Authors: Luigi Vetrugno, M.D. et al Anesthesiology September 2022. To the Editor: We read with great interest the article by Berg et al. about the evaluation of diaphragmatic excursion after interscalene nerve block with liposomal bupivacaine versus plain bupivacaine. In their study, the authors investigated as a primary outcome the effect of liposomal bupivacaine combined with plain bupivacaine versus plain bupivacaine […]
Read MoreAuthors: Weijia Du, M.D.; Zhiqiang Liu, M.D., Ph.D. Anesthesiology September 2022. To the Editor: We are writing to raise some concerns about the study conducted by Tan et al. Their article “Quality of Labor Analgesia with Dural Puncture Epidural versus Standard Epidural Technique in Obese Parturients: A Double-blind Randomized Controlled Study” demonstrated that dural puncture epidural did not provide additional […]
Read MoreAuthors: Hon Sen Tan, M.D., et al Anesthesiology Newly Published on September 2022. In Reply: We thank Du and Liu for their comments regarding our study assessing the quality of labor analgesia with the dural puncture epidural versus the standard epidural technique in obese parturients. They raise concerns that 6 ml·h of 0.1% ropivacaine with 2 μg·ml fentanyl administered as […]
Read MoreAuthors: T. Andrew Bowdle, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.S.E. et al Anesthesiology September 2022. To the Editor: We read with interest the study of ketamine psychedelic and analgesic effects by Olofsen et al. and the accompanying editorial by Mashour. In both articles, the authors refer to the “dissociative” effects of ketamine. Corssen and Domino3 originally used the term “dissociative” in […]
Read MoreAuthors: Albert Dahan, M.D., Ph.D. et al Anesthesiology September 2022 In Reply: We thank Bowdle et al. for their interest in our article and for the important issue they raise, paraphrased as follows: what is the best anthropocentric description of the “mind-altering” effects of a heterogeneous group of compounds and drugs that act at the brain and cause […]
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