Issue 4/2014
Content (37 Articles)
Comparison of Siccoral® spray, Stomatovis® gargle, and Strefen® lozenges on postoperative sore throat
Gözde Bumin Aydın, Jülide Ergil, Reyhan Polat, Murat Sayın, Fatma Kavak Akelma
The lowest effective intracuff pressure of the esophagus obstruction tube to prevent reflux of gastric contents: a study on rabbits
LinLi Luo, Huafeng Li, LiangXue Zhou, Jun Zhou, Juan Ni, Rong Zhou
Methadone patient-controlled analgesia for postoperative pain: a randomized, controlled, double-blind study
José Osvaldo Barbosa Neto, Maria Deneb Tavares Machado, Marta de Almeida Correa, Hamilton Alves Scomparim, Irimar Paula Posso, Hazem Adel Ashmawi
Pain research in Africa: a ten-year bibliometric survey
Tonia C. Onyeka, Felix N. Chukwuneke
Analgesic efficacy and outcome of transversus-abdominis plane block versus low thoracic-epidural analgesia after laparotomy in ischemic heart disease patients
Sherif Samir Wahba, Sahar Mohammed Kamal
The role of electrical stimulation in ultrasound-guided subgluteal sciatic nerve block: a retrospective study on how response pattern and minimal evoked current affect the resultant blockade
Kaoru Hara, Shinichi Sakura, Naomi Yokokawa
Ultrasound-guided sciatic nerve block: a comparison between four different infragluteal probe and needle alignment approaches
Tarek F. Tammam
Lateral Trendelenburg with the injected side down after the block improves the efficacy of the axillary approach to brachial plexus block
M. Salih Sevdi, Isil Gunday, Cavidan Arar, Alkin Colak, Nesrin Turan
Modified 45-degree head-up tilt increases success rate of lumbar puncture in patients undergoing spinal anesthesia
Sevtap Hekimoglu Sahin, Alkin Colak, Cavidan Arar, Ilker Yıldırım, Necdet Sut, Alparslan Turan
Differential axillary nerve block for hand or forearm soft-tissue surgery
Natsumi Kii, Masanori Yamauchi, Kazunobu Takahashi, Michiaki Yamakage, Takuro Wada
Co-existing liver disease increases the risk of postoperative thrombocytopenia in patients undergoing hepatic resection: implications for the risk of epidural hematoma associated with the removal of an epidural catheter
Koichi Takita, Yosuke Uchida, Tetsutaro Hase, Toshiya Kamiyama, Yuji Morimoto
Application of quinidine on rat sciatic nerve decreases the amplitude and increases the latency of evoked responses
Kuang-I Cheng, I-Ling Lin, Lin-Li Chang, I-Ming Jou, Chung-Sheng Lai, Jhi-Joung Wang, Hung-Chen Wang, Aij-Lie Kwan
Where is the apex of the sacral hiatus for caudal epidural block in the pediatric population? A radio-anatomic study
Aynur Emine Cicekcibasi, Hale Borazan, Sule Arıcan, Mehmet Tugrul Yılmaz, Mehmet Emin Sakarya
Plasma ropivacaine concentrations after ultrasound-guided transversus abdominis plane block for open retropubic prostatectomy
Masato Kitayama, Morito Wada, Hiroshi Hashimoto, Tsuyoshi Kudo, Chihiro Yakoshi, Kazuyoshi Hirota
A randomised trial of oral versus intravenous opioids for treatment of pain after cardiac surgery
Kurt Ruetzler, Constance J. Blome, Sabine Nabecker, Natalya Makarova, Henrik Fischer, Harald Rinoesl, Georg Goliasch, Daniel I. Sessler, Herbert Koinig
Comparison of nifekalant and amiodarone for resuscitation of out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary arrest resulting from shock-resistant ventricular fibrillation
Nobuya Harayama, Shun-ichi Nihei, Keiji Nagata, Yasuki Isa, Kei Goto, Keiji Aibara, Masayuki Kamochi, Takeyoshi Sata
Sevoflurane induces cardioprotection through reactive oxygen species-mediated upregulation of autophagy in isolated guinea pig hearts
Mayumi Shiomi, Masami Miyamae, Genzou Takemura, Kazuhiro Kaneda, Yoshitaka Inamura, Anna Onishi, Shizuka Koshinuma, Yoshihiro Momota, Toshiaki Minami, Vincent M. Figueredo
The effects of stellate ganglion block on the electroencephalogram in rats
Seunghyun Jeong, Younghoon Jeon, Jinseok Yeo, Woonyi Baek
Fatal pulmonary embolism following spinal surgery in a patient with permanent inferior vena cava filter placement
Noriko Takai, Yoshihiro Takasugi, Ryuji Kajikawa, Toru Takase, Yoshio Yamamoto, Shinichi Nakao
Treatment of life-threatening hypercapnia with isoflurane in an infant with status asthmaticus
Yoshiki Masuda, Hiroomi Tatsumi, Kyoko Goto, Hitoshi Imaizumi, Shin-ichiro Yoshida, Tomohiko Kimijima, Michiaki Yamakage
Deep hypothermic circulatory arrest for hemiarch replacement in a pediatric patient with moyamoya disease
Ken Kuwajima, Kenji Yoshitani, Shinya Kato, Atsushi Miyazaki, Masataka Kamei, Yoshihiko Ohnishi
Perioperative management of factor XI deficiency in a patient undergoing hip arthroplasty
Yohei Yamada, Kayoko Fujimoto-Ibusuki, Keiko Morikawa-Kubota
Postsurgical coagulopathy in a hemophilia A patient with inhibitors: efficacy of recombinant factor VIIa
Noboru Saeki, Saya Mochizuki, Teruhisa Fujii, Masashi Kawamoto
Altered responses to vasopressors of a patient medicated with carvedilol, pilsicainide and enalapril
Kumi Nakamura, Norihiko Fukami
Accidental dural puncture, postdural puncture headache, intrathecal catheters, and epidural blood patch: revisiting the old nemesis
Roland Kaddoum, Faisal Motlani, Romeo N. Kaddoum, Arvi Srirajakalidindi, Deepak Gupta, Vitaly Soskin
Effects of adding epinephrine on the early systemic absorption kinetics of local anesthetics in abdominal truncal blocks
Masato Kitayama, Morito Wada, Hiroshi Hashimoto, Tsuyoshi Kudo, Norikazu Takada, Kazuyoshi Hirota
Effect of decreased fetal perfusion on placental clearance of volatile anesthetics in a dual perfused human placental cotyledon model
Ryusuke Ueki, Tsuneo Tatara, Nobutaka Kariya, Noriko Shimode, Munetaka Hirose, Chikara Tashiro
Is Airwayscope more effective than Macintosh laryngoscope?
Xin Long Cui, Fu Shan Xue, Rui Ping Li
In reply: Is Airwayscope more effective than Macintosh laryngoscope?
Nobuyasu Komasawa, Ryusuke Ueki, Yoshiroh Kaminoh
Difficult airway in an infant with fetal valproate syndrome
Eiko Onishi, Hitoshi Ishii, Chikanobu Sasaki
Phantom limb pain exacerbated by intravenous ketamine
Tetsuya Sakai, Koji Sumikawa
Termination of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia with P6 acupressure
Feng Zhao, Suyang Cui, Man Zheng
Intracardiac mass of the LAA during CPB for MVR
Junko Ichikawa, Mitsuharu Kodaka, Kazuyoshi Ando
Improvement of NMDA encephalitis by active lymph node removal
Tatsushige Iwamoto, Yasuhiro Shiokawa, Shinichi Nakao