Journal of anesthesia
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Journal of anesthesia · Oct 2023
Randomized Controlled TrialEfficacy of a surgical mask during high-flow nasal oxygen therapy in preventing aerosol dispersion: a randomized controlled study.
It is not clear whether or not high-flow nasal oxygenation used in patients with severe respiratory tract infection, or coughing, increases the risk of infection to the healthcare personnel, and whether or not applying a surgical mask to the patient's face or treating the patient in a negative-pressure room can reduce the risk. ⋯ In conclusion, treating a patient in a negative-pressure room, or applying a surgical mask, during high-flow nasal oxygenation (with the flow rate of 60 l.min-1) would inhibit, but would not completely prevent, dispersion of aerosols by coughing.
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Journal of anesthesia · Oct 2023
Randomized Controlled TrialRemimazolam: a randomized controlled study of its suitability for insertion of a supraglottic airway.
Loss of motor response to thrusting the jaw forward is a useful indicator for uncomplicated insertion of a supraglottic airway. The aim of this study was to assess the suitability of remimazolam for insertion of a supraglottic airway assessed by loss of response to jaw thrusting. ⋯ Remimazolam frequently does not inhibit response to jaw thrusting, and thus remimazolam is not a suitable induction agent for uncomplicated insertion of a supraglottic airway unless either a neuromuscular blocking agent or an opioid is co-administered.
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Journal of anesthesia · Oct 2023
Randomized Controlled TrialThe effect of implementation of pain neuroscience education and rehabilitation exercise on post-operative pain and recovery after laparoscopic colorectal surgery: a prospective randomized controlled trial.
To optimize the efficacy of analgesia and post-operative recovery for patients undergoing laparoscopic colorectal surgery by integrating a composite psycho-somatic analgesia algorithm involving peri-operative rehabilitation exercise and pain neuroscience education into multi-modal analgesia. ⋯ The addition of peri-operative rehabilitation exercise and pain neuroscience education into multi-modal analgesia provided better analgesic effect compared with routine practice for patients receiving laparoscopic colorectal surgery and also facilitated better post-operative recovery. This composite psycho-somatic algorithm for peri-operative analgesia merits further application in clinical practice.