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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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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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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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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Neural Substrates for the Regulation of Sleep and General Anesthesia
Current Neuropharmacology, 2021 General anesthesia has been successfully used in clinics for over 170 years, but its mechanisms of effect remain unclear. Behaviorally, general anesthesia is similar to sleep as it produces a reversible transition between wakefulness and the state of ...
Qianzi Yang +3 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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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 +8 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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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 +24 more
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Improved costs and outcomes with conscious sedation vs general anesthesia in TAVR patients: Time to wake up? [PDF]
, 2017 BackgroundTranscatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has become a commonplace procedure for the treatment of aortic stenosis in higher risk surgical patients.
Aksoy, Olcay +10 more
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