The objective of the present study was to comparatively investigate the feasibility and safety of etomidate and propofol use following sevoflurane inhalation in autistic children during the intrathecal transplantation of stem cells. The patients selected were 60 autistic children with American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status I, who were aged between two and 12 years and scheduled f...

BACKGROUND Previous studies indicate that anesthesia and surgery induce an inflammatory reaction in alveolar macro phages. However,they filed to independently evaluate the relative contributions of factors including mechanical ventilation, general anesthesia, and surgical stress. Therefore, the authors tested the hypothesis that inflammatory reactions at the cellular level in alveolar macrophag...

The use of lasers during surgery in the airway of the horse bears various hazards of which airway combustion is the most severe. This risk is of particular concern in anesthetized animals breathing an oxygen-rich gas mixture. Though total intravenous anesthesia has been commonly advocated for laser procedures, laser surgery in the airway of the horse can be performed more safely under inhalatio...

We investigated the influence of pneumoperitoneum#(PP) and postural change under inhalation anesthesia with isoflurane, which is routinely used in dogs, on the cardiovascular and respiratory systems. As test animals, 6 adult beagles were used. To induce anesthesia, atropine, butorphanol and propofol were intravenously injected. Anesthesia was maintained with 1.3 MAC (1.7%) isoflurane. The follo...

OBJECTIVE Propofol and volatile anesthesia have been associated with metabolic acidosis induced by increased lactate. This study was designed to evaluate changes in pH, base excess (BE), and lactate in response to different anesthetic agents and to characterize propofol infusion-associated lactic acidosis. METHODS The medical records of patients undergoing neurosurgical anesthesia between Jan...

MURA. Efect of ether anesthesia on r7-hydroxycur~icosteroid secretion in dogs. Am. J. Physiol. rg7(6): 1261-1262. rg5g.--In dogs with previously cut dorsal spinal roots (T1r-L3), adrenal venous blood was collected without anesthetic or pain. Ether was then inhaled for 30-60 minutes. During and after ether inhalation, adrenal venous blood was again collected and the plasma was analyzed for I 7-h...

Inhaled nitric oxide (NO) is occasionally used to treat hypoxemia for patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in the intensive care unit (ICU). However, it is controversial whether or not to maintain inhalation of NO during general anesthesia because of complications, such as nitrogen dioxide (NO(2)) production, methemoglobinemia, and inhibition of platelet aggregation. In this...

MURA. Efect of ether anesthesia on r7-hydroxycur~icosteroid secretion in dogs. Am. J. Physiol. rg7(6): 1261-1262. rg5g.--In dogs with previously cut dorsal spinal roots (T1r-L3), adrenal venous blood was collected without anesthetic or pain. Ether was then inhaled for 30-60 minutes. During and after ether inhalation, adrenal venous blood was again collected and the plasma was analyzed for I 7-h...

Accurate assessment of left ventricular function in rodent models is essential for the evaluation of new therapeutic approaches for cardiac diseases. In our study, we provide new insights regarding the role of a 1.5 Tesla (T) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device and different anesthetic regimens on data validity. As dedicated small animal MRI and echocardiographic devices are not broadly ava...