Physiological Reports, 2021 The pulmonary endothelium is an immediate recipient of high oxygen concentrations upon oxygen therapy and mediates down‐stream responses. Cyclic collapse and reopening of atelectatic lung areas during mechanical ventilation with high fractions of ...
Peter Wohlrab +8 more
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General anesthesia vs. non-general anesthesia for vertebrobasilar stroke endovascular therapy
Frontiers in Neurology, 2023 BackgroundThe optimal type of anesthesia for acute vertebrobasilar artery occlusion (VBAO) remains controversial. We aimed to assess the influence of anesthetic management on the outcomes in VBAO patients received endovascular treatment (EVT ...
Yanan Lu +14 more
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Noninvasive respiratory support for COVID-19 patients: when, for whom, and how?
Journal of Intensive Care, 2022 The significant mortality rate and prolonged ventilator days associated with invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) in patients with severe COVID-19 have incited a debate surrounding the use of noninvasive respiratory support (NIRS) (i.e., HFNC, CPAP, NIV)
Zachary P. Sullivan +5 more
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Randomized, controlled trial comparing respiratory and analgesic effects of interscalene, anterior suprascapular, and posterior suprascapular nerve blocks for arthroscopic shoulder surgery [PDF]
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2020 Background Interscalene brachial plexus block (ISB) provides excellent analgesia for arthroscopic shoulder surgeries but is associated with adverse effects including hemidiaphragmatic paresis.
Yean Chin Lim +5 more
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Anesthesia in the surgery of strabismus: role of anesthetic agents in the ocular deviation and surgical outcome [PDF]
, 2015 Purpose: To determine whether the changes in the ocular alignment following general anesthesia, maintained with two different inhalational anesthetic agents, sevoflurane and desflurane, can be used as a predictor for surgical outcomes in children with ...
Arrico, Loredana +5 more
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Coronary Spasm during General Anesthesia in a Patient with Previously Undiagnosed Variant Angina
The Ewha Medical Journal, 2022 Variant angina, which is associated with coronary artery spam, is difficult to recognize on routine preoperative evaluation. Coronary spasm results in myocardial ischemia and even lethal arrhythmia in severe cases.
Gi year Lee +3 more
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Propofol Induction Reduces the Capacity for Neural Information Integration: Implications for the Mechanism of Consciousness and General Anesthesia [PDF]
, 2008 The cognitive unbinding paradigm suggests that the synthesis of cognitive information is attenuated by general anesthesia. Here, we investigated the functional organization of brain activities in the conscious and anesthetized states, based on ...
Byung-Moon Choi +4 more
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Influence of Anesthesia Type on Outcomes after Endovascular Treatment in Acute Ischemic Stroke: Meta-Analysis [PDF]
Neurointervention, 2019 Purpose To assess clinical and angiographic outcomes after endovascular treatment (EVT) in ischemic stroke patients according to anesthesia types (general anesthesia vs.
Chulho Kim +2 more
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Cognitive dysfunction following desflurane versus sevoflurane general anesthesia in elderly patients: a randomized controlled trial. [PDF]
, 2014 UnlabelledAs life expectancy increases, more patients ≥65 years undergo general anesthesia. Anesthetic agents may contribute to postoperative cognitive dysfunction, and incidence may differ with anesthetic agents or intraoperative anesthesia depth ...
Allard, Martin +7 more
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Evaluation of changes in anesthetic methods for cesarean delivery: an analysis for 5 years using the big data of the Korean Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service [PDF]
Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, 2020 Background As an anesthesia induced during cesarean section, spinal anesthesia is preferred over general and epidural anesthesia. This study aimed to review the trend of anesthetic methods for cesarean section based on data obtained from the Korean ...
Ji In Park +4 more
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