Anesthesia

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • "Two steps forward, one back". 
  • 2010 meeting of the Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society (CCAS) and the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia (SPA). 
  • A comparison of mivacurium dosage requirements during isoflurane and desflurane anesthesia. 
  • A comparison of the effects of halothane, isoflurane, and pentobarbital anesthesia on intracranial pressure and cerebral edema formation following brain injury in rabbits. 
  • A model for biliary and vascular access in the unanesthetized, unrestrained rat. 
  • A new method for hemodynamic and echocardiographic assessment of conscious dogs: comparison with thiopental-morphine anaesthesia. 
  • A prospective comparison of a noninvasive cardiac output monitor versus esophageal Doppler monitor for goal-directed fluid therapy in colorectal surgery patients. 
  • A randomized controlled trial of the Arctic Sun Temperature Management System versus conventional methods for preventing hypothermia during off-pump cardiac surgery. 
  • Acute and Long-Term Effects of Brief Sevoflurane Anesthesia During the Early Postnatal Period in Rats. 
  • Alzheimer's disease, anesthesia, and surgery: a clinically focused review. 
  • American College of Cardiology/Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions Clinical Expert Consensus Document on cardiac catheterization laboratory standards. A report of the American College of Cardiology Task Force on Clinical Expert Consensus Documents. 
  • American College of Critical Care Medicine Clinical Practice Parameters for Hemodynamic Support of Pediatric and Neonatal Septic Shock. 
  • Anaesthesia for telescopic procedures in the thorax. 
  • Anaesthetic assessment and management of cardiac patients for non-cardiac surgery. Part I: Assessment. 
  • Anaesthetic management of the brain dead for organ donation. 
  • Analysis of potential shifts associated with recurrent spreading depression and prolonged unstable spreading depression induced by microdialysis of elevated K+ in hippocampus of anesthetized rats. 
  • Anesthesia and Sedation Practices Among Neurointerventionalists during Acute Ischemic Stroke Endovascular Therapy. 
  • Anesthesia for Lung Transplantation. 
  • Anesthesia for a child with reflex anoxic seizures. 
  • Anesthesia for awake craniotomy: a how-to guide for the occasional practitioner. 
  • Anesthesia for catheter ablation procedures. 
  • Anesthesia for craniotomy: a double-blind comparison of alfentanil, fentanyl, and sufentanil. 
  • Anesthesia for interventional neuroradiology. 
  • Anesthesia in Experimental Stroke Research. 
  • Anesthesia: a discipline that incorporates clinical pharmacology across the DDRU continuum. 
  • Anesthetic considerations for magnetic seizure therapy: a novel therapy for severe depression. 
  • Anesthetic management of children with Moebius sequence. 
  • Anesthetic management of deep hypothermic circulatory arrest for cerebral aneurysm clipping. 
  • Anesthetizing the phantom: peripheral nerve stimulation of a nonexistent extremity. 
  • Another use for transesophageal echocardiography during aortic valve bypass surgery. 
  • Asymmetric cerebral near-infrared oximetric measurements during cardiac surgery. 
  • Awareness and perceptions of electroconvulsive therapy among psychiatric patients: a cross-sectional survey from teaching hospitals in Karachi, Pakistan. 
  • Bronchopulmonary inflammation and airway smooth muscle hyperresponsiveness induced by nitrogen dioxide in guinea pigs. 
  • Cardiac anesthetic: is it unique? 
  • Cardiopulmonary bypass induces neurologic and neurocognitive dysfunction in the rat. 
  • Carotid endarterectomy then and now: outcome and cost-effectiveness of modern practice. 
  • Case 6-2011: Aortic valve replacement in a patient with aortic stenosis, dilated cardiomyopathy, and renal dysfunction. 
  • Cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea after thermometer insertion through the nose. 
  • Cervical priming prior to dilatation and evacuation: a comparison of methods. 
  • Children with sick hearts: towards anesthesia safety. 
  • Closed-loop systems in anesthesia: reality or fantasy? 
  • Determinants of seizure threshold in ECT: benzodiazepine use, anesthetic dosage, and other factors. 
  • Differential cerebral gene expression during cardiopulmonary bypass in the rat: evidence for apoptosis? 
  • Differential effects of anesthetic agents on outcome from near-complete but not incomplete global ischemia in the rat. 
  • Distribution of cerebral blood flow during halothane versus isoflurane anesthesia in rats. 
  • Does functional ability in the postoperative period differ between remifentanil- and fentanyl-based anesthesia? 
  • Duration and recovery profile of cisatracurium after succinylcholine during propofol or isoflurane anesthesia. 
  • Effect of 5-hydroxytryptamine on tissue blood flow and microwave heating of rat tumors. 
  • Effects of isoflurane versus fentanyl-nitrous oxide anesthesia on long-term outcome from severe forebrain ischemia in the rat. 
  • Effects of nitrous oxide on cerebral metabolic rate in rats anaesthetized with isoflurane. 
  • Encoding of tactile stimulus location by somatosensory thalamocortical ensembles. 
  • Endovascular approaches to complex thoracic aortic disease. 
  • Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) for gastrointestinal surgery, part 2: consensus statement for anaesthesia practice. 
  • Epinephrine induces rapid deterioration in pulmonary oxygen exchange in intact, anesthetized rats: a flow and pulmonary capillary pressure-dependent phenomenon. 
  • Evaluation of acute traumatic hemarthrosis of the knee joint. 
  • Evaluation of the eZono 4000 with eZGuide for ultrasound-guided procedures. 
  • Evidence-based anesthesia for major gynecologic surgery. 
  • Exploring the perioptome: the role of genomics in thoracic surgery and anaesthesia. 
  • Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation of the future: smaller, simpler, and mobile. 
  • Facial nerve palsy: a complication following anaesthesia in a child with Treacher Collins syndrome. 
  • False increase BIS values with forced-air head warming. 
  • Focused anesthesia interview resource to improve efficiency and quality. 
  • Gabapentin suppresses cortical spreading depression susceptibility. 
  • Global Surgery 2030: evidence and solutions for achieving health, welfare, and economic development. 
  • Halothane decreases pontine acetylcholine release and increases EEG spindles. 
  • Hemodynamics and emergence profile of remifentanil versus fentanyl prospectively compared in a large population of surgical patients. 
  • High-dose fentanyl does not adversely affect outcome from forebrain ischemia in the rat. 
  • High-frequency organization and synchrony of activity in the purkinje cell layer of the cerebellum. 
  • How much are patients willing to pay to avoid intraoperative awareness? 
  • How to manage drug interactions. 
  • Hyperbaric medicine: an integral part of trauma care. 
  • Hypertension in CB57BL/6J mouse model of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. 
  • Hypertension: a new look at an old problem. 
  • In vitro effects of lidocaine on anaerobic respiratory pathogens and strains of Hemophilus influenzae. 
  • Influence of splanchnic intravascular volume changes on cardiac output during muscarinic receptor stimulation in the anaesthetized dog. 
  • Inhibition of nitric oxide synthase on brain oxygenation in anesthetized rats exposed to hyperbaric oxygen. 
  • Initial anesthetic experience during combined epicardial-endocardial treatment of atrial fibrillation. 
  • Institutional response to FDA warning on aprotinin and impact on outcomes. 
  • Interactions between NMDA and AMPA glutamate receptor antagonists during halothane anesthesia in the rat. 
  • Interventional neuroradiology--anesthetic considerations. 
  • Ketamine activates breathing and abolishes the coupling between loss of consciousness and upper airway dilator muscle dysfunction. 
  • Limb tourniquets and central temperature in anesthetized children. 
  • Living-related lobar lung transplantation. 
  • Low interscalene block provides reliable anesthesia for surgery at or about the elbow. 
  • Management of postdischarge nausea and vomiting after ambulatory surgery. 
  • Maternal and preterm fetal sheep responses to dexmedetomidine. 
  • Methoxyflurane-induced renal dysfunction. 
  • Myocardial depression by anesthetic agents (halothane, enflurane and nitrous oxide): quantitation based on end-systolic pressure-dimension relations. 
  • Neonatal neoplasms. 
  • Neuroanesthesia 2000. 
  • Neurocognitive dysfunction following cardiac surgery. 
  • Neuroleptic malignant syndrome postoperative onset due to levodopa withdrawal. 
  • Neuromuscular Disease in the Neurointensive Care Unit. 
  • Neurophysiological characterization of high-dose magnetic seizure therapy: comparisons with electroconvulsive shock and cognitive outcomes. 
  • New medications and techniques in ambulatory anesthesia. 
  • Nocturnal Dexmedetomidine in Nonintubated, Critically Ill Patients: Sleep or Sedation? 
  • Office-based anesthesia for children. 
  • Paediatric preoperative teaching: effects at induction and postoperatively. 
  • Pediatric trauma. Anesthesia management. 
  • Peri-operative asystole in a patient with diabetic autonomic neuropathy. 
  • Perioperative management of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: Part 1. Operative management. 
  • Pharmacogenetics of Anesthesia: An Integrative Review. 
  • Pharmacogenomics and end-organ susceptibility to injury in the perioperative period. 
  • Pharmacokinetics of remifentanil in anesthetized pediatric patients undergoing elective surgery or diagnostic procedures. 
  • Phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors oppose hyperoxic vasoconstriction and accelerate seizure development in rats exposed to hyperbaric oxygen. 
  • Postoperative Pulmonary Complications, Early Mortality, and Hospital Stay Following Noncardiothoracic Surgery: A Multicenter Study by the Perioperative Research Network Investigators. 
  • Postoperative nausea and vomiting. A retrospective analysis in patients undergoing elective craniotomy. 
  • Predictors of cardiac troponin release after mitral valve surgery. 
  • Pressure support mode improves ventilation in "asleep-awake-asleep" craniotomy. 
  • Randomized, double-blinded, placebo controlled study of neuroprotection with lidocaine in cardiac surgery. 
  • Reaction to repeat althesin induction in children. 
  • Reexamining traditional intraoperative fluid administration: evolving views in the age of goal-directed therapy. 
  • Richard Wolf piezoelectric lithotripters: Piezolith 2300 and 2500. 
  • SPINAL OR GENERAL ANESTHESIA FOR INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR?A COMPARISON OF CERTAIN COMPLICATIONS IN A CONTROLLED SERIES. 
  • Seizure length and clinical outcome in electroconvulsive therapy using methohexital or thiopental. 
  • Serum enzyme alterations after extensive surgical procedures. 
  • Simulator training enhances resident performance in transesophageal echocardiography. 
  • Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia guidelines for the management of postoperative nausea and vomiting. 
  • Society for Pediatric Anesthesia/American Academy of Pediatrics/Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society: winter meeting review. 
  • Spatiotemporal structure of somatosensory responses of many-neuron ensembles in the rat ventral posterior medial nucleus of the thalamus. 
  • Special article: basic perioperative transesophageal echocardiography examination: a consensus statement of the American Society of Echocardiography and the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists. 
  • Steady-state gas exchange in normothermic, anesthetized, liquid-ventilated dogs. 
  • Stimulus onset quenches neural variability: a widespread cortical phenomenon. 
  • Surgery upregulates high mobility group box-1 and disrupts the blood-brain barrier causing cognitive dysfunction in aged rats. 
  • Sustained potential shifts and paroxysmal discharges in hippocampal formation. 
  • Techniques of experimental animal radiotherapy. 
  • The Perioperative Use of Dexmedetomidine in Pediatric Patients with Congenital Heart Disease: An Analysis from the Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society-Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Disease Database. 
  • The effects of ethanol on pancreatic blood flow in awake and anesthetized dogs. 
  • The evolution of anesthesiology and perioperative medicine. 
  • The future of cardiothoracic anesthesia. 
  • The importance of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography in endovascular repair of thoracic aortic aneurysms. 
  • The incidence of unacceptable movement with motor evoked potentials during craniotomy for aneurysm clipping. 
  • The management of resistant depression. 
  • The new age of medical genomics. 
  • The puzzling aspects of anesthesia and autism spectrum disorder. 
  • The rationale and development of an adult cardiac anesthesia module to supplement the society of thoracic surgeons national database: using data to drive quality. 
  • The role of cerebral metabolism in determining the local cerebral blood flow effects of volatile anesthetics: evidence for persistent flow-metabolism coupling. 
  • The role of corticosteroids in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: a review for the anesthetist. 
  • The year in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia: selected highlights from 2014. 
  • The year in cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia: selected highlights from 2012. 
  • Thoracic paravertebral block for breast surgery. 
  • Tracheal intubating conditions after induction with propofol, remifentanil and lignocaine. 
  • Transthoracic echocardiography in models of cardiac disease in the mouse. 
  • Update on pediatric cataract surgery and intraocular lens implantation. 
  • Use of the bispectral index to monitor anaesthesia. 
  • Value-based healthcare. 
  • Ventilation-synchronous magnetic resonance microscopy of pulmonary structure and ventilation in mice. 
  • When Interpolation-Induced Reflection Artifact Meets Time-Frequency Analysis. 
  • [Nphe1]nociceptin(1-13)-NH2 antagonizes nociceptin-induced hypotension, bradycardia, and hindquarters vasodilation in the anesthetized rat. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Berger, Miles, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Duke Science & Society
  • Laskowitz, Daniel Todd, Professor of Neurology, Duke Science & Society
  • Maixner, William, Joannes H. Karis M.D. Professor of Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology
  • Miller, Timothy Ellis, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology, General, Vascular, High Risk Transplant & Critical Care
  • Moon, Richard Edward, Professor of Anesthesiology, Medicine, Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine
  • Nielsen, Karen Cristina, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology, Ambulatory
  • Park, Jongbae Jay, Associate Professor in Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology
  • Smith, Shad Benjamin, Assistant Professor in Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology
  • Swaminathan, Madhav, Professor of Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology, Cardiothoracic
  • Terrando, Niccolò, Assistant Professor in Anesthesiology, Cell Biology
  • Warner, David Samuel, Distinguished Professor of Anesthesiology, in the School of Medicine, Neurobiology