Surgical site infection after colorectal surgery according to the main anesthetic agent: a retrospective comparison between volatile anesthetics and propofol [PDF]
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2016 BackgroundAnesthetic agents used for general anesthesia are emerging possible influential factors for surgical site infection (SSI). In this retrospective study, we evaluated the incidence of SSI after colorectal surgery according to the main anesthetic ...
Bon-Wook Koo +6 more
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A Double-Edged Sword: Volatile Anesthetic Effects on the Neonatal Brain
Brain Sciences, 2014 The use of volatile anesthetics, a group of general anesthetics, is an exceedingly common practice. These anesthetics may have neuroprotective effects. Over the last decade, anesthetic induced neurotoxicity in pediatric populations has gained a certain ...
Sunny Chiao, Zhiyi Zuo
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Volatile Anesthetic Sevoflurane Attenuates Toll-Like Receptor 1/2 Activation. [PDF]
Anesth Analg, 2020 BACKGROUND: Although immunomodulatory effects of anesthetics have been increasingly recognized, their underlying molecular mechanisms are not completely understood. Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are one of the major receptors to recognize invading pathogens
Mitsui Y +5 more
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Use of Remifentanil for Open in utero Fetal Myelomeningocele Repair Maintains Uterine Relaxation with Reduced Volatile Anesthetic Concentration. [PDF]
Fetal Diagn Ther, 2020 Introduction: Open fetal repair of myelomeningocele (MMC) is an option for prenatally diagnosed spina bifida. Historically, high-dose volatile anesthetic was used for uterine relaxation but is associated with fetal cardiovascular depression.
Marsh BJ +4 more
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Clinical Pharmacogenetics Implementation Consortium (CPIC) Guideline for the Use of Potent Volatile Anesthetic Agents and Succinylcholine in the Context of RYR1 or CACNA1S Genotypes. [PDF]
Clin Pharmacol Ther, 2019 The identification in a patient of 1 of the 50 variants in the RYR1 or CACNA1S genes reviewed here should lead to a presumption of malignant hyperthermia susceptibility (MHS).
Gonsalves SG +14 more
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FASEB J, 2019 Sepsis remains a significant health care burden, with high morbidities and mortalities. Patients with sepsis often require general anesthesia for procedures and imaging studies. Knowing that anesthetic drugs can pose immunomodulatory effects, it would be
Koutsogiannaki S +7 more
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Anesthesiology, 2021 BACKGROUND Delayed neurocognitive recovery after surgery is associated with poor outcome. Most surgeries require general anesthesia, of which sevoflurane and propofol are the most commonly used inhalational and intravenous anesthetics. The authors tested
Yujuan Li +19 more
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The Impact of Volatile Anesthetic Choice on Postoperative Outcomes of Cardiac Surgery: A Meta-Analysis. [PDF]
Biomed Res Int, 2017 Objectives To evaluate the impact of volatile anesthetic choice on clinically relevant outcomes of patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Methods Major databases were systematically searched for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing volatile ...
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Doklady Belorusskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta informatiki i radioèlektroniki, 2020 The method of automatical adjustment controlled maintenance of the surgical stage of anesthesia of patient during general anesthesia by means of volatile anesthetic dosage regulation depending on BIS level is described and explained.
A. A. Satsishur
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Mechanism underlying sevoflurane-induced protection in cerebral ischemia–reperfusion injury
Open Chemistry, 2021 Cerebral ischemia is an extremely complex disease that can be caused by a variety of factors. Cerebral ischemia can cause great harm to human body. Sevoflurane is a volatile anesthetic that is frequently used in clinic, and has a lot of advantages, such ...
Chen Bing +5 more
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