Among the different results that may be achieved with premedication such as amnesia, optimization of preoperative conditions and prevention of physiological stress, the primary aim in children is anxiolysis. Almost 50% of children show signs of significant preoperative fear and anxiety 1 . It has been reported that there are correlations between heart rate, blood pressure, and behavioral rating...

BACKGROUND Patients undergoing ambulatory surgery under general anesthesia experience considerable levels of postoperative nausea and vomiting (N/V) after their discharge. However, those complications have not been thoroughly investigated in hand surgery patients yet. We investigated factors associated with postoperative N/V in patients undergoing an ambulatory hand surgery under general anesth...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate factors preventing delayed hemorrhage after the loop electrosurgical excisional procedure (LEEP). METHODS Medical records of patients who underwent LEEP at one university affiliated hospital from October 2013 to January 2015 were reviewed. Patients with or without delayed hemorrhage were classified. LEEP was performed either in an operating r...

Aim: Perioperative hypothermia is more common in pediatric patients than adult due to increased body surface area/weight ratio and limited subcutaneous fat deposits. Therefore, active passive warming techniques are used frequently the surgeries applied patients. This study presents prevalence of perioperative predisposing conditions for orthopedic which applied.Methods: cross-sectional, descrip...

Aim: We aimed to evaluate anesthesia-related complications in pediatric patients undergoing dental treatment under general anesthesia (GA).
 Materials and Methods: After ethical committee approvel, the records of who were operated between 01.09.2020-01.09.2022 at Selcuk University Faculty Dentistry General Anesthesia Sedation Clinic evaluated with regards demographic data, ASA, comorbiditi...

INTRODUCTION No study so far has tested a beverage containing glutamine 2 h before anesthesia in patients undergoing surgery. OBJECTIVES The aim of the study was to investigate: 1) the safety of the abbreviation of preoperative fasting to 2 h with a carbohydrate-L-glutamine-rich drink; and 2) the residual gastric volume (RGV) measured after the induction of anesthesia for laparoscopic cholecy...

The purpose of this pilot project was to test the feasibility of hypnosis as a preoperative intervention. The unique features of this study were: (a) use of a standardized nurse-delivered hypnosis protocol, (b) intervention administration immediately prior to surgery in the preoperative holding area, and (c) provision of hypnosis to breast cancer surgery patients receiving general anesthesia. A...

Torsade de pointes (TdP) is an uncommon and specific form of polymorphic ventricular tachycardia, associated with a prolonged QT interval. Prolongation of the QT interval is the most widely recognized electrophysiological abnormality in patients with liver cirrhosis. We observed a case of TdP leading to cardiopulmonary resuscitation after the induction of general anesthesia, in a patient with l...

We report a case of an otherwise healthy; ambulatory 32 year old parturient on combined antiretroviral therapy that developed prolonged muscle weakness needing postoperative artificial ventilation. Despite no preoperative indication of muscle weakness, she developed respiratory insufficiency following general anesthesia with drugs that are deemed safe for her condition. After ruling out all the...

Aim: To determine whether preoperative use of the highly cyclooxygenase-2-specific inhibitor rofecoxib combined with spinal anesthesia offers superior postoperative analgesia compared to spinal anesthesia alone. Methods: Single-centre, randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial, including 40 adult patients undergoing elective open inguinal hernia repair. Both the control (n=20) and tr...