Articles: anesthesia.
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Neuraxial anesthesia is the gold standard for cesarean sections, but general anesthesia is sometimes necessary, especially in emergency cases. Anaphylactic shock due to succinylcholine, a commonly used neuromuscular blocking agent, is rare but life-threatening. ⋯ This case highlights the need for rapid identification and management of anaphylactic shock during emergency cesarean sections under general anesthesia, especially in high-risk patients with complex medical histories.
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Comparative Study
Effects of intravenous anesthesia and inhalation anesthesia on postoperative inflammatory markers in patients with esophageal cancer: a retrospective study.
Inflammatory markers have been confirmed to be associated with the prognosis of cancer patients. In this study, we compared the impacts of intravenous anesthesia and inhalation anesthesia on the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), the platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), and the systemic immune-inflammation index (SII) after esophageal cancer surgery. ⋯ Inflammatory markers play an important role in the recurrence, metastasis and survival of tumor patients after surgery. In this study, we will compare the effects of different anesthesia methods on inflammatory markers.
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J Clin Monit Comput · Dec 2024
What is the minimum time interval for reporting of intraoperative core body temperature measurements in pediatric anesthesia? A secondary analysis.
Given that perioperative normothermia represents a quality parameter in pediatric anesthesia, numerous studies have been conducted on temperature measurement, albeit with heterogeneous measurement intervals, ranging from 30 s to fifteen minutes. We aimed to determine the minimum time interval for reporting of intraoperative core body temperature across commonly used measurement intervals in children. Data were extracted from the records of 65 children who had participated in another clinical study and analyzed using a quasibinomial mixed linear model. ⋯ Probabilities for the detection of hyperthermia (n = 9) were lower and omitted for hypothermia due to low prevalence (n = 1). In conclusion, the core body temperature should be reported at intervals of no more than five minutes to ensure the detection of any temperature change in normothermic ranges. Further studies should focus on hypothermic and hyperthermic ranges.
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Large, randomised trials are the bedrock of evidence-based medicine, but the resources required to complete such trials greatly limit the number of important clinical questions that can be addressed within a reasonable period of time. Adaptive platform trials can identify effective, ineffective, or harmful treatments faster. These trials have been shown to deliver rapid evidence through the COVID-19 pandemic and are now being adopted across surgery and anaesthesia, with many opportunities for surgeons, anaesthetists, and other perioperative physicians to conduct and collaborate in platform trials.
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To protect patients during anesthesia, difficult airway management is a serious issue that needs to be carefully planned for and carried out. Machine learning prediction tools have recently become increasingly common in medicine, frequently surpassing more established techniques. This study aims to utilize machine learning techniques on predictive parameters for challenging airway management. ⋯ Algorithms for machine learning provide insightful information for anticipating challenging airway management. By making it possible to forecast airway difficulties more accurately, these techniques can potentially improve clinical practice and patient outcomes.