Zhang, Yanfei Poler, S. Mark Li, Jiang Abedi, Vida Pendergrass, Sarah A. Williams, Marc S. Lee, Ming Ta Michael
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BMC Medicine
BackgroundThe alpha-adrenergic agonist phenylephrine is often used to treat hypotension during anesthesia. In clinical situations, low blood pressure may require prompt intervention by intravenous bolus or infusion. Differences in responsiveness to phenylephrine treatment are commonly observed in clinical practice. Candidate gene studies indicate g...
Cao, X. Q. Joypaul, K. Cao, F. Gui, L. L. Hu, J. T. Mei, W.
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BMC Anesthesiology
BackgroundLimb-girdle muscular dystrophies (LGMDs) belong to few neuromuscular disorders mainly involving pelvic and shoulder girdle muscles. Also, cardiac or pulmonary complications, increased rhabdomyolysis risk when exposed to volatile anesthetics and succinylcholine may increase anesthesia related risks. However, current reports about the anest...
Saranteas, Theodosios Kostroglou, Andreas Anagnostopoulos, Dimitrios Giannoulis, Dimitrios Vasiliou, Pantelis Mavrogenis, Andreas F.
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SICOT-J
Implementation of the ATLS algorithm has remarkably improved the resuscitation of trauma patients and has significantly contributed to the systematic management of multi-trauma patients. However, pain remains the most prevalent complaint in trauma patients, and can induce severe complications, further deterioration of health, and death of the patie...
Liang, Hansheng Hou, Yuantao Sun, Liang Li, Qingyue Wei, Huafeng Feng, Yi
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BMC Anesthesiology
BackgroundSupraglottic jet oxygenation and ventilation (SJOV) can effectively maintain adequate oxygenation in patients with respiratory depression, even in apnea patients. However, there have been no randomized controlled clinical trials of SJOV in obese patients. This study investigated the efficacy and safety of SJOV using WEI Nasal Jet tube (WN...
Hanamoto, Hiroshi Maegawa, Hiroharu Inoue, Mika Oyamaguchi, Aiko Kudo, Chiho Niwa, Hitoshi
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BMC Anesthesiology
BackgroundThis study aims to validate our previously reported prediction technique for uncuffed tracheal tube (TT) sizes in children younger than 2 years of age based on a calculated outer diameter (ODCal, mm) in each patient according to the regression equation ODCal = 0.00223 × age (day) + 4.88 and to investigate a better method to select initial...
Szabó, Marcell Bozó, Anna Darvas, Katalin Horváth, Alexandra Iványi, Zsolt Dániel
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BMC Anesthesiology
BackgroundIntraoperative hypotension increases 30-day mortality and the risks of myocardial injury and acute renal failure. Patients with inadequate volume reserve before the induction of anesthesia are highly exposed. The identification of latent hypovolemia is therefore crucial. Ultrasonographic measurement of the inferior vena cava collapsibilit...
Dizdarevic, Anis Farah, Fadi Ding, Julia Shah, Sapan Bryan, Andre Kahn, Mani Kaye, Alan D. Gritsenko, Karina
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Current Pain and Headache Reports
Purpose of ReviewHip fracture is common in the elderly population, painful and costly. The present investigation was undertaken to review epidemiology, socio-economic and medical implications, relevant anatomy, and anesthetic and pain modalities of hip fracture.Recent FindingsA literature search of PubMed, Ovid Medline, and Cochrane databases was c...
Silva, Helga Cristina Almeida da Onari, Elton Shinji Castro, Isac de Perez, Marcelo Vaz Hortensi, Alexandre Amaral, José Luiz Gomes do
Abstract Introduction Malignant hyperthermia is an autosomal dominant pharmacogenetic disorder, characterized by hypermetabolic crisis triggered by halogenated anesthetics and/or succinylcholine. The standard method for diagnosing malignant hyperthermia susceptibility is the in vitro muscle contracture test in response to halothane-caffeine, which ...
Menderes, Gulden Gysler, Stefan M. Vadivelu, Nalini Silasi, Dan-Arin
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Current Pain and Headache Reports
Purpose of ReviewRobotic surgery has been shown to have a significant benefit in obese gynecologic patients over open surgery. However, robotic surgery in these patients requires a thorough understanding of the physiologic adaptations caused by obesity, adequate preoperative optimization, specialized equipment and techniques, and careful attention ...
Owusu-Agyemang, Pascal Cata, Juan P. Kapoor, Ravish Van Meter, Antoinette Zavala, Acsa M. Williams, Uduak U. Tsai, January Y. Feng, Lei Hayes-Jordan, Andrea
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Perioperative Medicine
BackgroundThe impact of patient ethnicity on healthcare delivery is well documented. In this study of children who had undergone open abdominal or pelvic surgery for tumor resection, we sought to compare the use of epidural analgesia or intraoperative blood transfusions between Caucasian and non-Caucasian children.MethodsA retrospective study of 13...
