Masui. The Japanese journal of anesthesiology
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Sevoflurane is known as a useful and safe anesthetic because of its properties of fast uptake and elimination at the lungs and of no effects on hepatic function. In this study we examined the effect of repeated sevoflurane anesthesia on hepatic function and immunological system. ⋯ Our results suggest that sevoflurane is not likely to provide adverse effects on the liver and to suppress the production of complements accompanied by the surgical stress.
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Case Reports
[Cardiac arrest during emergency cesarean section due to peripartum cardiomyopathy--a case report].
A 23-year-old woman at 35 weeks of gestation was scheduled for emergency cesarean section because of preeclampsia. Anesthesia was induced with thiopental 250 mg, and her trachea was intubated following administration of vecuronium 7 mg. Anesthesia was maintained with oxygen and sevoflurane (0.5%). ⋯ She was transferred to the intensive care unit of our university hospital. She was diagnosed as having peripartum cardiomyopathy from her history and echocardiography. She was discharged from the hospital with only slight disturbance of consciousness two months after surgery.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
[Combined use of intrathecal morphine and diclofenac suppository for postoperative analgesia after caesarean section].
Intrathecal morphine for postoperative analgesia after caesarean section has been used in Europe and North America, but its use is not common in Japan. ⋯ Intrathecal morphine 0.05 mg and diclofenac suppository 50 mg given every 8 hours produced effective postoperative analgesia with minimum side effects after caesarean section.
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The number of surgical operations performed has been reported to have a relation with surgical morbidity and mortality. In Japan, however, the relationship between surgical load and outcome has not been elucidated. ⋯ The yearly number of operations has been shown to affect mortality rate due to intraoperative critical incidents among patients for cardiac surgery in Japan. Hospitals with a small number operations should pay significant attention to improving surgical outcome. These results also suggest that centralization or regionalization of cardiac surgery should be discussed from the socio-economical points as well as patient safety.
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Case Reports
[A case of emergency surgery in a patient with bronchial asthma under continuous spinal anesthesia].
A 78-year-old male, observed for bronchial asthma, underwent two emergency operations within eight days. The first operation was performed under general anesthesia with tracheal intubation. Anesthesia was maintained by sevoflurane-oxygen and continuous infusion of propofol in combination with epidural injection of lidocaine. ⋯ He needed ventilatory support for three days for status asthmatics. The second operation was performed under continuous spinal anesthesia using hypobaric tetracaine and hyperbaric bupivacaine. No ventilatory support was necessary after the operation and he was discharged uneventfully.