BMC anesthesiology
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To investigate if intraoperative very short-term variability in blood pressure measured by sample entropy improves discrimination of postoperative acute kidney injury after noncardiac surgery. ⋯ Assessment of very short-term blood pressure variability does not improve the discrimination of postoperative acute kidney injury in patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery in this sample.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
Ropivacaine versus ropivacaine plus dexmedetomidine in serratus anterior plane block patients undergoing post-thoracotomy surgery: a randomized, double-blinded clinical trial.
This study was designed and implemented to investigate the addition of dexmedetomidine to Serratus Anterior Plane Block (SAP) with ropivacaine in reducing pain in patients undergoing post-thoracotomy surgery. ⋯ The findings of this study show that SAP block with dexmedetomidine is an effective and safe drug along with ropivacaine as a nerve-blocking agent in thoracotomy candidates.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Efficacy and safety of esketamine combined with propofol for conscious sedation in painless colonoscopy: a prospective, randomized, double-blind controlled clinical trial.
We explored the efficacy and safety of esketamine combined with propofol for conscious sedation in painless colonoscopy. ⋯ In conclusion, esketamine combined with propofol for conscious sedation can be safely and effectively used for painless colonoscopy and has fewer complications.It is recommended for painless colonoscopy.
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To ensure comprehensive dental treatment under general anesthesia(GA) is a viable option, postoperative complications must be minimized. This study investigates the incidence and determinants of acute psychological complications following comprehensive dental treatment under general anesthesia in uncooperative children. ⋯ Psychological complications persisted for a longer period compared to physical complications. The number of extracted teeth under GA had a significant influence on children's fear.
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Multiple preoperative calculators are available online to predict preoperative mortality risk for noncardiac surgical patients. However, it is currently unknown how these risk calculators perform across different raters. The current study investigated the interrater reliability of three preoperative mortality risk calculators in an elective high-risk noncardiac surgical patient population to evaluate if these calculators can be safely used for identification of high-risk noncardiac surgical patients for a preoperative multidisciplinary team discussion. ⋯ The current results indicate that the preoperative risk calculators POSPOM, SRC, and SORT exhibit poor to moderate interrater reliability. These calculators are not sufficiently accurate for clinical identification and preoperative counseling of high-risk surgical patients. Clinicians should be trained in using mortality risk calculators. Also, clinicians should be cautious when using predicted mortality estimates from these calculators to identify high-risk noncardiac surgical patients for elective surgery.