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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, George A. Mashour, Gyu-Jeong Noh, Seunghwan Kim, UnCheol Lee   +4 more
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Vital sign monitoring with continuous pulse oximetry and wireless clinical notification after surgery (the VIGILANCE pilot study)—a randomized controlled pilot trial

Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 2019
Background Respiratory depression is a serious perioperative complication associated with morbidity and mortality. Recently, technology has become available to wirelessly monitor patients on regular surgical wards with continuous pulse oximetry and ...
James E. Paul, Matthew A. Chong, Norman Buckley, Prathiba Harsha, Harsha Shanthanna, Antonella Tidy, Diane Buckley, Anne Clarke, Christopher Young, Timothy Wong, Thuvaraha Vanniyasingam, Lehana Thabane   +11 more
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Prevalence of Emergence Delirium and Associated Factors among Older Patients Who Underwent Elective Surgery: A Multicenter Observational Study

Anesthesiology Research and Practice, 2022
Background. Emergence delirium is a common and serious postoperative complication in older surgical patients. It occurs at any time in the perioperative period, during or immediately following emergence from general anesthesia.
Gezahegn Tesfaye Mekonin, Megersa Kelbesa Olika, Mitiku Birhanu Wedajo, Ashanafi Tolasa Badada, Abebe Dukessa Dubiwak, Tajera Tageza Ilala, Mamo Nigatu Gebre   +6 more
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General anesthesia does not have persistent effects on attention in rodents [PDF]

, 2019
Background: Studies in animals have shown that general anesthesia can cause persistent spatial memory impairment, but the influence of anesthetics on other cognitive functions is unclear.
Amanda G. Nelson, George A. Mashour, George A. Mashour, Katherine A. LaTendresse, Margaret Phyle, Michael S. Avidan, Romi E. Ajluni, Viviane S. Hambrecht-Wiedbusch, Viviane S. Hambrecht-Wiedbusch   +8 more
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Evaluation of peripheral perfusion index and heart rate variability as early predictors for intradialytic hypotension in critically ill patients

BMC Anesthesiology, 2019
Background Intradialytic hypotension is a serious complication during renal replacement therapy in critically ill patients. Early prediction of intradialytic hypotension could allow adequate prophylactic measures.
Hanan Mostafa, Mohamed Shaban, Ahmed Hasanin, Hassan Mohamed, Shymaa Fathy, Hossam M. Abdelreheem, Ahmed Lotfy, Ayman Abougabal, Ahmed Mukhtar, Akram El-adawy   +9 more
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Utility of thromboelastogram in cardiac surgery in Jacobsen syndrome associated with platelet dysfunction: a case report

JA Clinical Reports, 2022
Background Jacobsen syndrome is a rare genetic disorder with multiple congenital anomalies and platelet abnormalities caused by chromosome 11 deletion. Case presentation A 7-month-old boy with thrombocytopenia underwent ventricular septal defect closure.
Chikashi Takeda, Akiko Hirotsu, Gento Yasuhara, Akito Mizuno, Kenichiro Tatsumi, Shuji Kawamoto   +5 more
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Transient neurologic symptoms following spinal anesthesia with isobaric mepivacaine: A decade of experience at Toronto Western Hospital [PDF]

, 2018
Background: Transient neurologic symptoms (TNSs) can be distressing for patients and providers following uneventful spinal anesthesia. Spinal mepivacaine may be less commonly associated with TNS than lidocaine; however, reported rates of TNS with ...
Abdallah, Faraj W., Behboudi, Minou, Brull, Richard, MacFarlane, Alan, Sankar, Ashwin   +4 more
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Effects of different depth of anesthesia on perioperative inflammatory reaction and hospital outcomes in elderly patients undergoing laparoscopic radical gastrectomy

BMC Anesthesiology, 2022
Background To investigate the effect of different depth of anesthesia on inflammatory factors and hospital outcomes in elderly patients undergoing laparoscopic radical gastrectomy for gastric cancer, in order to select an appropriate depth of anesthesia ...
An-qing Lv, Li-cai Huang, Wei-long Lao, Qi-liang Song, Qi-fu Zhou, Zong-ming Jiang, Zhong-hua Chen   +6 more
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Cardiovascular changes after administration of aerosolized salbutamol in horses: five cases [PDF]

, 2014
Prevention and treatment of intraoperative hypoxemia in horses is difficult and both efficacy and safety of therapeutic maneuvers have to be taken into account.
AE Wagner, Chiara Adami, Claudia Spadavecchia, Daniela Casoni, E Spiekerkoetter, EM Kallergis, FJ Derksen, G Nyman, G Nyman, G Nyman, H-M Palos, J Horn, JG Baker, JR Dodam, K Toerneke, K Toerneke, KJ Whitehair, KJ Whitehair, L Devisscher, M Patschova, MA Gaballa, MR Bristow, OE Brodde, SA Robertson, YH Lee   +24 more
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A case series of continuous paravertebral block in minimally invasive cardiac surgery

JA Clinical Reports, 2017
Background Minimally invasive cardiac surgery (MICS), via minithoracotomy, is thought to be a fast track to extubation and recovery after surgery. For this, good coverage analgesia is essential.
Shintaro Tahara, Akito Inoue, Hajime Sakamoto, Yasuaki Tatara, Kayoko Masuda, Yoichiro Hattori, Yusaku Nozumi, Mitsumasa Miyagi, Surakshya Sigdel   +8 more
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