Masui. The Japanese journal of anesthesiology
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
[Comparison of the Laryngeal Tube Suction and the Proseal laryngeal Mask Airway in anesthetized patients].
The Laryngeal Tube Suction (LTS : Smith Medical, Tokyo) is a new laryngeal tube that has an additional channel for gastric tube placement. Similarly, the Proseal Laryngeal Mask Airway (PLMA) also has a drain tube for gastric tube placement. This study compared the functions of these two devices. ⋯ With respect to clinical function, the LTS and PLMA were similar and either device can be used to establish an effective airway in anesthetized patients.
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Careful assessment of risks and benefits has to precede each decision on allogenic red blood cell (RBC) transfusion. Physicians work to establish more appropriate transfusions of blood components according to the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Health, Welfare, and Labor in Japan. For many years the so-called "10/ 30 rule" was used as a hemoglobin/hematocrit transfusion trigger. ⋯ Therefore, transfusion decisions should be primarily based on an individual patient's need for global and regional oxygen supply as indicated by signs of inadequate global and regional oxygenation. However, a hemoglobin transfusion trigger may be useful if matched with some other makers of inadequate tissue perfusion. Therefore, RBC transfusion is recommended under the following circumstances: for hemoglobin levels < 6 g x dl(-1) and for physiologic signs of inadequate oxygenation.
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The current efforts and strategies have greatly helped reduce transfusion-associated risks. Indeed, the risk of being infected by a contaminated blood unit today is lower than that thirty years ago. ⋯ Compatibility testing is designed to ensure that the patient receives the intended units of red cell concentrate (RCC) and that transfusion will be effective with minimum risk of adverse reactions. The process includes ABO and Rh typing of patients, testing recipient serum for clinically important alloantibodies, and crossmatching donor red cells with recipient serum by a technique that detects serological incompatibility.
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Case Reports
[Two cases of anesthesia mumps in the upper parotid gland after general anesthesia in the lateral position].
We describe two cases of acute transient swelling of the upper side of parotid glands of the patients after general anesthesia in the lateral position. The serum amylase levels in the patients were not increased and the enlargement of the parotid gland was diagnosed as anesthesia mumps. ⋯ Although, pre-medication with atropine might become a cause of parotid gland swelling, we anesthetized these patients without anti-cholinergic drugs. Procedures of oro-tracheal intubation and stimuli of endotracheal tube may induce impairment of the normal flow of saliva and lead to enlargement of the parotid gland.
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According to a survey of anesthesia-related critical incidents by the Japanese Society of Anesthesiologists, hemorrhage was the major cause of cardiac arrest developing in the operating room. To deal with critical hemorrhage swiftly, not only cooperation between anesthesiologists and surgeons but also the linkage of operating rooms with transfusion management divisions and the blood center is important. It is desirable for the hospital transfusion committee to prepare hospital regulations on 'actions to be taken to manage critical hemorrhage', and practice the implementation of these guidelines by simulated drills. ⋯ The evolving concept of hemostatic resuscitation seems to be important to prevent coagulopathy, which easily develops during massive hemorrhage. Anesthesiologists should be aware of the risk of such an emergency transfusion and procedures to be taken to switch to transfusion of the ABO-identical blood. Establishment of a hospital emergency transfusion system depends on the overall capability of the critical and crisis management systems of the hospital.