Chen, Kai Yang, Yan-Lin Li, Hong-Liang Xiao, Dan Wang, Yang Zhang, Linlin Zhou, Jian-Xin
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BMC Anesthesiology
Background Pain, agitation-sedation and delirium management are crucial elements in the care of critically ill patients. In the present study, we aimed to present the current practice of pain, agitation-sedation and delirium assessments in Chinese intensive care units (ICUs) and investigate the gap between physicians’ perception and actual clinical...
Blaise Pascal, Furaha Nzanzu Malisawa, Agnes Barratt-Due, Andreas Namboya, Felix Pollach, Gregor
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Background General anaesthesia (GA) in developing countries is still a high-risk practice, especially in Africa, accompanied with high morbidity and mortality. No study has yet been conducted in Butembo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to determine the mortality related to GA practice. The main objective of this study was to assess mortality...
Ghisi, Daniela Boschetto, Giorgia Spinelli, Alessandra Maria Giannone, Sandra Frugiuele, Jacopo Ciccarello, Marcello Bonarelli, Stefano
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Background This prospective, randomised, observer-blinded study has been conducted in patients undergoing procedures of the lower extremities to evaluate the time to complete block resolution of 2-chloroprocaine 1% at three intrathecal doses (30, 40 and 50 mg). Methods After informed consent, we enrolled 45 male and female patients, aged 18–65 year...
Zhang, Ying Liu, Tieshuai Zhou, Youfa Yu, Yijin Chen, Gang
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Background Surgical resection is considered to be the primary and most effective therapy for breast cancer, postoperative pain is an issue gaining significant attention. In recent years, erector spinae plane block (ESPB) has attracted much attention in postoperative analgesia, but its effectiveness is still controversial. This meta-analysis was imp...
Siow, Wei Shyan Chiew, Wan-Ling Alyssa
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Background Paramyotonia congenita is a rare autosomal dominant myopathy which presents with periodic weakness due to cold and exercise. It is caused by mutations of the SCN4 gene which encodes the sodium channel in skeletal muscles. Case presentation We report a full term obstetric patient with both paramyotonia congenita and terminal filum lipoma ...
Zhou, Xiaoyang Pan, Jianneng Wang, Yang Wang, Hua Xu, Zhaojun Zhuo, Weibo
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Background Left ventricular-arterial coupling (VAC), defined as the ratio of arterial elastance (Ea) to left ventricular end-systolic elastance (Ees), is a key determinant of cardiovascular performance. This study aims to evaluate whether left VAC can predict stroke volume (SV) response to norepinephrine (NE) in septic shock patients. Methods This ...
Gerdessen, Lara Neef, Vanessa Raimann, Florian J. Zacharowski, Kai Piekarski, Florian
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Background The most common technique used worldwide to quantify blood loss during an operation is the visual assessment by the attending intervention team. In every operating room you will find scaled suction canisters that collect fluids from the surgical field. This scaling is commonly used by clinicians for visual assessment of intraoperative bl...
Lee, Dickson Petersen, Fiona Wu, Maurice Chapman, Gwenda Hayman, Melanie Tomkins, Kerrilyn Fernando, Jeremy
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BMC Anesthesiology
Background Midazolam is a benzodiazepine commonly used in procedural sedation and general anaesthesia. Current anaesthetic guidelines advise the avoidance of benzodiazepines in elderly patients due to concerns of an increased risk of delirium. Delirium is associated with significant patient morbidity and mortality, while also increasing health cost...
Martinez-Ubieto, J. Aragón- Benedí, C. de Pedro, J. Cea-Calvo, L. Morell, A. Jiang, Y. Cedillo, S. Ramírez-Boix, P. Pascual-Bellosta, A. M.
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Background Neuromuscular blocking (NMB) agents are often administered to facilitate tracheal intubation and prevent patient movement during surgical procedures requiring the use of general anesthetics. Incomplete reversal of NMB, can lead to residual NMB, which can increase the risk of post-operative pulmonary complications. Sugammadex is indicated...
Wolf, Alexander Selpien, Helene Haberl, Helge Unterberg, Matthias
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Background In anesthesia, additive drug interactions are used for reducing dose and dose-dependent side-effects. The combination of propofol with volatile anesthetics is rather unusual but might have advantages compared to the single use regarding PONV, time to extubation, movement during surgery and postoperative pain perception. Methods We search...
