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Ketamine is a frequently used intravenous anesthetic, which can reversibly induce loss of consciousness (LOC). Previous studies have demonstrated that thalamocortical system is critical for information transmi...
BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:111
Published on: 23 August 2017
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Acute pain and systemic opioids may both negatively impact respiratory function after cardiac surgery. This study analyzes the local practice of using intrathecal morphine analgesia (ITMA) with minimal parente...
BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:109
Published on: 22 August 2017
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In the postoperative period, immediate recovery of muscular power is essential for patient safety, but this can be affected by anaesthetic drugs, opioids and neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBA). In this cohor...
BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:108
Published on: 22 August 2017
Research article
In the perioperative period, it may be inappropriate to monitor vital signs during endotracheal intubation using the same interval as during a hemodynamically stable period. The aim of the present study was to...
BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:110
Published on: 22 August 2017
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Surgery with and without hypervolaemia may cause shedding (breakdown) of the endothelial glycocalyx layer, but the severity of this problem is unclear.
BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:107
Published on: 22 August 2017
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Adequate muscle relaxation is important for ensuring optimal conditions for intubation. Although acceleromyography of the adductor pollicis muscle is commonly used to assess conditions for intubation, we hypot...
BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:106
Published on: 17 August 2017
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To investigate the effect of systemic lipopolysaccharide (LPS) on function of hippocampus and corpus callosum (CC) in adult rats.
BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:105
Published on: 14 August 2017
Research article
Chronic post-surgical pain (CPSP) after hysterectomy has been recognized as a major clinical problem in the Western World. Reports on post-hysterectomy pain are relatively scarce in China. The aim of the curre...
BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:103
Published on: 11 August 2017
Research article
Inadvertent perioperative hypothermia (IPH) leads to surgical complications and increases length of stay. IPH rates are high with the current standard of care, forced air warming (FAW). Our hypothesis is that ...
BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:102
Published on: 11 August 2017
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It is skeptical about cardioprotective property of sevoflurane in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery, especially in the elderly patients with coronary heart disease. We hypothesized that long duration of s...
BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:104
Published on: 11 August 2017
Research article
Quantitative neuromuscular monitoring is the gold standard to detect postoperative residual curarization (PORC). Many anesthesiologists, however, use insensitive, qualitative neuromuscular monitoring or unreli...
BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:101
Published on: 4 August 2017
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It is important to inform medical educators and workforce planners in Anaesthesia about early career choices for the specialty, factors that influence them and to elucidate how recent choices of men and women ...
BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:100
Published on: 25 July 2017
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The aim of the present work was to assess cerebral hemodynamic changes in a porcine model of E.coli induced fulminant sepsis.
BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:98
Published on: 24 July 2017
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Preoperative frailty predicts adverse postoperative outcomes. Despite the advantages of incorporating frailty assessment into surgical settings, there is limited research on surgical healthcare professionals’ ...
BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:99
Published on: 24 July 2017
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Patients in intensive care units (ICUs) are often physically unable to communicate with their physicians. Thus, the sharing of information about the on-going treatment of the patients in ICUs is directly relat...
BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:97
Published on: 17 July 2017
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At many academic institutions, anesthesiology residents are responsible for managing emergent intubations outside of the operating room (OOOR), with complications estimated to be as high as 39%. In order to cr...
BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:96
Published on: 15 July 2017
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Shared decision-making (SDM) seeks to involve both patients and clinicians in decision-making about possible health management strategies, using patients’ preferences and best available evidence. SDM seems rea...
BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:95
Published on: 12 July 2017
Case report
Mitochondrial myopathies represent a group of disorders caused by mitochondrial defects that disrupt energy production. Most patients have issues from infancy to early childhood. Pregnancy in women with mitoch...
BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:94
Published on: 12 July 2017
Research article
Structural aspects and current practice about end-of-life (EOL) decisions in German intensive care units (ICUs) managed by anesthesiologists are unknown. A survey among intensive care anesthesiologists has bee...
BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:93
Published on: 11 July 2017
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High post-operative pain scores after “minor” orthopedic/trauma surgery are in part attributed to inadequate prescription of opioid analgesics. Novel concepts aiming to achieve sufficient analgesia while minim...
BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:91
Published on: 11 July 2017
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Oscillations of the arterial partial pressure of oxygen induced by varying shunt fractions occur during cyclic alveolar recruitment within the injured lung. Recently, these were proposed as a pathomechanism th...
BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:92
Published on: 11 July 2017
Case report
Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis is a rare neurological disorder that is caused by the production of antibodies against NMDARs. As many anaesthetic drugs interact with NMDARs and may wor...
BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:90
Published on: 6 July 2017
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To investigate the feasibility, effectiveness and safety of bilateral thoracic paravertebral block (TPVB) in the post anesthesia care unit (PACU) for pain relief in participants after laparotomy.
BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:89
Published on: 5 July 2017
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Hip fracture is a trauma of the elderly. The worldwide number of patients in need of surgery after hip fracture will increase in the coming years. The 30-day mortality ranges between 4 and 14%. Patients’ outco...
BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:87
Published on: 28 June 2017
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According to some published studies, neuraxial analgesia may be associated with prolonged labor and an increased risk for instrumental vaginal delivery. However, its effects on episiotomy are unknown. This stu...
BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:88
Published on: 28 June 2017
