Revista española de anestesiología y reanimación
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Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim · Aug 2007
Randomized Controlled Trial[Intrathecal fentanyl reduces the dose of propofol required for sedation during spinal anesthesia].
To assess the effects of 2 dosages of intrathecal fentanyl on the requirement for propofol infused intravenously for the sedation of patients under spinal anesthesia. ⋯ Adding 15 or 25 microg of fentanyl to hyperbaric bupivacaine lowers the dose of intravenous propofol required for sedation of patients under spinal anesthesia.
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Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim · Aug 2007
[Prognostic factors for cancer patients in the postanesthetic recovery unit].
To assess the prognosis of cancer patients in an intensive care unit (ICU), to compare the capabilities of severity scoring systems to predict hospital death, and to improve prediction by adding new variables. ⋯ Medical oncology patients should not all be denied intensive care. None of the systems assessed offer clinically relevant advantages for predicting hospital mortality in nonsurgical oncology patients in the ICU, although we recommend the SAPS II because it includes oncologic variables, is easy to score, and has good prognostic capability.
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Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim · Aug 2007
[Imprecise status allocation by users of the American Society of Anesthesiologists classification system: survey of Catalan anesthesiologists].
To study precision in American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status classification by Catalan anesthesiologists. ⋯ The use of the ASA physical status scale is somewhat imprecise. There are small differences between specialists and residents and the current version is not very well known.