European journal of anaesthesiology
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Ischaemia/reperfusion injury is a common problem in hepatic surgery. An appreciation of the role of sevoflurane dose in preconditioning and subsequent hepatoprotection against ischaemia/reperfusion injury would be useful. ⋯ Sevoflurane pretreatment exerts a protective effect on hepatic ischaemia/reperfusion injury but there is no significant dose-response relationship in the concentration range used. It is possible that a dose-response relationship might exist at lower concentrations.
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Comparative Study
Effects of isoflurane-induced anaesthesia on cognitive performance in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease: a randomised trial in transgenic APP23 mice.
Results from in-vitro experiments suggest that inhalational anaesthetics may have a detrimental effect on the course and incidence of Alzheimer's disease. However, case-control studies in humans show no negative impact of anaesthetics on the course of Alzheimer's disease. ⋯ Isoflurane may have protective, rather than detrimental, effects on cognition in Alzheimer's disease.
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Letter Case Reports
Difficult diagnosis of malignant hyperthermia during laparoscopic surgery.