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Contents: Volume 90, Issue 6 (June 2000)   [Index by Author]       Other Issues: Previous Next
      Down CARDIOVASCULAR ANESTHESIA
      Down PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA
      Down AMBULATORY ANESTHESIA
      Down INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA
      Down CRITICAL CARE AND TRAUMA
      Down NEUROSURGICAL ANESTHESIA
      Down OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA
      Down REGIONAL ANESTHESIA AND PAIN MEDICINE
      Down CASE REPORTS
      Down GENERAL ARTICLES
      Down TECHNICAL COMMUNICATIONS
      Down LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
      Down BOOK AND MULTIMEDIA REVIEWS
      Down ARTICLES
      Down ERRATA

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CARDIOVASCULAR ANESTHESIA:Back

Michael K. Urban, Steven M. Markowitz, Michael A. Gordon, Barbara L. Urquhart, and Paul Kligfield

Anesth Analg 2000 90: 1257-1261. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [En Espanol]  [Request Permissions]  

Implications: Prophylactic {beta} adrenergic blockade administeredafter elective total knee arthroplasty was associated with areduced prevalence and duration of postoperative myocardialischemia detected with Holter monitoring.

Kumi Matsuyama, Tomoko Goto, Tomoko Baba, Yoshihiro Shibata, Yoichiro Otsuka, Ryuzo Sakata, and Hidenori Terasaki

Anesth Analg 2000 90: 1262-1268. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Implications: We performed epiaortic echocardiography duringcoronary artery bypass grafting and found that the presenceof atheroma and deformities at the cross-clamping site weresignificantly more prevalent in nonisoechoic walls than isoechoicwalls.

Jouni Ahonen, Klaus T. Olkkola, Kalervo Verkkala, Leo Heikkinen, Antero Järvinen, and Markku Salmenperä

Anesth Analg 2000 90: 1269-1274. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Implications: Recovery of patients undergoing Minimally InvasiveDirect Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery is significantly shorterand more predictable after total IV anesthesia with remifentanil-propofolthan with alfentanil-propofol, which may be important if thegoal is that patients will be awakened and tracheally extubatedin the operating room.

Shohei Takeda, Teruaki Tomaru, and Yutaka Inada

Anesth Analg 2000 90: 1275-1280. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Implications: The reductions in splanchnic organ blood flowsduring CGRP-induced hypotension with propranolol are due toa reflex augmentation in sympathetic vasoconstrictor tone causedby an increase in plasma catecholamine concentrations. Thesefindings suggest that propranolol may impair splanchnic organblood flow during CGRP-induced hypotension.

Rao Saleem, Matthew Bigham, Edward Spitznagel, and George J. Despotis

Anesth Analg 2000 90: 1281-1285. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Implications: Values from two activated coagulation time-basedtest systems used to identify significant heparin resistanceor platelet dysfunction after cardiopulmonary bypass were notsignificantly affected by epsilon-aminocaproic acid administeredIV.

Yuri Nakae, Satoshi Fujita, and Akiyoshi Namiki

Anesth Analg 2000 90: 1286-1292. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Implications: This is the first study of the effects of propofolon intracellular Ca2+ concentration and myofilament Ca2+ sensitivityunder physiologic conditions in intact isolated beating guineapig hearts.

Andrea Szekely, Bernhard Heindl, Stefan Zahler, Peter F. Conzen, and Bernhard F. Becker

Anesth Analg 2000 90: 1293-1300. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Implications: Ketamine, thiopental, and midazolam, but not etomodateor fentanyl, reduce postischemic adhesion of neutrophils inthe coronary system of isolated perfused guinea pig hearts,suggesting a role in mitigating myocardial reperfusion injury.

Marc De Kock, Pierre-Francois Laterre, Patricia Andruetto, Lionel Vanderessen, Sylvie Dekrom, Bernard Vanderick, and Patricia Lavand’homme

Anesth Analg 2000 90: 1301-1307. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Implications: In the population studied, small-dose ornipressinwas effective to restore arterial blood pressure without causingmajor ischemic side effects.

Stuart G. Morrison, Javier J. Dominguez, Philippe Frascarolo, and Sebastian Reiz

Anesth Analg 2000 90: 1308-1314. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Implications: Animal experiments have shown levobupivacaineand ropivacaine to be less cardiotoxic than racemic bupivacaine.This in vivo study, using a validated swine model, comparedthe relative direct cardiotoxicities of these three local anesthetics.The lethal dose did not differ between levobupivacaine and ropivacaine,but was lowest for racemic bupivacaine.

Ajeet D. Sharma, Gautam Sreeram, Thomas Erb, Hilary P. Grocott, and Thomas F. Slaughter
Leukocyte-Reduced Blood Transfusions: Perioperative Indications, Adverse Effects, and Cost Analysis (Review Article)
Anesth Analg 2000 90: 1315-1323. [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA:Back

Bruce E. Miller, Nina A. Guzzetta, Steven R. Tosone, and Jerrold H. Levy

Anesth Analg 2000 90: 1324-1330. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Implications: Thromboelastography is useful in assessing thecoagulopathies that follow cardiopulmonary bypass in children.Modifying blood samples with celite or tissue factor and heparinaseallows thromboelastography begun before the termination of cardiopulmonarybypass to become a rapid point-of-care monitor to provide objectivedata for guiding blood component therapy to manage these coagulopathies.

Jacek A. Wojtczak

Anesth Analg 2000 90: 1331-1335. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Implications: In equipotent, clinically relevant concentrations,halothane, but not isoflurane, markedly decreased aortic bloodflow and cardiac performance measured with ultrasound techniquesin chick embryos. Chick and human embryos are similar duringearly stages of development; therefore, chick embryo may bea useful model to study the cardiovascular effects of anesthetics.

Shobha Malviya, Paul I. Reynolds, Terri Voepel-Lewis, Monica Siewert, David Watson, Alan R. Tait, and Kevin Tremper

Anesth Analg 2000 90: 1336-1340. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Implications: Pulse oximetry that incorporates Masimo SignalExtraction TechnologyTM (Masimo Corporation, Irvine, CA) mayoffer an advantage over conventional pulse oximetry by reducingthe incidence of false alarms while identifying a higher numberof true alarms in children in the postanesthesia care unit.

David E. Cohen and Thomas P. Keon
(Case Report)
Anesth Analg 2000 90: 1341-1342. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Implications: Automated, noninvasive blood pressure devicesfacilitate repeated blood pressure measurements in anesthetizedpatients. The authors report the recording of multiple factitiousmeasurements of blood pressure in a small infant by using oneof these devices.

AMBULATORY ANESTHESIA:Back

Franklin Dexter and Alex Macario

Anesth Analg 2000 90: 1343-1347. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Implications: Approximately one third of all ambulatory caseswere a procedure or combination of procedures possibly performedas infrequently as once per year per facility. This could impairthe effectiveness of predicting the durations of ambulatorycases by using historical case-duration data.

Sujit K. Pandit, Katherine W. Loberg, and Uma A. Pandit

Anesth Analg 2000 90: 1348-1351. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Implications: Findings of this national survey conducted amongactive members of the Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia mayencourage anesthesiologists throughout the world to take a moreliberal attitude toward allowing clear liquids 2-3 h anda light breakfast 6 h before an elective surgery in healthypatients.

Eduardo Zarate, Mehernoor F. Watcha, Paul F. White, Kevin W. Klein, Monica Sa Rego, and D. Greg Stewart

Anesth Analg 2000 90: 1352-1358. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Implications: When administered at the end of surgery, 12.5mg of dolasetron IV is as effective as 25 mg of dolasetron IV,4 mg of ondansetron IV, and 8 mg of ondansetron IV in preventingemetic symptoms after otolaryngologic surgery and was associatedwith similar patient satisfaction at a reduced cost. There wereno differences in the antiemetic efficacy of the 4 and 8 mgdoses of ondansetron.

INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA:Back

Enno Freye, Helmut Schmidhammer, and Leo Latasch

Anesth Analg 2000 90: 1359-1364. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Implications: Compared with sufentanil, 14-methoxymetopone doesnot induce hypoxia and hypercarbia, induces less hypotensionand bradycardia, and induces less sedative effects (electroencephalogram).Antinociception is similar to sufentanil (skin-twitch method,amplitude depression in the evoked potential). All effects arereversed by naltrexone. Interaction of {kappa}-receptor is suggested.

TaeHyung Han, DaeWoo Kim, HoYeong Kil, and Yoshimi Inagaki

Anesth Analg 2000 90: 1365-1371. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Implications: The addition of fentanyl, a potent opioid, reducedthe intraoperative requirement of propofol, an IV anesthetic,in the order of the plasma fentanyl concentrations. The ceilingeffects of fentanyl were demonstrated in the reduction of propofolrequirements and recovery of consciousness but not in the fentanylrequirements for postoperative analgesia.

CRITICAL CARE AND TRAUMA:Back

Fritz Mertzlufft, Andreas Koster, Helmut Steinhart, Joachim F. Schenk, and George J. Crystal
(Case Report)
Anesth Analg 2000 90: 1372. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Implications: Fechtner's syndrome is a rare form of macrothrombocytopenia(potentially associated with other hemostatic deficiencies,e.g., von Willebrand's disease and protein Z deficiency),which can exacerbate the risk of uncontrollable bleeding duringsurgery. We describe the management of a patient with Fechtner'ssyndrome involving desmopressin, prednisone, and platelets,which produced safe and effective results during cochlear implantsurgery.

NEUROSURGICAL ANESTHESIA:Back

Aleksa Cenic, Rosemary A. Craen, Vicky L. Howard-Lech, Ting-Yim Lee, and Adrian W. Gelb

Anesth Analg 2000 90: 1376-1383. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Implications: During propofol anesthesia in rabbits with normalbrains, a reduction in the arterial carbon dioxide level maynot always be accompanied by a reduction in brain blood flowand blood volume.

OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA:Back

David C. Campbell, Rhonda M. Zwack, Lesley-Ann L. Crone, and Ray W. Yip

Anesth Analg 2000 90: 1384-1389. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [En Espanol]  [Request Permissions]  

Implications: As compared with a similar dilute concentrationof bupivacaine, 20 mL of dilute (0.08%) ropivacaine combinedwith fentanyl (2 {micro}g/mL) effectively initiates epiduralanalgesia in nulliparous women in early, established labor whilepreserving their ability to micturate and ambulate. Of importance,it appears that a true ambulatory epidural analgesic for womenin labor is now possible.

Warwick D. Ngan Kee, Kim S. Khaw, Bee B. Lee, Tze K. Lau, and Tony Gin

Anesth Analg 2000 90: 1390-1395. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Implications: We investigated different doses of IV ephedrineas prophylaxis for hypotension during spinal anesthesia forcesarean delivery and found that the smallest effective dosewas 30 mg. However, this dose did not completely eliminate hypotension,caused reactive hypertension in some patients, and did not improveneonatal outcome.

REGIONAL ANESTHESIA AND PAIN MEDICINE:Back

Kha M. Tran, Steven M. Frank, Srinivasa N. Raja, Hossam K. El-Rahmany, Lauren J. Kim, and Brian Vu

Anesth Analg 2000 90: 1396-1401. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Implications: Cutaneous toe temperatures approaching core temperatureprovide a useful monitor of lumbar sympathetic block and maypredict relief of sympathetically maintained pain. Iohexol willnot compromise temperature changes or pain relief.

Stephen M. Klein, Arthur Bergh, Susan M. Steele, Gregory S. Georgiade, and Roy A. Greengrass

Anesth Analg 2000 90: 1402-1405. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Implications: Paravertebral nerve block has the potential tooffer long-lasting pain relief and few postoperative side effectswhen used for breast surgery. We demonstrated that paravertebralnerve block, when compared with general anesthesia, is an alternativetechnique for breast surgery that may offer pain relief superiorto general anesthesia alone.

Shinichi Sakura, Yasuko Sakaguchi, Masahide Shinzawa, Kaoru Hara, and Yoji Saito

Anesth Analg 2000 90: 1406-1410. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Implications: Our results show that the loss of sensation totranscutaneous electrical stimulation at 10 mA, but not cold,pinprick, or touch, is a good predictor of the dermatomal levelof block to transcutaneous electrical stimulation at 60 mA,which is considered equivalent to the dermatomal level of surgicalanesthesia after the administration of spinal anesthesia.

Paola Sacerdote, Mauro Bianchi, Leda Gaspani, Barbara Manfredi, Antonio Maucione, Giovanni Terno, Mario Ammatuna, and Alberto E. Panerai

Anesth Analg 2000 90: 1411-1414. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Implications: Recent studies suggest that opioids can have anadverse impact on the immune system. Because surgical stressalso induces immune dysfunction, the search for analgesic drugsdevoid of immunosuppressive effects is of import. This studycompared the effects on immune responses of morphine and ofthe atypical opioid analgesic, tramadol, given for postoperativepain to gynecological cancer patients. Tramadol and morphineshowed comparable analgesic activity; however, tramadol, incontrast to morphine, induced an improvement of postoperativeimmunosuppression and, therefore, may be preferred to morphinefor the treatment of postoperative pain.

CASE REPORTS:Back

Paul M. Kempen, John O’Donnell, Robert Lawler, and Venkat Mantha
Acute Respiratory Insufficiency During Interscalene Plexus Block (Case Report)
Anesth Analg 2000 90: 1415-1416. [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter G. Nay and Katherine O’Brien
(Case Report)
Anesth Analg 2000 90: 1417-1418. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Implications: Raynaud's disease is an episodic and debilitatingdisease of the circulation to the fingers and toes. This casereport describes an acute exacerbation of Raynaud's diseasein a patient undergoing surgery with epidural anesthesia. Thispotentially hazardous complication has not been previously reported.

GENERAL ARTICLES:Back

Vegard Dahl, P. E. Ernoe, T. Steen, Johan C. Raeder, and Paul F. White

Anesth Analg 2000 90: 1419-1422. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Implications: Even though ketamine 0.4 mg/kg IV has short-lastingacute analgesic effects, it failed to produce a preemptive effectwhen given before abdominal hysterectomy procedures.

Robert M. Powell and Donal J. Buggy

Anesth Analg 2000 90: 1423-1427. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [En Espanol]  [Request Permissions]  

Implications: In a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled,clinical study, ondansetron 8 mg IV, given just before the induction,reduced the incidence of postanesthetic shivering compared withsaline. The anticipated core-to-peripheral redistribution ofbody temperature during general anesthesia was not affected.This implies that ondansetron probably acts by a central inhibitorymechanism, and that 5-hydroxytryptaminergic pathways have arole in regulating postanesthetic shivering.

Caroline R. Stabernack, Ronald Brown, Michael J. Laster, Raphael Dudziak, and Edmond I Eger, II

Anesth Analg 2000 90: 1428-1435. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Implications: Production of the toxic substances, carbon monoxideand Compound A, from anesthetic degradation by carbon dioxideabsorbents, might be minimized by the use of one of two specificabsorbents, Amsorb(R) (Armstrong Medica, Ltd., Coleraine,Northern Ireland) (calcium hydroxide which also includes 0.7%polyvinylpyrrolidine, calcium chloride, and calcium sulfate)or lithium hydroxide.

Hubert Hautmann, Fernando Gamarra, Markus Henke, Stephanie Diehm, and Rudolf M. Huber

Anesth Analg 2000 90: 1436-1440. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Implications: Safe ventilation is desired when performing tracheobronchialstent implantation and balloon dilation with the fiberscope.High frequency jet ventilation, applied with a 14F insufflationcatheter through the nasotracheal route, offers safe ventilatorysupport with minimal complications. This was evaluated in 161procedures treating benign and malignant airway stenoses.

Myung Hee Kim and Tae Hyung Hahn

Anesth Analg 2000 90: 1441-1444. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Implications: We assessed the effect of the {alpha}2-adrenoreceptoragonist clonidine on the immunoendocrine activity during theperioperative period. Clonidine 0.15 mg given as oral premedicationresulted in the reduced Interleukin-6 production in responseto total abdominal hysterectomy.

Vance G. Nielsen, Manuel S. Baird, Brian T. Geary, and Sadis Matalon

Anesth Analg 2000 90: 1445-1449. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Implications: Unlike the rat, the ability of the rabbit to clearfluid from the alveolar space through amiloride-sensitive pathwaysis not decreased by halothane anesthesia.

TECHNICAL COMMUNICATIONS:Back

James T. Stewart, Flynn W. Warren, Frances C. Maddox, Karthick Viswanathan, and Janet L. Fox

Anesth Analg 2000 90: 1450-1451. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Implications: Remifentanil and propofol mixtures may be preparedextemporaneously. This study demonstrated that such mixturesare stable for 0 to 36 h, depending on relative concentrationsof the drugs and the storage container used. The most stablemixtures were stored in syringes and used large concentrationsof the two drugs.

Akihiko Fujita, Jun Higuchi, Toshiaki Nagai, Shogo Tokudome, and Hideaki Sakio

Anesth Analg 2000 90: 1452-1454. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Implications: We measured plasma propofol levels by head space-gaschromatography analysis using solid-phase microextraction. Thismethod saves time, and does not require elimination of interferingsubstances in the plasma. The coefficient variation was {+/-}5%to {+/-}30%. The detection limit was 10 ng/mL.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:Back

Menno F. TerRiet, Jeffrey S. Jacobs, Michael C. Lewis, Gerard J. A. DeSouza, Wei C. Lau, Carmen R. Green, Gary Faerber, Alan R. Tait, and Julie A. Golembiewski
Propofol and Analgesia Response
Anesth Analg 2000 90: 1455. [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gary R. Haynes, Melinda K. Bailey, T. J. Gan, E. Bennett-Guerrero, and M. G. Mythen
Excessive Use of Hetastarch: An Iatrogenic Cause of Bleeding and Hypocalcemia? Response
Anesth Analg 2000 90: 1455-1456. [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Fernando Cassinello, Francisco J. Rodrigo, Luis Muñoz-Alameda, Gloria Perez-Tejerizo, and Daniel Vallejo
Postoperative Pulmonary Aspiration of Gastric Contents in an Infant After General Anesthesia with Laryngeal Mask Airway (LMA)
Anesth Analg 2000 90: 1457. [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kazuyoshi Aoyama, Ichiro Takenaka, Etsuko Nagaoka, Tatsuo Kadoya, Nobuhiro Saruki, and Shigeru Saito
Jaw Thrust Maneuver for Endotracheal Intubation Using a Fiberoptic Stylet Response
Anesth Analg 2000 90: 1457-1458. [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andranik Ovassapian, Jerome M. Klafta, and Timothy B. Gilbert
Bronchial Injury: An Avoidable Complication During Bronchial Intubation Response
Anesth Analg 2000 90: 1458-1459. [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

BOOK AND MULTIMEDIA REVIEWS:Back

Lydia Cassorla, Norig Ellison, Keith J. Ruskin, Richard D. Carr, Peter J. Davis, Marily Green Larach, Timothy L. Sternberg, Eric B. Furman, John A. Youngberg, and Terese T. Horlocker
Video Atlas of Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography Stedman’s Medical Dictionary, 27th ed MEDLINE: A Guide to Effective Searching Conscious Sedation, Vol. 37, No. 4 of International Anesthesiology Clinics Pediatric Procedural Sedation and Analgesia Anesthesia for Genetic, Metabolic, and Dysmorphic Syndromes of Childhood The Pain Clinic Manual. 2nd ed Anesthesia and Pain Management for the Pediatrician Problems in Anesthesia: Vascular Anesthesia. Vol II, No. 2 Clinical Pharmacology of Local Anesthetics Books and Multimedia Received
Anesth Analg 2000 90: 1460-1465. [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ARTICLES:Back


Anesth Analg 2000 90: 1466-1469. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ERRATA:Back

Correction for vol. 90, p. 970
Anesth Analg 2000 90: 1383. [Full Text] [Request Permissions]  

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