AUTHORS: Seet, Edwin MMed et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: July 2021 – Volume 133 – Issue 1 – p 196-204 BACKGROUND: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has been found to be associated with difficult airway, although there is a paucity of prospective studies investigating thresholds of OSA severity with difficult airway outcomes. The aim of this study […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Fennessy, Paul MB, BCh, BAO et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: July 2021 – Volume 133 – Issue 1 – p 187-195 BACKGROUND: Emergency front-of-neck airway rescue is recommended in a can’t intubate, can’t oxygenate clinical scenario. Cannula cricothyroidotomy has been reported as having a high failure rate. Our primary aim was to estimate the angle […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Cui, Fan MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: July 2021 – Volume 133 – Issue 1 – p 176-186 BACKGROUND: The association between cerebral desaturation and postoperative delirium in thoracotomy with one-lung ventilation (OLV) has not been specifically studied. METHODS: A prospective observational study performed in thoracic surgical patients. Cerebral tissue oxygen saturation (Scto2) was […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Lee, Hye-Mi MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: July 2021 – Volume 133 – Issue 1 – p 168-175 BACKGROUND: Extensive efforts have been made toward reducing postoperative opioid use in children. In this study, we assessed whether propacetamol, or a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), or their combination could effectively reduce opioid use in children […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Warner, David O. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: July 2021 – Volume 133 – Issue 1 – p 160-167 BACKGROUND: Two prior population-based (children born in Olmsted County, MN), retrospective cohort studies both found that multiple exposures to anesthesia before age 3 were associated with a significant increase in the frequency of attention-deficit hyperactivity […]
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