AUTHORS: Wong, Stanley Sau Ching MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia 137(1):p 59-71, July 2023. BACKGROUND: Buprenorphine is a partial agonist at the µ-opioid receptor and an antagonist at the delta and kappa opioid receptors. It has high affinity and low intrinsic activity at the µ-opioid receptor. Buprenorphine demonstrates no ceiling effect for clinical analgesia, but […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Capdevila, Xavier MD, PhD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia 137(2):p 322-331, August 2023. BACKGROUND: The management of perioperative iron deficiency is a component of the concept of patient blood management. The objective of this study was to update French data on the prevalence of iron deficiency in patients scheduled for major surgery. METHODS: The CARENFER […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Fehrlin, Eloy S. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia March 24, 2023. BACKGROUND: Other than clinical observation of a patient’s vegetative response to nociception, monitoring the hypnotic component of general anesthesia (GA) and unconsciousness relies on electroencephalography (EEG)-based indices. These indices exclusively based on frontal EEG activity neglect an important observation. One of the […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Zhao, Xingkai MS et al Anesthesia & Analgesia 136(6):p 1206-1216, June 2023. BACKGROUND: The anesthetic isoflurane can cause neurotoxicity in fetuses and offspring of rats, affecting their neurodevelopment. However, the underlying mechanisms and therapeutic targets of isoflurane-induced neurotoxicity remain to be identified. Alfaxalone (ALF) is a steroid anesthetic. Steroids have been reported to have neuroprotective […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Nasr, Viviane G. MD, MPH, FASA et al Anesthesia & Analgesia 137(2):p 313-321, August 2023. Abstract Pediatric cardiac anesthesiology has developed as a subsubspecialty of anesthesiology over the past 70 years. The evolution of this specialty has led to the establishment in 2005 of a dedicated professional society, the Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society (CCAS). By […]
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