Revista española de anestesiología y reanimación
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Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim · Oct 2007
[Patient satisfaction with anesthetic care monitored during phacoemulsification].
To assess satisfaction with anesthesia during cataract surgery, as a quality indicator for such surgery. ⋯ Pain is common during phacoemulsification and is the main cause of patient dissatisfaction with anesthetic care.
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Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim · Oct 2007
Randomized Controlled Trial[Influence of inhaled nitrous oxide on the induction doses of propofol and thiopental assessed by auditory evoked potentials].
To assess the influence of 50% nitrous oxide (N2O) on the induction doses of propofol and thiopental by means of the auditory evoked potentials index (AAI). To evaluate the time to induction of anesthesia. ⋯ The doses of both thiopental and propofol are reduced and induction times are shorter when the drugs are administered with a mixture of 50% N2O and 50% oxygen. Monitoring the AAI facilitates the titration of thiopental and propofol dosing during anesthetic induction.
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Sepsis and consequent multiorgan dysfunction syndrome are responsible for over 60% of deaths in patients receiving critical care in spite of improvements in patient management. We describe the pathophysiology, epidemiology, clinical picture, and biochemical markers that contribute to the diagnosis and assessment of infection severity and progression of infection to sepsis and from severe sepsis to septic shock. Our focus is on the guidelines of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign, complemented with additional information published since those guidelines appeared. The Ovid MEDLINE database was used for a search from 1997 through 2006.