Journal of clinical anesthesia
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Spontaneous movements associated with rocuronium injection: the effects of prior administration of fentanyl.
To determine if prior injection of fentanyl decreases the incidence of spontaneous movements during rocuronium administration. ⋯ Prior injection of fentanyl significantly decreases the incidence of spontaneous movements associated with rocuronium administration.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Combined popliteal and posterior cutaneous nerve of the thigh blocks for short saphenous vein stripping in outpatients: an alternative to spinal anesthesia.
To compare a combination of peripheral nerve blocks with spinal anesthesia in ambulatory patients undergoing short saphenous vein stripping. ⋯ The combination of popliteal and posterior cutaneous nerve of the thigh blocks provided adequate anesthesia and a faster recovery profile with a similar subjective acceptance of both anesthetic techniques in ambulatory patients undergoing short saphenous vein stripping in the prone position.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Acute hemodynamic responses to electroconvulsive therapy are not related to the duration of seizure activity.
To test the hypothesis that the magnitude of the acute hemodynamic response to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is related to the duration of the seizure activity in patients receiving different dosages of intravenous (i.v.) lidocaine. ⋯ Despite producing dose-related decreases in the duration of both motor and EEG seizure activity, lidocaine failed to attenuate the acute hemodynamic response to ECT. Thus, the acute hemodynamic response to ECT is not related to the duration of seizure activity.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
A randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled comparison of droperidol, ondansetron, and metoclopramide for the prevention of vomiting following outpatient strabismus surgery in children.
To compare the efficacy of ondansetron, droperidol, or metoclopramide with placebo in preventing postoperative vomiting following strabismus surgery. ⋯ While both ondansetron and droperidol are more effective than metoclopramide when compared with placebo in decreasing the incidence of predischarge vomiting, none of these drugs was more effective than placebo in decreasing the incidence of postdischarge vomiting. Recovery from anesthesia was not significantly different among the groups as assessed by time to awakening, initial Steward score, and time to discharge.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Intubation in children after 0.3 mg/kg of mivacurium.
To distinguish among potential predictors of early, easy intubation in children, including apnea, neuromuscular block at two sites, and time, after administration of 0.3 mg/kg of mivacurium. ⋯ In children, there is no advantage to monitoring neuromuscular function at the OO rather than the AP. After administration of 0.3 mg/kg of mivacurium, a 90-second interval before the start of intubation was a better predictor of good intubation conditions during halothane anesthesia (1% inspired) than were changes in evoked neuromuscular function.