The incidence of post-operative nausea and vomiting is about 30% lower following xenon anesthesia compared with traditional volatile anesthesia.
Excellent review article on interactions between Regional anaesthesia and the newer oral anticoagulants
The ED90 of carbetocin is approximately 15 mcg after elective cesarean section.
Elective surgery can itself precipitate post-traumatic stress disorder even in the absence of intra-operative awareness.
BIS monitoring significantly reduces the risk of awareness under general anesthesia in high-risk adult surgical patients.
Caveat - the Cochrane review noted low level evidence for changes in length of hospital stay or reduced complications, 2' to poor blinding in some studies. Safe as fasting though.
Nebulized ketamine with dexmedetomidine is suitable and effective for pediatric premedication before outpatient dental surgery.
Reversal with sugammadex reduces the incidence of post-operative nausea and vomiting compared with neostigmine.
Closed-loop delivery of total intravenous anesthesia with propofol and remifentanil, guided by BIS, is feasible in obese patients.
Perioperative lignocaine infusion reduces postoperative pain and nausea, and may improve GIT function and speed hospital discharge.
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