We present an 11-year-old boy who presented with vomiting, papilledema, and a history concerning for an undiagnosed neuromuscular disorder. Deep sedation or anesthesia was required during an emergent lumbar puncture to evaluate his symptoms. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Results The present study included a total of 120 ECT sessions administered to 12 patients with depression (aged 18–65 years; weight range, 49–113 kg). [doi.org]

• Intravenous Administration

  administration & dosage* Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide/genetics* Prospective Studies Receptors, Opioid, mu/genetics* Remifentanil Sequence Analysis, DNA Substances Anesthetics, Intravenous Piperidines Receptors, Opioid, mu Remifentanil [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

  All patients responded immediately to intravenous administration of ephedrine and to temporary discontinuation of the remifentanil infusion. We report here the sequence of events for one these six cases. [anesthesiology.pubs.asahq.org]

  Intravenous administration of an opioid antagonist such as naloxone may be employed as a specific antidote to manage severe respiratory depression or muscle rigidity. [wikidoc.org]

  Onset after intravenous administration is fast (1 to 2 minutes) because the balance between plasma and action site in the central nervous system (biophase) is fast and similar to alfentanil. Remifentanil does not release histamine 2. [scielo.br]

• Intravenous Drugs

  SEVERAL intravenous drugs have become available for continuous infusion to provide the components of anesthesia. Traditionally, the terminal elimination half-life has been used as a measure of offset of drug action. [anesthesiology.pubs.asahq.org]

• Atrial Septal Defect

  MATERIALS AND METHODS: This retrospective study included children who underwent ventricular septal defect or atrial septal defect closure. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

• Persistent Cough

  Ease of execution was good or very good in 34 patients (87%; 95% CI, 73-94%), acceptable in 4 patients, and poor in 1 patient (persistent cough). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

• Amenorrhea

  […] develop. 400 Possible risk (although causality not established) of hypogonadism or androgen deficiency with long-term opiate agonist or partial agonist use. 400 Importance of informing clinician if decreased libido, impotence, erectile dysfunction, amenorrhea [drugs.com]

  Early / 0-1.0 leukocytosis / Delayed / 0-1.0 urticaria / Rapid / 0-1.0 rash / Early / 0-1.0 nightmares / Early / 0-1.0 paresthesias / Delayed / 0-1.0 tremor / Early / 0-1.0 flushing / Rapid / 1.0-1.0 injection site reaction / Rapid / Incidence not known amenorrhea [pdr.net]

• Encephalopathy

  Two patients in the Remifentanil group had complications: one required propofol for emergence delirium, and the other had a postoperative encephalopathy. [journals.lww.com]

• Base Deficit

  Base deficit (mmol/L) Mean (SD; n) −2·93 (5·21; 88) −2·69 (5·33; 97) .. Range −18·90 to 7·50 −12·30 to 9·70 .. Presence of fetal acidosis 2·18 * RRs less than 1 favour remifentanil PCA. (0·20–23·64) 0·51 Yes 2 (2%) 1 (1%) .. No 86 (98%) 95 (99%) .. [thelancet.com]

Nasopharyngeal temperature after surgery fell significantly more from baseline in the tramadol treatment groups compared with the non-treatment groups. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Introduction Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is an efficient and fast therapy for treatment-resistant depression. [doi.org]

Prescribers should re-assess patients for drowsiness or sleepiness regularly throughout treatment, especially since events may occur well after the start of treatment. [pdr.net]

Anesthesiological management of patients with Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) is a challenge of questions related to physiopathology, prognosis, and trigger causes. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The inhibition of circulation and respiration was more obvious at t1 and t2 in group A when compared to group B (P Introduction Gastric cancer, which greatly endangers human health, is a disease with high mortality and poor prognosis ( 1, 2 ). [spandidos-publications.com]

7 ] proportion of patients who developed post-operative respiratory distress within 7 days of hospitalization defined by acute respiratory failure with hypoxemia, PaO2/FiO2 ratio < 300 mmHg, new bilateral infiltrations on chest X-ray without cardiac etiology [clinicaltrials.gov]

There is no consensus in the literature regarding the true value of biological and skin tests, and there is a need to create a specialized unit for allergy and anaesthesia in our country in order to collect epidemiological and perioperative anaphylaxis [scielo.org.co]

References 1 Lan L, Zhao F, Cai Y, Wu RX and Meng Q: Epidemiological analysis on mortality of cancer in China, 2015. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi. 39:32–34. 2018.(In Chinese). [spandidos-publications.com]

A critical look at methods for handling missing covariates in epidemiologic regression analyses. Am J Epidemiol 1995 ; 142 : 1255 -64. ↵ Liu ZQ, Chen XB, Li HB, Qiu MT, Duan T. [bmj.com]

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: evolving epidemiology and mortality. Intensive Care Med 42, 889–896 (2016). 3. Ha, M. A. & Sieg, A. C. [nature.com]

The information is presented in a logical manner--opening chapters cover the underlying pathophysiology of obesity and move on to discuss general risk factors, legal and ethical aspects of anaesthesia, changes in pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, [books.google.ro]

Abstract Smooth emergence or cough prevention is a clinically important concern in patients undergoing laryngomicroscopic surgery (LMS). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]