Anesthesia & Analgesia: April 2016 – Volume 122 – Issue 4 – p 1202–1210 AUTHORS: Li, Yun MD et al BACKGROUND: Epidural anesthesia may attenuate the sympathetic hyperactivity and stress response from surgery. In this study, we compared the stress response, hemodynamic variables, and recovery profiles of patients undergoing total IV anesthesia (TIVA) and intraoperative […]
Read MoreAnesthesia & Analgesia: April 2016 – Volume 122 – Issue 4 – p 1186–1191 AUTHORS: Pace, Meredith M. MD et al BACKGROUND: The benefits of thoracic paravertebral block (TPVB) have been demonstrated for patients undergoing surgery for breast cancer. However, pleural puncture resulting in pneumothorax is a serious complication associated with traditional approaches using guidance […]
Read MoreAnesthesia & Analgesia: April 2016 – Volume 122 – Issue 4 – p 1169–1177 AUTHORS: Luedi, Markus M. MD, MBA et al BACKGROUND: In elderly, high-risk patients, operating room (OR) turnaround times are especially difficult to estimate, and the managerial implications of patient age and ASA physical status for OR management decisions remain unclear. We […]
Read MoreAnesthesia & Analgesia: April 2016 – Volume 122 – Issue 4 – p 1158–1168 AUTHORS: Chen, Yulong BA et al BACKGROUND: Patient memories of the operating room (OR) may serve as the informational basis for assessing satisfaction with individual anesthesiologists. Furthermore, the provision of clinically important information may assume that perioperative memories are retained. Studies […]
Read MoreAnesthesia & Analgesia: April 2016 – Volume 122 – Issue 4 – p 1153–1157 AUTHORS: Windpassinger, Marita MD et al BACKGROUND: The extent to which insufflation of oxygen into the posterior pharynx during laryngoscopy prolongs adequate saturation in infants and small children remains unknown. Therefore, we compared oxygen saturation over time in preoxygenated small children […]
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