Masui. The Japanese journal of anesthesiology
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Lubrication is an important factor for passage of a suction catheter through a tracheal tube. This study was carried out to evaluate the effects of lubricants on resistance against removal of a suction catheter from a tracheal tube in an experimental setting. ⋯ The use of water as a lubricant is not recommended for tracheal suction.
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We report a case of epidural hematoma after a single epidural block. The patient was a 67-year-old woman with sciatica and osteoarthritis of the spine. She had no coagulopathy. ⋯ She had no new neurological symptoms. MRI 1 month later revealed a resolution of the hematoma. Epidural hematoma after an epidural block might occur in an outpatient with no bleeding tendency.
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The effect of glucose on local anesthetic-induced neural damage has not been fully studied. We examined the effect of glucose on hemolysis induced by local anesthetics. ⋯ Glucose may have a protective role in local anesthetic-induced neural damage.
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The quality of health information available in the World Wide Web is an important issue, but no review of the quality of such information has been performed. ⋯ Departments/divisions of anesthesiology, especially in specific functioned hospitals, should recognize an important role of web pages for medical consumers (= e-patient) and renew their web sites appropriately and opportunely.
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The effects of different volumes (2.4, 2.6, 2.8 and 3.0 ml) of isobaric 0.5% bupivacaine used for spinal anesthesia were compared in 206 patients scheduled for lower limb surgery. ⋯ Spinal anesthesia with 2.8 ml of isobaric 0.5% bupivacaine proved satisfactory for lower limb surgery.