Studies of unmet health care needs have shown that women, people with poor health, and people with lower socioeconomic status are more likely to report having unmet health care needs. In this study, we examined the types of and reasons for unmet health care needs in 465 people with environmental sensitivities. A second area of inquiry involved negative reactions to general anesthesia. Results s...

We present the first reported case of the prophylactic use of lipid emulsion therapy in the removal of an extensive, circumferential malignant melanoma in a morbidly obese patient, under local anaesthetic. The advantages of this technique allowed the patient to avoid intraoperative invasive monitoring and postoperative critical care admission and assisted during the operation by rotating her le...

Muting alarms in the post-anesthesia care unit endangers patient safety.

Background & objectives: Surgery–related anxiety can be observed due to several factors in patients undergoing surgery. With developing technology virtual reality (VR) glasses have begun used reduce the preoperative period. We aimed investigate effect of using VR on operation and sedation requirement during under spinal anesthesia. 
 Methodology: enrolled 97 between 18–75 y age, ASA cl...

The purpose of this study was to systematically review the instruments used to obtain anesthesia-specific patient satisfaction data and to determine the degree to which each instrument controlled for measurement error bias, such as poor survey design. By using an assessment and evaluation tool developed for the present study that held proven internal reliability and construct validity, we analy...

Abstract Central cord syndrome is a form of incomplete spinal injury appearing in the anesthesia literature primarily trauma. Our institution recently managed rare, life-threatening central following an uneventful anterior cervical discectomy and fusion which uniquely presented as respiratory depression progressing to quadriplegia. This patient's dramatic experience began nearly indistinguishab...

This study aims to evaluate retrospectively the two-year data of our clinic concerning effects training for reduced fresh gas flow anesthesia applications, demographic patients, types performed, non-operating room applications and incidences admission post-anesthesia care unit. Hospital archives on services 2016-2017 were scanned. The acquired analyzed with yearly comparisons bases consumed amo...

Most gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures are now performed with sedation. Moderate sedation using benzodiazepines and opioids continue to be widely used, but propofol sedation is becoming more popular because its unique pharmacokinetic properties make endoscopy almost painless, with a very predictable and rapid recovery process. There is controversy as to whether propofol should be administe...

BACKGROUND Recent upper respiratory infection (URI) in children increases respiratory adverse events following anesthesia for elective surgery. The increased risk continues weeks after resolution of acute URI symptoms. Few systematic analyses have explored specific risk factors. This logistic regression explores the relationship between preoperative URI symptoms and adverse events during emerge...

A national sample of anesthesia records were studied prospectively for the presence or absence of predetermined, noteworthy record indicators judged important in documenting a basic core of information describing the monitoring and care provided in a generic clinical setting. Only records involving the administration of a volatile anesthetic for the purpose of achieving general anesthesia, prep...