Comparison of the Effects of Sugammadex Recommended Dose (2 mg/kg) and Fixed Dose of 200 mg on the Reversal of Moderate Neuromuscular Block and Recovery Profile in Adult Patients by Ji-Yoon Jung, Sung-Ae Cho, Woojin Kwon, Hongwook Kim, Tae-Yun Sung

“…<i>Background and Objectives</i>: Neuromuscular blocking agents are essential to ensure optimal surgical conditions during general anesthesia. Sugammadex, a selective binding agent, is widely used to reverse neuromuscular blockade. …”
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A Decades-Long Journey of Palmitoylethanolamide (PEA) for Chronic Neuropathic Pain Management: A Comprehensive Narrative Review by Giustino Varrassi, Martina Rekatsina, Matteo Luigi Giuseppe Leoni, Marco Cascella, Gabriele Finco, Salvatore Sardo, Chiara Corno, Domenico Tiso, Vittorio Schweiger, Diego Maria Michele Fornasari, Antonella Paladini

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Risk factors for postoperative ileus in hysterectomy: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Zhuoer Hou, Ting Liu, Xiaoyan Li, Hangpeng Lv, Qiuhua Sun

“…Surgery-related factors included perioperative transfusion (OR = 4.50, 95%CI: 3.29-6.16), concomitant bowel surgery (OR = 3.79, 95%CI: 1.86-7.71), anesthesia technique (general anesthesia) (OR = 2.73, 95%CI: 1.60, 4.66), adhesiolysis (OR = 1.97, 95%CI: 1.52-2.56), duration of operation (OR = 1.78, 95%CI: 1.32-2.40), operation approach (laparoscopic hysterectomy) (OR = 0.43, 95%CI: 0.29-0.64) and operation approach (vaginal hysterectomy) (OR = 0.35, 95%CI: 0.18-0.69).…”
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Weight-Based Standardized Sugammadex Dosing in Pediatrics: A Quality Improvement Initiative to Improve Compliance with Dosing Guidelines and Reduce Waste and Cost by Sydney E. S. Brown, Michael Meyer, Andrea Meyer, Ruth Cassidy, Xinyi Zhao, Deborah Wagner, Laura Wetzel, Douglas A. Colquhoun

“…Results. 7,889 patients 2–17 years (4,771 with documented TOF), ASA 1–4 receiving general anesthesia with a steroidal NMB medication and sugammadex reversal. …”
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Intravenous Infusion of Dexmedetomidine Combined Isoflurane Inhalation Reduces Oxidative Stress and Potentiates Hypoxia Pulmonary Vasoconstriction during One-Lung Ventilation in Pa... by Rui Xia, Jinjin Xu, Hong Yin, Huozhi Wu, Zhengyuan Xia, Daiwei Zhou, Zhong-yuan Xia, Liangqing Zhang, Haobo Li, Xiaoshan Xiao

“…Hemodynamic variables or depth of anesthesia did not significantly differ between groups. …”
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Investigating Postoperative Urinary Retention: Risk Factors and Postsurgical Outcomes in Total Joint Arthroplasty by Madeleine J.F. Powers, MSIII, Zachary T. Grace, MD, Barrett B. Torre, MD, Dorothy B. Wakefield, MS, Laura Sanzari, MS, BSN, RN, Matthew J. Grosso, MD

“…Advanced age, male gender, lower body mass index, moderate Charlson Comorbidity Index scores, total knee arthroplasty, spinal anesthesia, and alpha-blocker use were significantly more prevalent among POUR patients. …”
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A Triple Obstetric Challenge of Thoracopagus-Type Conjoined Twins, Eclampsia, and Obstructed Labor: A Case Report from Sub-Saharan Africa by Mariatu Binta Leigh, Valerie John-Cole, Mike Kamara, Alimamy Philip Koroma, Michael Momoh Koroma, Edward Ejiro Emuveyan, Peter Bramlage, Ivo Buschmann

“…An emergency cesarean section under general anesthesia via a longitudinal midline incision was performed immediately. …”
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How to Reduce Delayed Gastric Emptying After Pancreatoduodenectomy: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis by Artur Rebelo, MD, Randi Kresse, Yoshiaki Sunami, PhD, Ulrich Ronellenfitsch, MD, Jörg Kleeff, MD, Johannes Klose, MD

“…This meta-analysis aims to assess the impact of various interventions, such as the type of surgical reconstruction (specifically pylorus resection or preservation), enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS), epidural anesthesia (EA), as well as strategies involving nasogastric decompression on DGE. …”
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INTEGRATING HYPERTONIA REHABILITATION, INTRAORAL REHABILITATION, AND ANXIETY MANAGEMENT FOR COMPREHENSIVE PATIENT CARE- PART1 by Lucian Stefan Burlea, Doriana Agop Forna, Mihaela Salceanu, Violina Budu, Vlad Proca, Bogdan Petru Bulancea, Tudor Hamburda, Maria Antonela Beldiman

“…As premedication, miorelaxants, adjuvants for inflammatory processes (which result in antalgic hypertonic phenomena), and during local anesthesia through neuromuscular transmission blockage, miorelaxants are a class of pharmacological agents with various structures and mechanisms of action that are highly helpful in treating stomatognatic dysfunctions. …”
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Intestinal Obstruction due to Colonic Lithobezoar: A Case Report and a Review of the Literature by Metin Şenol, Zehra Ünal Özdemir, İbrahim Tayfun Şahiner, Hakan Özdemir

“…In this paper, a 7-year-old girl with colonic lithobezoar who presented with constipation, abdominal pain, and the history of pica was successfully treated by the extraction of the stones under general anesthesia.…”
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Tonic Pupil Following Pars Plana Vitrectomy and Endolaser by Benyamin Ebrahim, Larry Frohman, Marco Zarbin, Neelakshi Bhagat

“…Tonic pupil was observed in a 67 year-old patient following a retinal detachment repair with pars plana vitrectomy, endolaser and silicone oil tamponade performed under retrobulbar anesthesia. The probable location of disturbance is the postganglionic parasympathetic fibers in the short ciliary nerves along their course to the pupil in the suprachoroidal space. …”
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Analysis of Hospital Discharge Data to Characterize Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Its Management in Adult Patients Hospitalized in Canada: 2006 to 2007 by Kathy F Spurr, Debra L Morrison, Michael A Graven, Adam Webber, Robert W Gilbert

“…Compliance with this treatment is especially important in OSA patients experiencing concomitant acute and chronic disease or illness, and those undergoing procedures associated with sedation, analgesia and anesthesia.…”
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Self-Reported Practices in Opioid Management of Chronic Noncancer Pain: A Survey of Canadian Family Physicians by Michael JM Allen, Mark M Asbridge, Peter C MacDougall, Andrea D Furlan, Oleg Tugalev

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Retained Placenta Accreta Mimicking Choriocarcinoma by Maureen P. Kohi, Gabrielle A. Rizzuto, Nicholas Fidelman, Jennifer Lucero, Mari-Paule Thiet

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Ectopic Salivary Gland Found in the Vocal Cord: A Rare Case by Shori Tajima, Niro Tayama, Fumihiko Matsumoto

“…We performed surgery under general anesthesia to remove the polyps and improve hoarseness. …”
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Primary Aneurysm of the Medial Marginal Vein of the Foot by D. Casian, V. Culiuc

“…Excision of aneurysm with bipolar ligation of marginal vein was performed under local anesthesia. The postoperative evolution was uneventful. …”
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Pain in an osseous lymphoma. A case presentation. by José Julio Ojeda González, Evangelina Dávila Cabo de Villa, Alexis Guillén Sánchez

“…This pain was not relieved with the regular medical treatment, that´s why the anesthesia service doctors gave assistance. Costal osteolysis at level D7, D8 and D9 were shown in a thorax X ray. …”
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The Use of Awake Videolaryngoscopy and an Innovative Flexible-Tipped Bougie in a Potentially Difficult Airway by Will A. Watson, John Cormack

“…Awake VL was used to assess the grade of intubation before induction of anesthesia. Once the patient was anesthetized, a flexible-tipped bougie was used to navigate past the mass, allowing successful intubation. …”
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Use of Physiologic Reasoning to Diagnose and Manage Shock States by Geoffrey Lighthall

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Fused Double Supernumerary Premolars of the Mandible: A Rare Case by Ali Azhar Dawasaz, Syed Sadatullah, Syed Kamran Bokhari

“…This paper is about impacted double fused supernumerary premolars in the right mandiblular body associated with an impacted first premolar in a 17-year-old male. Under local anesthesia, the supernumerary premolars and the impacted permanent first premolar were surgically removed. …”
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