Articles: general-anesthesia.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Long-term outcomes with spinal versus general anesthesia for hip fracture surgery: A randomized trial.
The effects of spinal versus general anesthesia on long-term outcomes have not been well studied. This study tested the hypothesis that spinal anesthesia is associated with better long-term survival and functional recovery than general anesthesia. ⋯ Long-term outcomes were similar with spinal versus general anesthesia.
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Minerva anestesiologica · Mar 2024
Multicenter StudyEasy-to-implement educational interventions to bring climate-smart actions to daily anesthesiologic practice: a cross-sectional before and after study.
Anesthesia contributes significantly to a hospital's carbon footprint. Climate-smart actions have the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Prerequisites for sustainable behavior of providers are knowledge and awareness. We aimed to assess the change in anesthesiologists' climate-friendly behavior before and after educational interventions in three areas that every anesthesiologist can address in their daily clinical routine: 1) energy use; 2) recycling opportunities; 3) consumption of volatile anesthetics. ⋯ We found that environment-friendly working behaviors increased after the implementation of educational interventions. The causality between the interventions and the observed improvements remains to be proven.
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Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther · Mar 2024
[Relevance of the Allen Test before Catheterization of the Radial Artery].
Arterial catheterization is considered to be standard procedure for patients undergoing general anesthesia. The most common puncture site is the radial artery (RA), which carries a risk of RA occlusion. ⋯ However, the result of the AT differs largely depending on the examiner and the test is not able to predict ischemic events correctly. Thus it appears that the performance of an AT is not mandatory before arterial cannulation.
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Nearly all patients with hip fractures undergo surgical treatment. The use of different anesthesia techniques during surgery may influence the clinical outcomes. The optimal anesthetic technique for patients undergoing hip fracture surgery is still controversial. We performed this updated systematic review and meta-analysis to compare clinical outcomes of patients undergoing hip fracture surgery with different anesthesia techniques. ⋯ PROSPERO (CRD42023411854); registered 7 April 2023.
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The optimal anesthetic technique for surgical drainage of chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH) is still uncertain. We performed this systematic review and meta-analysis to determine if local anesthesia with or without sedation (LA) or general anesthesia (GA) results in better outcomes for surgical drainage of CSDH. ⋯ PROSPERO (CRD42022333388); first submitted 1 June 2022.