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Journal of anesthesia · Oct 2011
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter StudyAdjuvant dexamethasone with bupivacaine prolongs the duration of interscalene block: a prospective randomized trial.
Dexamethasone added to bupivacaine significantly prolongs the duration of interscalene analgesia and motor blockade.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Clinical Trial
Do women with pre-eclampsia, and their babies, benefit from magnesium sulphate? The Magpie Trial: a randomised placebo-controlled trial.
Magnesium sulphate halves the risk of eclampsia in pre-eclamptic pregnant women without significant adverse effect.
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Anesthesia and analgesia · Sep 2004
Multicenter StudyThe incidence of awareness during anesthesia: a multicenter United States study.
The incidence of awareness-with-recall under general anesthesia in the United States is 1-2 cases per 1,000 patients.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Observational Study
Best position and depth of anaesthesia for laryngeal mask airway removal in children: A prospective randomised controlled trial.
This controlled study randomised 212 children to either deep plane-of-anesthesia or awake, and either supine or lateral position, for removal of their laryngeal mask at the completion of surgery.
"Deep anesthesia" was defined as ET-sevoflurane 2.2%, stable for 1 minute. The "awake" group had their LMA removed by the PACU nurse after eye opening and/or obeying commands.
Airway complications included desaturation < 90%, stridor, laryngospasm, retching/vomiting, excess secretions and biting. A secondary outcome was also studied, assigning a 'clinical significance score' to the range of complications.
Deep removal in the lateral position was associated with the fewest complications. Deep removal when supine was associated with the most complications.
This study was a follow-up to a two-centre observational audit from 2008.
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J Neurosurg Anesthesiol · Jan 2013
Randomized Controlled TrialBIS-guided anesthesia decreases postoperative delirium and cognitive decline.
BIS use in elderly patients targeting a BIS of 40-60 may reduce post-operative delirium and post-operative cognitive decline at 3 months.
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