Journal of anesthesia
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Journal of anesthesia · Aug 2021
Observational StudyFactors associated with quality of dreams during general anesthesia: a prospective observational study.
Patients frequently report having dreams during general anesthesia, and the dreams are often reported to be pleasant dreams. However, factors associated with the quality of dreams during general anesthesia have not been clarified. The aim of this study was to determine the relationships between the quality of dreams during general anesthesia and perioperative factors. ⋯ A total of 1100 patients were included in the study, and 293 (25.4%) of the patients reported having dreams during anesthesia. Half of the patients who experienced dreams during anesthesia (50.2%, 147/293 patients) reported having a pleasant dream. Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that only HADS-depression score of less than 11 was related to pleasant dreams (OR: 3.3 [95% CI 1.3-10.0]).
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Journal of anesthesia · Aug 2021
Randomized Controlled TrialComparison between the effects of normal saline with and without heparin for the prevention and management of arterial catheter occlusion: a triple-blinded randomized trial.
We aimed to compare the effects of saline with and without heparin on the catheter-occlusion rate and coagulation-related blood test results for the management of arterial catheters among patients admitted to a short-term intensive care unit postoperatively. ⋯ Normal saline with and without heparin showed similar efficiency for both the prevention of occlusion and the results of coagulation.
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Journal of anesthesia · Aug 2021
Randomized Controlled TrialAnesthetic strategy for obese patients during gastroscopy: deep sedation or conscious sedation? A prospective randomized controlled trial.
This paper aims to compare the incidence of SpO2 values < 95% and < 90% of the obese patients between conscious sedation and deep sedation and whether conscious sedation was superior to the deep sedation for obese patients during diagnostic gastroscopy. ⋯ Conscious sedation with propofol and sufentanil (0.1 mg/kg) reduced the incidence of hypoxic events without affecting gastroscopy procedure and satisfaction compared with the deep sedation for obese patients during diagnostic gastroscopy.
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Journal of anesthesia · Aug 2021
Predictors of one year chronic post-surgical pain trajectories following thoracic surgery.
Chronic post-surgical pain (CPSP) is a highly prevalent complication following thoracic surgery. This is a prospective cohort study that aims to describe the pain trajectories of patients undergoing thoracic surgery beginning preoperatively and up to 1 year after surgery METHODS: Two hundred and seventy nine patients undergoing elective thoracic surgery were enrolled. Participants filled out a preoperative questionnaire containing questions about their sociodemographic information, comorbidities as well as several psychological and pain-related statuses. They were then followed-up during their immediate postoperative period and at the three, six and 12 month time-points to track their postoperative pain, complications and pain-related outcomes. Growth mixture modeling was used to construct pain trajectories. ⋯ Patients who undergo thoracic surgery can have postoperative pain that follows one of the three different types of trajectories. Higher levels of immediate postoperative pain and preoperative pain catastrophizing were associated with moderately severe CPSP.