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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A transient inflammatory response contributes to oxaliplatin neurotoxicity in mice
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, Volume 9, Issue 12, Page 1985-1998, December 2022., 2022 Abstract Objectives Peripheral neuropathy is a relevant dose‐limiting adverse event that can affect up to 90% of oncologic patients with colorectal cancer receiving oxaliplatin treatment. The severity of neurotoxicity often leads to dose reduction or even premature cessation of chemotherapy.
Aina Calls +9 more
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Regional versus general anesthesia for different categories of caesarean deliveries amongst Chinese women: A retrospective cohort analysis [PDF]
, 2021 Purpose: To study anesthetic techniques utilized in various caesarian deliveries, justification for preference of general anesthesia, and failure of regional anesthesia in pregnant Chinese women.
Li, Xiaoguang, Xu, Li, Zhang, Hao
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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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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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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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JA Clinical Reports, 2023 Background We report the anesthetic management of inguinal hernia repair for an infant with subglottic stenosis. A previously scheduled operation had been cancelled due to unexpected airway trouble during the induction.
Yumi Doi, Satoshi Ekuni
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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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Comparison of Anesthesia for Dental/Oral Surgery by Office-based Dentist Anesthesiologists versus Operating Room-based Physician Anesthesiologists [PDF]
, 2017 Few studies have examined the practice characteristics of dentist anesthesiologists and compared them to other anesthesia providers. Using outcomes from the National Anesthesia Clinical Outcomes Registry and the Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia Clinical
Gabriel, Rodney A. +4 more
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