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Safety and efficacy of addition of hyaluronidase to a mixture of lidocaine and bupivacaine in scalp nerves block in elective craniotomy operations; comparative study

BMC Anesthesiology, 2018
Background Patients undergoing craniotomy operations are prone to various noxious stimuli, many strategies are commenced to provide state of analgesia, for better control of the stress response and to overcome its undesired effects on the haemodynamics ...
Ahmed Abdalla Mohamed, Tarek Ahmed Radwan, Mohamed Mahmoud Mohamed, Hatem Abdellatif Mohamed, Mohamed Farid Mohamed Elemady, Safinaz Hassan Osman, Tamer Fayez Safan, Tamer Mohamed Khair, Norhan Abdelaleem Ali, Rania Samir Fahmy, Mohamed Ibrahim Belita, Shady Rady Abdalla, Ahmed Abdelaziz Seleem, Ehab Mohi Atta, Osama Ismail Zaid, Ahmed Shaker Ragab, Ahmed Essam Salem, Badawy Mohamed AlKholy   +17 more
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The neglected perioperative population of undiagnosed diabetics – a retrospective cohort study

BMC Surgery, 2020
Background Diabetes is known to increase morbidity and 30-day mortality in adults undergoing non-cardiac surgery, but longer term outcomes are less studied.
Wei W. Teo, Lian K. Ti, Lyn L. Lean, Edwin Seet, Ambika Paramasivan, Weiling Liu, Jiexun Wang, Vanessa Chua, Lydia Q. Liew   +8 more
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Preliminary Report on Efficacy of Acupuncture versus meToclopramide for Management of Post-Operative Gastroparesis (EAT POSTOP Trial)

Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare, 2012
Introduction: Gastroparesis is common in intensive care patients and may increase the incidence of malnutrition and nosocomial pneumonia, leading to poorer patient outcomes. Current pharmacotherapy has shown only modest efficacy.
Vui Kian Ho MBBS, MMed (Anaesthesia), Sharon Ong MBBS, MMed (Anaesthesia), Shuli Cui MD PRC, Nian Chih Hwang MBBS, FFARCSI   +3 more
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Intraoperative low tidal volume ventilation and the risk of ICD-10 coded delirium and the use for antipsychotic medications

BMC Anesthesiology, 2022
Background Low tidal volume (VT) ventilation and its associated increase in arterial carbon dioxide (PaCO2) may affect postoperative neurologic function.
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, Rinaldo Bellomo, Daryl A. Jones   +17 more
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Anaesthesia for urological surgery

, 2021
Anaesthesia is commonly used to facilitate urological procedures and many patients are elderly with multiple comorbidities. Urological procedures range from minor day case to major surgery in which extensive resources are needed both intraoperatively and
Alaali, HH, Irwin, MG
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A survey of the current use of neuromuscular blocking drugs among the Middle Eastern anesthesiologists

Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia, 2013
Background: This survey aimed to assess the extent of practice of the Middle Eastern anesthesiologists in the use of neuromuscular blocking agents (NMB) in 2012.
Abdelazeem Eldawlatly, Mohamed R El-Tahan, MMM-Anaesthesia Group Collaborators   +2 more
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Anaesthesia for the neonate [PDF]

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia, 1991
Advances in prenatal diagnosis, obstetrical care and neonatal surgery have increased survival of the high-risk newborn. New and more frequent surgical interventions have increased the involvement of the anaesthetist in the perinatal care of the premature and term infant.
R K, Crone, G K, Sorensen, R J, Orr
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A study of anaesthesia-related cardiac arrest from a Chinese tertiary hospital

BMC Anesthesiology, 2018
Background The present survey evaluated the incidence of perioperative cardiac arrests in a Chinese tertiary general teaching hospital over ten years.
Chu-Lian Gong, Jing-Ping Hu, Zhuo-Lin Qiu, Qian-Qian Zhu, Zi-Qing Hei, Shao-Li Zhou, Xiang Li   +6 more
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Factors predicting one-year post-surgical mortality amongst older Asian patients undergoing moderate to major non-cardiac surgery – a retrospective cohort study

BMC Surgery, 2020
Background While short-term perioperative outcomes have been well studied in Western surgical populations, the aim of this study is to look at the one-year perioperative mortality and its associated factors in an Asian surgical population after non ...
Lydia Q. Liew, Wei Wei Teo, Edwin Seet, Lyn Li Lean, Ambika Paramasivan, Joanna Tan, Irene Lim, Jiexun Wang, Lian Kah Ti   +8 more
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Regional anaesthesia for caesarean section in severe preeclampsia: spinal anaesthesia is the preferred choice

, 2011
Part of the Portfolio Thesis by Geoffrey H. Sharwood-Smith: The inferior vena caval compression theory of hypotension in obstetric spinal anaesthesia: studies in normal and preeclamptic pregnancy, a literature review and revision of fundamental concepts,
Watson, E., Sharwood-Smith, Geoffrey H., Clark, V.   +2 more
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