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Anaesthetic management of a huge occipital meningoencephalocele in a 14 days old neonate

Meningoencephalocele is a skull defect that includes herniation of the cerebrospinal fluid and the brain tissue, and of meninges through it.

Authors: Kavita Jain, Surendra Kumar Sethi, Neena Jain and Veena Patodi

Sonographic evaluation of peri-arterial nitroglycerine for radial artery cannulation in morbidly obese patients: a prospective randomized study

Arterial cannulation is usually indicated for both sampling and invasive pressure monitoring. Radial artery access is increasingly favored over other sites for arterial cannulation. However, radial cannulation...

Authors: Emad El Hefnawy and Alrefaey K. Alrefaey

Propofol versus pethidine/midazolam sedation: benefits in flexible upper gastrointestinal endoscopy

There is a lack of evidence comparing the use of propofol as a single agent with pethidine/midazolam combined for sedation in upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy in developing countries. The aim of this stud...

Authors: Stephen Tabiri, Nicholas Tetteh Adjimani and Baba Sulemana Mohammed

Comparison between bupivacaine–dexmedetomidine mixture and bupivacaine–magnesium mixture when used for wound infiltration before skin incision in surgeries for hernia repair regarding their intraoperative and postoperative analgesic effects

Wound infiltration with local anesthetics was developed to provide intraoperative and postoperative analgesia and to reduce opioid consumption and its side effects.

Authors: Hala Ezzat Abdelnaim, Nashwa Nabil Mohamed, Amany Hassan Saleh and Ahmed Nabih Youssef

Laser ablation for complete obstruction of bronchus—an anaesthetic challenge (two case report)

Precise tissue destruction, minimal local inflammation and oedema with laser play useful role in the treatment of life-threatening paediatric airway lesions. Risk of fire in O₂-enriched atmosphere makes anaesthes...

Authors: Smita R. Engineer and Nilesh M. Solanki

Protective effect of remifentanil on blood loss in endoscopic subcutaneous mastectomy: a retrospective study

Remifentanil decreases blood loss during spinal surgery, rhinoplasty, and endoscopic sinus surgery. However, there are no reports regarding its effect on intraoperative blood loss during endoscopic body surfac...

Authors: Satoshi Yamaguchi, Kyoichi Nakamura, Osamu Kobayashi, Yukio Takahashi, Kenji Sato and Michio Shimabukuro

Postoperative uvular edema after general anesthesia in an adult patient

Acute uvular edema is a rare complication that can present as a very distressing symptom in the postoperative period after general anesthesia. It can even cause respiratory compromise and airway obstruction.

Authors: Ranju Gandhi

Surveillance of the incidence and causative pathogens of meningitis and surgical site infection after craniotomies for brain tumors in neurosugical ICU and ward: a cohort study

Postoperative meningitis and surgical site infections (SSI) is a challenging issue that may result in serious morbidity and mortality. This study aims at decreasing the incidence and identifying the causative ...

Authors: Tarek A. M. Radwan, Rania S. Fahmy and Beshoy N. Hanna

Ultrasound-guided infraorbital nerve block for cleft lip repair in pediatrics: a new technique for an old block

One of the challenges that anesthesiologist faces is the intra- and postoperative analgesia in cases of cleft lip repair in pediatrics. However, the use of ultrasound infraorbital nerve (ION) block has not bee...

Authors: Ayman A. Abdellatif, Ashraf E. Elagamy and Khaled Elgazzar

Weaning modes in the anaesthesia machine ventilators: a novel way of managing ventilation in tracheo-oesophageal fistula patients undergoing corrective surgery under general anaesthesia

Authors: Prachi Kar, Mahesh Ramdaspally, Gopinath Ramachandran and Amaresh Rao Malampatti

Intravenous magnesium-fentanyl sedation versus midazolam-fentanyl sedation before local anesthesia for eye surgery: a comparative study

Phacoemulsification operation is a common practice nowadays, and it is usually done under local anesthesia in elderly patients who have multiple comorbidities. Sedation is important in these patients to elimin...

Authors: Rania Maher Hussien and Dalia Ahmed Ibrahim

Perioperative challenges for same sitting bilateral upper limb surgery in a patient of obstructive sleep apnoea, morbid obesity, hypothyroidism, and orthopnea

Analgesia, sedation, and anesthesia all can be dangerous in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea and have been associated with critical events during perioperative management. The risk further increases when...

Authors: Habib Md. Reazaul Karim, Chinmaya Kumar Panda, Mayank Kumar and A. Arshad

Use and scoring of the Iowa Satisfaction with Anesthesia Scale

Authors: Franklin Dexter