The use of droperidol decreases postoperative nausea and vomiting after gynecological laparoscopy.

We evaluated whether or not routine prophylaxis with 2.5 mg of droperidol would efficiently prevent postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV). Fifty-two patients scheduled for elective gynecological laparoscopic surgery were eligible for this study.

Effects of dopamine and olprinone on ventricular energetics in sevoflurane-induced acute left ventricular depression in dogs.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of dopamine and a new phosphodiesterase (PDE)-3 inhibitor, olprinone, on hemodynamics and myocardial energetics in dogs with acute myocardial depression.

Design: Prospective, randomized, crossover study.

Setting: University animal laboratory.

[Ambulatory anesthesia preoperative evaluation and its effects on anesthetic care].

Background: Adequate preoperative evaluation with sufficient informed consent from patients will lead to safe perioperative anesthetic managements. We started outpatient preoperative evaluation from October, 2002.

Methods: We investigated 1137 elective cases operated during one year after starting outpatient examination.

[Evaluation of our manual for prevention of perioperative pulmonary embolism].

All patients scheduled for surgical procedures were divided into three groups depending on risk grade for pulmonary embolism (PE) in our hospital from August, 2001. Based on our experience of two PE cases after gynecologic surgery, we introduced the perioperative manual for prevention of PE from April, 2003. According to the manual criteria, we could decide indications for the physical prophylaxis or anticoagulant preventive treatment for the patients.