Evaluation of erector spinae plane block in cardiac surgery patients in terms of acute and chronic pain scores.

Objective: Pain after cardiac surgery is a frequently encountered morbidity associated with poor quality of life and postoperative recovery. There have been several regional anesthesia modalities for this purpose. We aimed to investigate acute and chronic postoperative analgesic effects of erector spinae plane block (ESPB) after cardiac surgery.

Diaphragm and Lung Ultrasonography During Weaning From Mechanical Ventilation in Critically Ill Patients.

Aim: Optimum timing is crucial to avoid negative outcomes of weaning. We aimed to investigate predictive values of diaphragmatic thickening fraction (DTF), diaphragmatic excursion (DE), and anterolateral lung ultrasound (LUS) scores in extubation success and compare with rapid shallow breathing index (RSBI) in patients extubated under traditional parameters.

Methods: Patients undergoing mechanical ventilation for >48 hours were included in the study.

The effect of intrathecal sufentanil preconditioning against myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury.

Objectives: We aimed to investigate the cardioprotective effect and hemodynamic response of intrathecally administered sufentanil on myocardial IR injury.

Background: Sufentanil, mu opioid receptor agonist, intravenously administered during clinical and experimental studies, has been shown to have a cardioprotective effect on myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury.

Methods: Thirty-two New Zealand type rabbits, which were anesthetized, were divided into four equal groups: sham, ischemia-reperfusion, sufentanil and ischemia-reperfusion+sufentanil.