Zhang, Li Li, Jiyong Zhou, Mingxing Chen, Zhijun
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Journal of Anesthesia
SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is announced and it is very important to share our experience to the critical care community in the early stage. Urgent intubation team was organized by anesthesiologists and was dispatched upon request. We have retrospectively reviewed medical charts of 20 critically ill patients with Covid-19 pneumonia who required tracheal in...
Kim, Ha Yeon Soh, Euy Young Lee, Jeonghun Kwon, Sei Hyuk Hur, Min Min, Sang-Kee Kim, Jin-Soo
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Journal of Anesthesia
PurposeAn intermediate cervical plexus block (CPB) targets the posterior cervical space between the sternocleidomastoid muscle and the prevertebral fascia. The phrenic nerve descends obliquely on the surface of the anterior scalene muscle beneath the prevertebral fascia after originating from the C3–C5 ventral rami. Therefore, the phrenic nerve can...
Gao, Ying Liu, Shao-Hua Xue, Fu-Shan
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Journal of Anesthesia
Saito, Tomoyuki Asai, Takashi Taguchi, Asuka Sophia, Chew Tsong Huey Liu, Weiling Thinn, Kyu Kyu Ti, Lian Kah
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Journal of Anesthesia
BackgroundWe previously have shown that there was a strong correlation between failed facemask ventilation, failed ventilation through a supraglottic airway, and difficult tracheal intubation. The primary aim of this study was to evaluate whether or not an established method to predict difficult ventilation through a supraglottic airway was also us...
Suzuki, Yutaro Takenami, Tamie Fujino, Saki Nakazawa, Ayano Okamoto, Hirotsugu
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Journal of Anesthesia
We report successful awake intubation in a morbidly obese patient (body mass index of 61.2) using an epidural catheter inserted through the external forceps channel of the fiberscope for delivery of local anesthetic. Direct application of local anesthetic to the pharyngolaryngeal area and proximal tracheal, through the use of a relatively firm epid...
Fujiwara, Atsushi Nakao, Kenta Ueno, Takeshi Matsumura, Shinji Ito, Seiji Minami, Toshiaki
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Journal of Anesthesia
PurposeAntiepileptic drugs are used not only for the treatment of epilepsy but also for that of neuropathic pain. However, their action mechanisms have not always been well explained. Stiripentol, an effective antiepileptic drug indicated as a therapeutic for Dravet syndrome, was recently shown to act as an inhibitor of lactate dehydrogenase in ast...
Suga, Masafumi Kawakami, Daisuke Ueta, Hiroshi Shimozono, Takahiro Ito, Jiro Seo, Ryutaro Nakamori, Yuki Korenaga, Akira Morimoto, Takeshi Mima, Hiroyuki
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Journal of Anesthesia
PurposeWe evaluated whether longer term hemodialysis (HD) is associated with a higher incidence of vasoplegic syndrome (VS) after cardiac surgery.MethodsThis retrospective, single-center cohort study included 562 consecutive patients who underwent cardiac surgery in a tertiary hospital from January 2015 to December 2016. We assessed VS occurrence a...
Higashi, Midoriko Shigematsu, Kenji Tominaga, Kenji Murayama, Kazuya Seo, Daisuke Tsuda, Toshikazu Maruta, Gen Iwashita, Kohei Yamaura, Ken
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Journal of Anesthesia
Purpose Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction is an independent risk factor for adverse cardiovascular morbidities and mortalities in cardiovascular and high-risk surgical patients. However, there were only a few investigations among intermediate-risk surgical patients. This study aimed to investigate postoperative heart failure (HF) in intermedia...
Li, Yu-Yu Zeng, Yan-Syun Chen, Jen-Yin Wang, Kuei-Fen Hsing, Chung-Hsi Wu, Wen-Ju Wang, Jhi-Joung Feng, Ping-Hsun Chu, Chin-Chen
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Journal of Anesthesia
BackgroundTo evaluate the effectiveness of diphenhydramine, an antihistamine with anti-muscarinic properties, for prevention of postoperative catheter-related bladder discomfort (CRBD).MethodsNinety-six ASA physical status I and II adult female patients (20–60 years) scheduled for elective gynecologic laparoscopic surgery were included. Patients we...
Mostafa, Maha Saeed, Mai Hasanin, Ahmed Badawy, Sahar Khaled, Dalia
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Journal of Anesthesia
BackgroundStudies of the accuracy of different airway tests are lacking in elderly. We evaluated and compared the accuracy of thyromental height in predicting difficult intubation in relation to the other traditional airway tests in elderly.MethodsWe included 120 patients aged ≥ 65 years scheduled for general anesthesia with tracheal intubation. Th...
