Journal of clinical anesthesia
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Diabetes mellitus is often treated as a uniform disease in the perioperative period. Type 2 diabetes is most commonly encountered, and only a minority of surgical patients have been diagnosed with another type of diabetes. ⋯ In addition, certain type-related features and pitfalls should be taken into account in the operating theatre. In this narrative review, we discuss characteristics of types of diabetes other than type 2 diabetes relevant to the anaesthetist, based on available literature and data from our clinic.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Effect of real-time binaural music on sedation with dexmedetomidine during spinal anesthesia: A triple-arm, assessor-blind, randomized controlled trial.
Binaural audio induces sedation and reduces pain and anxiety in surgical patients. This study tested the hypothesis that dexmedetomidine requirement for adequate sedation during spinal anesthesia would be lower in patients listening to music with binaural sound than that in patients listening to plain or no music. ⋯ Compared with no music, music with binaural sound reduced the dexmedetomidine loading dose; however, this sedative-sparing effect of binaural sound was not found when compared to plain music.