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  1. Surgical-related inflammatory responses have negative effects on postoperative recovery. Intravenous (IV) lidocaine and dexmedetomidine inhibits the inflammatory response. We investigated whether the co-admini...

    Authors: Siqi Xu, Shenghong Hu, Xia Ju, Yuanhai Li, Qing Li and Shengbin Wang
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2021 21:3
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  2. Intravenous lidocaine, a potent local anesthetic with analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties, has been shown to be an effective adjunct that reduces intra- and postoperative opioid consumption and facilita...

    Authors: Maciej Kaszyński, Dorota Lewandowska, Piotr Sawicki, Piotr Wojcieszak and Izabela Pągowska-Klimek
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2021 21:2
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  3. A fluid warmer can prevent hypothermia during the perioperative period. This study evaluated the heating capabilities of Hotline and Barkey S-line under different flow rates and initial fluid temperatures, as ...

    Authors: Hosu Kim, Tae Kyong Kim, Sukha Yoo and Jin-Tae Kim
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2021 21:1
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  4. Postoperative bleeding is a major problem in children undergoing complex pediatric cardiac surgery. The primary aim of this prospective observational study was to evaluate the effect of an institutional approa...

    Authors: Nils Dennhardt, Robert Sümpelmann, Alexander Horke, Oliver Keil, Katja Nickel, Sebastian Heiderich, Dietmar Boethig and Christiane E. Beck
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2020 20:302
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  5. Topical anesthesia is a crucial step in awake endotracheal intubation for providing favorable intubation conditions. The standard of care technique for awake intubation at our institution, which consists of or...

    Authors: Chunji Han, Peng Li, Zhenggang Guo, Ying Guo, Li Sun, Gang Chen, Xiaojue Qiu, Weidong Mi, Changsheng Zhang and Lorenzo Berra
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2020 20:301
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  6. Sedation during elective fiberoptic intubation for difficult airway can cause respiratory depression, apnea and periods of desaturation. During apneic episodes, hypoxemia can be prevented by insufflation of ox...

    Authors: Daniel C. Schroeder, Wolfgang A. Wetsch, Simon-Richard Finke, Fabian Dusse, Bernd W. Böttiger and Holger Herff
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2020 20:300
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  7. Astrocyte Connexin 43 (Cx43) is essential for the trophic and protective support of neurons during brain ischemia reperfusion (I/R) injury. It is believed that dexmedetomidine participates in Cx43-mediated eff...

    Authors: Xiaoyang Zheng, Xiaoying Cai, Fang Ye, Ying Li, Qin Wang, Zhiyi Zuo, Wenqi Huang and Zhongxing Wang
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2020 20:299
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  8. In critically ill patients continuous EEG (cEEG) is recommended in several conditions. Recently, a new wireless EEG headset (CerebAir®,Nihon-Kohden) is available. It has 8 electrodes, and its positioning seems...

    Authors: Anselmo Caricato, Giacomo Della Marca, Eleonora Ioannoni, Serena Silva, Tiziana Benzi Markushi, Eleonora Stival, Daniele Guerino Biasucci, Nicola Montano, Camilla Gelormini and Isabella Melchionda
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2020 20:298
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  9. We sought to determine (1) whether the addition of prophylactic oral mosapride to a protocol including dexamethasone and ondansetron further reduces postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) compared with ondan...

    Authors: Jinwei Xie, Yingchun Cai, Jun Ma, Qiang Huang and Fuxing Pei
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2020 20:297
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  10. There are several scores used for in-hospital mortality prediction in critical illness. Their application in a local scenario requires validation to ensure appropriate diagnostic accuracy. Moreover, their use ...

    Authors: Szymon Czajka, Katarzyna Ziębińska, Konstanty Marczenko, Barbara Posmyk, Anna J. Szczepańska and Łukasz J. Krzych
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2020 20:296
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  11. To compare patients hospitalised in the intensive care unit (ICU) after surgery for community-acquired intra-abdominal infection (CA-IAI) and hospital-acquired intra-abdominal infection (HA-IAI) in terms of mo...

    Authors: Timothée Abaziou, Fanny Vardon-Bounes, Jean-Marie Conil, Antoine Rouget, Stéphanie Ruiz, Marion Grare, Olivier Fourcade, Bertrand Suc, Marc Leone, Vincent Minville and Bernard Georges
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2020 20:295
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  12. Preoperative intravenous rehydration for patients with pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas (PPGLs) is widely used in many medical centers, but its usefulness has not been well evaluated. The objective of this...

    Authors: Hao Kong, Jiao-Nan Yang, Jie Tian, Nan Li, Yu-Xiu Zhang, Peng-Cheng Ye, Xue-Ying Li and Zheng Zhang
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2020 20:294
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  13. Scheduled cesarean section is routinely performed under spinal anesthesia using hyperbaric bupivacaine. The current study was undertaken to determine the clinically relevant 95% effective dose of intrathecal 2...

    Authors: P. Goffard, Y. Vercruysse, R. Leloup, J-F Fils, S. Chevret and Y. Kapessidou
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2020 20:293
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  14. It is not clear whether there are valuable inflammatory markers for prognosis judgment in the intensive care unit (ICU). We therefore conducted a multicenter, prospective, observational study to evaluate the p...

    Authors: Rong Qu, Linhui Hu, Yun Ling, Yating Hou, Heng Fang, Huidan Zhang, Silin Liang, Zhimei He, Miaoxian Fang, Jiaxin Li, Xu Li and Chunbo Chen
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2020 20:292
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  15. We explored the analgesic outcomes on postoperative day (POD) 1 in patients undergoing robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) who received intravenous patient-controlled analgesia (IV-PCA), rectus sh...

    Authors: Jung-Woo Shim, Yun Jeong Cho, Minhee Kim, Sang Hyun Hong, Hyong Woo Moon, Sung Hoo Hong and Min Suk Chae
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2020 20:291
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    The Correspondence to this article has been published in BMC Anesthesiology 2021 21:81

    The Correspondence to this article has been published in BMC Anesthesiology 2021 21:82

  16. Breast surgery in the United States is common. Pain affects up to 50% of women undergoing breast surgery and can interfere with postoperative outcomes. General anesthesia is the conventional, most frequently u...

    Authors: Pasquale Sansone, Luca Gregorio Giaccari, Mario Faenza, Pasquale Di Costanzo, Sara Izzo, Caterina Aurilio, Francesco Coppolino, Maria Beatrice Passavanti, Vincenzo Pota and Maria Caterina Pace
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2020 20:290
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  17. The benefits of intraoperative magnesium supplementation have been reported. In this prospective, randomized study, the effects of magnesium supplementation during general anaesthesia on emergence delirium and...

    Authors: Ji-Hyun Lee, Seungeun Choi, Minkyoo Lee, Young-Eun Jang, Eun-Hee Kim, Jin-Tae Kim and Hee-Soo Kim
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2020 20:289
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  18. Surgical procedure usually causes serious postoperative pain and poor postoperative pain management negatively affects quality of life, function and recovery time. We aimed to investigate the role of wound inf...

    Authors: Kunpeng Li, Changbin Ji, Dawei Luo, Hongyong Feng, Keshi Yang and Hui Xu
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2020 20:288
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  19. Up to 70% of septic patients develop a diffuse brain dysfunction named “septic associated encephalopathy” which is often solely based on clinical impressions. However, the diagnosis of septic associated enceph...

    Authors: Benedikt Zujalovic, Benjamin Mayer, Sebastian Hafner, Florian Balling and Eberhard Barth
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2020 20:287
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  20. Technological advances in healthcare have enabled patients to participate in digital self-assessment, with reported benefits of enhanced healthcare efficiency and self-efficacy. This report describes the desig...

    Authors: Tarig Osman, Eileen Lew, Elaine Pooi-Ming Lum, Louise van Galen, Rajive Dabas, Ban Leong Sng and Josip Car
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2020 20:286
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  21. Cerebral oximetry has been widely used to measure regional oxygen saturation in brain tissue, especially during cardiac surgery. Despite its popularity, there have been inconsistent results on the use of cereb...

    Authors: Leerang Lim, Karam Nam, Seohee Lee, Youn Joung Cho, Chan-Woo Yeom, Sanghyup Jung, Jung Yoon Moon and Yunseok Jeon
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2020 20:285
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  22. Surgical interventions result in a postoperative rise in circulating inflammatory cytokines and high molecular group box protein 1 (HMGB1). Herein, the impact of a sedentary lifestyle and other age-related fac...

    Authors: Sarah Saxena, Christopher Rodts, Vincent Nuyens, Juliette Lazaron, Victoria Sosnowski, Franck Verdonk, Laurence Seidel, Adelin Albert, Jean Boogaerts, Veronique Kruys, Mervyn Maze and Joseph Vamecq
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2020 20:284
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  23. There are scenarios where pre-mixing and infusing analgesic and anaesthetic agents as a single intravenous (IV) solution is highly desirable; however, it is important to ensure the agents are compatible when m...

    Authors: Emily Henkel, Rebecca Vella, Kieran Behan, David Austin, Peter Kruger and Andrew Fenning
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2020 20:283
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  24. Airway management is a part of routine anesthetic procedures; however, serious complications, including hypoxia and death, are known to occur in cases of difficult airways. Therefore, alternative techniques su...

    Authors: Go Un Roh, Joon Gwon Kang, Jung Youn Han and Chul Ho Chang
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2020 20:282
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  25. An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

    Authors: Chen Xie, Kai Sun, Yueyang You, Yue Ming, Xiaoling Yu, Lina Yu, Jiapeng Huang and Min Yan
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2020 20:281
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    The original article was published in BMC Anesthesiology 2020 20:220

  26. Thiamine, an essential vitamin for aerobic metabolism and glutathione cycling, may decrease the effects of critical illnesses. The objective of this study was to determine whether intravenous thiamine administ...

    Authors: Suttasinee Petsakul, Sunthiti Morakul, Viratch Tangsujaritvijit, Parinya Kunawut, Pongsasit Singhatas and Pitsucha Sanguanwit
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2020 20:280
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  27. Numerous studies have revealed that acupuncture can increase the somatic pain threshold. Electro-acupuncture (EA) can help pain-relieving with minimal physiologic disturbance. Various painful disorders, as wel...

    Authors: Hamdy A. Hendawy and Mohamed E. Abuelnaga
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2020 20:279
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  28. Postoperative hoarseness after general anesthesia is associated with patient discomfort and dissatisfaction. A recent large retrospective study showed that single-lumen endotracheal tube intubation by a traine...

    Authors: Yuji Kamimura, Toshiyuki Nakanishi, Aiji Boku Sato, Satoshi Osaga, Eisuke Kako and Kazuya Sobue
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2020 20:278
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  29. Early diagnosis of sepsis is very important. It is necessary to find effective and adequate biomarkers in order to diagnose sepsis. In this study, we compared the value of sialic acid and procalcitonin for dia...

    Authors: Bo Yao, Wen-juan Liu, Di Liu, Jin-yan Xing and Li-juan Zhang
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2020 20:277
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  30. Despite big leaps of progress in its scope, the practice of anesthesia is still suffering from poor public image, especially in developing countries. Little research investigated the public awareness of anesth...

    Authors: Adel M. Bataineh, Ibraheem Y. Qudaisat, Khaled El-Radaideh, Rawand A. Alzoubi and Mohammad I. Abu-Shehab
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2020 20:276
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  31. Local anesthetic Bupivacaine commonly used in gastric cancer resection operation has been reported to suppress the progression of gastric cancer. However, the specific mechanism by which Bupivacaine functions ...

    Authors: Changqiao Ju, Jia Zhou, Hui Miao, Xin Chen and Qingyu Zhang
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2020 20:275
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  32. Endotracheal extubation is the most crucial step during emergence from general anesthesia and is usually carried out when patients are awake with return of airway reflexes. Alternatively, extubations can also ...

    Authors: Jeremy Juang, Martha Cordoba, Alex Ciaramella, Mark Xiao, Jeremy Goldfarb, Jorge Enrique Bayter and Alvaro Andres Macias
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2020 20:274
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  33. Enhancing postoperative recovery of the donor is important to encourage living kidney donation. We investigated the effects of anesthetic agents (intravenous [IV] propofol versus inhaled [IH] sevoflurane) on t...

    Authors: Sangbin Han, Jaesik Park, Sang Hyun Hong, Soojin Lim, Yong Hyun Park and Min Suk Chae
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2020 20:273
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  34. The aim of this network meta-analysis (NMA) was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of intravenous (IV) Meloxicam 30 mg (MIV), an investigational non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), and certain other...

    Authors: John A. Carter, Libby K. Black, Dolly Sharma, Tarun Bhagnani and Jonathan S. Jahr
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2020 20:272
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  35. The beach chair position that is commonly used in shoulder surgery is associated with relative hypovolemia, which leads to a reduction in arterial blood pressure. The effects of patient positioning on the accu...

    Authors: Konrad Chachula, Florian Lieb, Florian Hess, Joellen Welter, Nicole Graf and Alexander Dullenkopf
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2020 20:271
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  36. Statin intake is associated with muscular side effects, among which the unmasking of latent myopathies and of malignant hyperthermia (MH) susceptibility have been reported. These findings, together with experi...

    Authors: Asensio Gonzalez, Tinen L. Iles, Paul A. Iaizzo and Oliver Bandschapp
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2020 20:270
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  37. An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

    Authors: Yanxia Guo, Dan Wang, Xiaolin Yang, Pingping Jiang, Juan Xu and Guoyuan Zhang
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2020 20:269
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    The original article was published in BMC Anesthesiology 2020 20:239

  38. An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

    Authors: Bo Qu, Luying Chen, Yuling Zhang, Mengting Jiang, Caineng Wu, Wuhua Ma and Yuhui Li
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2020 20:268
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in BMC Anesthesiology 2020 20:248

  39. The catheter-related bladder discomfort (CRBD) of male patients is a common clinical problem, albeit lacking effective solutions. The present study aimed to investigate whether intravesical dexmedetomidine ins...

    Authors: Hong Chen, Bin Wang, Qin Li, Juan Zhou, Rui Li and Ye Zhang
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2020 20:267
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  40. In acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), lung recruitment maneuvers can recruit collapsed alveoli in gravity-dependent lung regions, improving the homogeneity of ventilation distribution. This study used...

    Authors: Feiping Xia, Chun Pan, Lihui Wang, Ling Liu, Songqiao Liu, Fengmei Guo, Yi Yang and Yingzi Huang
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2020 20:266
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  41. The prognosis of hospitalized patients after emergent endotracheal intubation (ETI) remains poor. Our aim was to evaluate the 30-d hospitalization mortality of subjects undergoing ETI during daytime or off-hou...

    Authors: Jun-Le Liu, Jian-Wen Jin, Zhong-Meng Lai, Jie-Bo Wang, Jian-Sheng Su, Guo-Hua Wu, Wen-Hua Chen and Liang-Cheng Zhang
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2020 20:265
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  42. Alveolar recruitment maneuvers enable easily reopening nonaerated lung regions via a transient elevation in transpulmonary pressure. To evaluate the effect of these maneuvers on respiratory resistance, we used...

    Authors: Junko Nakahira, Shoko Nakano and Toshiaki Minami
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2020 20:264
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  44. The Coronavirus infectious disease 2019 (COVID-19) brings anesthesiologists and intensive care physicians to the mainstay of clinical workload and healthcare managements’ focus. There are approximately 900 ane...

    Authors: Barak Cohen, Yuval Baar, Shai Fein and Idit Matot
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2020 20:262
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  45. Pre-operative anxiety is common and is associated with negative surgical outcomes. Virtual reality (VR) is a promising new technology that offers opportunities to modulate patient experience and cognition and ...

    Authors: Jason Ju In Chan, Cheng Teng Yeam, Hwei Min Kee, Chin Wen Tan, Rehena Sultana, Alex Tiong Heng Sia and Ban Leong Sng
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2020 20:261
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  46. The optimal position for continuous adductor canal block (ACB) for analgesia after total knee anthroplasty (TKA) remians controversial, mainly due to high variability in the localization of the the adductor ca...

    Authors: Yuda Fei, Xulei Cui, Shaohui Chen, Huiming Peng, Bin Feng, Wenwei Qian, Jin Lin, Xisheng Weng and Yuguang Huang
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2020 20:260
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  47. Remote monitoring of mean arterial blood pressure (MAP), heart rate (HR) or oxygen saturation (SpO2) remains a challenge in outpatient surgery. This study evaluates a new digital technology (Smart Angel™) for rem...

    Authors: Thierry Chevallier, Gautier Buzancais, Bob-Valéry Occean, Pierre Rataboul, Christophe Boisson, Natacha Simon, Ariane Lannelongue, Noémie Chaniaud, Yann Gricourt, Jean-Yves Lefrant and Philippe Cuvillon
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2020 20:259
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  48. Balanced anaesthesia with propofol and remifentanil, compared to sufentanil, often decreases mean arterial pressure (MAP), heart rate (HR) and cardiac index (CI), raising concerns on tissue-oxygenation. This d...

    Authors: Marieke Poterman, Alain F. Kalmar, Pieter L. Buisman, Michel M. R. F. Struys and Thomas W. L. Scheeren
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2020 20:258
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  49. Postoperative pain after breast cancer surgery remains a major challenge in patient care. Local infiltration analgesia is a standard analgesic technique used for pain relief after surgery. Its application in p...

    Authors: Baona Wang, Tao Yan, Xiangyi Kong, Li Sun, Hui Zheng and Guohua Zhang
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2020 20:257
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  50. Ilioinguinal-iliohypogastric block (ILIHB) is a well-established procedure for postoperative analgesia after open inguinal surgery in children. This procedure is effective and safe, especially when ultrasound ...

    Authors: Bjoern Grosse, Stefan Eberbach, Hans O. Pinnschmidt, Deirdre Vincent, Martin Schmidt-Niemann and Konrad Reinshagen
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2020 20:256
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