Journal of clinical anesthesia
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A patient who sustained a posterior shoulder subluxation injury after being positioned in the lateral decubitus head-down position during emergence from general anesthesia is presented. It is postulated that the injury occurred as a result of violent retching while in the lateral position.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
The analgesic efficacy of preoperative versus postoperative lornoxicam in varicocele repair.
To determine whether intravenous injection of lornoxicam 30 minutes before skin incision provides better pain relief after varicocelectomy than postoperative administration of lornoxicam. ⋯ Intravenous lornoxicam administered before surgery has a better analgesic effect for varicocelectomy than when administered postoperatively.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Experience of anesthesiologists with percutaneous nonangiographic venous access.
To compare percutaneous nonangiographic insertion of a venous access device with a standard surgical cutdown insertion technique. ⋯ The simplified, percutaneous, nonangiographic technique is as effective as the traditional venous cutdown technique and can be safely done by surgeons as well as by experienced physicians who are not surgeons.
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We present the case of a patient who first presented with unexpected difficult laryngoscopy and intubation after induction of general anesthesia. After multiple failed attempts using direct laryngoscopy, tracheal intubation was successfully performed with the Intubating Laryngeal Mask Airway. He returned to the operating room 5 days later for another surgical procedure, and intubation was performed with the Direct Coupler Interface Video Laryngoscope on the first attempt by the same anesthesiologist.