Journal of clinical anesthesia
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Clinical Trial
Preoperative identification of sleep apnea risk in elective surgical patients, using the Berlin questionnaire.
To examine the prevalence of risk of sleep apnea in patients undergoing elective surgery by using the Berlin Questionnaire. ⋯ The Berlin questionnaire correctly identified all patients previously diagnosed with sleep apnea as being at high risk.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Effect of low tidal volume ventilation on atelectasis in patients during general anesthesia: a computed tomographic scan.
To determine whether low tidal ventilation in patients without lung injury results in an increase in the amount of atelectasis and a further impairment of gas exchange during general anesthesia. ⋯ Ventilation using low V(T)s does not cause more pulmonary collapse than mechanical ventilation using standard V(T)s.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
The addition of a regional block team to the orthopedic operating rooms does not improve anesthesia-controlled times and turnover time in the setting of long turnover times.
To determine whether a regional block team with a dedicated space for performance of regional anesthetics would decrease turnover time and shorten the working day in a busy orthopedic practice with lengthy turnover times. ⋯ A regional block team in this environment does not reduce anesthesia-controlled times and turnover times in an orthopedic OR suite with long turnover times, and it would be virtually impossible to recover the associated extra cost. The surgeons' perspective of turnover time is inaccurate.
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Letter Case Reports
Tension pneumothorax during laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication in a child.
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Controlled Clinical Trial
The importance of blood sampling site for determination of hemoglobin and biochemistry values in major abdominal and orthopedic surgery.
To determine whether sampling of blood from different sites influences laboratory results. ⋯ Under stable hemodynamics and in the absence of hypothermia, serum lactate level was higher in peripheral venous blood than it was in the central vein or radial artery.