xenon: a solution for anesthesia in liver disease?

Xenon: A Solution for Anesthesia in Liver Disease?

Please cite this paper as: Dabbagh A, Rajaei S. Xenon: A Solution for Anesthesia in Liver Disease? Hepat Mon. 2012; 12(11):e8437. DOI: 10.5812/hepatmon.8437 Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education: Anesthetics, especially the volatile anesthetics are a major concern in all the patients undergoing surgical operations. None of the recent agents have been considered the i...

anesthesia for patients with liver disease

conclusions despite the fact that anesthesia in chronic liver disease is a scary and pretty challenging condition for every anesthesiologist, this hazard could be diminished by meticulous attention on optimizing the patient’s condition preoperatively and choosing appropriate anesthetic regimen and drugs in this setting. although there are paucity of statistics and investigations in this specifi...

[Xenon and future anesthesia].

A closed xenon anesthesia delivery system.

XENON was discovered in 1898 and first used as an anesthetic in 1951. It is more potent than nitrous oxide (N2O) with a minimum alveolar concentration (MAC) of approximately 71%, and its low blood-gas partition coefficient of 0.14 (recently recalculated as 0.115) results in rapid induction and recovery. Interest in xenon is high because of medical and environmental concerns about N2O; however, ...

Anesthesia for Patients With Liver Disease

CONTEXT Liver plays an important role in metabolism and physiological homeostasis in the body. This organ is unique in its structure and physiology. So it is necessary for an anesthesiologist to be familiar with various hepatic pathophysiologic conditions and consequences of liver dysfunction. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION WE SEARCHED MEDLINE (PUB MED, OVID, MD CONSULT), SCOPUS AND THE COCHRANE DATABA...

passivity in waiting for godot and endgame: a psychoanalytic reading

this study intends to investigate samuel beckett’s waiting for godot and endgame under the lacanian psychoanalysis. it begins by explaining the most important concepts of lacanian psychoanalysis. the beckettian characters are studied regarding their state of unconscious, and not the state of consciousness as is common in most beckett studies. according to lacan, language plays the sole role in ...