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Placenta accreta is an obstetric emergency and the main cause of maternal morbidity and mortality due to the associated bleeding and coagulopathy. Tranexamic acid has been widely used to decrease blood loss in...
Parturients are highly anxious preoperatively. The worries of spinal anesthesia may preclude its acceptance despite being recommended. Procedural sedation is not a routine during regional blocks, but it is sen...
The appropriate choice of postoperative analgesia for pyothorax surgery is unclear since local infection could contaminate the catheter used for regional blocks and bacteremia can lead to disordered coagulatio...
Pregnancy in Ebstein anomaly could cause acute decompensated heart failure. Therefore, medical termination of pregnancy is the next course of action in such cases. We present a case of 25-year-old primigravida...
The common causes of failure to inflate the lungs after placement of an endotracheal tube include mechanical obstruction of the tube by tight gauzes, tongue blade, tube kinking, patient biting on the tube, obs...
To evaluate analgesic and hemodynamic outcome of fentanyl or midazolam as additives to local anesthetic mixture (LAM) for peribulbar block (PBB) during posterior chamber surgery.
Ultrasound-guided supraclavicular block is of increasing importance in upper limb surgeries as it provides excellent pain control and reduced side effects. The search for the ideal adjuvant is still present. I...
This randomized, double-blind study was designed to compare single injection pectoral nerve block (Pecs I and Pecs II) versus local anesthetic infiltration for ambulatory breast augmentation under monitored an...
The field of pediatric pain management has changed greatly in the past decades. However, the number of children who experience moderate-to-severe postoperative pain, even with analgesic treatment, remains sign...
Myofascial pain syndrome is a common musculoskeletal disorder which is characterized by presence of trigger points. Its prevalence is up to 60% in geriatric population, and local treatment is important due to ...
Techniques of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) have developed rapidly over the last decades. However, dysrhythmia is a common feature during off pump CABG. The aim of this work was to study effect of per...
Laryngeal mask airway (LMA) CTrach has an integrated fiber optic bundle and battery-powered monitor that enable viewing the larynx. The LMA CTrach is a step in the evolution of LMA Fastrach. This study assesse...
The current study was conducted to compare the effect of perioperative administration of intravenous dexmedetomidine versus lidocaine on the perioperative hemodynamic changes, anesthetic consumption, anesthesi...
Spinal anesthesia is efficient but of limited duration. Intrathecal dexmedetomidine prolongs the sensory and motor blockade of bupivacaine. Dexmedetomidine-opioids combination displayed a clinically controvers...
Endotracheal intubation is a crucial skill in anesthesia. Uncuffed pediatric endotracheal tube (ETT) size can be calculated by various methods like age-based formula or by using ultrasound to measure minimal t...
The Cohen blocker is one of the lung isolation devices. Unfortunately, most anesthesiologists believe that its efficacy in inducing lung collapse is less than that of the double-lumen tube (DLT). This study ha...
The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of intraoperative dexmedetomidine versus propofol infusions on the sedation and the recovery profiles during stereotactic brain biopsy. A total of 40 patie...
This randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind study was designed to assess controlled hypotension using N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonists in patients undergoing functional endoscopic sinus surg...
The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of two different protocols, labetalol with magnesium sulfate versus hydralazine with magnesium sulfate intravenous infusion with respect to their impact o...
The aim of the current study was to compare the effects of midazolam–ketamine versus dexmedetomidine–ketamine combinations on hemodynamics, sedation level, and recovery period in pediatric patients undergoing ...
Unfractionated heparin (UFH) infusion therapy needs accurate tight control to prevent overanticoagulation that may result in hemorrhagic complications and also to prevent sub therapeutic level that may result ...
Propofol use in MRI procedures is growing worldwide especially for infants and children. Propofol causes unintended deep sedation and respiratory depression. The safety and efficacy of dexmedetomidine–propofol...
Postoperative pain in children is common after tonsillectomy. Rectal diclofenac has been used effectively for postoperative pain management in small children.
Meningoencephalocele is a skull defect that includes herniation of the cerebrospinal fluid and the brain tissue, and of meninges through it.
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...
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...
Wound infiltration with local anesthetics was developed to provide intraoperative and postoperative analgesia and to reduce opioid consumption and its side effects.
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...
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...
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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.
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
