⭐ Recognized by FeedSpot: #12 Best Anesthesiology Blog Worldwide

Uncategorized Published - 26 March, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Perioperative respiratory complications following awake and deep extubation in children undergoing adenotonsillectomy

Published in Paediatr Anaesth. 2015 Apr;25(4):392-9 Authors: Baijal RG et al BACKGROUND: Perioperative respiratory complications after adenotonsillectomy (T&A) are common and have been described to occur more frequently in children below 3 years of age, those with cranio-facial abnormalities, Down syndrome, obstructive sleep apnea, morbid obesity, and failure to thrive. AIMS: To investigate the association between awake […]

Read More
Uncategorized Published - 26 March, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Unintentional epidural injection of 88 μg·kg(-1) of epinephrine

Published in Paediatr Anaesth. 2014 Nov;24(11):1185-7 Authors: August DA et al We report the effects of 88 μg·kg(-1) of epinephrine (1:10,000) injected into the caudal epidural space of a 42-week postconceptual age infant. No long-term neurological or cardiovascular sequelae occurred. Noninvasive cardiac output (CO) monitoring revealed increased CO, contractility, and stroke volume for about an hour, […]

Read More
Uncategorized Published - 25 March, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Does Carotid Artery Stenosis Predict Perioperative Stroke After Noncardiac Surge

Published in Anesthesiology 2014 Nov. Authors: Sonny A et al. A retrospective study suggests no association. Does carotid artery stenosis predispose patients who undergo noncardiac, noncarotid surgery to perioperative stroke? To find out, Cleveland Clinic researchers performed this retrospective study. During a 5-year period, 2110 patients who underwent noncardiac surgery had carotid duplex ultrasonography performed within […]

Read More
Uncategorized Published - 25 March, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Emergence agitation after orthognathic surgery: a randomised controlled comparison between sevoflurane and desflurane.

Published in Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2015 Feb;59(2):224-31 Authors: Choi GJ et al BACKGROUND: This study aimed to compare emergence agitation following sevoflurane and desflurane anaesthesia in adults undergoing orthognathic surgery. The hypothesis was that there might be a difference in the incidence of emergence agitation following sevoflurane and desflurane anaesthesia considering the difference in blood solubility […]

Read More
Uncategorized Published - 25 March, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Disruption of cortical connectivity during remifentanil administration is associated with cognitive impairment but not with analgesia

Published in Anesthesiology. 2015 Jan;122(1):140-9 Authors: Khodayari-Rostamabad A et al BACKGROUND: The authors investigated the effect of remifentanil administration on resting electroencephalography functional connectivity and its relationship to cognitive function and analgesia in healthy volunteers. METHODS: Twenty-one healthy male adult subjects were enrolled in this placebo-controlled double-blind cross-over study. For each subject, 2.5 min of multichannel […]

Read More