has been used as a preventive measure and some guidelines recommend it, the implementation of prewarming for every surgical patient is cumbersome. Therefore, we sought to determine the ...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Perl T,Peichl LH,Reyntjens K,Deblaere I,Zaballos JM,Bräuer A

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gastric residual volume in ventilated critically ill may complicate gut function. Over the years studies suggested to tolerate progressively higher residuals. The relationship between such volumes and the development of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is still under debate. No reports deal with the rel...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Destrebecq AL,Elia G,Terzoni S,Angelastri G,Brenna G,Ricci C,Spanu P,Umbrello M,Iapichino G

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV-ECMO) is an effective rescue therapy for improving oxygenation in selected severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Prone position (PP) is usually considered before vvECMO and few data are available on the association of PP during VV-ECMO. Thus, w...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Guervilly C,Hraiech S,Gariboldi V,Xeridat F,Dizier S,Toesca R,Forel JM,Adda M,Grisoli D,Collart F,Roch A,Papazian L

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aimed to determine the accuracy of commonly used preoperative difficult airway indices as predictors of difficult mask ventilation (DMV) in obese patients (BMI >30 kg/m2). METHODS:In 309 consecutive obese patients undergoing general surgery, the modified Mallampati test, patient's Height/Thyromen...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Leoni A,Arlati S,Ghisi D,Verwej M,Lugani D,Ghisi P,Cappelleri G,Cedrati V,El Tantawi Ali Alsheraei A,Pocar M,Ceriani V,Aldegheri G

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Excessive adrenergic stimulation may be associated with several adverse events and contribute to increase mortality in critically ill septic patients. Few clinical data exist on the effects of adrenergic blockade in this setting. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of a short acting b-blocker (es...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Orbegozo Cortes D,Njimi H,Dell'Anna AM,Taccone FS

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the last decade, inhaled antibiotics, especially colistin, has been widely used worldwide as a therapeutic option, supplementary to conventional intravenous antibiotics, for the treatment of multidrug-resistant (MDR) Gram-negative nosocomial and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). Antimicrobial aerosols are ...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Michalopoulos AS,Falagas ME

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last decade, there has been increasing use of the da Vinci® robot surgical system to perform minimally invasive thoracic surgery. The robotic technology can be applied for surgery of the lungs, mediastinum, and esophagus. A number of case reports have been shown steep learning curve, and promising surgical outc...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Campos J,Ueda K

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pneumonia is the primary source of sepsis and is significantly associated with mortality. However, only a few studies focus on its clinical characteristics and outcomes. METHODS:We evaluated 500 intensive care unit patients who met severe sepsis or septic shock criteria, dividing them into two distinct grou...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Kim WY,Lee YJ,Yeon Lim S,Ok Koh S,Choi WI,Chan Kim S,Rak Chon G,Hyeong Kim J,Yeol Kim J,Lim J,Kook Rhee C,Park S,Cheol Kim H,Hwa Lee J,Hyun Lee J,Park J,Koh Y,Young Suh G,Hong SB

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular response to laryngoscopy and tracheal intubation may be harmful in surgical patients with cardiovascular and cerebral diseases. The efficacy of intravenous lidocaine on attenuating the hemodynamic changes remains controversial. This systematic review aims to determine the efficacy of lidocaine versus pl...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Qi DY,Wang K,Zhang H,Du BX,Xu FY,Wang L,Zou Z,Shi XY

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:High-flow-oxygen-therapy is provided by various techniques and patient interfaces, resulting in various inspired-fraction of oxygen (FiO2) and airway-pressure levels. However, tracheal measurements have never been performed. METHODS:Three oxygen-delivery-devices were evaluated: 1) standard-high-flow-oxygen-facemas...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Chanques G,Riboulet F,Molinari N,Carr J,Jung B,Prades A,Galia F,Futier E,Constantin JM,Jaber S

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute normovolaemic anemia (ANA) frequently occurs during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and major surgeries. We investigated whether fluids (with different compositions) used to replace blood elicit any degree of systemic or lung inflammatory response. METHODS:We evaluated systemic and pulmonary inflammatory...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Kahvegian M,Aya Otsuki D,Holms C,Oliveira Massoco C,Costa Auler Júnior JO,Tabacchi Fantoni D

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sepsis is an important cause of mortality and morbidity in the intensive care unit (ICU). We performed a study to describe the epidemiology of sepsis syndromes in patients admitted to ICUs of the Piedmont region. METHODS:In this prospective, multicentre, observational study, all 3902 patients admitted to a ...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Sakr Y,Elia C,Mascia L,Barberis B,Cardellino S,Livigni S,Fiore G,Filippini C,Ranieri VM

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multimodal pain management, combining analgesics with different mode of action in order to minimize occurrence of side-effects still providing safe and efficacious pain management after ambulatory surgery has become standard of care. The combined use of local anaesthesia in order to reduce noxious influx during the pr...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Warren-Stomberg M,Brattwall M,Jakobsson JG

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) can be used to preserve or enhance systemic oxygen delivery in patients with refractory cardiac or respiratory failure. Although widely accepted as a standard of care for many indications in children and for adult cardiogenic shock, ECMO for adult respiratory failure is more ...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： MacLaren G,Brain MJ,Butt WW

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Devices that limit microaspiration through the cuffs of endotracheal tubes could help prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). The amount of tracheal microaspirations could be a relevant study endpoint. The aim of our study was to assess whether amylase measured in tracheal secretions constituted a rel...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Filloux B,Bedel A,Nseir S,Mathiaux J,Amadéo B,Clouzeau B,Pillot J,Saghi T,Vargas F,Hilbert G,Gruson D,Boyer A

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Multifactor neuropathic pain is one of the most frequent symptoms in AIDS patients and analgesic treatment is primarily based on the use of drug combination of opioids, tricyclic antidepressants and antiepileptics. However, the chronic use of opioids in AIDS patients presents a risk due to the immunosuppress...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Canneti A,Luzi M,Di Marco P,Cannata F,Pasqualitto F,Spinoglio A,Reale C

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In extreme emergency situations, patients may need to undergo endotracheal intubation, while in a non-supine position. This manuscript offers several options to the anesthesiologist to cope with tracheal intubations in non-standard positions. The authors stress that there is a need for adequate training in an anaesthe...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Van Zundert TC,Van Zundert AA

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT), we evaluated if there was any difference in grafted kidney function according to the type of anesthetic used in the donor because some laboratory studies have demonstrated that volatile anesthetics at clinically relevant concentrations protect the kidneys agains...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Lee JH,Joo DJ,Kim JM,Park JH,Kim YS,Koo BN

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early prediction of neurological outcome for patients resuscitated from cardiac arrest (CA) is a challenging task. Therapeutic hypothermia (TH) has been shown to improve neurological outcome after CA. Two recent studies indicated that somatosensory evoked potentials (SEP) recorded during TH retains high pred...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Grippo A,Carrai R,Fossi S,Cossu C,Mazzeschi E,Peris A,Bonizzoli M,Ciapetti M,Gensini GF,Pinto F,Amantini A

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The ideal tidal volume (TV) during one-lung ventilation (OLV) remains controversial. High TVs may increase the incidence of postoperative lung injury after thoracic surgery. There is nonetheless little evidence that the use of low TV during OLV will fail to provide adequate arterial oxygenation. We evaluated...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Végh T,Juhász M,Szatmári S,Enyedi A,Sessler DI,Szegedi LL,Fülesdi B

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of non-invasive ventilation (NIV) in acute hypoxemic respiratory failure (AHRF) due to H1N1 virus infection is controversial. In this multicenter study we aimed to assess the efficacy of NIV in avoiding endotracheal intubation (ETI) and to identify predictors of success or failure. METHODS:In this p...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Nicolini A,Tonveronachi E,Navalesi P,Antonelli M,Valentini I,Melotti RM,Pigna A,Carrassi A,Righini P,Ferrari Bravo M,Pelosi P,Nicoli F,Cosentini R,Vaschetto R,Faenza S,Nava S

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIV) has become a standard of care in select patients with both hypercapnic and non-hypercapnic acute respiratory failure (ARF). Consequent to the increasing use of NIV, new interfaces of different designs, shapes, sizes, and materials have been proposed for clinical use in recent y...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Pisani L,Carlucci A,Nava S

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The index E/e' derived from tissue Doppler imaging and pulsed Doppler is the ratio of the early transmitral flow velocity and the early mitral annular velocity and it correlates with left ventricular filling pressure. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between intraoperative E/e' a...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Cabrera Schulmeyer MC,Arriaza N

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A wide variability in the approach towards delirium prevention and treatment in the critically ill results from the dearth of prospective randomised studies. METHODS:We launched a two-stage prospective observational study to assess delirium epidemiology, risk factors and impact on patient outcome, by enroll...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Colombo R,Corona A,Praga F,Minari C,Giannotti C,Castelli A,Raimondi F

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical neurophysiology is both an extension of clinical examination and an integration of neuroimaging. It plays a role in diagnosis, prognosis and monitoring in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Electroencephalography (EEG) and somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) are the most informative neurophysiological tests. B...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Amantini A,Carrai R,Lori S,Peris A,Amadori A,Pinto F,Grippo A

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The term "chronic" is often used in daily clinical practice to indicate a type of pain that lasts over time and is accompanied by diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties. The common feeling is that in this category are actually collected many different clinical cases with the unique characteristic that the pain lasts ...

journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica

authors： Bonezzi C,Demartini L,Buonocore M

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00