TL;DR: To estimate the frequency of successful conduction blockade of the femoral, lateral femoral cutaneous, and obturator nerves following a femoral 3-in-1 block, 32 patients having lower extremity surgery were studied.

TL;DR: The safe and expeditious conduct of ambulatory surgical care can succeed only by careful selection of patients and surgical procedures, appropriate intraoperative and postoperative anesthesia care, and prudent and timely discharge of patients.

TL;DR: Atipamezole is an effective antagonist for reversing psychomotor impairment following dexmedetomidine sedation and postoperative sedation, tested both by subjective and objective assessments.

TL;DR: The laryngeal mask airway compared favorably with an endotracheal tube in success rate, difficulty of insertion, and time to position correctly in this patient population and it may play a useful role if more conventional methods of airway management fail.

TL;DR: Induction of anesthesia with propofol is associated with a more rapid emergence from anesthesia than induction with thiopental, and maintenance ofesthesia with enflurane did not prolong recovery compared with maintenance with prop ofol, but en flurane was associated with increased frequency of postoperative nausea and vomiting.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared the results of two whole blood viscoelastic coagulation tests, thromboelastography (TEG) and Sonoclot analysis (Sonoclot R Coagulation Analyzer, Sienco, Inc., Morrison, CO), between healthy parturients and nonparturients.

TL;DR: The slow induction time with midazolam may put the mother at risk for pulmonary inhalation and a plane of anesthesia that may risk awareness and potential neonatal depression is the main drawback of the two newer induction drugs.

TL;DR: A convergence of evolving economics and a growing concern about patient outcome have already led purchasers of health care to seek what might be called value-based care-essentially the best patient outcome achievable at a reasonable cost-which will have a growing influence on decision making in anesthesia care as well as throughout the health care industry.

TL;DR: When measured during general anesthesia, smokers have a slower bronchial mucus transport than nonsmokers, which may be related to postoperative pulmonary complications in smokers.

TL;DR: The PI, PB, and MZ groups all gave excellent sedation for patients undergoing surgical procedures with local anesthesia, and cardiovascular and respiratory parameters were remarkably stable.

TL;DR: In this article, the sensitivity and specificity of SSEPs for predicting new post-operative motor neurologic deficits during intramedullary spinal cord surgery was investigated and it was shown that intra-operative SSEP changes were a sensitive predictor of new postoperative motor deficits, but such changes may not correlate reliably with postoperative deficits in position or vibration sense.

TL;DR: The addition of morphine 0.1 mg/kg to the local anesthetic axillary block solution provided improved postoperative analgesia without an increased frequency of side effects or major complications.

TL;DR: A bougie was passed through the endotracheal tube prior to extubation in anticipation of possible reintubation of a patient with a difficult airway, and later, when the patient's airway did become compromised, the trachea was rapidly reintubsated using the bougies, without the need for direct laryngoscopy, fiberoptic bronchoscopy or, worse, emergency tracheostomy.

TL;DR: The LMA is a new airway management technique with good qualities of tightness and ventilation conditions, however, contraindications such as patients with a full stomach, intra-abdominal surgery, high peak airway pressure, prolonged operation, and an inexperienced anesthesiologist apply.

TL;DR: Multidisciplinary team effort and prolonged monitoring in the intensive care unit are mandatory to ensure a favorable outcome for cyanotic CHD and PPH parturients.

TL;DR: The laryngeal lift should be part of the anesthesiologists' armamentarium in helping the laryngoscopist who is faced with Grades II, III, IV, and V laryNGoscopic views to enhance visualization of the larynx and thus facilitate endotracheal intubation.

TL;DR: Propofol induction and maintenance of anesthesia for strabismus surgery in children significantly lowers the frequency of postanesthetic retching and vomiting, but propofol is associated with pain and spontaneous movements at induction and a high frequency of oculocardiac reflexes during maintenance infusion.

TL;DR: The impact of aortic stenosis on pregnancy is discussed, as are management aspects of lumbar epidural anesthesia in such patients.

TL;DR: Pain resulting from skin infiltration of lidocaine solutions can be diminished by adding NaHCO3, however, catheter size is more important than the presence or absence of NaH CO3 in determining the pain of i.v. catheterization.

TL;DR: The P CCO method appears to be able to estimate changes in CO under the conditions tested, in which PCCO was recalibrated after each TDCO measurement, however, limitations of this method in the immediate postoperative period following aortic aneurysm surgery were identified.

TL;DR: This method would be useful to estimate gastric contents quantitatively, and a CSA of 8.0 cm2 might be a valid indicator of an empty stomach.

TL;DR: The Risk Management Committee of the Harvard Medical School's Department of Anaesthesia developed a set of guidelines recommending administrative actions that should be taken immediately following an adverse anesthesia event to limit patient injury from a specific event associated with anesthesia.

TL;DR: Fenoldopam is an effective drug for reducing BP following hypertensive episodes in the postoperative setting and use is associated with an increase in HR versus placebo.

TL;DR: The case of a Jehovah's Witness who bled massively, refused blood transfusion, and survived profound anemia intact is reported, suggesting considering this therapy for acutely anemic patients who refuse transfusion to decrease the duration of the most severe anemia.

TL;DR: Patients treated with chronic anticonvulsant therapy recovered from pipecuronium more rapidly than unmedicated patients and there seemed to be a dose-effect relationship between the number of anticonVulsants received and a decreased time to recovery from piperCuronium neuromuscular blockade.

TL;DR: The success of epidural anesthesia for tubal ligation using in situ epidural catheters is greater if surgery is performed shortly after delivery, and the length of catheter inserted into the epidural space is no significant difference.

TL;DR: An unusual case of endotracheal tube obstruction secondary to alteration of the preoperative fasting period, where a patient scheduled for coronary artery bypass grafting had been instructed to take nothing by mouth except scheduled medication with sips of water prior to surgery, is reported.

TL;DR: During the first 2 postoperative hours following cholecystectomy, postoperative meperidine intake could not be reduced by IV administration of clonidine 300 micrograms.