Journal of clinical anesthesia
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Effects of the menstrual cycle on injection pain due to rocuronium.
To investigate the effect of the menstrual cycle on rocuronium injection pain. ⋯ Menstrual cycle phases affect the severity of rocuronium injection pain. Women exhibit greater pain sensitivity from rocuronium injection in the luteal phase than the follicular phase.
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To identify the risk factors of, and develop a prediction model for, postoperative complications of patients undergoing infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm (IAAA) repair. ⋯ A combination of age, COPD, emergency operation, history of cardiac dysfunction and aortic occlusion time has significant impact on postoperative complications after open IAAA repair.
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Comparative Study
Analgesia after Cesarean delivery: a retrospective comparison of intrathecal hydromorphone and morphine.
To compare analgesia and opioid-related side effects of intrathecal morphine and intrathecal hydromorphone after elective Cesarean delivery. ⋯ Overall, analgesia and incidence of opioid-related side effects after 0.04 mg of intrathecal hydromorphone did not differ statistically from 0.1 mg of intrathecal morphine.
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Case Reports
Anesthetic implications of emergent Cesarean section in a parturient with Noonan syndrome and bacterial endocarditis.
Noonan syndrome is a relatively common genetically transmitted disorder characterized by facial, cardiac, and musculoskeletal abnormalities. The management of a 27 year old woman with Noonan syndrome at 23 weeks' gestation, presenting with premature labor, who required an emergent Cesarean section for placental abruption, is discussed. In addition to Noonan syndrome, this patient had bacterial endocarditis involving the mitral and aortic valves. The anesthetic implications of Noonan syndrome and endocarditis during pregnancy are presented.
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Historical Article
Training to be an historian of anesthesia: options at universities in the United States.
To determine whether a lack of training opportunities explains the finding that few anesthesia historians have obtained formal training in history. ⋯ Graduate training in history of anesthesia is currently unavailable, and specific opportunities in history of medicine are quite limited. Individuals wishing to obtain formal training in history of anesthesia need to enroll in a history of science or history of medicine program, and choose a research topic in history of anesthesia.