European Journal of Anaesthesiology
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Modern monitoring in anesthesiology and perioperative care
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Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - February 12, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Book review Source Type: research
Preprocedural neuraxial ultrasound in a morbidly obese orthopaedic patient
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Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - February 12, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research
The Video Classification of Intubation (VCI) score: a new description tool for tracheal intubation using videolaryngoscopy: A pilot study
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Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - February 12, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research
Building confidence to perform cricothyroidotomy: A task trainer-based training programme
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Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - February 12, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research
Accidental extubation in prone position: Report of two cases and proposal of an algorithm for airway management
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Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - February 12, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research
Comparison of videolaryngoscopy alone with video-assisted fibreoptic intubation in a difficult cadaver airway model
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Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - February 12, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research
A pilot study of a novel cricothyroidotomy device in Thiel cadaveric models
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Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - February 12, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research
Comparison between oxygen reserve index and end-tidal oxygen concentration for estimation of oxygenation during pre-oxygenation via a tight-fitted face mask: A prospective observational study
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Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - February 12, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research
Conversion of noninvasive mechanical ventilator to provide invasive mechanical ventilation
No abstract available (Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology)
Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - February 12, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research
Gender differences among medical students learning tracheal intubation: A prospective cohort study
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Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - February 12, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research
Cricothyroidotomy competence and injuries using nonmedical equipment: A crossover noninferiority randomised controlled trial in a porcine cadaver model
CONCLUSION
Regularly trained anaesthetists are able to accomplish cricothyroidotomy irrespective of the equipment used. A pocketknife with a ballpoint pen barrel was just as effective as a commercially available surgical set. (Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology)
Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - February 12, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Airway and ventilation Source Type: research
Supraglottic jet oxygenation and ventilation reduces desaturation during bronchoscopy under moderate to deep sedation with propofol and remifentanil: A randomised controlled clinical trial
This study investigated the potential benefits of supraglottic jet oxygenation and ventilation (SJOV) using the Wei nasal jet tube (WNJ) in reducing hypoxaemia in patients undergoing bronchoscopy under moderate to deep intravenous sedation using a propofol, lidocaine and remifentanil cocktail.
OBJECTIVES
Our primary objective was to evaluate the efficacy and complications of SJOV via the WNJ during flexible bronchoscopy under moderate to heavy sedation with propofol and remifentanil.
DESIGN
A randomised controlled clinical trial.
SETTING
The 180th Hospital of People's Liberation Army, Quanzhou, China, ...
Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - February 12, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Airway and ventilation Source Type: research
Incidence of postoperative sore throat after using a new technique of insertion of a second generation Laryngeal Mask Airway: A randomised controlled trial
BACKGROUND
Sore throat is a common complication after Laryngeal Mask Airway Supreme (SLMA) insertion.
OBJECTIVE
The aim of this study was to determine whether a new SLMA insertion technique (not removing the pilot tube blocker before insertion) lowers the incidence of sore throat in the postanaesthesia care unit (PACU).
DESIGN
A prospective, single-centre, parallel randomised controlled trial.
SETTING
Operating room and PACU at a hospital in China from June to September 2019.
PATIENTS
Four hundred and eight patients aged 18 to 65 years with American Society of Anaesthesiologists physical sta...
Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - February 12, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Airway and ventilation Source Type: research
Ultrasound-guided versus conventional lung recruitment manoeuvres in laparoscopic gynaecological surgery: A randomised controlled trial
CONCLUSIONS
The use of ultrasound-guided recruitment manoeuvres improves peri-operative lung aeration; these effects may persist in the postanaesthesia care unit. However, the long-term effects of ultrasound-guided recruitment manoeuvres on clinical outcomes should be the subject of future trials.
TRIAL REGISTRATION
ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03607240). (Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology)
Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - February 12, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Airway and ventilation Source Type: research
Analgesic efficacy of two approaches of ultrasound-guided quadratus lumborum block for laparoscopic renal surgery: A randomised controlled trial
BACKGROUND
Moderate-to-severe pain exists in the early postoperative period after laparoscopic renal surgery.
OBJECTIVE
We investigated the analgesic effect of quadratus lumborum block (QLB) via two approaches in patients undergoing laparoscopic renal nephrectomy.
DESIGN
A randomised controlled trial.
SETTING
An academic tertiary care hospital in Beijing, China.
PARTICIPANTS
Ninety-six patients aged 18 to 70 years who were scheduled for elective laparoscopic radical or partial nephrectomy.
INTERVENTIONS
Eligible patients were allocated randomly to a control group (no block), lateral Q...
Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - February 12, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Regional and neuraxial anaesthesia Source Type: research
Dry spinal tap during real-time ultrasound-guided paramedian spinal injection with patient in the lateral decubitus position: A single-centre retrospective study
CONCLUSION
‘Dry tap’ occurs in 9.7% of cases during real-time USG spinal injection using the PMSO ultrasound window, with the patient in the lateral decubitus position and the spinal needle inserted from the nondependent side.
TRIAL REGISTRATION
ChiCTR-IOR-1800019011, Chinese Clinical Trials Registry (www.chictr.org.cn). (Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology)
Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - February 12, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Regional and neuraxial anaesthesia Source Type: research
Ultrasound increases the success rate of spinal needle placement through the epidural needle during combined spinal-epidural anaesthesia: A randomised controlled study
BACKGROUND
Combined spinal-epidural anaesthesia (CSEA) using a needle-through-needle technique is currently widely used. However, successful epidural needle placement does not mean a successful spinal needle placement during CSEA. Whether ultrasound assistance could increase the first-pass success rate of spinal needle placement for CSEA remains unknown.
OBJECTIVE
The aim of this study was to investigate if ultrasound assistance could increase the first-pass success rate of spinal needle placement through the epidural needle during CSEA performed by experienced anaesthesiologists in patients undergoing caesarean...
Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - February 12, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Regional and neuraxial anaesthesia Source Type: research
European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Guidelines on peri-operative use of ultrasound for regional anaesthesia (PERSEUS regional anesthesia): Peripheral nerves blocks and neuraxial anaesthesia
Nowadays, ultrasound-guidance is commonly used in regional anaesthesia (USGRA) and to locate the spinal anatomy in neuraxial analgesia. The aim of this second guideline on the PERi-operative uSE of UltraSound (PERSEUS-RA) is to provide evidence as to which areas of regional anaesthesia the use of ultrasound guidance should be considered a gold standard or beneficial to the patient. The PERSEUS Taskforce members were asked to define relevant outcomes and rank the relative importance of outcomes following the GRADE process. Whenever the literature was not able to provide enough evidence, we decided to use the RAND method wit...
Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - February 12, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Guidelines Source Type: research
Using ultrasound for nerve blocks and neuraxial anaesthesia: The PERSEUS guidelines
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Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - February 12, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Invited commentary Source Type: research
Practical Operating Theatre Management: Measuring and Improving Performance and Patient Experience
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Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - January 9, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Book review Source Type: research
Flow-controlled ventilation with the Evone ventilator and Tritube versus volume-controlled ventilation: A clinical cross-over pilot study describing oxygenation, ventilation and haemodynamic variables
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Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - January 9, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research
The LAS VEGAS study on epidemiology, ventilator management and outcome in patients receiving intra-operative ventilation: Cohort stratified for types of surgery and airway device
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Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - January 9, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research
From airway ‘grading’ to ‘coding’
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Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - January 9, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research
Evaluation of the accuracy and reliability of the percentage of glottic opening score
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Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - January 9, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research
A comparison of pre-operative transnasal flexible endoscopic laryngoscopy and actual laryngeal view obtained with videolaryngoscopy in predicted difficult intubations
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Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - January 9, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research
Reply to: role of the acidity and volume of gastric fluid in obstetric anaesthesia
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Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - January 9, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research
Role of the acidity (pH) and volume of gastric fluid in obstetric anaesthesia
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Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - January 9, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research
Reply to: findings of two independent surveys on rapid sequence induction: Deliberate practice should be reinforced
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Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - January 9, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research
Findings of two independent surveys on rapid sequence induction: Deliberate practice should be reinforced
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Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - January 9, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research
Prevention and treatment of residual neuromuscular blockade with doxapram during postoperative recovery
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Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - January 9, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research
Reply to: routine use of norepinephrine infusion in caesarean delivery
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Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - January 9, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research
Routine use of norepinephrine infusion in caesarean delivery
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Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - January 9, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research
Reply to: checking the anaesthesia machine
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Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - January 9, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research
Checking the anaesthesia machine
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Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - January 9, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research
Reply to: assessing risk factors of delirium and its effects on adverse outcomes in patients admitted to the ICU after craniotomy
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Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - January 9, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research
Assessing risk factors of delirium and its effects on adverse outcomes in patients admitted to the ICU after craniotomy
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Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - January 9, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research
The gender gap in French articles in anaesthesiology: Is the glass ceiling still intact?
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Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - January 9, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research
Measuring the analgesic effect of adding pre-operative single-shot rectus sheath blocks to postoperative rectus sheath continuous blocks for major urological surgery: A double-blind randomised study
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Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - January 9, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research
An optimal dose of ropivacaine for ultrasound-guided supraclavicular brachial plexus block: A biased coin design
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Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - January 9, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research
Reply to: two-handed jaw thrust in patients undergoing intubation with a double-lumen endobronchial tube
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Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - January 9, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research
Two-handed jaw thrust in patients undergoing intubation with a double-lumen endobronchial tube
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Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - January 9, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research
Randomised controlled pilot trial of concepts for analgesia and sedation during placement of peripheral regional anaesthesia before operations
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Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - January 9, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research
Effects of digital learning in anaesthesiology: A systematic review and meta-analysis
BACKGROUND
Digital methods of instruction have proven to be effective in assisting learning in many fields at various levels. However, none of the meta-analyses have studied the effects of digital learning vs. traditional learning in the field of anaesthesiology.
OBJECTIVE
We conducted a meta-analysis to review the role of digital learning in anaesthesiology by comparing the effect sizes of the involved studies.
DESIGN
A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials and assessment of the quality of evidence by the Medical Education Research Study Quality Instrument.
DATA SOURCES
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Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - January 9, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Varia Source Type: research
The effect of immediate postoperative Boussignac CPAP on adverse pulmonary events after thoracic surgery: A multicentre, randomised controlled trial
CONCLUSION
Prophylactic CPAP decreased the incidence of the composite endpoint ‘postoperative atelectasis + pneumonia’ without increasing the incidence of the endpoint ‘postoperative persistent air leaks + pneumothorax’. (Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology)
Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - January 9, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Varia Source Type: research
Effect of bevel direction on the tracheal tube pathway during nasotracheal intubation: A randomised trial
CONCLUSIONS
Facing the bevel of the tracheal tube in the cephalad direction of the patient facilitated selection of the lower pathway and reduced the incidence of epistaxis during nasotracheal intubation in patients undergoing oromaxillary surgery.
TRIAL REGISTRATION
ClinicalTrial.gov, NCT03740620. (Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology)
Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - January 9, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Airway Source Type: research
Incidence of gastric insufflation at high compared with low laryngeal mask cuff pressure: A randomised controlled cross-over trial
BACKGROUND
The success of ventilation with a laryngeal mask depends crucially on the seal between the mask and the periglottic tissue. Increasing the laryngeal mask's cuff volume is known to reduce oral air leakage but may lead to gastric insufflation.
OBJECTIVE
We hypothesised that a lower cuff pressure would result in less gastric insufflation. We sought to compare gastric insufflation with laryngeal mask cuff pressures of 20 cmH2O (CP20) and 60 cmH2O (CP60) during increasing peak airway pressures in a randomised controlled double-blind cross-over study. We also evaluated the incidence of gastric insufflat...
Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - January 9, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Airway Source Type: research
The evolution of a national, advanced airway management simulation-based course for anaesthesia trainees
CONCLUSION
The course was successfully designed and implemented within the national training programme for trainees. Important factors for success were involvement of all stakeholders, thorough planning, selection of the most important learning objectives, the use of interactive educational methods and training of the facilitators. (Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology)
Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - January 9, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Airway Source Type: research
Long-term psychological and physical outcomes of women after postdural puncture headache: A retrospective, cohort study
BACKGROUND
Postdural puncture headache after accidental dural puncture during labour may lead to chronic sequalae.
OBJECTIVES
We aimed to measure the incidence of postpartum depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, chronic headache, backache and breastfeeding rates after a postdural puncture headache.
DESIGN
A retrospective, case-matched cohort study.
SETTING
A review of documented cases of dural puncture and matched case controls occurring at Rabin Medical Center and Shamir Medical Center from 01 January 2012 to 30 September 2018.
PATIENTS
The study cohort consisted of women with a docume...
Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - January 9, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Regional anaesthesia Source Type: research
Ultrasound-guided quadratus lumborum block for postoperative analgesia: A systematic review and meta-analysis
CONCLUSION
QLB reduced postoperative opioid consumption, prolonged the time to the first rescue opioid analgesic and diminished the incidence of PONV. QLB appears to be an applicable option for postoperative analgesia after abdominal and hip surgery.
REGISTRATION NUMBER
PROSPERO, https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/, CRD42016039921. (Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology)
Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - January 9, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Regional anaesthesia Source Type: research
Serratus anterior plane block for video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: A meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
BACKGROUND
The serratus anterior plane block (SAPb) is a promising interfascial plane technique able to provide profound thoracic analgesia. As only a few studies with quite small patient samples are presently available, the analgesic efficacy of adding SAPb to general anaesthesia in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS), compared with general anaesthesia only, remains unclear.
OBJECTIVES
Our primary aim was to assess the analgesic efficacy of SAPb for VATS peri-operative pain control. The secondary aims were to evaluate differences in postoperative opioid use, intra-operative hypotension, postoperative si...
Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - January 9, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Regional anaesthesia Source Type: research