Minerva anestesiologica
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Minerva anestesiologica · Oct 2019
Randomized Controlled TrialIs breakthrough pain better managed by adding programmed intermittent epidural bolus to a background infusion during labor epidural analgesia? A randomized controlled trial.
Breakthrough pain (BTP) is a common problem during labor analgesia. Programmed intermittent epidural bolus (PIEB) has demonstrated superior to background epidural infusion (BEI) concerning BTP, but the effect of combining both modes remains unknown. We hypothesized that this combination could reduce BTP incidence. ⋯ Adding PIEB to BEI+PCEA improved labor analgesia by significantly reducing the needs of rescue analgesia and prolonging the duration of effective analgesia. This combination provoked a higher consumption of local anesthetic with no detected clinical consequences.
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Minerva anestesiologica · Oct 2019
Editorial CommentDo we need a strategy to reduce postoperative hypoxemia in morbidity obese patients?
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Minerva anestesiologica · Oct 2019
Editorial CommentThe place of methadone in the Game of the Goose for postoperative pain.
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Minerva anestesiologica · Oct 2019
Randomized Controlled TrialHigh-flow nasal cannula oxygenation reduces postoperative hypoxemia in morbidly obese patients: a randomized controlled trial.
Postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) are common in high-risk surgical patients. Postoperative ventilatory management may improve their outcome. Supplemental oxygen through a high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) has become an alternative to classical oxygenation techniques, although the results published for postoperative patients are contradictory. We examined the efficacy of HFNC in postoperative morbidly obese patients who were ventilated intraoperatively with an open-lung approach (OLA). ⋯ Early application of HFNC in the operating room before extubation and during the immediate postoperative period decreases postoperative hypoxemia in obese patients after bariatric surgery who were intraoperatively ventilated using an OLA approach.