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  1. The optimal treatment of hypotension during spinal anaesthesia is uncertain. A novel double intravenous vasopressor automated (DIVA) system reduces hypotension compared to standard care, and was subsequently m...

    Authors: Hon Sen Tan, Singaraselvan Nagarajan, Jason Ju In Chan, Chin Wen Tan, Rehena Sultana, Alex Tiong Heng Sia and Ban Leong Sng
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2023 23:33
  2. Sugammadex is a newer medication used for rapid and reliable reversal of neuromuscular blockade. This study evaluated whether sugammadex could reduce the length of postoperative hospital stay in patients under...

    Authors: Jing Tan, Jianhua He, Lijun Wang, Jia Fang, Pengyi Li, Zhenghuan Song and Qingming Bian
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2023 23:32
  3. Perioperative hypothermia and shivering are common and can cause adverse outcomes. The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence of postoperative hypothermia and shivering and their risk factors in pa...

    Authors: Rongrong Xu, Xinyi Hu, Zhirong Sun, Xuqin Zhu and Yonghong Tang
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2023 23:31
  4. Capillary Refill Time (CRT) is a marker of peripheral perfusion usually performed at fingertip; however, its evaluation at other sites/position may be advantageous. Moreover, arm position during CRT assessment...

    Authors: Luigi La Via, Filippo Sanfilippo, Carlotta Continella, Tania Triolo, Antonio Messina, Chiara Robba, Marinella Astuto, Glenn Hernandez and Alberto Noto
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2023 23:30
  5. Endotracheal extubation under deep anesthesia (deep extubation) has been proved to present stable hemodynamics and steady intracranial pressure during emergence from anesthesia in patients undergoing craniotom...

    Authors: Cheng-Fong Wei and Yung-Tai Chung
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2023 23:29
  6. The present study aimed to evaluate whether the operating table height affected the success rate and incidences of complications of combined spinal-epidural anesthesia administered by residents during training.

    Authors: Juan Gu, Juan Ni, Yushan Ma, Yaqin Xiong and Jin Zhou
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2023 23:28
  7. An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

    Authors: Wenjing Ma, Yupeng Qi, Can Liu, Mingfang Wang, Yun Zhang and Weidong Yao
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2023 23:27

    The original article was published in BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:266

  8. To observe if blood return, also defined as the blood infusion test (BIT) could predict fluid responsiveness in critically ill patients with acute circulatory failure and renal replacement therapy (RRT).

    Authors: Daozheng Huang, Jie Ma, Shouhong Wang, Tiehe Qin, Feier Song, Tieying Hou and Huan Ma
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2023 23:25
  9. Prolonged mechanical ventilation (PMV) after pediatric cardiac surgery imposes a great burden on patients in terms of morbidity, mortality as well as financial costs. Ebstein anomaly (EA) is a rare congenital ...

    Authors: Qiao Liu, Qipeng Luo, Yinan Li, Xie Wu, Hongbai Wang, Jiangshan Huang, Yuan Jia, Su Yuan and Fuxia Yan
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2023 23:24
  10. An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

    Authors: Mostafa Mohammed Elhamamsy, Ahmed Mohammed Aldemerdash, Fathi Badie Zahran, Gehan Fawzy Mahmoud Ezz, Sara Abou AlSaud, Maged Labib Boules, Mahdy Ahmed Abdelhady and Mohamed Ahmed Hamed
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2023 23:23

    The original article was published in BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:114

  11. Transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block can provide effective analgesia for abdominal surgery. However, it was questionable whether TAP had additional effect in the context of multimodal analgesia (MMA). There...

    Authors: Zhi Yu Geng, Yan Zhang, Hui Bi, Dai Zhang, Zheng Li, Lu Jiang, Lin Lin Song and Xue Ying Li
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2023 23:21
  12. This article represents the response to the inquiries adopted by Dr. Raghuraman M Sethuraman, M.D., regarding our recently published study which compared the erector spinae plane block (ESPB) versus paraverteb...

    Authors: Ahmed M. Elewa, Mohammed Faisal, Folke Sjöberg and Mohamed E. Abuelnaga
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2023 23:19

    The original article was published in BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:408

    The Research to this article has been published in BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:189

  13. Management of a patient with an active pheochromocytoma and severe aortic stenosis remains controversial. Adrenalectomy for a pheochromocytoma poses a high risk for stroke, hypertensive emergency, and mortalit...

    Authors: Leon Yang, Lauren Hennis, Kevin Patel and Michael A. Saccocci
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2023 23:18
  14. Heart rate variability (HRV) is a valuable indicator of autonomic nervous system integrity and can be a prognostic tool of COVID-19 induced myocardial affection. This study aimed to compare HRV indices betwee...

    Authors: Hani Taman, Nabil Mageed, Mohamed Elmorsy, Sherif Elfayoumy, Mostafa Elawady, Ahmed Farid, Mohamed Abdelmonem and Ibrahim Abdelbaser
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2023 23:17
  15. Reusable laryngoscopes have been reported to be superior to disposable laryngoscopes with plastic blades during emergent intubations. Surprisingly, at our institution a quality reporting system revealed a high...

    Authors: Colby G. Simmons, Tobias Eckle, Dustin Rogers, Jason D. Williams and Jason C. Brainard
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2023 23:16
  16. Satisfactory brain relaxation is essential in neurosurgery. Desflurane anesthesia and propofol-based total intravenous anesthesia (TIVA) have different effects on cerebral hemodynamics, potentially contributin...

    Authors: Ze Jiang, Youxuan Wu, Fa Liang, Minyu Jian, Haiyang Liu, Hongxun Mei and Ruquan Han
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2023 23:15
  17. Remimazolam confers a lower risk of hypotension than propofol. However, no studies have compared the efficacy of remimazolam and propofol administered using target-controlled infusion (TCI). This study aimed t...

    Authors: Ryo Sekiguchi, Michiko Kinoshita, Ryosuke Kawanishi, Nami Kakuta, Yoko Sakai and Katsuya Tanaka
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2023 23:14
  18. The erector spinae plane block (ESPB) and classical thoracolumbar interfascial plane (TLIP) block can reduce postoperative pain in lumbar surgery. In this study, we compared the efficacy of ESPB and classical ...

    Authors: Aida Rosita Tantri, Rahmi Rahmi, Arif Hari Martono Marsaban, Darto Satoto, Ahmad Jabir Rahyussalim and Raden Besthadi Sukmono
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2023 23:13
  19. The supraclavicular plexus block (SCB) and interscalene plexus block (ISB) have the potential to pulmonary function, the duration of the potential remains uncertain. So, we compared the effect of SCB and ISB o...

    Authors: Jiajia Wang, Xinwei Hou, Xiao Zhang, Xueting Wang, Weiwei Qin, Qiujie Li, Fuguo Ma and Lixin Sun
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2023 23:12
  20. Goal-Directed Fluid Therapy (GDFT) is recommended to decrease major postoperative complications. However, data are lacking in intra-cranial neurosurgery.

    Authors: Morgan Le Guen, Amandine Le Gall-Salaun, Julien Josserand, Augustin Gaudin de Vilaine, Simon Viquesnel, Damien Muller, Bertrand Rozec, Kévin Buffenoir Billet and Raphaël Cinotti
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2023 23:11
  21. Gabapentin has been adopted in Enhanced Recovery After Surgery protocols as a means to reduce opioid consumption while maintaining adequate post-operative analgesia. The purpose of our study was to review and ...

    Authors: De-An Zhang, Bruce Brenn, Robert Cho, Amer Samdani and Selina C. Poon
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2023 23:10
  22. This study aims to investigate the effect of preoperative sleep quality on the target plasma concentration of propofol and postoperative sleep in patients undergoing painless gastroscopy.

    Authors: Yuxue Qiu, Haitao Hou, Junxia Zhang, Xiaomei Wang, Lu Wang, Yanan Wu and Liqin Deng
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2023 23:9
  23. Blood pressure measurement is an essential element during intraoperative patient management. However, errors caused by changes in transducer levels can occur during surgery.

    Authors: Chahyun Oh, Soomin Lee, Seungbin Jeon, Hanmi Park, Woosuk Chung, Man-Shik Shim, Seok-Hwa Yoon, Yoon-Hee Kim, Sun Yeul Lee and Boohwi Hong
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2023 23:8
  24. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the gold standard surgical procedure for treating gallstone disease. Despite it being minimally invasive, various medications and methods are used to alleviate postoperative pai...

    Authors: Xiaoli Yang, Yu Zhang, Yong Chen, Mingxing Xu, Xue Lei and Qiang Fu
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2023 23:7
  25. With increasing age older patients are at higher risk for cognitive decline after surgery. Even tailored anesthesia procedures in older patients remain a high risk for postoperative cognitive disorder. Additio...

    Authors: Soeren Wagner, Martin Breitkopf, Elena Ahrens, Haobo Ma, Olivia Kuester, Christine Thomas, Christine A. F. von Arnim and Andreas Walther
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2023 23:6
  26. Increased risk of in-hospital mortality is critical to guide medical decisions and it played a central role in intensive care unit (ICU) with high risk of in-hospital mortality after primary percutaneous coron...

    Authors: Miao Yuan, Bin Cheng Ren, Yu Wang, Fuxian Ren and Dengfeng Gao
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2023 23:5
  27. There is no predictive tool for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients with acute kidney injury (AKI). Our study aimed to establish an effective nomogram model for predicting mortality in T2DM patients with ...

    Authors: Shizhen Liu, Chuangye Qiu, Xingai Li, Zongchao Yu, Fanna Liu and Guoqiang Hu
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2023 23:4
  28. Coughing caused by tracheal extubation is common following general anaesthesia. Heavy aerosol production by coughing during recovery from general anaesthesia in patients with respiratory infections (especially...

    Authors: Erfei Zhang, Xiaoying Zhao, Ting Li, Min Wang, Jie gao, Hailiang Zhang, Ying Li, Lei Zhang and Taiyang Li
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2023 23:2
  29. Ultrasound-guided low interscalene brachial plexus block (LISB) can provide satisfactory anesthesia for surgery at or below the elbow. However, the anesthesia effect of ultrasound-guided middle interscalene br...

    Authors: Yang Zhao, Shiming Qin, Xue Yang, Chongmei Gao, Xia Yuan, Tao Li and Zhaohui Chen
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2023 23:1
  30. Soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (sTREM2) concentration is increased in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in early symptomatic phase of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). This study investigated whether...

    Authors: Kexin Wang, Xuezhao Cao, Zhe Li, Sidan Liu, Yongjian Zhou, Lili Guo and Pengli Li
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:413
  31. Studies focusing on the relationship between gastric volume and facemask oxygenation without ventilation during apnea in anesthesia induction are scarce. This study compared the change in gastric volume during...

    Authors: Guangting He, Liyun Ma, Ke Tian, Yuqi Cao and Zaisheng Qin
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:412
  32. Early discontinuation of postoperative oxygen support (POS) would partially depend on the innate pulmonary physics. We aimed to examine if the initial driving pressure (dP) at the induction of general anesthes...

    Authors: Koji Hosokawa, Katsuya Tanaka, Kayo Ishihara, Yukiko Yamazaki, Yuka Matsuki and Kenji Shigemi
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:411
  33. Quadratus lumborum block was recently proposed as an alternative technique for post-cesarean delivery analgesia. However, there is not a definite optimum concentration of local anesthetics. A biased coin desig...

    Authors: Rong Cao, Xuehan Li, Jing Yang, Lingmei Deng and Yu Cui
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:410
  34. The objective of this systematic review and network meta-analysis was to compare the effects of single-shot ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia techniques on postoperative opioid consumption in patients unde...

    Authors: Burhan Dost, Alessandro De Cassai, Eleonora Balzani, Serkan Tulgar and Ali Ahiskalioglu
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:409
  35. This article (Correspondence) is in response to the recently published study by Elewa et al. in BMC Anesthesiology that compared the erector spinae plane block (ESPB) versus paravertebral block (PVB) regarding...

    Authors: Raghuraman M. Sethuraman
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:408

    The original article was published in BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:189

    The Correspondence to this article has been published in BMC Anesthesiology 2023 23:19

  36. It has been known that ABO blood groups are linked to the phenotypes of certain diseases; however, and the relationship between ABO blood groups and postoperative pain have not been extensively studied, especi...

    Authors: Longyuan Shen, Jianwen Wu, Quansheng Xiao, Mingyan Hong, Shengzhao Wang, Jingti Wang, Qichen Luo, Xiongda Lin, Jianfeng Lian, Yibin Xu, Guoqing Guo and Junzheng Wu
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:407
  37. The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) suddenly broke out in China in December 2019. Pandemic-related behavioral changes can cause perioperative respiratory adverse events in children with congenital heart d...

    Authors: Wei Ji, Kan Zhang, Mengqi Li, Siyuan Wang, Liping Sun, Yue Huang, Jie Bai, Mazhong Zhang and Jijian Zheng
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:406
  38. During surgery, any mismatch between oxygen delivery (DO2) and consumption (VO2) can promote the development of postoperative complications. The respiratory exchange ratio (RER), defined as the ratio of carbon di...

    Authors: Sean Coeckelenbergh, Olivier Desebbe, François Martin Carrier, Francois Thepault, Cécile De Oliveira, Florian Pellerin, Cyril Le Canne, Laurence Herboulier, Edita Laukaityte, Maya Moussa, Leila Toubal, Hiromi Kato, Hung Pham, Stephanie Roullet, Marc Lanteri Minet, Youssef Amara…
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:405
  39. Sepsis is a common critical illness in intensive care unit (ICU) and seriously threatens the life of patients. Therefore, to identify a simple and effective clinical indicator to determine prognosis is essenti...

    Authors: Jie Min, Jianhong Lu, Lei Zhong, Meng Yuan and Yin Xu
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:404
  40. Cancer-related pelvic pain can be difficult and debilitating to treat. Superior hypogastric plexus neurolysis (SHPN) is a good choice for adequate pain relief with fewer side effects. The current study compare...

    Authors: Nevert A. Abdelghaffar and Tamer Elmetwally Farahat
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:403
  41. Intraoperative awareness is the second most common complication of surgeries, and it negatively affects patients and healthcare professionals. Based on the limited previous studies, there is a wide variation i...

    Authors: Sager Nawafleh, Ahmad Alrawashdeh, Omar Ababneh, Morad Bani-Hani, Zaid Al Modanat, Diab Bani Hani, Adel Bataineh, Faisal Al-Salameh, Sajeda Abuzaid, Omer Yasser and Khaled Khairallah
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:402
  42. Alfaxalone is a fast acting intravenous anaesthetic with high therapeutic index. It is an analogue of the naturally-occurring neurosteroid allopregnanolone responsible for maintenance of cognition and neuropro...

    Authors: Juliet M. Serrao and Colin S. Goodchild
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:401
  43. Fluid therapy, including the choice of a crystalloid or colloid infusion, the execution time of a volume bolus, and the expected volume need of a patient during surgery, varies greatly in clinical practice. Di...

    Authors: Götz Schmidt, Emmanuel Schneck, Fabian Edinger, Fidaa Jablawi, Eberhard Uhl, Christian Koch and Michael Sander
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:400
  44. Intranasal midazolam and ketamine have been widely used as sedative premedication in children. It is difficult to determine which one yields better sedative effects for clinical practice. We conducted the pres...

    Authors: Bingchen Lang, Huiqing Wang, Yuzhi Fu, Linan Zeng, Liang Huang, Qianqian Zhang, Shouming Chen, Zhi-jun Jia and Lingli Zhang
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:399
  45. The aim of this prospective randomized double-blind study is to evaluate whether oral dexmedetomidine (DEX) premedication could increase sedation in order to reduce preoperative anxiety and inhibit stress resp...

    Authors: Jun Xiong, Jie Gao, Yanan Pang, Yafen Zhou, Yongxing Sun and Yanyan Sun
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:398
  46. Satisfactory intraoperative analgesia is critical for percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic discectomy (PTED). Local anesthesia (LA) and epidural anesthesia (EA) are recommended for PTED. LA alone does not ac...

    Authors: Jingyue Zhang, Xueyao Wang, Zhenhua Cai, Jiyu Kang, Yongliang Liu, Chunyan Nie and Huacheng Zhou
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:397

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