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Development and validation of a Score for Preoperative Prediction of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (SPOSA) and its perioperative outcomes

BMC Anesthesiology, 2017
Background Postoperative respiratory complications (PRCs) are associated with significant morbidity, mortality, and hospital costs. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), often undiagnosed in the surgical population, may be a contributing factor.
Christina H. Shin, Stephanie D. Grabitz, Fanny P. Timm, Noomi Mueller, Khushi Chhangani, Karim Ladha, Scott Devine, Tobias Kurth, Matthias Eikermann   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of two different anesthesia-analgesia methods on incidence of postoperative delirium in elderly patients undergoing major thoracic and abdominal surgery: study rationale and protocol for a multicenter randomized controlled trial [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Delirium is a common complication in elderly patients after surgery and associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Studies suggest that deep anesthesia and intense pain are important precipitating factors of postoperative delirium ...
Bin-Jiang Zhao, Dong-Xin Wang, Hong-Ye Zhang, Huai-Jin Li, Hui-Juan Li, Mei-Rong Wang, Ming-Zhang Zuo, Ping Ji, Xiang-Yang Guo, Xiao-Yan Yan, Xiao-Yun Hu, Ya-Wei Li, Yan Li, Yang-Feng Wu, Yao Yu, Yi Feng   +15 more
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Dissociative and analgesic properties of ketamine are independent and unaltered by sevoflurane general anesthesia

PAIN Reports, 2021
. Introduction:. Ketamine, an anesthetic adjunct, is routinely administered as part of a balanced general anesthetic technique. We recently showed that the acute analgesic and dissociation properties of ketamine are separable to suggest that distinct ...
Eunice Y. Hahm, Shubham Chamadia, Joseph J. Locascio, Juan C. Pedemonte, Jacob Gitlin, Jennifer Mekonnen, Reine Ibala, Breanna R. Ethridge, Katia M. Colon, Jason Qu, Oluwaseun Akeju   +10 more
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The feasibility of local anesthesia for the surgical treatment of umbilical hernia: a systematic review of the literature [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Yearly approximately 4500 umbilical hernias are repaired in The Netherlands, mostly under general anesthesia. The use of local anesthesia has shown several advantages in groin hernia surgery.
Jairam, A.P. (An), Jeekel, J. (Hans), Lange, J.F. (Johan), Muysoms, F.E. (Filip), Posthuma-Kaufmann, R. (Ruth)   +4 more
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In-hospital mortality does not increase in patients aged over 85 years after hip fracture surgery. A retrospective observational study in a Japanese tertiary hospital

JA Clinical Reports, 2018
Introduction Hip fracture is a common and serious orthopedic injury among the geriatric population, necessitating surgical treatment. We tested whether age is a significant risk factor for in-hospital mortality after surgery in this retrospective cohort ...
Yoshihisa Fujita, Kumi Shimada, Tomohiko Sato, Masahiko Akatsu, Koichi Nishikawa, Atsuko Kanno, Toshitake Aizawa   +6 more
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Point-of-care platelet function testing for guided transfusion in neurosurgical management of intracranial hemorrhage: a systematic review

European Journal of Medical Research, 2022
Given the rising prevalence of antiplatelet therapy, rapid preoperative identification of patients with bleeding diathesis is necessary for the guidance of blood product administration.
Flora Wen Xin Xu, Nicole-Ann Lim, Ming Ann Sim, Lyn Li Lean, Ne-Hooi Will Loh, Ka Ting Ng, Vanessa Tze Yuh Chua, Sophia Tsong Huey Chew, Lian Kah Ti   +8 more
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Protocol for the Reconstructing Consciousness and Cognition (ReCCognition) Study [PDF]

, 2017
Important scientific and clinical questions persist about general anesthesia despite the ubiquitous clinical use of anesthetic drugs in humans since their discovery.
Andrew R. McKinstry-Wu, Ben Julian A. Palanca, George A. Mashour, Kaitlyn L. Maier, Mathias Basner, Mathias Basner, Max B. Kelz, Max B. Kelz, Michael S. Avidan, Stefanie Blain-Moraes, Vijay Tarnal   +10 more
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Effect of transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation on the quality of postoperative recovery: a meta-analysis

BMC Anesthesiology
Background The purpose of the present study was to systematically delve into the efficacy and safety of transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation (TEAS) on the quality of recovery after general anesthesia.
Meng Zhang, Huanhuan Zhang, Pan Li, Jianli Li   +3 more
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A rare case of small intestinal metastasis from lung cancer

Clinical Case Reports, 2022
We report the case of a 61‐year‐old male patient who was admitted with abdominal pain, vomiting and constipation. He had a past medical history of epidermoid lung cancer .computed tomography revealed distended stomach with mural bowel thickening.
Haitham Rejab, Sami Fendri, Ayman Trigui, Bassem Abid, Majdoub Youssef, Salma Ketata, Hazem Ben Ameur, Salah Boujelbene   +7 more
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The pyruvate generator is a common phenomenon in mitochondria from different rat and mouse brain regions

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The pyruvate generator, which causes activation of respiration by extra‐mitochondrial Ca2+, is also present and functional in rat brainstem mitochondria, as it is in other brain regions. This finding is confirmed by experiments with a fully reconstituted malate–aspartate shuttle (MAS).
Grazyna Debska‐Vielhaber, Niki Karavasili, Matthias Kunz, Zemfira Gizatullina, Timur Gainutdinov, Stefan Vielhaber, Wolfram S. Kunz, Frank N. Gellerich   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source