A New Score to Assess the Perioperative Period of the Cancer Patient Undergoing Non-Palliative Elective Surgery: A Retrospective Evaluation of a Case Report by PERIDIA Score.

The complexity of cancer patients and the use of advanced and demolitive surgical techniques frequently need post-operatory ICU hospitalization. To increase safety and to select the best medical strategies for the patient, a multidisciplinary team has performed a new peri-operatory assessment, arising from evidence-based literature data. Verifying that most of the cancer patients, admitted to the intensive care unit, undergo major surgery with localizations in the supramesocolic thoraco-abdominal area, the team focused the attention on supramesocolic peridiaphragmatic cancer surgery.

Comparison of hemodynamic and respiratory effects of propofol and sevoflurane during carbon dioxide pneumoperitoneum in a swine model.

The aim of this study was to compare intraoperative hemodynamic and respiratory parameters using propofol and sevoflurane during laparoscopic surgery in a porcine model. After induction of general anaesthesia in 16 pigs with fentanyl (0.005 mg kg(-1)) followed by propofol (6 mg Kg(-1)), it was maintained with fentanyl (0.