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  1. Recent studies have reported that cancer surgeries involving regional anesthesia have better outcomes than those under general anesthesia. However, the effects of anesthetic technique have not been investigate...

    Authors: Dale Jang, Chae Seong Lim, Yong Sup Shin, Young Kwon Ko, Sang Il Park, Seong Hyun Song and Bum June Kim
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2016 16:16
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  2. A low plasma glutamine level at the time of acute admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) is an independent predictor of an unfavourable outcome in critically ill patients. The primary objective of this stu...

    Authors: Hanneke Buter, Andries J. Bakker, W. Peter Kingma, Matty Koopmans and E. Christiaan Boerma
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2016 16:15
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  3. The benefits of an Acute Pain Service (APS) for pain management have been widely reported, but its diffusion is still limited. There are two APS models: anesthesiologist-based and a nurse-based model. Here we ...

    Authors: Tommaso Borracci, Daniela Prencipe, Anita Masotti, Alessandra Nella, Germana Tuccinardi, Lucia Margiacchi, Gianluca Villa, Fulvio Pinelli, Stefano Romagnoli, Angelo Raffaele De Gaudio and Giovanni Zagli
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2016 16:14
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  4. Anesthetic preconditioning can improve survival of cardiac progenitor cells exposed to oxidative stress. We investigated the role of protein kinase C and isoform protein kinase C-ε in isoflurane-induced precon...

    Authors: In-Ae Song, Ah-Young Oh, Jin-Hee Kim, Young-Min Choi, Young-Tae Jeon, Jung-Hee Ryu and Jung-Won Hwang
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2016 16:13
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  6. With increasingly intensive treatments and population ageing, more people face complex treatment and care decisions. We explored patterns of the decision-making processes during critical care, and sources of c...

    Authors: I. J. Higginson, C. Rumble, C. Shipman, J. Koffman, K. E. Sleeman, M. Morgan, P. Hopkins, J. Noble, W. Bernal, S. Leonard, O. Dampier, W. Prentice, R. Burman and M. Costantini
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2016 16:11
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  7. A variety of factors have been linked to perioperative visual loss during or directly after nonocular and ocular surgeries. Prolonged immobilization, biochemical factors and hemodynamic instability have been d...

    Authors: Rossiana I. Bojinova, Katarzyna Konieczka, Peter Meyer and Margarita G. Todorova
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2016 16:10
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  8. Dexketoprofen trometamol plus tramadol hydrochloride is a new oral combination of two analgesics, which have different mechanisms of action for the treatment of moderate to severe acute pain.

    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 2016 16:9
    Content type: Research article Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:159

  9. Glycaemia control (GC) remains an important therapeutic goal in critically ill patients. The enhanced Model Predictive Control (eMPC) algorithm, which models the behaviour of blood glucose (BG) and insulin sen...

    Authors: Jan Blaha, Barbara Barteczko-Grajek, Pawel Berezowicz, Jiri Charvat, Jiri Chvojka, Teodoro Grau, Jonathan Holmgren, Ulrich Jaschinski, Petr Kopecky, Jan Manak, Mette Moehl, Jonathan Paddle, Marcello Pasculli, Johan Petersson, Sirak Petros, Danilo Radrizzani…
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2016 16:8
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  10. Lung isolation skills, such as correct insertion of double lumen endobronchial tube and bronchial blocker, are essential in anesthesia training; however, how to teach novices these skills is underexplored. Our...

    Authors: Rana K. Latif, Edgar M. VanHorne, Sunitha Kanchi Kandadai, Alexander F. Bautista, Aurel Neamtu, Anupama Wadhwa, Mary B. Carter, Craig H. Ziegler, Mohammed Faisal Memon and Ozan Akça
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2016 16:7
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  11. Difficult airway may result in significant morbidity and mortality. Proficient airway evaluation, therefore, is one of the key elements in the safe conduct of anesthesia. A three-dimensional (3D) printing mode...

    Authors: Bin Han, Yajie Liu, Xiaoqing Zhang and Jun Wang
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2016 16:6
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  12. Tracheal intubation of laboratory mice remains essential yet challenging for most researchers. The aim of this study was to investigate whether this procedure can be more efficiently and safely accomplished by...

    Authors: Chieh-Shou Su, Hui-Chin Lai, Chih-Yen Wang, Wen-Lieng Lee, Kuo-Yang Wang, Ya-Ling Yang, Li-Chun Wang, Chia-Ning Liu and Tsun-Jui Liu
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2016 16:5
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  13. A loss of adequate Situation Awareness (SA) may play a major role in the genesis of critical incidents in anesthesia and critical care. This observational study aimed to determine the frequency of SA errors in...

    Authors: Christian M. Schulz, Veronika Krautheim, Annika Hackemann, Matthias Kreuzer, Eberhard F. Kochs and Klaus J. Wagner
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2016 16:4
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  14. Uncertainty persists regarding the optimal ventilatory strategy in trauma patients developing acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). This work aims to assess the effects of two mechanical ventilation stra...

    Authors: Dierk Schreiter, Nadja C. Carvalho, Sebastian Katscher, Ludger Mende, Alexander P. Reske, Peter M. Spieth, Alysson R. Carvalho, Alessandro Beda, Burkhard Lachmann, Marcelo B. P. Amato, Hermann Wrigge and Andreas W. Reske
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2016 16:3
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  16. Intravenous lipid emulsions have been introduced for the management of patients with Local Anesthetic Systemic Toxicity (LAST). These emulsions have been stated as a first-line treatment in the guidelines of s...

    Authors: Mao Xu, Shanliang Jin, Zhengqian Li, Xuzhong Xu, Xiuli Wang, Lan Zhang, Zeguo Feng, Buwei Yu, Jin Liu and Xiangyang Guo
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2016 16:1
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  17. The use of ventricular assist devices has expanded significantly since their approval by the Food and Drug Administration in the United States in 1994. In addition to this, the prevalence of heart failure cont...

    Authors: S. Michael Roberts, David G. Hovord, Ramesh Kodavatiganti and Subramanian Sathishkumar
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2015 15:185
    Content type: Review Published on:

  18. Delirium has become better studied, but is still only partially understood and significantly underestimated. There are some well-known risk factors, but little is known about the incidence of delirium in the d...

    Authors: A. Winter, MP. Steurer and Alexander Dullenkopf
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2015 15:184
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  19. The predictive value of an individual’s attitude towards painful situations and the status of his immune system for postoperative analgesic requirements are not well understood. These may help the clinician to...

    Authors: Myriam Daoudia, Céline Decruynaere, Bernard Le Polain de Waroux, Jean-Louis Thonnard, Léon Plaghki and Patrice Forget
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2015 15:183
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  20. The use of femoral nerve block (FNB) combined with sciatic nerve block (SNB) after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) has recently become controversial. Local infiltration analgesia (LIA) has been reported to be ef...

    Authors: Mari Nagafuchi, Tomoyuki Sato, Takahiro Sakuma, Akemi Uematsu, Hiromasa Hayashi, Hidenori Tanikawa, Kazunari Okuma, Akira Hashiuchi, Junya Oshida and Hiroshi Morisaki
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2015 15:182
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  21. Tracheostomy is recommended for patients receiving mechanical ventilation (MV) for 14 days or more in the intensive care unit (ICU). Nevertheless, many patients undergoing prolonged MV remain intubated via the...

    Authors: Wei-Chieh Lin, Chang-Wen Chen, Jung-Der Wang and Liang-Miin Tsai
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2015 15:181
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  22. It is unknown whether cerebral oxygenation in patients with carotid artery stenosis (CAS) undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) differs from that in patients without CAS. Thus, the effect ...

    Authors: S. Toyama, K. Matsuoka, Y. Tagaito and M. Shimoyama
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2015 15:180
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  23. The rise of electronic medical records has led to a proliferation of large observational studies that examine the perioperative period. In contrast to randomized controlled trials, these studies have the abili...

    Authors: Karim S. Ladha and Matthias Eikermann
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2015 15:179
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

    The original article was published in BMC Anesthesiology 2015 15:169

  24. Perioperative hemorrhage may depend on coagulation competence and this study evaluated the influence of coagulation competence on blood loss during cystectomy due to bladder cancer.

    Authors: Kirsten C. Rasmussen, Michael Hoejskov, Per I. Johansson, Irina Kridina, Thomas Kistorp, Lisbeth Salling, Henning B. Nielsen, Birgitte Ruhnau, Tom Pedersen and Niels H. Secher
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2015 15:178
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  25. Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) analgesia-sedation protocols may improve sedation practice and patients’ outcomes. We aimed to evaluate the impact of the introduction of CPOE protocol.

    Authors: Samir H. Haddad, Catherine B. Gonzales, Ahmad M. Deeb, Hani M. Tamim, Abdulaziz S. AlDawood, Ibrahim Al Babtain, Brintha S. Naidu and Yaseen M. Arabi
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2015 15:177
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  26. Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy (LC) is conventionally performed under general anaesthesia (GA), but there are multiple studies which have found spinal anaesthesia (SA) as a safe alternative. This meta-analysis w...

    Authors: Gan Yu, Qin Wen, Li Qiu, Li Bo and Jiang Yu
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2015 15:176
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  27. Chronic pelvic pain is a common condition among women, and 10 to 30 % of causes originate from the abdominal wall, and are associated with trigger points. Although little is known about their pathophysiology, ...

    Authors: Mary L. L. S. Montenegro, Carolina A. Braz, Julio C. Rosa-e-Silva, Francisco J. Candido-dos-Reis, Antonio A. Nogueira and Omero B. Poli-Neto
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2015 15:175
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  28. Hospital acquired infections worsen the outcome of patients treated in intensive care units and are costly. Coatings with silver or metal alloys may reduce or alter the formation of biofilm on invasive medical...

    Authors: Gunilla Björling, Dorota Johansson, Linda Bergström, Shah Jalal, Ivar Kohn, Claes Frostell and Sigridur Kalman
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2015 15:174
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  29. Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis is a rare disorder that is characterized by a large accumulation of lipoproteinaceous material within the alveoli. This causes respiratory failure due to a restriction of gas exc...

    Authors: Martina Krecmerova, Frantisek Mosna, Vladimír Bicek, Frantisek Petrik, Alzbeta Grandcourtova, Marek Lekes and Tomas Vymazal
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2015 15:173
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  30. Adequate cerebral perfusion pressure with quick and smooth emergence from anesthesia is a major concern of the neuroanesthesiologist. Anesthesia techniques that minimize anesthetic requirements and their effec...

    Authors: Irene Asouhidou and Anastasia Trikoupi
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2015 15:172
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  31. Less-invasive and easy to install monitoring systems for continuous estimation of cardiac index (CI) have gained increasing interest, especially in cardiac surgery patients who often exhibit abrupt haemodynami...

    Authors: Ole Broch, Jose Carbonell, Carlos Ferrando, Malte Metzner, Arne Carstens, Martin Albrecht, Matthias Gruenewald, Jan Höcker, Marina Soro, Markus Steinfath, Jochen Renner and Berthold Bein
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2015 15:171
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  32. Monitoring low molecular weight heparins (LMWH’s) in the perioperative period is prudent in patients at high risk of coagulative complications, especially when the patient has an epidural catheter requiring wi...

    Authors: Owain Thomas, Anna Larsson, Nahreen Tynngård and Ulf Schött
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2015 15:170
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  33. Recent reports using administrative claims data suggest the incidence of community- and hospital-onset sepsis is increasing. Whether this reflects changing epidemiology, more effective diagnostic methods, or c...

    Authors: Benjamin S. Thomas, S. Reza Jafarzadeh, David K. Warren, Sandra McCormick, Victoria J. Fraser and Jonas Marschall
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2015 15:169
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    The Commentary to this article has been published in BMC Anesthesiology 2015 15:179

  34. Pancreatic stone protein (PSP) has been identified as a promising sepsis marker in adults, children and neonates. However, data on population-based reference values are lacking. This study aimed to establish a...

    Authors: Luregn J Schlapbach, Eric Giannoni, Sven Wellmann, Martin Stocker, Roland A Ammann and Rolf Graf
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2015 15:168
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  35. The Streamlined Liner of the Pharynx Airway (SLIPA), a type of supraglottic airway, has a non-inflatable cuff that softens at body temperature to fit the laryngeal structure. We investigated whether pre-warmin...

    Authors: Hyun Kang, Dong Rim Kim, Yong Hun Jung, Chong Wha Baek, Yong Hee Park, Jong In Oh, Won Joong Kim and Geun Joo Choi
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2015 15:167
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  36. The aim of our study is to compare the effects of thoracic epidural analgesia combined with general anesthesia (GA) vs. general anesthesia on oxygenation and pulmonary shunt fraction during one-lung ventilatio...

    Authors: Xiao-Qian Li, Wen-Fei Tan, Jun Wang, Bo Fang and Hong Ma
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2015 15:166
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  38. While anesthesiologist’s involvement in palliative care has been widely researched, extensive data on palliative patients under anesthesiological care in the operating room is missing. This study was performed...

    Authors: Christoph L. Lassen, Susanne Aberle, Nicole Lindenberg, Annika Bundscherer, Tobias W. Klier, Bernhard M. Graf and Christoph H. Wiese
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2015 15:164
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  39. There is relevant between individual variability in paracetamol clearance in young women. In this pooled study, we focused on the population pharmacokinetic profile of intravenous paracetamol metabolism and it...

    Authors: Karel Allegaert, Mariska Y. Peeters, Bjorn Beleyn, Anne Smits, Aida Kulo, Kristel van Calsteren, Jan Deprest, Jan de Hoon and Catherijne A. J. Knibbe
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2015 15:163
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  40. Lung ultrasound (LUS) can diagnose extravacular lung water (EVLW) through the visualization of B lines in both humans and large animals. However, there are no published data on the use of ultrasound to detect ...

    Authors: Huan Ma, Daozheng Huang, Minzhou Zhang, Xin Huang, Shiyu Ma, Shuai Mao, Wenhui Li, Yanfen Chen and Liheng Guo
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2015 15:162
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  41. Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) is an effective therapeutic method used to treat patients with pancreatic stones. However, the anesthesia for this procedure has been underappreciated, with minimal...

    Authors: Yu-Guang Yang, Liang-Hao Hu, Hui Chen, Bo Li, Xiao-hua Fan, Jin-bao Li, Jia-Feng Wang and Xiao-Ming Deng
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2015 15:161
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  42. To evaluate the economic implications of the pre-emptive use of extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal (ECCO2R) to avoid invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) in patients with hypercapnic ventilatory insufficiency...

    Authors: Stephan Braune, Hilmar Burchardi, Markus Engel, Axel Nierhaus, Henning Ebelt, Maria Metschke, Simone Rosseau and Stefan Kluge
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2015 15:160
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  44. In this observational study near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) was evaluated as a non-invasive monitor of impaired tissue oxygenation (StO2) after cardiac surgery. StO2, cardiac output, mixed venous oxygen saturat...

    Authors: Rüdger Kopp, Katja Dommann, Rolf Rossaint, Gereon Schälte, Oliver Grottke, Jan Spillner, Steffen Rex and Gernot Marx
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2015 15:158
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  45. Double-lumen endobronchial tubes (DLTs) are commonly advanced into the mainstem bronchus either blindly or by fiberoptic bronchoscopic guidance. However, blind advancement may result in misplacement of left-si...

    Authors: Jeong-Hwa Seo, Jun-Yeol Bae, Hyun Joo Kim, Deok Man Hong, Yunseok Jeon and Jae-Hyon Bahk
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2015 15:157
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  46. Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) is a frequent complication in elderly patients undergoing major non-cardiac surgery, but its etiology is still unclear. Cerebral oxygen saturation (ScO2) represents the ...

    Authors: Cheng Ni, Ting Xu, Nan Li, Yang Tian, Yongzheng Han, Qingsheng Xue, Min Li and Xiangyang Guo
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2015 15:156
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  48. Elderly patients are reportedly at higher risk of postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) after inhalational anesthesia with sevoflurane. We hypothesized that the incidence of POCD would be higher in elderl...

    Authors: Yong Qiao, Hao Feng, Tao Zhao, Heng Yan, He Zhang and Xin Zhao
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2015 15:154
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  49. Simulation-based medical education has rapidly evolved over the past two decades, despite this, there are few published reports of its use in critical care teaching. We hypothesised that simulation-based teach...

    Authors: Orsolya Solymos, Patrick O’Kelly and Criona M. Walshe
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2015 15:153
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  50. Mild hypothermia and fever control have been shown to improve neurological outcomes post cardiac arrest. Common methods to induce hypothermia include body surface cooling and intravascular cooling; however, a ...

    Authors: Ahmed F. Hegazy, Danielle M. Lapierre, Ron Butler and Eyad Althenayan
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2015 15:152
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