Topics: induction of neuromuscular blockade , intraoperative care , neuromuscular blockade monitoring , postoperative anesthesia care unit , hypoxemia

Transmission of Pathogenic Bacterial Organisms in the Anesthesia Work Area

Randy W. Loftus, M.D.; Matthew D. Koff, M.D.; Corey C. Burchman, M.D.; Joseph D. Schwartzman, M.D.; Valerie Thorum, M.T. (A.S.C.P.); Megan E. Read, M.T. (A.S.C.P.); Tammara A. Wood, M.T., (A.M.T.); Michael L. Beach, M.D., Ph.D.

Anesthesiology September 2008, Vol. 109, 399–407. https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0b013e318182c855

View Articletitled, Transmission of Pathogenic Bacterial Organisms in the Anesthesia Work Area

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Topics: bacteria , nosocomial infection , tubing , intraoperative care , mortality

Observations on Surgical Demand Time Series: Detection and Resolution of Holiday Variance

Ian C. Moore, M.A.Sc.; David P. Strum, M.D.; Luis G. Vargas, Ph.D.; David J. Thomson, Ph.D., P.Stat., C.Stat., P.Eng.

Anesthesiology September 2008, Vol. 109, 408–416. https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0b013e318182a955

View Articletitled, Observations on Surgical Demand Time Series: Detection and Resolution of Holiday Variance

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Topics: holidays , surgical procedures, operative , filters , trend , harmonics

Motor and Somatosensory Evoked Potentials Are Well Maintained in Patients Given Dexmedetomidine during Spine Surgery

Endrit Bala, M.D.; Daniel I. Sessler, M.D.; Dileep R. Nair, M.D.; Robert McLain, M.D.; Jarrod E. Dalton, M.A.; Ehab Farag, M.D., F.R.C.A.

Anesthesiology September 2008, Vol. 109, 417–425. https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0b013e318182a467

View Articletitled, Motor and Somatosensory Evoked Potentials Are Well Maintained in Patients Given Dexmedetomidine during Spine Surgery

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Topics: dexmedetomidine , somatosensory evoked potentials , spinal procedure , motor evoked potentials

Direct Assessments of the Antioxidant Effects of Propofol Medium Chain Triglyceride/Long Chain Triglyceride on the Brain of Stroke-prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats Using Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy

Kyo Kobayashi, D.D.S.; Fumihiko Yoshino, D.D.S., Ph.D.; Shun-Suke Takahashi, D.D.S., Ph.D.; Kazuo Todoki, Ph.D.; Yojiro Maehata, D.D.S., Ph.D.; Tomoko Komatsu, D.D.S., Ph.D.; Kazu-Ichi Yoshida, D.D.S., Ph.D.; Masaichi-Chang-Il Lee, D.D.S., Ph.D.

Anesthesiology September 2008, Vol. 109, 426–435. https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0b013e318182a903

View Articletitled, Direct Assessments of the Antioxidant Effects of Propofol Medium Chain Triglyceride/Long Chain Triglyceride on the Brain of Stroke-prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats Using Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy

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Topics: propofol , brain , electron spin resonance spectroscopy , antioxidants , triglycerides

Physicochemical Properties, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics of a Reformulated Microemulsion Propofol in Rats

Eun-Ho Lee, M.D.; Soo-Han Lee, Ph.D.; Do-Yang Park, A.S.; Kyoung-Ho Ki, B.S.; Eun-Kyung Lee, Ph.D.; Dong-Ho Lee, M.D.; Gyu-Jeong Noh, M.D.

Anesthesiology September 2008, Vol. 109, 436–447. https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0b013e318182a486

View Articletitled, Physicochemical Properties, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics of a Reformulated Microemulsion Propofol in Rats

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Topics: pharmacodynamics , propofol , rats , pharmacokinetics

Using Permutation Entropy to Measure the Electroencephalographic Effects of Sevoflurane

Xiaoli Li, Ph.D.; Suyuan Cui, M.E.; Logan J. Voss, Ph.D.

Anesthesiology September 2008, Vol. 109, 448–456. https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0b013e318182a91b

View Articletitled, Using Permutation Entropy to Measure the Electroencephalographic Effects of Sevoflurane

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Topics: electroencephalography , entropy , sevoflurane

Novel Ryanodine Receptor Mutation That May Cause Malignant Hyperthermia

Alexius Kaufmann, M.S.; Birgit Kraft, M.D.; Andrea Michalek-Sauberer, M.D.; Lukas G. Weigl, Ph.D.

Anesthesiology September 2008, Vol. 109, 457–464. https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0b013e318182a93b

View Articletitled, Novel Ryanodine Receptor Mutation That May Cause Malignant Hyperthermia

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Topics: malignant hyperthermia due to anesthesia , mutation , ryanodine receptor calcium release channel , ryr1 , voltage

Critical Care Medicine

Low-tidal-volume Mechanical Ventilation Induces a Toll-like Receptor 4–dependent Inflammatory Response in Healthy Mice

Michiel Vaneker, M.D.; Leo A. Joosten, Ph.D.; Leo M. A. Heunks, M.D., Ph.D.; Dirk G. Snijdelaar, M.D., Ph.D.; Feico J. Halbertsma, M.D.; Jan van Egmond, Ph.D.; Mihai G. Netea, M.D., Ph.D.; Johannes G. van der Hoeven, M.D., Ph.D.; Gert Jan Scheffer, M.D., Ph.D.

Anesthesiology September 2008, Vol. 109, 465–472. https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0b013e318182aef1

View Articletitled, Low-tidal-volume Mechanical Ventilation Induces a Toll-like Receptor 4–dependent Inflammatory Response in Healthy Mice

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Topics: inflammatory response , ligands , lung , mechanical ventilation , mice

Pain Medicine

Guidance of Block Needle Insertion by Electrical Nerve Stimulation: A Pilot Study of the Resulting Distribution of Injected Solution in Dogs

Marcel Rigaud, M.D.; Patrick Filip, M.D.; Philipp Lirk, M.D.; Andreas Fuchs, M.D.; Geza Gemes, M.D.; Quinn Hogan, M.D.

Anesthesiology September 2008, Vol. 109, 473–478. https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0b013e318182af0b

View Articletitled, Guidance of Block Needle Insertion by Electrical Nerve Stimulation: A Pilot Study of the Resulting Distribution of Injected Solution in Dogs

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Topics: dog, domestic , needles , neurons , ink , sciatic nerve

Electrical Impedance to Distinguish Intraneural from Extraneural Needle Placement in Porcine Nerves during Direct Exposure and Ultrasound Guidance

Ban C. H. Tsui, M.Sc., M.D.; Jennifer J. Pillay, B.Sc.; Kinny T. Chu, B.Sc.; Derek Dillane, M.B., B.Ch.

Anesthesiology September 2008, Vol. 109, 479–483. https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0b013e318182c288

View Articletitled, Electrical Impedance to Distinguish Intraneural from Extraneural Needle Placement in Porcine Nerves during Direct Exposure and Ultrasound Guidance

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Topics: electric impedance , needles , neurons , puncture procedure , puncture wound

Antiinflammatory Effect of Peripheral Nerve Blocks after Knee Surgery: Clinical and Biologic Evaluation

Frédéric Martin, M.D.; Valéria Martinez, M.D.; Jean Xavier Mazoit, M.D., Ph.D.; Didier Bouhassira, M.D., Ph.D.; Kamel Cherif, M.D.; Marc Edouard Gentili, M.D., Ph.D.; Philippe Piriou, M.D., Ph.D.; Marcel Chauvin, M.D., Ph.D.; Dominique Fletcher, M.D., Ph.D.

Anesthesiology September 2008, Vol. 109, 484–490. https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0b013e318182c2a1

View Articletitled, Antiinflammatory Effect of Peripheral Nerve Blocks after Knee Surgery: Clinical and Biologic Evaluation

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Topics: cytokine , inflammation , knee joint , knee region , knee surgery

Ambulatory Continuous Posterior Lumbar Plexus Nerve Blocks after Hip Arthroplasty: A Dual-center, Randomized, Triple-masked, Placebo-controlled Trial

Brian M. Ilfeld, M.D., M.S.; Scott T. Ball, M.D.; Peter F. Gearen, M.D.; Linda T. Le, M.D.; Edward R. Mariano, M.D.; Krista Vandenborne, Ph.D., P.T.; Pamela W. Duncan, Ph.D., P.T.; Daniel I. Sessler, M.D.; F Kayser Enneking, M.D.; Jonathan J. Shuster, Ph.D.; Douglas W. Theriaque, M.S.; R Scott Meyer, M.D.

Anesthesiology September 2008, Vol. 109, 491–501. https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0b013e318182a4a3

View Articletitled, Ambulatory Continuous Posterior Lumbar Plexus Nerve Blocks after Hip Arthroplasty: A Dual-center, Randomized, Triple-masked, Placebo-controlled Trial

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Topics: hip replacement arthroplasty , infusion procedures , lumbar plexus block , ropivacaine , surgical procedures, operative

Perineural Administration of Dexmedetomidine in Combination with Bupivacaine Enhances Sensory and Motor Blockade in Sciatic Nerve Block without Inducing Neurotoxicity in Rat

Chad M. Brummett, M.D.; Mary A. Norat, B.S.; John M. Palmisano, B.S.; Ralph Lydic, Ph.D.

Anesthesiology September 2008, Vol. 109, 502–511. https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0b013e318182c26b

View Articletitled, Perineural Administration of Dexmedetomidine in Combination with Bupivacaine Enhances Sensory and Motor Blockade in Sciatic Nerve Block without Inducing Neurotoxicity in Rat

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Topics: bupivacaine , dexmedetomidine , sciatic nerve block , perineural route of drug administration , neurotoxicity syndromes

Analgesic Effects of Sazetidine-A, a New Nicotinic Cholinergic Drug

Giovanni Cucchiaro, M.D.; Yingxian Xiao, Ph.D.; Alfredo Gonzalez-Sulser, B.S.S.; Kenneth J. Kellar, Ph.D.

Anesthesiology September 2008, Vol. 109, 512–519. https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0b013e3181834490

View Articletitled, Analgesic Effects of Sazetidine-A, a New Nicotinic Cholinergic Drug

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Topics: analgesics , cholinergic agents , formaldehyde , seizures , rats

A118G Single Nucleotide Polymorphism of Human μ-Opioid Receptor Gene Influences Pain Perception and Patient-controlled Intravenous Morphine Consumption after Intrathecal Morphine for Postcesarean Analgesia

Alex T. Sia, M.D.; Yvonne Lim, M.D.; Eileen C. P. Lim, B.Sc.; Rachelle W. C. Goh, S.R.N.; Hai Yang Law, Ph.D.; Ruth Landau, M.D.; Yik-ying Teo, Ph.D.; Ene Choo Tan, Ph.D.

Anesthesiology September 2008, Vol. 109, 520–526. https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0b013e318182af21

View Articletitled, A118G Single Nucleotide Polymorphism of Human μ-Opioid Receptor Gene Influences Pain Perception and Patient-controlled Intravenous Morphine Consumption after Intrathecal Morphine for Postcesarean Analgesia

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Topics: genes , morphine , opioids , pain management , pain perception

Review Article

Radiofrequency Applications to Dorsal Root Ganglia: A Literature Review

Khalid Malik, M.D., F.R.C.S.; Honorio T. Benzon, M.D.; David S. Warner, M.D.; Mark A. Warner, M.D.

Anesthesiology September 2008, Vol. 109, 527–542. https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0b013e318182c86e

View Articletitled, Radiofrequency Applications to Dorsal Root Ganglia: A Literature Review

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Topics: ganglia, spinal , pain

Intracarotid Delivery of Drugs: The Potential and the Pitfalls

Shailendra Joshi, M.D.; Phillip M. Meyers, M.D., F.A.H.A.; Eugene Ornstein, Ph.D., M.D.

Anesthesiology September 2008, Vol. 109, 543–564. https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0b013e318182c81b

View Articletitled, Intracarotid Delivery of Drugs: The Potential and the Pitfalls

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Topics: brain , drug delivery systems , kinetics , blood-brain barrier , infusion procedures

Case Reports

Application of a Newly Designed Right-sided, Double-lumen Endobronchial Tube in Patients with a Very Short Right Mainstem Bronchus

Satoshi Hagihira, M.D., Ph.D.; Masaki Takashina, M.D., Ph.D.; Takashi Mashimo, M.D., Ph.D.

Anesthesiology September 2008, Vol. 109, 565–568. https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0b013e31818344bd

View Articletitled, Application of a Newly Designed Right-sided, Double-lumen Endobronchial Tube in Patients with a Very Short Right Mainstem Bronchus

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Topics: bronchi

Abnormal Bleeding after an Oral Surgical Procedure Leading to Airway Compromise in a Patient Taking a Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor and a Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Drug

Ellen M. Van Cann, M.D., D.M.D.; Ron Koole, M.D., D.M.D.

Anesthesiology September 2008, Vol. 109, 568–569. https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0b013e318182c88c

View Articletitled, Abnormal Bleeding after an Oral Surgical Procedure Leading to Airway Compromise in a Patient Taking a Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor and a Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Drug

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Topics: airway device , airway structure , anti-inflammatory agents, non-steroidal , hemorrhage , oral surgical procedures

Correspondence

Acetaminophen-induced, Not Desflurane-induced, Hepatotoxicity

Charles Her, M.D., F.C.C.P.

Anesthesiology September 2008, Vol. 109, 570–571. https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0b013e318182c841

View Articletitled, Acetaminophen-induced, Not Desflurane-induced, Hepatotoxicity

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Two Cases with Past and Family History of Febrile Convulsion Developed Seizure-like Movements during Sevoflurane Anesthesia

Takeshi Yano, M.D.; Shigeaki Okubo, M.D.; Hiroaki Naruo, M.D.; Tatsuma Iwasaki, M.D.; Mayumi Takasaki, M.D.; Isao Tsuneyoshi, M.D.

Anesthesiology September 2008, Vol. 109, 571. https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0b013e318182c89d

View Articletitled, Two Cases with Past and Family History of Febrile Convulsion Developed Seizure-like Movements during Sevoflurane Anesthesia

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Reviews of Educational Material

Atlas of Common Pain Syndromes, 2nd Edition.

Stephen F. Dierdorf, M.D.; Mark A. Warner, M.D.

Anesthesiology September 2008, Vol. 109, 572. https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0b013e318182c8ad

View Articletitled, Atlas of Common Pain Syndromes, 2nd Edition.

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Topics: pain disorder

Perioperative Diagnostic and Interventional Ultrasound.

John G. Antonakakis, M.D.; Mark A. Warner, M.D.

Anesthesiology September 2008, Vol. 109, 572. https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0b013e318182c8bd

View Articletitled, Perioperative Diagnostic and Interventional Ultrasound.

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Topics: perioperative care , ultrasonography, interventional , ultrasonography

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