Journal of clinical anesthesia
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Editorial Comment
Selecting anesthesiology residency candidates-Beyond the numbers.
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Review Meta Analysis Comparative Study
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy under neuraxial anesthesia compared with general anesthesia: Systematic review and meta-analyses.
Pneumoperitoneum during laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) can cause hypercapnia, hypoxemia, hemodynamic changes and shoulder pain. General anesthesia (GA) enables the control of intraoperative pain and ventilation. The need for GA has been questioned by studies suggesting that neuraxial anesthesia (NA) is adequate for LC. ⋯ NA as sole anesthetic technique, although feasible for LC, was associated with intraoperative pain referred to the shoulder, required anesthetic conversion in 3.4% of the cases and did not demonstrate evidence of respiratory benefits for patients with normal pulmonary function.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
Preliminary investigation of preoperative pregabalin and total intravenous anesthesia doses: a randomized controlled trial.
To determine the efficacy of 2 different doses (150-300mg) of preoperative pregabalin on propofol and remifentanil doses for total intravenous anesthesia in laparoscopic cholecystectomy. ⋯ The observations provide preliminary evidence that preoperative pregabalin may decrease anesthetic agent requirement in total intravenous anesthesia patients.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Intraoperative ketorolac dose of 15mg versus the standard 30mg on early postoperative pain after spine surgery: A randomized, blinded, non-inferiority trial.
The primary aim of this study is to show the non-inferiority of 15mg intraoperative dose of ketorolac as compared to the standard 30mg ketorolac by looking at the visual analog scale pain (VAS) scores 4h after an adult spine surgery. ⋯ Ketorolac 30mg intravenous was not superior to 15mg intravenous for post-operative pain management after spine surgery. However, 15mg failed to meet the pre-specified criteria for non-inferiority to the 30mg dose.