A Comparison of the Treatment Outcomes With and Without the Use of Intra-articular Corticosteroids for Frozen Shoulder Manipulation.

Background Manipulation under anesthesia is known to be an effective treatment method for a frozen shoulder. However, this process is painful and causes difficulty in early physiotherapy. Intra-articular corticosteroids may relieve pain after manipulation.

Comparison of Two Ultrasound-guided Infraclavicular Block Approaches with Perfusion Index for Upper Limb Surgery.

Objective: To compare block characteristics of costoclavicular and lateral sagittal infraclavicular blocks by an objective criterion such as the perfusion index (PI) for upper limb surgery.

Study Design: Observational study.

Place And Duration Of The Study: Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Izmir KCU, Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkiye, from March to July 2021.

A Case of Late-Onset Local Anesthetic Toxicity Observed as Seizure Activity.

Most of the local anesthetic toxicity cases develop within the first five minutes of peripheral block administration. Late local anesthetic toxicity has been rarely reported in the literature. However, it is an important life-threatening problem that can lead to seizures, hemodynamic collapse, and cardiac arrest if it is ignored and not considered.

Does Preoperative Anxiety Decrease with BATHE Method? A Prospective Randomized Study.

Introduction: Preoperative anxiety due to anesthesia is a common situation and decreases with preoperative evaluation. The aim of this study is to determine whether utilization of BATHE method further decreases the anxiety scores of patients who are evaluated at an anesthesia clinic for preoperative examination.

Methods: The patients were randomized into "BATHE" and "Control" groups by using the closed envelope technique.

Propofol-Based Sedation Versus General Anesthesia for Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection.

The main objective of this study is to evaluate general anesthesia or propofol-based sedation methods at gastric endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) procedures.The anesthetic method administered to cases undergoing upper gastrointestinal ESD between 2013 and 2015 was retrospectively investigated. Procedure time, lesion size, dissection speed, anesthesia time, adverse effects such as gag reflex, nausea, vomiting, cough, number of desaturation episodes (SpO2 < 90%), oropharyngeal suctioning requirements, hemorrhage, perforation, and amount of anesthetic medications were recorded.

Intravenous lipid emulsion prolongs survival in rats intoxicated with digoxin.

Background: Intravenous lipid emulsion eliminates the toxicity-related symptoms of several drugs. We hypothesized that intravenous lipid emulsion prolongs the survival time in digoxin-intoxicated rats.

Methods: Electrocardiograms of 14 anesthesized Wistar rats were monitored.

Comparison of Risk Scoring Systems to Predict the Outcome in ASA-PS V Patients Undergoing Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Operative decision in American Society of Anesthesiology Physical Status (ASA-PS) V patient is difficult as this group of patients expected to have high mortality rate. Another risk scoring system in this ASA-PS V subset of patients can aid to ease this decision. Data of ASA-PS V classified patients between 2011 and 2013 years in a single hospital were analyzed in this study.

Endoscopic submucosal dissection in gastric lesions: the 100 cases experience from a tertiary reference center in West.

Objective: Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) is an endoscopic treatment method widely used in premalignant and malignant lesions in countries of the Far East. This method, which is difficult technically and has a high complication risk rate, has rarely been performed in the West, because of the fewer number of upper gastrointestinal lesions. In the present study, we aimed to present our results of gastric ESD procedures in respect to the learning curve.

Ropivacaine, articaine or combination of ropivacaine and articaine for epidural anesthesia in cesarean section: a randomized, prospective, double-blinded study.

Background And Objectives: Initiation of epidural anesthesia with long-lasting local anesthetics consumes a significant amount of time, which could be problematic in busy obstetric anesthesia suites. We have hypothesized that a combination of articaine and ropivacaine provides faster onset and even an early recovery of sensory-motor block characteristics.

Methods: Sixty term parturients scheduled to have elective cesarean section were randomly allocated into three groups to receive either 20 mL 2% articaine (Group A), 10 mL 2% articaine + 10 mL 0.

Ropivacaine, articaine or combination of ropivacaine and articaine for epidural anesthesia in cesarean section: a randomized, prospective, double-blinded study.

Background And Objectives: Initiation of epidural anesthesia with long-lasting local anesthetics consumes a significant amount of time, which could be problematic in busy obstetric anesthesia suites. We have hypothesized that a combination of articaine and ropivacaine provides faster onset and even an early recovery of sensory-motor block characteristics.

Methods: Sixty term parturients scheduled to have elective cesarean section were randomly allocated into three groups to receive either 20 mL 2% articaine (Group A), 10 mL 2% articaine + 10 mL 0.

The effects of dexmedetomidine on mesenteric arterial occlusion-associated gut ischemia and reperfusion-induced gut and kidney injury in rabbits.

Objective: We assessed the antioxidant activity of dexmedetomidine (Dex) administered during the ischemic period in a rabbit model of mesenteric ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury using biochemical and histopathological methods.

Methods: A total of 24 male New Zealand white rabbits weighing between 2.5 and 3.