BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Until recently, heart failure was primarily viewed as an event affecting heart contractility. However recently, after the recognition that several patients with classic signs and symptoms of heart failure had normal systolic function, left ventricular diastolic function is receiving major attention. The increase in populations life expectancy, surgical and anesthetic t...

BACKGROUND To investigate the anesthetic management in premature infants with retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) treated with intravitreal bevacizumab (IVB) injections. METHODS A retrospective chart review was performed for the patients with ROP who had IVB injection. Clinical characteristics, demographic variables, anesthetic medications, operation techniques, time intervals, and complications...

Anesthesiologists use a variety of drugs that have non-anesthetic, pharmacological properties that could reduce early and long term mortality in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. The use of specific anesthetic drugs (1 3) and techniques (4), together with drugs managed mainly by cardiac anesthesiologists (5 9) have recently been associated with improved perioperative survival in cardiac surg...

BACKGROUND Intravitreal injection (IVI) is a very common vitreoretinal procedure, and multiple injections are often required per patient. This systematic review was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of various local anesthetic techniques in reducing pain during injection. METHODS A systematic review was conducted based on searches of Cochrane, LILACS, PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and...

The Wide-Awake Approach to Dupuytren's contracture involves fasciectomy under local anesthetic with epinephrine and no tourniquet. The goal of this study is to show that the Wide-Awake Approach produces equivalent outcomes to fasciectomy under general anesthetic with a tourniquet, with fewer risks to the patient. A multicenter retrospective review was conducted on 111 patients with fasciectomie...

Obesity is a multi-organ, multi-system disease that enhances the morbidity and mortality of other diseases. The anesthetic management of the obese patient presents the anesthetist with a formidable challenge. In Part I of this review, the author discusses the pathophysiology of obesity. Part II, to be published in the next issue, will present the anesthetic management of the obese patient and s...

introduction : achieving successful anesthesia and performing pain-free root canal treatment are important aims in dentistry. this is not always achievable and therefore, practitioners are constantly seeking newer techniques, equipments, and anesthetic solutions for this very purpose. the aim of this review is to introduce strategies to achieve profound anesthesia particularly in difficult case...

BACKGROUND/AIM Different techniques of general anesthesia are used for laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). The aim of the study was to establish the best anesthetic technique for achieving better results during awakening affecting not only patient's recovery, but activities of anesthesiological team, as well. METHODS The study was conducted as a prospective comparative clinical trial. The pati...

Endoscopic sinus approach has become one of the most common surgical techniques for endoscopic sinus and skull base surgery. Anesthetic management has an important impact on the overall patient management, from the preoperative assessment and management to the quality of the surgical field and the postoperative recovery. Hemostasis is critical for adequate anatomical endoscopic visualization. M...