BACKGROUND This study compared intubating conditions and the onset time associated with administration of cisatracurium, a nondepolarizing neuromuscular blocker with a relatively slow onset, according to prior injection of one of two intravenous anesthetic agents: propofol or etomidate. METHODS Forty-six female patients, undergoing general anesthesia and endotracheal intubation for elective s...

Introduction: Although patients do not experience sever pain after laparoscopic surgery, most of them experience acute or chronic pain afterward. While conventional pain killers including NSAID and narcotics in laparoscopic surgery have specific side effects, their application is inevitable. This study compares the efficacy of local anesthetic drugs and conventional pain killers in post-operati...

introduction: although patients do not experience sever pain after laparoscopic surgery, most of them experience acute or chronic pain afterward. while conventional pain killers including nsaid and narcotics in laparoscopic surgery have specific side effects, their application is inevitable. this study compares the efficacy of local anesthetic drugs and conventional pain killers in post-operati...

General anesthesia is a reversible state characterized by unconsciousness, analgesia, muscle relaxation, and depression of reflexes which is achieved by the administration of chemical agents. It is a balance between the amount of anesthetic drugs administered and the state of arousal of the patient. As the intensity of surgical stimulation varies during a surgical procedure, so does the require...

conclusions in summary, there is a lack of consensus about the use of neuromuscular blockers in patients with ibm. the authors avoided these drugs and were able to easily secure the patient’s airway and maintain adequate muscle relaxation using a balanced sevoflurane-remifentanil anesthetic. clinical trials are necessary to define the pharmacology of neuromuscular blockers in patients with ibm ...

Beta-adrenergic receptor blockers decrease intravenous anesthetic dose requirements. The present study determined the effect of propranolol on indocyanine green and antipyrine disposition from the moment of rapid intravenous injection. Anti-pyrine is a physiological marker that distributes to a volume as large as total body water in a blood flow-dependent manner and is a pharmacokinetic surroga...

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE Inadvertent intraoperative hypothermia (core temperature <360 C) is a recognized risk in surgery and has adverse consequences. However, no data about this complication in China are available. Our study aimed to determine the incidence of inadvertent intraoperative hypothermia and its associated risk factors in a sample of Chinese patients. METHODS We conducted a regional ...