Numbness of the lower lip following urological surgery under general anesthesia – A case report – [PDF]
Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, 2021 Background Peripheral nerve injury is a complication that can occur after general anesthesia. It significantly impairs the patient’s quality of life and may lead to permanent disability.
Su Yeon Kim +4 more
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Anesthesiology, 2021 Background: Experimental and observational research suggests that combined epidural–general anesthesia may improve long-term survival after cancer surgery by reducing anesthetic and opioid consumption and by blunting surgery-related inflammation.
Yaoan Du +21 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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Prenatal Exposure to General Anesthesia and Childhood Behavioral Deficit
Anesthesia and Analgesia, 2021 BACKGROUND: Exposure to surgery and anesthesia in early childhood has been found to be associated with an increased risk of behavioral deficits. While the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned against prenatal exposure to anesthetic drugs ...
C. Ing +6 more
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Mechanisms of General Anesthesia [PDF]
Environmental Health Perspectives, 1990 Although general anesthetics are often said to be nonspecific agents, it is likely that they act at a much more restricted set of target sites than commonly believed. The traditional view has been that the primary targets are lipid portions of nerve membranes, but recent evidence shows that the effects on lipid bilayers of clinically relevant levels of
William R. Lieb, Nicholas P. Franks
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Dental treatment under general anesthesia for patients with severe disabilities
Journal of dental anesthesia and pain medicine, 2021 Patients with disabilities have difficulties tolerating in-office dental treatment due to limitations relating to cooperation and/or physical problems. Therefore, they often require general anesthesia or sedation to facilitate safe treatment.
Junglim Choi, Re-mee Doh
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The association between gut microbiota and postoperative delirium in patients
Translational Psychiatry, 2023 Postoperative delirium is a common postoperative complication in older patients, and its pathogenesis and biomarkers remain largely undetermined. The gut microbiota has been shown to regulate brain function, and therefore, it is vital to explore the ...
Yiying Zhang +9 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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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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Retrospective analysis of the feasibility and safety of external jugular vein cannulation in surgical patients [PDF]
Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, 2023 Background Establishing intravenous (IV) access is an essential procedure in surgical patients. External jugular vein (EJV) cannulation can be a good alternative for patients for whom it is difficult to establish peripheral IV access.
Jae-Woo Ju, Yoonbin Hwang, Ho-Jin Lee
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