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The History of Anesthesia

Anesthesia History
Papers focusing on the history of anesthesia – both modern articles and the original historical, landmark articles themselves.
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- Biography
  
  Mastectomy without anesthesia: the cases of Abigail Adams Smith and Fanny Burney.
  
  Am. J. Med.. 2011 May 1;124(5):474.
- Biography
  
  Horace Wells (1815-1848).
  
  Anaesth Intensive Care. 1996 Aug 1;24(4):415.
- Biography
  
  Lessons from history: Horace Wells and the moral features of clinical contexts.
  
  Anesth Prog. 1995 Jan 1;42(1):1-6.
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Does perioperative pregabalin reduce postoperative pain?

Pain Pregabalin
- Review
  
  Impact of pregabalin on acute and persistent postoperative pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
  
  Br J Anaesth. 2015 Jan 1;114(1):10-31.
  
  Perioperative pregabalin may improve postoperative analgesia, nausea and vomiting, though increases sedation and visual disturbances
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- Randomized Controlled Trial
  
  A randomized placebo-controlled trial of two doses of pregabalin for postoperative analgesia in patients undergoing abdominal hysterectomy.
  
  Can J Anaesth. 2014 Jun 1;61(6):551-7.
- Review
  
  Efficacy of pregabalin in acute postoperative pain: a meta-analysis.
  
  Br J Anaesth. 2011 Apr 1;106(4):454-62.
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Post-operative awareness monitoring & prevention

Anesthesia Awareness Monitoring
- Randomized Controlled Trial
  
  Bispectral index monitoring to prevent awareness during anaesthesia: the B-Aware randomised controlled trial.
  
  Lancet. 2004 May 29;363(9423):1757-63.
  
  BIS monitoring significantly reduces the risk of awareness under general anesthesia in high-risk adult surgical patients.
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- Randomized Controlled Trial
  
  Prevention of intraoperative awareness in a high-risk surgical population.
  
  N. Engl. J. Med. 2011 Aug 18;365(7):591-600.
- Randomized Controlled Trial
  
  The effect of bispectral index monitoring on long-term survival in the B-aware trial.
  
  Anesth. Analg. 2010 Mar 1;110(3):816-22.
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Perioperative Gabapentin and Pregabalin

Analgesia Anesthesia Gaba agents
- Randomized Controlled Trial
  
  Clinical Study Evaluating Pregabalin Efficacy and Tolerability for Pain Management in Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy.
  
  Clin J Pain. 2014 Nov 1;30(11):944-52.
- Randomized Controlled Trial
  
  A randomized placebo-controlled trial of two doses of pregabalin for postoperative analgesia in patients undergoing abdominal hysterectomy.
  
  Can J Anaesth. 2014 Jun 1;61(6):551-7.
- Randomized Controlled Trial
  
  Perioperative gabapentin reduces 24 h opioid consumption and improves in-hospital rehabilitation but not post-discharge outcomes after total knee arthroplasty with peripheral nerve block.
  
  Br J Anaesth. 2014 Nov 1;113(5):855-64.
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Sinus surgery, intravenous anaesthesia and bleeding

Anesthesia Hemorrhage Total intravenous anesthesia
- Randomized Controlled Trial
  
  Blood loss during endoscopic sinus surgery with propofol or sevoflurane: a randomized clinical trial.
  
  JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2013 May 1;139(5):510-4.
- Review
  
  Systematic review and meta-analysis of total intravenous anesthesia and endoscopic sinus surgery.
  
  Int Forum Allergy Rhinol. 2013 Oct 1;3(10):848-54.
- Randomized Controlled Trial
  
  Effects of three different types of anaesthesia on perioperative bleeding control in functional endoscopic sinus surgery.
  
  Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2013 Jul 1;270(7):2045-50.
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