Journal of clinical anesthesia
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Biography Historical Article
Early misconceptions about nitrous oxide, an "invigorating" asphyxiant.
Well into the twentieth century, nitrous oxide was often suspected to support life in the manner of oxygen. Authorities contributing to that life-threatening misimpression include Humphry Davy, Gardner Q. ⋯ Crile. Concomitantly, deprivation of oxygen was long touted as a requisite for nitrous oxide anesthesia.
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Case Reports
Trigeminal nerve and facial nerve palsy after combined spinal-epidural anesthesia for cesarean section.
A case of emergency cesarean section due to a prolonged second stage of labor in a 29 year-old woman is presented. She had trigeminal nerve and facial nerve palsy after combined spinal-epidural anesthesia for cesarean section.
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To examine perioperative management and complications in patients undergoing pneumonectomy. ⋯ Fluid infusion volume, fluid balance volume, intraoperative total balance, blood loss volume, and blood transfusion volume were important intraoperative risk factors in the development of postoperative right-sided heart failure.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
The frequency of fentanyl-induced cough in children and its effects on tracheal intubation.
To determine if fentanyl-induced cough was dose-dependent in children and whether it could affect tracheal intubation. ⋯ Fentanyl at doses of one and two microg/kg may induce coughing in pediatric patients.