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Anesthesia Management: A randomized placebo-controlled trial of two doses of pregabalin for postoperative analgesia in patients undergoing abdominal hysterectomy

Published in Can J Anaesth. 2014 Jun;61(6):551-557 Authors: George RB et al. PURPOSE: Acute pain after open abdominal hysterectomy limits the function of patients in the postoperative period, but data regarding the analgesic efficacy of a low dose of pregabalin (75 or 150 mg) have been conflicting. This study was performed to determine if […]

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Anesthesia Management: Postoperative morphine concentration in infants with or without biliary atresia and its association with hepatic blood flow

Published in Anaesthesia. 2014 Jun;69(6):583-90 Authors: Wang X et al. Abstract We measured pre-operative hepatic blood flow and postoperative morphine concentration in infants with or without biliary atresia. Thirty-four infants (0-3 months) with biliary atresia undergoing portoenterostomy (Kasai operation) were included and hepatic blood flow was assessed by magnetic resonance imaging before surgery in […]

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Anesthesia Management: Analysis of transthoracic echocardiographic data in major vascular surgery from a prospective randomised trial comparing sevoflurane and fentanyl with propofol and remifentanil anaesthesia

Published in Anaesthesia. 2014 Jun;69(6):558-72 Authors: Lindholm EE et al. Abstract The aim of this study was to define pre-operative echocardiographic data and explore if postoperative indices of cardiac function after open abdominal aortic surgery were affected by the anaesthetic regimen. We hypothesised that volatile anaesthesia would improve indices of cardiac function compared with […]

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Anesthesia Management: Sensitivity to volatile anesthetics in patients with dementia: a case-control analysis

Published in Can J Anaesth. 2014 Apr 25 Authhors: Perez-Protto S et al. BACKGROUND: Patients with dementia are thought to be more sensitive to anesthesia, although volatile anesthetic requirement has not specifically been evaluated in this population. We tested the hypothesis that patients with dementia having non-cardiac surgery have a lower ratio of bispectral index […]

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Anesthesia Management: Comparison of analgesic efficacy of TAP block and continuous posterior TAP analgesia with epidural analgesia in patients undergoing laparoscopic colorectal surgery: an open-label, randomised, non-inferiority trial

Published in Anaesthesia. 2014 Apr;69(4):348-55 Authors: Niraj G et al,. Posterior transversus abdominis plane blocks have been reported to be an effective method of providing analgesia after lower abdominal surgery. We compared the efficacy of a novel technique of providing continuous transversus abdominis plane analgesia with epidural analgesia in patients on an enhanced […]