Minerva anestesiologica
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Minerva anestesiologica · Apr 2020
Prediction of difficult laryngoscopy in school-aged patients with microtia.
Children with microtia may experience difficult laryngoscopy because the ear and the mandible develop from the first and second bronchial arches and clefts. ⋯ The combination of Thyromental distance, Interincisor gap, and Forward protrusion of the mandible is the optimal assessment to predict difficult laryngoscopy in school-aged patients with microtia.
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Minerva anestesiologica · Aug 2020
Randomized Controlled TrialComparison between the ultrasound-guided erector spinae block and the subcostal approach to the transversus abdominis plane block in obese patients undergoing sleeve gastrectomy; a randomized controlled trial.
Pain control in the morbidly obese has presented as an anesthetic challenge. The aim of this study is to assess the analgesic efficacy of ultrasound guided bilateral erector spinae block compared to bilateral subcostal transversus abdominis plane block. ⋯ Ultrasound-guided single-shot T9 erector spinae plane block lowers postoperative pain scores, and reduces intraoperative and postoperative opioid consumption compared with both the subcostal approach transversus abdominis plane block and the control group in obese patients that had undergone sleeve gastrectomy.