Journal of clinical anesthesia
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To investigate whether patients with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) developed unexpected perioperative complications. ⋯ Intraoperative hypotension, but not tachycardia, was observed in three of 13 patients with POTS who received general anesthesia for a variety of surgical procedures using multiple medications and techniques.
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Letter Case Reports
Anesthetic management of a patient who swallowed a knife.
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Case Reports
Use of a tracheoscopic ventilation tube for endotracheal intubation in the difficult airway.
Difficult endotracheal intubation is a clinical challenge for anesthesiologists and other practitioners of airway management. The use of a tracheoscopic ventilation tube, a novel airway device, for endotracheal intubation during general anesthesia in two patients with difficult airways after unsuccessful direct laryngoscopy is presented.
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To determine the most suitable effect-site concentration of remifentanil during lightwand intubation when administered with a target-controlled infusion (TCI) of propofol at 4.0 μg/mL without neuromuscular blockade. ⋯ A remifentanil effect-site concentration of 2.16 ± 0.19 ng/mL given before a propofol effect-site concentration of 4 μg/mL allowed lightwand intubation without muscle relaxant.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Supplementation of retrobulbar block with clonidine in vitreoretinal surgery: effect on postoperative pain.
To evaluate the effect of clonidine when added to local anesthetics on duration of postoperative analgesia during retrobulbar block. ⋯ The addition of clonidine 0.5 μg/kg to the local anesthetics of a retrobulbar block for vitreoretinal surgery decreases the frequency of postoperative pain and prolongs the time of analgesia.