UNLABELLED We determined whether children who are extremely anxious during the induction of anesthesia are more at risk of developing postoperative negative behavioral changes compared with children who appear calm during the induction process. Children (n = 91) aged 1-7 yr scheduled for general anesthesia and elective outpatient surgery were recruited. Using validated measures of preoperative ...

Background: Emergence agitation (EA) after sevoflurane anesthesia is common in children. When rapid intravenous induction of general anesthesia is indicated in a brief procedure, the induction agent can reduce the incidence of EA after sevoflurane anesthesia. The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of intravenous induction with ketamine and propofol for reducing EA in children after s...

Anesthetic and cardiorespiratory effects of medetomidine, lidocaine, butorphanol and propofol total intravenous anesthesia (MLBP-TIVA) were evaluated in horses undergoing an experimental surgery. Ten horses were premedicated with an intravenous injection (IV) of medetomidine (5 µg/kg) and butorphanol (20 µg/kg). Anesthesia was induced by administration of 1% propofol (3 mg/kg, IV) at a rate of ...

profound bradycardia during eye surgery is a potentially serious event. in clinical practice oculo-cardiac reflex (ocr) is most often encountered during squint surgery. the objective of this study was to assess the occurrence of ocr and prove the effect of ketamine as an induction drug and anticholinergic premedication (atropine) to prevent ocr. this study comprised 90 patients (aged 4-10 years...

the risk of life-threatening complications during induction of anesthesia in patients with anterior mediastinal mass is well recognized. maintenance of spontaneous ventilation during anesthesia is an accepted standard goal in all published reports. however, the decision to paralyze the patient, which is really needed in most surgical procedures, is still a challenging event. in this study, “man...

Epidural anesthesia attenuates surgical stress responses, such as the immune reaction and the pituitary hormone response. In the present study, we investigated the leukocyte response to initial surgical stimulation during upper abdominal surgery. Twenty adult patients (American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status I approximately II) undergoing elective upper abdominal surgery were rand...