Journal of clinical anesthesia
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Comparative Study
The adductor canal block provides effective analgesia similar to a femoral nerve block in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty-a retrospective study.
To determine the ability of an ultrasound-guided single-shot adductor canal block to provide adequate analgesia and improve performance during physical therapy. ⋯ Within the first 24 hours, a single-shot adductor canal block provides equally effective analgesia when compared with a femoral nerve block and improves postoperative physical therapy performance.
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The cohort of the adult population with congenital heart disease is steadily growing, as surgical and medical management advances; and many women with congenital heart disease are becoming pregnant and presenting to the labor and delivery suite [1]. The anesthesiologist must therefore have an understanding of the physiology of the corrected heart lesion and the impact of the physiologic changes of pregnancy [2]. A woman status post-Fontan procedure requiring cesarean delivery is presented.
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Letter Case Reports
Application of a modified intubating laryngeal mask for pediatric lung biopsies.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Effects of epinephrine in the epidural space on the incidence of blood vessel injury by epidural catheter insertion for cesarean section: a prospective, randomized, double-blind study.
To evaluate the effects of epinephrine (1:200,000) in the epidural space on the incidence of blood vessel injury by epidural catheter insertion for cesarean section. ⋯ Twenty-five micrograms of epinephrine (1:200,000) in the epidural space does not reduce the incidence of blood vessel injury induced by insertion of an epidural catheter.