Depth of anesthesia by Narcotrend® and postoperative characteristics in children undergoing cardiac surgery under extracorporeal circulation: a retrospective comparison of two anesthetic regimens [PDF]
Background: Depth of anesthesia may be insufficient in pediatric cardiac anesthesia if a total intravenous anesthetic regimen with opioids and midazolam is used during cardiopulmonary bypass. The advantages of sevoflurane-based balanced anesthesia may be
Benner, Laura+7 more
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A Cost Analysis of Carpal Tunnel Release Surgery Performed Wide Awake versus under Sedation. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Hand surgery under local anesthesia only has been used more frequently in recent years. The purpose of this study was to compare perioperative time and cost for carpal tunnel release performed under local anesthesia ( wide-awake local ...
Al Youha+23 more
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Postoperative pain management in children: Guidance from the pain committee of the European Society for Paediatric Anaesthesiology (ESPA Pain Management Ladder Initiative) [PDF]
The main remit of the European Society for Paediatric Anaesthesiology (ESPA) Pain Committee is to improve the quality of pain management in children. The ESPA Pain Management Ladder is a clinical practice advisory based upon expert consensus to help to ...
Adamek+196 more
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Inhalational or total intravenous anaesthesia: is total intravenous anaesthesia useful and are there economic benefits? [PDF]
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The comparison of inhalational and intravenous anaesthesia has been the subject of many controlled trials and meta-analyses. These reported diverse endpoints typically including measures of the speed and quality of induction of ...
Holmes, KA, Sneyd, JR
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INTRAVENOUS LOCAL ANESTHESIA [PDF]
In searching for a method to avoid the difficulties of nerve-blocking anesthesia, Bier 1 developed the idea of Venenanasthesie which he reported at the thirty-seventh German Surgical Congress, in 1908. In 1909, he reported a series of 134 cases and gave in detail the technic of the method. 2 The anesthetizing solution is injected into the veins, in a
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Supplemental peri-operative intravenous crystalloids for postoperative nausea and vomiting: an abridged Cochrane systematic review. [PDF]
We conducted a Cochrane systematic review on the effectiveness of supplemental intravenous crystalloid administration in preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting.
Bird, SJ+5 more
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Combining interscalene brachial plexus block with intravenous-inhalation combined anesthesia for upper extremity fractures surgery: A randomized controlled trial [PDF]
Background: A parallel-group randomized controlled trial (RCT) was conducted to evaluate the effect of combining the interscalene brachial plexus block (IBPB) with Intravenous–inhalation combined anesthesia to isolated Intravenous–inhalation anesthesia ...
Chen, Wen-ting+5 more
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A randomised, controlled, double blind, non-inferiority trial of ultrasound-guided fascia iliaca block vs. spinal morphine for analgesia after primary hip arthroplasty [PDF]
We performed a single centre, double blind, randomised, controlled, non-inferiority study comparing ultrasound-guided fascia iliaca block with spinal morphine for the primary outcome of 24-h postoperative morphine consumption in patients undergoing ...
Anderson, K.+7 more
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Long-term vascular access ports as a means of sedative administration in a rodent fMRI survival model [PDF]
The purpose of this study is to develop a rodent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) survival model with the use of heparin-coated vascular access devices.
Cho, Younghoon R+7 more
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Review of pharmacokinetic models for target controlled infusions in anesthesia [PDF]
Intravenous injection of anesthetic drugs dates back to the 17th Century when opium and chloral hydrate have been injected intravenously. It was not until the 1930s intravenous anesthesia became popular with the invention of barbiturates.Early ...
Sivasubramaniam, Subash Kennedy
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