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  1. Laryngeal mask airways have been widely used in clinical practice. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the remifentanil requirement for facilitation of i-gel insertion in Parkinson’s disease (PD) ...

    Authors: Wenjun Meng, Fang Kang, Meirong Dong, Song Wang, Mingming Han, Xiang Huang, Sheng Wang, Juan Li and Chengwei Yang
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:197
  2. Acute kidney injury (AKI) is one of the most common postoperative complications in noncardiac surgical patients, has an important impact on prognosis and is difficult to predict. Whether preoperative N-termina...

    Authors: Jiaqi Wang, Yehong Dong, Bingcheng Zhao and Kexuan Liu
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:196
  3. Cough caused by endotracheal tube (ETT) placement is ubiquitous and correlates with adverse outcomes. Remifentanil administration via target-controlled infusion (TCI) is one of the cough prevention measures us...

    Authors: Ping Li, Dewei Li, Linan Wang, Fei Ye, Bo Yang, Lina Yu, Sujuan Fang, Zhilan Tong, Qing Yin, Yongyong Shi, Xiangyu Li and Gaofeng Zhao
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:194
  4. Systematic reviews associate peripheral nerve blocks based on anatomic landmarks or nerve stimulation with reduced pain and need for systemic analgesia in hip fracture patients. We aimed to investigate the eff...

    Authors: Oskar Wilborg Exsteen, Christine Nygaard Svendsen, Christian Rothe, Kai Henrik Wiborg Lange and Lars Hyldborg Lundstrøm
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:192
  5. Unplanned ICU admission after surgery has been validated as a measure of a quality indicator of perioperative management because it may put surgical patients at risk of increased morbidity and mortality. Posto...

    Authors: Nobuyuki Katori, Kentaro Yamakawa, Kosuke Yagi, Yoshihiro Kimura, Mayuko Doi and Shoichi Uezono
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:191
  6. Self-efficacy, as the vital determinant of behavior, influencing clinicians’ situation awareness, work performance, and medical decision-making, might affect the incidence of anesthesia-related adverse events ...

    Authors: Feng Xu, Linlin Han, Shuai Zhao, Yafeng Wang, Qingtong Zhang, Erfeng Xiong, Shiqian Huang, Guixing Zhang, Hong He, Shiyu Deng, Yingjie Che, Yan Li, Liping Xie and Xiangdong Chen
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:190
  7. Pain control following breast surgery is of utmost importance in order to reduce the chance of chronic pain development, and facilitate early rehabilitation. The erector spinae plane block (ESPB) is a recently...

    Authors: Ahmed M. Elewa, Mohammed Faisal, Folke Sjöberg and Mohamed E. Abuelnaga
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:189

    The Correspondence to this article has been published in BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:408

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

  8. This article has been retracted. Please see the Retraction Notice for more detail: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12871-022-01731-4.

    Authors: Jian-ping Zhang, Na Zhang, Xu Chen, Yin Zhou, Zhen Jiang, Chen Gao, Yan-Hu Xie, Sheng Wang and Wei Zhang
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:188
  9. During the first coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic wave, an unprecedented number of patients with respiratory failure due to a new, highly contagious virus needed hospitalization and intensive care ...

    Authors: Thomas Langer, Francesca Carmela Depalo, Clarissa Forlini, Silvia Landini, Andrea Mezzetti, Paola Previtali, Gianpaola Monti, Carolina de Toma, Davide Biscardi, Alberto Giannini, Roberto Fumagalli and Giovanni Mistraletti
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:187

    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:278

  10. For patients with a clinical course of active SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) infection, there may be a higher risk of perioperative complications. Our main objective is to detect ...

    Authors: Susana González-Suárez, Antonio Barbara Ferreras, Melissa Caicedo Toro and Macarena Aznar de Legarra
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:186
  11. Epidural catheters are associated with certain risks such as accidental epidural catheter removal, including dislodgement and disconnection. Globally, neuraxial connector designs were revised in 2016 to provid...

    Authors: Yoshiaki Ishida, Yoichiro Homma, Takashi Kawamura, Masatoshi Sagawa and Yoshie Toba
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:185
  12. Intraoperative glycemic variability is associated with increased risks of mortality and morbidity and an increased incidence of hyperglycemia after cardiac surgery. Accordingly, clinicians tend to use a tight ...

    Authors: Roland Kaddoum, Amro Khalili, Fadia M. Shebbo, Nathalie Ghanem, Layal Abou Daher, Arwa Bou Ali, Nour El Hage Chehade, Patrick Maroun and Marie T. Aouad
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:184
  13. Available literature indicates that long-term drinkers demand a higher dose of propofol for induction of anesthesia than non-drinkers. However, there is no study having assessed the influence of long-term high...

    Authors: Pei-Pei Hao, Tian Tian, Bin Hu, Wei-Chao Liu, Ying-Gui Chen, Tian-Yu Jiang and Fu-Shan Xue
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:183
  14. Nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (NAMPT) exhibits dual functionality – as an intracellular enzyme regulating nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide metabolism and as an extracellular secreted protein (eNAMPT)...

    Authors: Christian Bime, Nancy G. Casanova, Sara M. Camp, Radu C. Oita, Juliet Ndukum, Vivian Reyes Hernon, Dong Kyu Oh, Yansong Li, Phil J. Greer, David C. Whitcomb, Georgios I. Papachristou and Joe G. N. Garcia
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:182
  15. Internal jugular vein catheterization is widely used in clinical practice, and there are many related studies on internal jugular vein catheterization. However, the omohyoid muscle, which is adjacent to the in...

    Authors: Yun Yang, Xinqiang Wang, Weiliang Mao, Tongyun He and Zhaodong Xiong
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:181
  16. Remimazolam tosilate (HR7056, RT), a novel ultrashort-acting benzodiazepine, can be used for procedural sedation and general anaesthesia. However, few studies have focused on the sedative effect of RT during g...

    Authors: Jian Guo, Yitao Qian, Xiaojin Zhang, Shuangjian Han, Qinye Shi and Jianhong Xu
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:180
  17. Neuraxial blocks is the recommended mode of analgesia and anesthesia in parturients with Coronavirus 19 (COVID-19). There is limited data on the hemodynamic responses to neuraxial blocks in COVID-19 patients. ...

    Authors: D. Sangroula, B. Maggard, A. Abdelhaleem, S. Furmanek, V. Clemons, B. Marsili, R. Stikes, M. Hill, A. Sigdel, S. P. Clifford, J. Huang, O. Akca and M. C. Logsdon
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:179
  18. Despite the extensive use of arterial catheterization (AC), clinical effectiveness of AC to alter the outcomes among patients with sepsis and septic shock has not been evaluated. The purpose of this study is t...

    Authors: Qitian Ou, Gengxin Cai, Yuan Zhou, Wanjie Zha, Linqiang Huang, Hongke Zeng, Wenqiang Jiang, Shenglong Chen and Miaoyun Wen
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:178
  19. To study the respective peripheral and systemic mechanisms of action of dexmedetomidine, as adjuvant to regional anesthesia, we compared dexmedetomidine added to ropivacaine for mid-forearm nerve blocks, to ei...

    Authors: Nana Bao, Kejian Shi, YiQuan Wu, Yuting He, Zhengjie Chen, Yuan Gao, Yun Xia, Thomas J. Papadimos, Quanguang Wang and Riyong Zhou
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:176
  20. The optimal analgesia for total knee arthroplasty (TKA) requires excellent analgesia while preserving muscle strength. This study aimed to determine the hypothesis that continuous adductor canal block (CACB) c...

    Authors: Chun-Guang Wang, Wen-hai Ma, Rui Liu, Ming-Yu Yang, Yang Yang and Yan-Ling Ding
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:175
  21. Patients with lower limb fracture often have acute pain and discomfort from changes in position, and such pain affects early postoperative recovery. This study aimed to compare the applicability and effectiven...

    Authors: Yuting Xu, Jie Song, Xiaoqiong Xia, Xianwen Hu, Yawen Li, Yongbo Yu, Liang Wang and Zhiguo Tao
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:174
  22. Mask ventilation progressively improves after loss of consciousness during anesthesia induction possibly due to progression of muscle paralysis. This double-blinded randomized placebo-controlled study aimed to...

    Authors: Akira Ide, Natsuko Nozaki-Taguchi, Shin Sato, Kei Saito, Yasunori Sato and Shiroh Isono
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:173
  23. Postoperative sleep disorder is common and may cause aggravated postoperative pain, delirium, and poor prognosis. We accessed the effect of intraoperative intravenous dexmedetomidine on postoperative sleep qua...

    Authors: Yu Wu, Yuhua Miao, Xuzhen Chen and Xiaojian Wan
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:172
  24. The development of evidence-based training standards can help improve the quality of educational programs for novice intensive care unit (ICU) nurses. This study was conducted to assess the application of a tr...

    Authors: Abbas Samim, Amir Vahedian-Azimi, Ali Fathi Jouzdani and Farshid Rahimi-Bashar
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:171
  25. Negative fluid balance (NFB) is associated with reduced extubation failure. However, whether achieving more NFB can further improve extubation outcome has not been investigated. This study aimed to investigate...

    Authors: Tong Li, Dawei Zhou, Dong Zhao, Qing Lin, Dija Wang and Chao Wang
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:170
  26. Different types of anesthesia may affect cancer patient’s outcomes, we compared the overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS) of patients with pancreatic cancer under total intravenous and inhalati...

    Authors: Jie Ren, Junli Wang, Jingwen Chen, Yue Ma, Yutong Yang, Ming Wei, Yu Wang and Liping Wang
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:169
  27. Appropriate placement of left-sided double-lumen endotracheal tubes (LDLTs) is paramount for optimal visualization of the operative field during thoracic surgeries that require single lung ventilation. Appropr...

    Authors: Sawita Kanavitoon, Kasana Raksamani, Michael P. Troy, Aphichat Suphathamwit, Punnarerk Thongcharoen, Sirilak Suksompong and Scott S. Oh
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:168

    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Anesthesiology 2024 24:38

  28. Cognitive ergonomics design of patient monitoring may reduce human factor errors in high-stress environments. Eye-tracking is a suitable tool to gain insight into the distribution of visual attention of health...

    Authors: Tadzio R. Roche, Elise J. C. Maas, Sadiq Said, Julia Braun, Carl Machado, Donat R. Spahn, Christoph B. Noethiger and David W. Tscholl
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:167
  29. The head-elevated laryngoscopy position has been described to be optimal for intubation, particularly in obese patients and those with anticipated difficult airways. Horizontal alignment of the external audito...

    Authors: Eun Hee Chun, Mi Hwa Chung, Jung Eun Kim, Kyung Mi Kim, Hye Sun Lee, Jung Mo Son, Jiho Park and Joo Hyun Jun
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:166
  30. Intravenous regional anesthesia is an easy and reliable anesthetic technique, but its use is limited by tourniquet pain. Clonidine is effective in overcoming this shortcoming when used with intravenous regiona...

    Authors: Cynthia Karam, Sadek Al Assadi, Ghassan Kanazi and Carine Zeeni
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:165
  31. Although anesthesiologists are one of the leaders in patient safety, anesthesia in low and low-middle income countries still need improvement in safety mesures with evidence-based practice application. The stu...

    Authors: Kateryna Bielka, Iurii Kuchyn, Nataliia Semenko, Uliana Kashchii and Iryna Pliuta
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:164
  32. This study explored the patient clinical characteristics that may affect electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) efficacy to enable improved focus during evaluations and preparation for ECT.

    Authors: Lei Zou, Xiao Li, Qibin Chen, Feng Lv and Su Min
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:163
  33. It is not clear whether the perioperative intestinal microenvironment of patients undergoing pancreatic tumor surgery is affected by intraoperative fluid therapy.

    Authors: Xiaojian Lu, Ying Wang, Yan Luo and Buwei Yu
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:162
  34. Postreperfusion hyperkalemia (PRHK) has garnered increasing attention in regard to deceased liver transplantation (LT), especially for LT using the expanded criteria donor grafts. However, the impact of the ef...

    Authors: Liang Zhang, Fu-Shan Xue, Ming Tian and Zhi-Jun Zhu
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:161
  35. Dislocation of catheters within the tissue is a challenge in continuous regional anesthesia. A novel self-coiling catheter design is available and has demonstrated a lower dislocation rate in a cadaver model. ...

    Authors: Rosa Nickl, Oliver Vicent, Thomas Müller, Anne Osmers, Konrad Schubert, Thea Koch and Torsten Richter
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:159
  36. Inferior vena cava (IVC) examination has been reported as a noninvasive method for evaluating the hemodynamic state. We conducted this crossover pilot study to investigate the effects of the administration of ...

    Authors: Shuhua Zhao, Qiong Ling, Fengping Liang, Zhongmei Lin, Yingqing Deng, Shaonong Huang and Qianqian Zhu
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:158
  37. In this study we hypothesize that depression is associated with perioperative neurocognitive dysfunction and altered quality of life one month after surgery.

    Authors: Choy Lewis, Mehmet E. Dokucu, Charles H. Brown, Lauren Balmert, Nina Srdanovic, Ashwin Shaan Madhan, Sahej Singh Samra, John Csernansky, Jordan Grafman and Charles W. Hogue
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:157
  38. To find out the reasons why patients still need to use rescue analgesics frequently after gastrointestinal tumor surgery under the patient-controlled intravenous analgesia (IV-PCA), and the different abdominal...

    Authors: Ting-Ting Li, Quan-Yuan Chang, Liu-Lin Xiong, Yan-Jun Chen, Qi-Jun Li, Fei Liu and Ting-Hua Wang
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:156
  39. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are among the most widely prescribed drugs worldwide. However, the effect of NSAIDS on postoperative renal function is still unclear. Few studies have assessed th...

    Authors: Nan Xu, Ke Pang, Sihua Qi and Hongmei Wang
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:155
  40. Non-intubated video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (NIVATS) is increasingly performed in different types of thoracic procedures. Based on the anesthetic perspective, the outcomes of this method are limited. Ge...

    Authors: Chompunoot Pathonsamit, Apichat Tantraworasin, Sujaree Poopipatpab and Sira Laohathai
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:154
  41. Minimally invasive adrenalectomy is the standard of care for small adrenal tumours. Both the transperitoneal lateral approach and posterior retroperitoneal approach are widely used and have been proven to be s...

    Authors: Esmee V. van Helden, Allon van Uitert, Kim I. Albers, Monique A. H. Steegers, Henri J. L. M. Timmers, Frank C. H. d’Ancona, Selina E. I. van der Wal, Gert Jan Scheffer, Christiaan Keijzer, Michiel C. Warlé and Johan F. Langenhuijsen
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:153
  42. Local anesthesia has been recommended for percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy (PELD) in recent years; however, the efficacy, including oxidative stress, inflammatory reactions and ventilation effects, wh...

    Authors: Xiaoli Zhang, Wenping Zhao, Cong Sun, Zhihua Huang, Lifang Zhan, Chunlin Xiao, Luying Lai and Reai Shan
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:152
  43. Little is known about importance and implementation of end-of-life care (EOLC) in German intensive care units (ICU). This survey analyses preferences and differences in training between “medical” (internal med...

    Authors: Timur Sellmann, Muhammad Abu Alneaj, Dietmar Wetzchewald, Heidrun Schwager, Christian Burisch, Serge C. Thal, Tienush Rassaf, Manfred Weiss, Stephan Marsch and Frank Breuckmann
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:151
  44. The volume status of patients after major abdominal surgery constantly varies owing to postoperative diverse issues comprising fluid loss or capillary leakage secondary to systemic inflammatory reaction syndro...

    Authors: Qian Ma, Jingjing Ji, Xueduo Shi, Ziyun Lu, Lu Xu, Jing Hao, Wei Zhu and Bingbing Li
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:150
  45. Low tidal volume (VT) ventilation and its associated increase in arterial carbon dioxide (PaCO2) may affect postoperative neurologic function. We aimed to test the hypothesis that intraoperative low VT ventilatio...

    Authors: Dharshi Karalapillai, Laurence Weinberg, Ary Serpa Neto, Philip J. Peyton, Louise Ellard, Raymond Hu, Brett Pearce, Chong Tan, David Story, Mark O’Donnell, Patrick Hamilton, Chad Oughton, Jonathan Galtieri, Sree Appu, Anthony Wilson, Glenn Eastwood…
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:149
  46. The goal of this study was to compare the end-tidal sevoflurane concentration and time for intravenous cannulation at induction of anesthesia using sevoflurane with or without nitrous oxide in healthy children...

    Authors: Naou Kunihiro, Masanori Tsukamoto, Shiori Taura, Takashi Hitosugi, Yoichiro Miki and Takeshi Yokoyama
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:148
  47. Delirium is a neurobehavioral syndrome, which is characterized by a fluctuation of mental status, disorientation, confusion and inappropriate behavior, and it is prevalent among hospitalized patients. Recogniz...

    Authors: Mohammad Arbabi, Elham Ziaei, Behnam Amini, Hamidreza Ghadimi, Fatemeh Rashidi, Narges Shohanizad, Soroush Moradi, Alireza Beikmarzehei, Alireza Hasanzadeh and Amirhossein Parsaei
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2022 22:147

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