AUTHORS: Kirsch, Muriëlle MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: February 2017 – Volume 124 – Issue 2 – p 588–598 BACKGROUND: To reduce head movement during resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging, post-coma patients with disorders of consciousness (DOC) are frequently sedated with propofol. However, little is known about the effects of this sedation on the […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Neice, Andrew E. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: March 2017 – Volume 124 – Issue 3 – p 915–921 BACKGROUND: Pupillary unrest under ambient light (PUAL) is the fluctuation in pupil diameter in time around a mean value. PUAL is augmented by light and diminished by administration of opioids. We hypothesized that, because pupillary […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Abdelaal Ahmed Mahmoud et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: December 8, 2016 BACKGROUND: Antegrade cannulation of peripheral veins is the usual practice. Blood stasis between a catheter and the wall of the vein or at its tip in addition to catheter-induced phlebitis may initiate a thrombosis. The use of retrograde ventriculojugular shunts against the direction of […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Guay J et al Anesthesia & Analgesia 123 (6), 1591-1602 (Dec 2016) BACKGROUND The aim of this review was to compare the effects of postoperative epidural analgesia with local anesthetics to postoperative systemic or epidural opioids in terms of return of gastrointestinal transit, postoperative pain control, postoperative vomiting, incidence of gastrointestinal anastomotic leak, hospital […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Sauer, Reine-Solange PhD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: February 2017 – Volume 124 – Issue 2 – p 675–685 BACKGROUND: Inhibitors of cyclooxygenase, which block the formation of prostaglandin (PG) E2, are the standard treatment of inflammatory pain. These drugs, however, have serious gastrointestinal, renal, and cardiovascular side effects that limit their clinical use. Cyclodextrins […]
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