Minerva anestesiologica
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Minerva anestesiologica · Aug 2018
ReviewFluid resuscitation during early sepsis: a need for individualization.
The prognosis of septic shock is tightly linked to the earliness of both appropriate antibiotic therapy and early hemodynamic resuscitation. This latter is essentially based on fluid and vasopressors administration. The step-by-step strategy, called "early goal-directed therapy" (EGDT) developed in 2001 and endorsed by the Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) between 2004 and 2016 is no longer recommended. ⋯ Dynamic variables of fluid responsiveness are now recommended to be used after an initial fluid infusion of a fixed volume (30 mL/kg) during the first three hours of resuscitation. However, this approach is also questionable due to the lack of individualization at the early and crucial phase of resuscitation. In this review, we propose a more personalized approach for the early and later phases of fluid resuscitation during sepsis.
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Minerva anestesiologica · Aug 2018
μ-opioid receptor genetic polymorphisms and duration of epidural fentanyl analgesia during early labor.
Epidural fentanyl is commonly used for initiation of early labor analgesia. The aim of this prospective study is to test the hypothesis that duration of epidural fentanyl analgesia differs in nulliparous women requesting epidural analgesia in early labor who are variant allele carriers of the OPRM1 SNVs 118A>G rs1799971, IVS2+31G>A rs9479757, and IVS2+691G>C rs2075572. ⋯ OPRM1 SNVs did not affect the duration of epidural fentanyl administered for early labor analgesia in nulliparous women. These results should be confirmed in patients receiving epidural opioids in other clinical settings.
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Minerva anestesiologica · Aug 2018
Editorial CommentOffice-based anesthesia: hot topics and expert opinions.