background selection of anesthetic approach for lower extremity operations is often a controversial issue for anesthesiologists. objectives the aim of this study was to compare the incidence and severity of back pain between general and spinal anesthesia, and to find effective factors in developing postoperative back pain. patients and methods in a randomized clinical trail, 148 patients with e...

conclusions a review of the literature on the use of hypnotic drugs in patients with liver dysfunction showed that some hypnotic drugs used during anesthesia could be safely used in patients with impaired liver function. in these patients, certain drugs should be used with caution. results anesthesia should be performed with caution in patients with hepatic dysfunction and drugs with long half-...

conclusions in this study, the preoperative anxiety was reduced by explaining anesthesia and surgery to the mothers and children (in mothers it was significant p < 0.05). since there is a direct relation between mothers’ and their children’s anxiety, using an effective method to reduce anxiety in children and their mothers together at the same time would be very useful for children and their mo...

background: familial dysautonomia (fd) is a rare hereditary syndrome which is an autosomal recessive trait that typically affects jewish children. important signs and symptoms of the disorder include; diminished pain perception, absence of overflow tears, hypotonia, fainting cardiac arrhythmias and autonomic crisis. cases report : in this article we reported 3 cases of fd syndrome which had pre...

background: pregnancy causes a small increase in risk of venous thromboembolism (vte), but a large increase in concern upon presentation during cesarean section with symptoms of pulmonary embolism (pe). pulmonary embolism clinical manifestations during spinal anesthesia could be misleading. we have presented 2 interesting cases of pregnant women underwent spinal anesthesia for cesarean section ...

background: prolonged qt interval may lead to serious arrhythmias and ventricular fibrillation, hence prevention of the qt-interval prolongation is crucial for physicians. the aim of this study was to assess the influence of intravenous lidocaine on the qtc interval resulting from spinal anesthesia with bupivacaine. methods: in a randomized double blind trial, fifty male patients with mean age ...

Objective: The data of the patients undergoing percutaneous nephrolithotomy under either regional or general anesthesia at our hospital were compared retrospectively in this study. Material and Methods: Demographic characteristics, mean hemoglobin decline, transfusion and ephedrine requirements, duration of surgery and anesthesia, length of hospital stay, and postoperative analgesic requirement...

Reducing anesthesia-controlled time (ACT) may improve operation room (OR) efficiency result from different anesthetic techniques. However, the information about the difference in ACT between desflurane (DES) anesthesia and propofol-based total intravenous anesthesia (TIVA) techniques for open major upper abdominal surgery under general anesthesia (GA) is not available in the literature.This ret...

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of three different methods of anesthesia on patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, which could lead to an improvement in postoperative outcomes in these patients. A total of 90 patients undergoing an operation while being treated for an HIV infection were included in this study. Patients were divided into three groups (N ...

UNLABELLED The risk of wound infections is inversely related to subcutaneous tissue oxygen tension. General anesthesia increases local blood flow by direct vasodilation and central inhibition of thermoregulatory vasoconstriction. Epidural anesthesia can increase perfusion in blocked regions by decreasing sympathetic tone. We therefore tested the hypothesis that epidural anesthesia increases tis...