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  1. Nerve block is usually performed before surgery because it inhibits reflection of the skin incision and reduces the amount of intraoperative anesthetic used. We hypothesized that performing rectus sheath block...

    Authors: Feng Jin, Zhe Li, Wen-fei Tan, Hong Ma, Xiao-qian Li and Huang-wei Lu
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2018 18:19
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  2. Argatroban or lepirudin anticoagulation therapy in patients with heparin induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) or HIT suspect is typically monitored using the activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT). Although aP...

    Authors: Martin Beiderlinden, Patrick Werner, Astrid Bahlmann, Johann Kemper, Tobias Brezina, Maximilian Schäfer, Klaus Görlinger, Holger Seidel, Peter Kienbaum and Tanja A. Treschan
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2018 18:18
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  3. Although the safety and effectiveness of the short-axis in-plane method has been confirmed for lumbar plexus block, the operation is difficult and has a high rate of epidural spread at the plane of the articul...

    Authors: Rui Lu, Chengcheng Shen, Chunyong Yang, Yan Chen, Juanjuan Li and Kaizhi Lu
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2018 18:17
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  4. This paper describes the design of a multifunction alerting display for intraoperative anesthetic care. The design was inspired by the multifunction primary flight display used in modern aviation.

    Authors: Kevin K. Tremper, Jenny J. Mace, Jan M. Gombert, Theodore T. Tremper, Justin F. Adams and James P. Bagian
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2018 18:16
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  5. Delirium is a common complication after cardiac surgery in older adult patients. However, risk factors and the influence of delirium on patient outcomes are not well established. We aimed to determine the inci...

    Authors: Fátima R. Oliveira, Victor H. Oliveira, Ítalo M. Oliveira, José W. Lima, Daniela Calderaro, Danielle M. Gualandro and Bruno Caramelli
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2018 18:15
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  6. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a risk factor for perioperative complications but data on anesthesia regimen are scarce.

    Authors: Philipp Fassbender, Silja Bürgener, Ali Haddad, Marie-Therese Silvanus and Jürgen Peters
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2018 18:14
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  7. The interest in perioperative lung protective ventilation has been increasing. However, optimal management during one-lung ventilation (OLV) remains undetermined, which not only includes tidal volume (VT) and pos...

    Authors: Shuji Okahara, Kazuyoshi Shimizu, Satoshi Suzuki, Kenzo Ishii and Hiroshi Morimatsu
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2018 18:13
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  8. There may be great individual variability in the hemodynamic effects of this dexmedetomidine. For this reason, the dose must be carefully adjusted to achieve the desired clinical effect. Whether a loading dose...

    Authors: Yuan Han, Liu Han, Mengmeng Dong, Qingchun Sun, Ke Ding, Zhenfeng Zhang, Junli Cao and Yueying Zhang
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2018 18:12
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  9. Optimal patient positioning is perceived as an essential factor to increase the success of performing neuraxial blockade. The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the benefit of using a visual image...

    Authors: Usha Gurunathan, Shakeel Meeran Kunju, Karen Elizabeth Hay and Sharyn van Alphen
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2018 18:11
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  10. Endotracheal intubation of patients with massive regurgitation represents a challenge in emergency airway management. Gastric contents tend to block suction catheters, and few treatment alternatives exist. Bas...

    Authors: Espen Fevang, Karin Haaland, Jo Røislien and Conrad Arnfinn Bjørshol
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2018 18:10
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  11. It has been known that Dexmedetomidine pre-medication enhances the effects of volatile anesthetics, reduces the need of sevoflurane, and facilitates smooth extubation in anesthetized children. This present stu...

    Authors: Meiqin Di, Zhuqing Yang, Dansi Qi, Hongyan Lai, Junzheng Wu, Huacheng Liu, Xuefei Ye, Wangning ShangGuan, Qingquan Lian and Jun Li
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2018 18:9
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  12. Post-spinal hypotension is a common maternal complication during cesarean delivery. Aortocaval compression by the gravid uterus has been assumed as a precipitating factor for post-spinal hypotension. The role ...

    Authors: Ahmed Hasanin, Remoon Soryal, Tarek Kaddah, Sabah Abdel Raouf, Yaser Abdelwahab, Khaled Elshafaei, Mohamed Elsayad, Bassant Abdelhamid, Reham Fouad, Doaa Mahmoud and Yasmin Hassabelnaby
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2018 18:8
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  13. Dexmedetomidine has been shown to confer direct renoprotection by stabilizing the sympathetic system, exerting anti-inflammatory effects and attenuating ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury in preclinical studies...

    Authors: Yang Liu, Bo Sheng, Suozhu Wang, Feiping Lu, Jie Zhen and Wei Chen
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2018 18:7
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  14. Surgical patients are asked to fast for a sufficient duration to ensure that the amount of residual liquid in the stomach is within the safe range, thereby reducing the risk of gastric reflux perioperatively. ...

    Authors: Qiu Weiji, Li Shitong, Luo Yu, Hua Tianfang, Kong Ning and Zhang Lina
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2018 18:6
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  15. About 2% of pregnant women receive non-obstetric surgery under general anesthesia each year. During pregnancy, general anesthetics may affect brain development of the fetus. This study aimed to investigate saf...

    Authors: Wei Huang, Yunxia Dong, Guangyi Zhao, Yuan Wang, Jingjing Jiang and Ping Zhao
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2018 18:5
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  16. This study evaluates post-ICU outcomes of patients admitted with moderate and severe Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in a tertiary neurocritical care unit in an low middle income country and the performance of tr...

    Authors: Samitha Samanamalee, Ponsuge Chathurani Sigera, Ambepitiyawaduge Pubudu De Silva, Kaushila Thilakasiri, Aasiyah Rashan, Saman Wadanambi, Kosala Saroj Amarasiri Jayasinghe, Arjen M. Dondorp and Rashan Haniffa
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2018 18:4
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  17. Ambulatory surgery has recently gain popularity, as it is a good method of optimizing hospital resources utilization. To support ambulatory surgery, anaesthetic goals now revolve around patients’ early recover...

    Authors: I. I. Shariffuddin, W. H. Teoh, S. Wahab and C. Y. Wang
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2018 18:3
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  18. Ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) is a critical pathophysiological change of ischemic stroke. Heme-oxygenase-1 (HO-1) is a rate-limiting enzyme of eliminating excessive free heme by combining with hemopexin (HPX), a ...

    Authors: Beibei Dong, Zhishen Zhang, Keliang Xie, Yongyan Yang, Yuan Shi, Chenxu Wang and Yonghao Yu
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2018 18:2
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  19. Delirium is a common problem that occurs in 5–50% of elderly individuals following surgery. Patients who develop delirium after surgery are at increased risk for serious complications. Recent studies suggest t...

    Authors: Jean Wong, David Lam, Stephen Choi, Mandeep Singh, Naveed Siddiqui, Sanjeev Sockalingam and Frances Chung
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2018 18:1
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  20. This pilot study was designed to compare the efficacy of ultramicronized palmitoylethanolamide (um-PEA) as add-on therapy to tapentadol (TP) with TP therapy only in patients suffering from chronic low back pai...

    Authors: Maria Beatrice Passavanti, Marco Fiore, Pasquale Sansone, Caterina Aurilio, Vincenzo Pota, Manlio Barbarisi, Daniela Fierro and Maria Caterina Pace
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:171
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  22. The Supreme™ laryngeal mask airway (SLMA) is a single-use LMA with double lumen design that allows separation of the respiratory and the alimentary tract, hence potentially reducing the gastric volume and risk...

    Authors: Shi Yang Li, Wei Yu Yao, Yong Jin Yuan, Wen Shu Tay, Nian-Lin Reena Han, Rehena Sultana, Pryseley N. Assam, Alex Tiong-Heng Sia and Ban Leong Sng
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:169
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  23. Ion channels play a crucial role in the development of ischemic brain injury. Recent studies have reported that the blockade of various types of ion channels improves outcomes in experimental stroke models. Am...

    Authors: Masakazu Kotoda, Tadahiko Ishiyama, Kazuha Mitsui, Sohei Hishiyama and Takashi Matsukawa
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:168
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  24. Surgical stress index (SSI) is an established indicator for intraoperative nociception. Opioids are used to block stimulus of cranial pinning in neurosurgery. We investigated the effect of different infusion r...

    Authors: In-Kyung Song, Sang-Hwan Ji, Eun-Hee Kim, Ji-Hyun Lee, Jin-Tae Kim and Hee-Soo Kim
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:167
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  25. Previous studies have reported that the quality of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is closely associated with patient outcomes. The aim of this study was to compare patient CPR outcomes across resident, em...

    Authors: Tak Kyu Oh, Young Mi Park, Sang-Hwan Do, Jung-Won Hwang and In-Ae Song
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:166
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  26. This study was aimed to evaluate the ability of left ventricular end-diastolic volume variations (LVEDVV) measured by transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) compared with stroke volume variation (SVV) obtained...

    Authors: Haidan Lan, Xiaoshuang Zhou, Jing Xue, Bin Liu and Guo Chen
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:165
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  28. Although mortality after cardiac surgery has significantly decreased in the last decade, patients still experience clinically relevant postoperative complications. Among others, atrial fibrillation (AF) is a c...

    Authors: Hristo Todorov, Inka Janssen, Stefanie Honndorf, Daniela Bause, Antje Gottschalk, Silke Baasner, Thomas Volkert, Valentin Faerber, John F. Stover, Martin Westphal and Björn Ellger
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:163
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  29. Duloxetine, Etoricoxib and opioid are of the commonly administered drugs in Lumbar laminectomy. The aim of this study is to assess the effect of perioperative use of Duloxetine in combination with Etoricoxib o...

    Authors: Josef Zekry Attia and Haidy Salah Mansour
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:162
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  30. The sympathetic block of upper limb leading to increased blood flow has important clinical implication in microvascular surgery. However, little is known regarding the relationship between concentration of loc...

    Authors: Ting Li, Qiguang Ye, Daozhu Wu, Jun Li and Jingui Yu
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:161
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  31. McGrath MAC video laryngoscope offers excellent laryngosopic views and increases the success rate of orotracheal intubation in some cases. The aim of this study was to determine the usefulness of McGrath MAC f...

    Authors: Aiji Sato (Boku), Kazuya Sobue, Eisuke Kako, Naoko Tachi, Yoko Okumura, Mayuko Kanazawa, Mayumi Hashimoto and Jun Harada
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:160
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  32. Following publication of the original article [1], the authors reported that additional file 10 contained a typing error in the table “Percentage of responders (≥50% max TOTPAR) over two, four, six and eight h...

    Authors: R. A. Moore, H. J. McQuay, J. Tomaszewski, G. Raba, D. Tutunaru, N. Lietuviete, J. Galad, L. Hagymasy, D. Melka, J. Kotarski, T. Rechberger, B. Fülesdi, A. Nizzardo, C. Guerrero-Bayón, S. Cuadripani, B. Pizà-Vallespir…
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:159
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in BMC Anesthesiology 2016 16:9

  33. Preoperative anxiety is common in pediatric patients. When dexmedetomidine is used alone for sedation as premedication, children tend to awaken when separated from their parents, and body movements occur durin...

    Authors: Hui Qiao, Zhi Xie and Jie Jia
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:158
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  34. Evidence to date suggests that capnography monitoring during gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures (GEP) reduces the incidence of hypoxemia, but the association of capnography monitoring with the incidence of...

    Authors: Michael W. Jopling and Jiejing Qiu
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:157
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  35. Airway management of the obese patient presenting for surgery is more likely to be a challenging problem. Supraglottic airway device has been adopted as a bridge to connect ventilation and tracheal intubation ...

    Authors: Haixia Wang, Xue Gao, Wei Wei, Huihui Miao, Hua Meng and Ming Tian
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:156
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  37. Emergence agitation (EA) is a common phenomenon in preschool children during emergence from general anesthesia. This study evaluated the safety and efficacy of dezocine for emergence agitation in preschool chi...

    Authors: Li-Jun An, Yang Zhang, Zheng Su, Xian-Long Zhang, Hai-Lin Liu, Zhi-Jie Zhang, Jian-Lin Hu and Shi-Tong Li
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:154
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  38. Thoracic epidural anesthesia (TEA) exacerbates hypotension due to peripheral vasodilator effects following the use of general anesthetics. This study aimed to compare the hemodynamic changes caused by three di...

    Authors: Jeong-Min Hong, Hyeon Jeong Lee, Young-Jae Oh, Ah Rhem Cho, Hyae Jin Kim, Do-Won Lee, Wang-Seok Do, Jae-Young Kwon and Haekyu Kim
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:153
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  39. Previous studies have shown that cyclooxygenase-2, a key enzyme that converts arachidonic acid to prostaglandins, is involved in anxiety and cognitive processes, but few studies have investigated the effects o...

    Authors: Bo Wang, Xin Jin, Xin Kuang and Shaowen Tian
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:152
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  40. While most Direct laryngoscopy leads to dental injury in 25–39% of cases. Dental injury occurs when the forces and impacts applied to the teeth exceed the ability of the structures to dissipate energy and stre...

    Authors: Milo Engoren, Lauryn R. Rochlen, Matthew V. Diehl, Sarah S. Sherman, Elizabeth Jewell, Mary Golinski, Paul Begeman and John M. Cavanaugh
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:151
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  41. Persistent post-surgical pain is a difficult clinical problem. In this study, we intend to explore the mechanism underlying the persistent post-surgical pain in SMIR (skin/muscle incision and retraction) rats.

    Authors: Zhisong Li, Yaru Li, Jing Cao, Xuemin Han, Weihua Cai, Weidong Zang, Jitian Xu and Wei Zhang
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:150
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  42. Lung protective mechanical ventilation with limited peak inspiratory pressure has been shown to affect cardiac output in patients with ARDS. However, little is known about the impact of lung protective mechani...

    Authors: Rudolf Hering, Stefan Kreyer and Christian Putensen
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:149
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  43. Studies have found that propofol can inhibit endotoxin-induced monocyte-macrophages to produce various inflammatory factors. This study is to disclose whether the propofol affects the expression of high-mobili...

    Authors: Jie Jia, Yijuan Sun, Zurong Hu, Yi Li and Xiangcai Ruan
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:148
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  44. While the long-term negative effects of obesity on health is a well-studied phenomenon, its effects on acute illnesses seem to be the contrary. Several studies have indicated the possibility of an ‘obesity par...

    Authors: Pauline Yeung Ng and Matthias Eikermann
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:147
    Content type: Editorial Published on:

  45. Rotational elastometry (ROTEM) has been shown useful to monitor coagulation in trauma patients and in major elective surgery. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the utility of ROTEM to identify hemostatic dis...

    Authors: Christoph Ellenberger, Najia Garofano, Gleicy Barcelos, John Diaper, Gordana Pavlovic and Marc Licker
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:146
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  46. Hemodynamic resuscitation in septic shock requires aggressive fluid replacement and appropriate use of vasopressors to optimize arterial pressure (AP) and cardiac output (CO). Because responses to these drugs ...

    Authors: Kazunori Uemura, Toru Kawada, Can Zheng, Meihua Li and Masaru Sugimachi
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:145
    Content type: Technical advance Published on:

  48. Paragangliomas are catecholamine-secreting tumors of the paraganglia. Perioperative mortality of children with paraganglioma is high, but preoperative therapy and anesthetic management of paraganglioma resecti...

    Authors: Xixi Jia, Xiangyang Guo and Qing Zheng
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:142
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  49. Small nasotracheal tubes (NTTs) and intranasal compression of the NTT in the nasal cavity may contribute to increasing airway resistance. Since the effects of size, shape, and partial compression of the NTT on...

    Authors: Koichi Futagawa, Yoshihiro Takasugi, Takeharu Kobayashi, Satoshi Morishita and Takahiko Okuda
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:141
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  50. Sugammadex, a modified gamma-cyclodextrin, has changed clinical practice of neuromuscular reversal dramatically. With the introduction of this selective relaxant binding agent, rapid and reliable neuromuscular...

    Authors: Hajime Iwasaki, J. Ross Renew, Takayuki Kunisawa and Sorin J. Brull
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:140
    Content type: Review Published on:
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