Anesthesia and analgesia
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Recent studies have revealed the antinociceptive effects of glycine transporter (GlyT) inhibitors in neuropathic pain models such as sciatic nerve-injured and diabetic animals. Bone cancer can cause the most severe pain according to complex mechanisms in which a neuropathic element is included. Bone cancer modifies the analgesic action of opioids and limits their effectiveness, and thus novel medicament for bone cancer pain is desired. ⋯ GlyT inhibitors with or without morphine may be a new strategy for the treatment of bone cancer pain and lead to further investigations of the mechanisms underlying the development of bone cancer pain.
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Anesthesia and analgesia · Oct 2014
FOCUS: The Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists' Initiative to Improve Quality and Safety in the Cardiovascular Operating Room.
The Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists (SCA) introduced the FOCUS initiative (Flawless Operative Cardiovascular Unified Systems) in 2005 in response to the need for a rigorous scientific approach to improve quality and safety in the cardiovascular operating room (CVOR). The goal of the project, which is supported by the SCA Foundation, is to identify hazards and develop evidence-based protocols to improve cardiac surgery safety. A hazard is anything that has the potential to cause a preventable adverse event. ⋯ Several projects are currently under way that are aimed at better understanding these hazards and developing interventions to mitigate them. The SCA, through the FOCUS initiative, has begun this journey of science-driven improvement in quality and safety. There is a long and arduous road ahead, but one we need to continue to travel.
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Anesthesia and analgesia · Oct 2014
Ropivacaine Pharmacokinetics After Local Infiltration Analgesia in Hip Arthroplasty.
In this study, we determined the plasma concentration of ropivacaine by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry for 30 hours after local infiltration analgesia in 15 patients with elective hip arthroplasty. The 95% upper prediction bound of maximal unbound plasma concentration of ropivacaine was 0.032 mg/L. ⋯ No signs or symptoms of systemic local anesthetic toxicity were observed. The Clopper-Pearson 95% upper confidence limit for adverse signs was 0.218.
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Anesthesia and analgesia · Oct 2014
Observational StudyThe Relationship Between Serum Progesterone Concentration and Anesthetic and Analgesic Requirements: A Prospective Observational Study of Parturients Undergoing Cesarean Delivery.
In clinical practice, pregnant women have lower anesthetic requirements for general anesthesia than nonpregnant women. Although the hormonal changes such as progesterone associated with pregnancy may affect the minimum alveolar concentration of volatile anesthetics, the relationship between the anesthetic or analgesic requirements and progesterone level in full-term women has not been studied. In this study, we attempted to identify relationships between anesthetic or analgesic requirements and maternal serum concentrations of progesterone. ⋯ The decreased anesthetic and analgesic requirements of near full-term parturients might partially depend on serum progesterone concentration.
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Anesthesia and analgesia · Oct 2014
Osmolality and Respiratory Regulation in Humans: Respiratory Compensation for Hyperchloremic Metabolic Acidosis Is Absent After Infusion of Hypertonic Saline in Healthy Volunteers.
Several animal studies show that changes in plasma osmolality may influence ventilation. Respiratory depression caused by increased plasma osmolality is interpreted as inhibition of water-dependent thermoregulation because conservation of body fluid predominates at the cost of increased core temperature. Respiratory alkalosis, on the other hand, is associated with a decrease in plasma osmolality and strong ion difference (SID) during human pregnancy. We investigated the hypothesis that osmolality would influence ventilation, so that increased osmolality will decrease ventilation and decreased osmolality will stimulate ventilation in both men and women. ⋯ Our results indicate that osmolality has an influence on ventilation. Respiratory compensation for hyperchloremic metabolic acidosis was suppressed during hyperosmolality. Water loading caused a decrease in plasma osmolality and metabolic acidosis, and although the decrease in SID was smaller compared with salt loading, the expected respiratory compensation was observed. Ventilation was also stimulated in men, therefore independently of progesterone levels. We propose that the influence of osmolality on ventilation consists mainly as depression in conditions of hyperosmolality and that this depression is absent during hypoosmolality.