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Perioperative medicine and outcome

This section considers manuscripts concerning anesthesia in the pre-, intra- and post-operative settings. Studies concerning the outcome of patients when this is related to operative anesthesia will also be considered.

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  1. In the field of anesthesia for bariatric surgery, a wide variety of recommendations exist, but a general consensus on the perioperative management of such patients is missing. We outline the perioperative expe...

    Authors: Bastian Lindauer, Marc P Steurer, Markus K Müller and Alexander Dullenkopf

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2014 14:125

    Content type: Research article

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  2. Tissue hypoperfusion occurs frequently during surgery and may contribute to postoperative organ dysfunction. There is a need for perioperative treatment protocols aiming at improving tissue oxygenation (StO2). We...

    Authors: Paul A van Beest, Jaap Jan Vos, Marieke Poterman, Alain F Kalmar and Thomas WL Scheeren

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2014 14:122

    Content type: Research article

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  3. Perioperative hemodynamic fluctuations are seen more often in hypertensive patients than in normotensive patients. The purpose of our study was to investigate the perioperative hemodynamic effects of dexmedeto...

    Authors: Gulbin Sezen, Yavuz Demiraran, Ilknur Suidiye Seker, Ibrahim Karagoz, Abdulkadir Iskender, Handan Ankarali, Ozlem Ersoy and Onur Ozlu

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2014 14:113

    Content type: Research article

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  4. Intracranial-pressure (ICP) monitoring is useful for patients with increased ICP following hemorrhagic stroke. In this study, the changes in pressure gradients between the two cerebral hemispheres were investi...

    Authors: Wusi Qiu, Qizhou Jiang, Guoming Xiao, Weiming Wang and Hong Shen

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2014 14:112

    Content type: Research article

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  5. In preparing novice anesthesiologists to perform their first ultrasound-guided axillary brachial plexus blockade, we hypothesized that virtual reality simulation-based training offers an additional learning be...

    Authors: Owen O’Sullivan, Gabriella Iohom, Brian D O’Donnell and George D Shorten

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2014 14:110

    Content type: Research article

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  6. POSSUM and P-POSSUM are used in the assessment of outcomes in surgical patients. Neither scoring systems’ accuracy has been established where a level 1 critical care facility (level 1 care ward) is available f...

    Authors: Sarah Scott, Jonathan N Lund, Stuart Gold, Richard Elliott, Mair Vater, Mallicka P Chakrabarty, Thomas P Heinink and John P Williams

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2014 14:104

    Content type: Research article

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  7. Paraplegia associated with epidural anesthesia or caused by intramedullary spinal tuberculoma is rare but catastrophic. We present a case of paraplegia following epidural anesthesia in a patient with an undiag...

    Authors: Changyi Wu, Ying Zhang and Jianmin Xu

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2014 14:100

    Content type: Case report

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  8. Our aim is to compare the hemodynamic effects of combined psoas compartment-sciatic nerve block (PCSNB) with continuous spinal anaesthesia (CSA) in elderly high-risk patients undergoing hip replacement surgery.

    Authors: Mehmet Aksoy, Aysenur Dostbil, Ilker Ince, Ali Ahiskalioglu, Hacı Ahmet Alici, Ali Aydin and Osman Ozgur Kilinc

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2014 14:99

    Content type: Research article

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  9. Peritoneal insufflation results in hemodynamic changes during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The aim of the present work is to test whether non-invasive applanation tonometry is suitable for reflecting these he...

    Authors: Péter Sárkány, Szabolcs Lengyel, Réka Nemes, Lívia Orosz, Dénes Páll, Csilla Molnár and Béla Fülesdi

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2014 14:98

    Content type: Research article

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  10. The altered hemodynamics, and therefore the arterial hypotension is the most prevalent adverse effect after subarachnoid anesthesia. The objective of the study was to determine the exact role of local anesthet...

    Authors: Rosa Herrera, Jose De Andrés, Luis Estañ, Francisco J Morales Olivas, Inocencia Martínez-Mir and Thorsten Steinfeldt

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2014 14:97

    Content type: Database

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  11. Carbohydrate-rich liquid drinks (CRLDs) have been recommended to attenuate insulin resistance by shortening the preoperative fasting interval. The aim of our study the effect of preoperative oral administratio...

    Authors: Fatos Sada, Avdyl Krasniqi, Astrit Hamza, Agreta Gecaj-Gashi, Besnik Bicaj and Floren Kavaja

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2014 14:93

    Content type: Research article

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  12. Sugammadex has a unique mechanism of action and is widely used because of its safety and efficacy. A few recent reports have described allergic reactions to clinical doses of sugammadex. We hereby describe ano...

    Authors: Tomonori Takazawa, Yukinari Tomita, Nagahide Yoshida, Akihiro Tomioka, Tatsuo Horiuchi, Chie Nagata, Masaki Orihara, Makiko Hardy Yamada and Shigeru Saito

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2014 14:92

    Content type: Case report

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  13. Diabetes mellitus (DM) is associated with poor outcome after surgery. The prevalence of DM in hospitalised patients is up to 40%, meaning that the anaesthesiologist will encounter a patient with DM in the oper...

    Authors: Jorinde AW Polderman, Peter L Houweling, Markus W Hollmann, J Hans DeVries, Benedikt Preckel and Jeroen Hermanides

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2014 14:91

    Content type: Study protocol

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  14. Transfusion with red blood cells (RBC) may be needed during hip revision surgery but the appropriate haemoglobin concentration (Hb) threshold for transfusion has not been well established. We hypothesized that...

    Authors: Kamilla Nielsen, Pär I Johansson, Benny Dahl, Michael Wagner, Britt Frausing, Jens Børglum, Kenneth Jensen, Jens Stürup, Jesper Hvolris and Lars S Rasmussen

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2014 14:89

    Content type: Research article

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  15. The frequency of malpositioning of gastric tubes in the trachea has been reported to be 0.3–15%, which may cause severe complications, such as pneumonia, if not detected promptly. If a gastric tube can be guid...

    Authors: Tadashi Okabe, Gentaro Goto, Yoko Hori and Atsuhiro Sakamoto

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2014 14:82

    Content type: Research article

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  16. Fast track recovery is a care process goal after cardiac surgery. Intraoperative anesthetic depth may impact recovery, but the impact of brain monitoring on time to extubation and intensive care unit (ICU) len...

    Authors: Jennifer L Vance, Amy M Shanks and Derek T Woodrum

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2014 14:79

    Content type: Research article

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  17. With the advent of percutaneous coronary intervention, specifically the bare metal stent and subsequently, the drug-eluting stent, the scope of interventional cardiology has greatly increased. Aspirin, in comb...

    Authors: Thomas R Vetter, James M Hunter Jr and Arthur M Boudreaux

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2014 14:73

    Content type: Debate

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  18. Resective epilepsy surgery is an established and effective method to reduce seizure burden in drug-resistant epilepsy. It was the objective of this study to assess intraoperative blood loss, transfusion requir...

    Authors: Marcus O Thudium, Marec von Lehe, Caroline Wessling, Jan-Christoph Schoene-Bake and Martin Soehle

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2014 14:71

    Content type: Research article

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  20. Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is one of the most common postsurgical complications. Palonosetron, a 5-hydroxytryptamine receptor antagonist, is effective for PONV prevention. Herein, we compared pal...

    Authors: Hyoung Yong Moon, Chong Wha Baek, Geun Joo Choi, Hwa Yong Shin, Hyun Kang, Yong Hun Jung, Young Cheol Woo, Jin Yun Kim and Seul Gi Park

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2014 14:68

    Content type: Research article

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  21. Acute lung injury (ALI) induced by cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB, CPB-ALI) is a common and serious complication after cardiac surgery. And infants and young children are more prone to CPB-ALI. The purpose of thi...

    Authors: ShanShan Shi, Chi Chen, DongYan Zhao, XiWang Liu, BaoLi Cheng, ShuiJing Wu, Ru Lin, LinHua Tan, XiangMing Fang and Qiang Shu

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2014 14:67

    Content type: Research article

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  22. Craniotomy patients have a high incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV). This prospective, randomized, double-blind, multi-center study was performed to evaluate the efficacy of prophylactic ramo...

    Authors: Jung-Hee Ryu, Ji-Eun Lee, Young-Jin Lim, Deok-Man Hong, Hee-Pyoung Park, Jong-In Han, Hee-Jung Baik, Hyun-Zu Kim, Kyeong-Tae Min and Sang-Hwan Do

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2014 14:63

    Content type: Research article

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  23. Fluid management in the perioperative period has been extensively studied but, despite that, “the right amount” still remains uncertain. The purpose of this paper is to summarize the state of the art of intrao...

    Authors: Giorgio Della Rocca, Luigi Vetrugno, Gabriella Tripi, Cristian Deana, Federico Barbariol and Livia Pompei

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2014 14:62

    Content type: Debate

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  24. Robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) gained much popularity during the last decade. Although the influence of intraoperative fluid management on patients’ outcome has been largely discussed in ge...

    Authors: Tobias Piegeler, Pamela Dreessen, Sereina M Graber, Sarah R Haile, Daniel Max Schmid and Beatrice Beck-Schimmer

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2014 14:61

    Content type: Research article

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  25. Bilateral regional brain oxygen saturation (rSO2) trends, reflecting intraoperative brain oxygen imbalance, could warn of brain dysfunction. Various types of cognitive impairment, such as memory decline, alterati...

    Authors: Fátima Salazar, Marta Doñate, Teresa Boget, Ana Bogdanovich, Misericordia Basora, Ferran Torres, Isabel Gracia and Neus Fàbregas

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2014 14:58

    Content type: Research article

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  26. Ischemic or volatile anesthetic preconditioning is defined as tissue protection from impending ischemic cell damage by repetitive short periods of tissue exposure to ischemia or volatile anesthetics. Objective...

    Authors: Axel Fudickar, Sarah Kunath, Dana Voß, Markus Siggelkow, Erol Cavus, Markus Steinfath and Berthold Bein

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2014 14:54

    Content type: Research article

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  27. Shoulder surgery is often performed in the beach-chair position, a position associated with arterial hypotension and subsequent risk of cerebral ischaemia. It can be performed under general anaesthesia or with...

    Authors: Hauke Janssen, Roland von Stosch, Rupert Pöschl, Benedikt Büttner, Martin Bauer, José Maria Hinz and Ingo Bergmann

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2014 14:50

    Content type: Research article

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  28. Complete heart block in pregnancy has serious implications particularly during the period of delivery. This is more so if the delivery is an operative one as the presence of heart block may produce haemodynami...

    Authors: Vineya Rai, Ina I Shariffuddin, Yoo K Chan, Rajesh K Muniandy, Kang K Wong and Sukcharanjit Singh

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2014 14:49

    Content type: Case report

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  29. Non-invasive measures of vascular reactivity have emerged to refine cardiovascular risk. However, limited data exists investigating vascular reactivity as a preoperative diagnostic tool for anesthesiologists. ...

    Authors: Robert Schier, Volker Schick, Ashley Amsbaugh, Jorge Aguilar, Mike Hernandez, Reza J Mehran, Bernhard Riedel and Jochen Hinkelbein

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2014 14:47

    Content type: Research article

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  30. Reported perioperative pulmonary aspiration (POPA) rates have substantial variation. Perioperative hypoxemia (POH), a manifestation of POPA, has been infrequently studied beyond the PACU, for patients undergoi...

    Authors: C Michael Dunham, Barbara M Hileman, Amy E Hutchinson, Elisha A Chance and Gregory S Huang

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2014 14:43

    Content type: Research article

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  31. Perioperative goal directed therapy (GDT) can substantially improve the outcomes of high risk surgical patients as shown by many clinical studies. However, the approach needs initial investment and can increas...

    Authors: Jan Benes, Jan Zatloukal, Alena Simanova, Ivan Chytra and Eduard Kasal

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2014 14:40

    Content type: Research article

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  32. Prophylactic fluid preloading before spinal anesthesia has been a routine procedure to prevent maternal hypotension during cesarean delivery. Unlike colloid, timing of infusion of crystalloid may be important ...

    Authors: Ah-Young Oh, Jung-Won Hwang, In-Ae Song, Mi-Hyun Kim, Jung-Hee Ryu, Hee-Pyoung Park, Yeong-Tae Jeon and Sang-Hwan Do

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2014 14:36

    Content type: Research article

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  33. There is limited information on the impact on perioperative fluid intervention on complications and length of hospital stay following pancreaticoduodenectomy. Therefore, we conducted a detailed analysis of flu...

    Authors: Laurence Weinberg, Derrick Wong, Dharshi Karalapillai, Brett Pearce, Chong O Tan, Stanley Tay, Chris Christophi, Larry McNicol and Mehrdad Nikfarjam

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2014 14:35

    Content type: Research article

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  34. Precise control of anesthetic depth during electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is crucial because most intravenous anesthetics have anticonvulsant effects. In this study, we investigated the association between an...

    Authors: Hsing-Hao Huang, Chun-Yu Wu, Feng-Sheng Lin, Yi-Ping Wang, Wei-Zen Sun, Chih-Peng Lin and Shou-Zen Fan

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2014 14:34

    Content type: Research article

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  36. Transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) involves the risk of transurethral resection (TUR) syndrome owing to hyponatremia. Irrigation fluid type, duration of operation, and weight of resected mass have ...

    Authors: Junko Nakahira, Toshiyuki Sawai, Atsushi Fujiwara and Toshiaki Minami

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2014 14:30

    Content type: Research article

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  37. Stimulating catheters offer the possibility of delivering an electrical charge via the tip of the catheter. This may be advantageous as it allows verifying if the catheter tip is in close proximity to the targ...

    Authors: Karin PW Schoenmakers, Petra JC Heesterbeek, Nigel TM Jack and Rudolf Stienstra

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2014 14:26

    Content type: Research article

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  38. The aim of this study was to evaluate pre- and post-operative brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels and compare the power of this test in predicting in-hospital major adverse cardiac events (MACE: atrial fibr...

    Authors: Luigi Vetrugno, Nicola Langiano, Renato Gisonni, Alessandro Rizzardo, Paola Enrica Venchiarutti, Michele Divella, Livia Pompei, Araldo Causero and Giorgio Della Rocca

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2014 14:20

    Content type: Research article

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  39. Shivering is a very common complication in the postanesthesia period. Increasing studies have reported ondansetron may be effective in prevention of postanesthesia shivering (PAS). However, the results remaine...

    Authors: Hong-Tao Tie, Guang-Zhu Su, Kun He, Shao-Rong Liang, Hao-Wei Yuan and Jun-Huan Mou

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2014 14:12

    Content type: Research article

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  40. It has been reported that the direction of the guidewire J-tip is associated with misplacement of a central venous catheter. We hypothesized that real-time ultrasound-guided infraclavicular subclavian venous c...

    Authors: Ah-Young Oh, Young-Tae Jeon, Eun-Joo Choi, Jung-Hee Ryu, Jung-Won Hwang, Hee-Pyoung Park and Sang-Hwan Do

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2014 14:11

    Content type: Research article

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  41. There are wide variations in the physical designs and attributes between different brands of intravenous cannulae that makes product selection and purchasing difficult. In a systematic assessment to guide purc...

    Authors: Stanley Tay, Brian Spain, Kirstie Morandell, Jesse Gilson, Laurence Weinberg and David Story

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2013 13:49

    Content type: Research article

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  42. Remifentanil enhances intraoperative hemodynamic stability, suggesting that it may decrease intraoperative blood loss when included as an adjuvant to general anesthesia. This retrospective study compared intra...

    Authors: Hiroaki Kawano, Sawa Manabe, Tomomi Matsumoto, Eisuke Hamaguchi, Michiko Kinoshita, Fumihiko Tada and Shuzo Oshita

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2013 13:46

    Content type: Research article

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  43. Post-dural puncture headache (PDPH) due to excessive cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage is a well-known complication of lumbar puncture. Although various factors, especially the type of spinal needle, have been...

    Authors: Keita Sakurai, Noriyuki Matsukawa, Kenji Okita, Minoru Nishio, Masashi Shimohira, Yoshiyuki Ozawa, Susumu Kobayashi, Takemori Yamawaki and Yuta Shibamoto

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2013 13:35

    Content type: Research article

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  44. Currently, in the field of general anesthesia, balanced anesthesia in combination with analgesic, hypnotic, and muscle relaxant is commonly used. Remifentanil is the standard analgesic used in balanced anesthe...

    Authors: Taketo Shinoda, Wakako Murakami, Yasuo Takamichi, Hiroki Iizuka, Masaaki Tanaka and Yuto Kuwasako

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2013 13:14

    Content type: Research article

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