Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthésie
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Letter Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Medium-/long-chain triglyceride emulsion reduced severity of pain during propofol injection.
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Case Reports
The Proseal LMA is a useful rescue device during failed rapid sequence intubation: two additional cases.
We report two cases where the ProSeal laryngeal mask airway (PLMA) was successfully used as a rescue device, after failed tracheal intubation, during rapid sequence induction. ⋯ The correctly placed PLMA has potential advantages over the cLMA for airway rescue in the circumstance of failed emergency intubation in a patient with a potentially full stomach. In the two cases reported, the PLMA provided effective rescue of the airway.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Apnea during induction of anesthesia with sevoflurane is related to its mode of administration.
The incidence and duration of apnea during sevoflurane anesthesia have not been fully characterized. We hypothesized that sevoflurane at slowly increasing concentrations reduces incidence and shortens the duration of apnea compared to administration of a highly concentrated anesthetic mixture. ⋯ Sevoflurane induces apnea more frequently and for longer duration at a fixed high concentration compared to incremental or decremental-incremental concentrations. Decremental-incremental concentrations offer the additional advantage of a speed of induction similar to that elicited by the 8% concentration.