Journal of anaesthesiology, clinical pharmacology
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J Anaesthesiol Clin Pharmacol · Jul 2017
ReviewTemperature management under general anesthesia: Compulsion or option.
Administration of general anesthesia requires continuous monitoring of vital parameters of the body including body temperature. However, temperature continues to be one of the least seriously monitored parameters perioperatively. ⋯ Various warming and cooling devices are available which help maintain perioperative normothermia. This article discusses the physiology of thermoregulation, effects of anesthesia on thermoregulation, various temperature monitoring sites and methods, perioperative warming devices, guidelines for perioperative temperature management and inadvertent temperature complications (hypothermia/hyperthermia) and measures to control it in the operating room.
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J Anaesthesiol Clin Pharmacol · Jul 2017
Evaluation of optimum time for intravenous cannulation after sevoflurane induction of anesthesia in different pediatric age groups.
The ideal time for intravenous (IV) cannulation following inhalational induction in children is debatable. The effect of age on this time has not been studied. We evaluated the optimum time for IV cannulation after sevoflurane induction of anesthesia in different pediatric age groups. ⋯ The optimum time for IV cannulation in 50% of the children after sevoflurane induction of anesthesia was shorter in children of age 1-3 years than in older children.
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J Anaesthesiol Clin Pharmacol · Jul 2017
Correlation between preoperative ultrasonographic airway assessment and laryngoscopic view in adult patients: A prospective study.
Difficult tracheal intubation is associated with serious morbidity and mortality and cannot be always predicted based on preoperative airway assessment using conventional clinical predictors. Ultrasonographic airway assessment could be a useful adjunct, but at present, there are no well-defined sonographic criteria that can predict the possibility of encountering a difficult airway. The present study was conducted with the aim of finding some correlation between preoperative sonographic airway assessment parameters and the Cormack-Lehane (CL) grade at laryngoscopic view in adult patients. ⋯ The skin to epiglottis distance, as measured at the level of the thyrohyoid membrane, is a good predictor of difficult laryngoscopy. When combined with the modified Mallampati classification, the sensitivity of the combined parameter was found to be greater than any single parameter taken alone.
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J Anaesthesiol Clin Pharmacol · Jul 2017
Intraoperative use of dexmedetomidine is associated with decreased overall survival after lung cancer surgery.
The aim is to evaluate the association between the use of intraoperative dexmedetomidine with an increase in recurrence-free survival (RFS) and overall survival (OS) after nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) surgery. ⋯ This study demonstrated that the intraoperative use of dexmedetomidine to NSCLC patients was not associated with a significant impact on RFS and but worsening OS. A randomized controlled study should be conducted to confirm the results of this study.