AUTHORS: O’Gara, Brian P. MD, MPH et al Anesthesia & Analgesia 136(1):p 51-59, January 2023. BACKGROUND: Volatile anesthetics have been historically preferred for cardiac anesthesia, but the evidence for their superiority to intravenous agents is mixed. We conducted a survey to better understand the current state of practice and the rationale behind provider preferences for anesthesia […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Zhang, Yu MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia 136(1):p 34-42, January 2023. BACKGROUND: Surgery is accompanied by a systemic inflammatory response that may presage delirium in susceptible individuals. Little is known about the trajectory of plasma proinflammatory cytokines and their potential associations with postoperative delirium (POD). The current study longitudinally assessed both pro and anti-inflammatory […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Karam, Cynthia MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia 136(1):p 25-33, January 2023. | BACKGROUND: The removal of the laryngeal mask airway (LMA®) in children may be associated with respiratory adverse events. The rate of occurrence of these adverse events may be influenced by the type of anesthesia. Studies comparing total intravenous anesthesia (TIVA) with propofol and […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Yao, Yusheng et al European Journal of Anaesthesiology 39(12):p 911-917, December 2022. BACKGROUND Remimazolam is an ultrashort-acting benzodiazepine that is potentially a practical option for procedural sedation in colonoscopy. OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that remimazolam could provide a noninferior discharge time to propofol for ambulatory colonoscopy. DESIGN A prospective, randomised, double-blind, noninferiority clinical trial. […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Gavilan, Eva MSN et al Anesthesia & Analgesia 136(1):p 43-50, January 2023. Abstract The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of presurgical interventions for promoting smoking cessation in terms of achieving smoking abstinence and reducing surgical complication rates. A systematic review of randomized clinical trials (RCTs) published from March 2009 to April […]
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