[Efficacy of remifentanil for anesthetic management of awake craniotomy].

Background: Remifentanil has strong analgesic fore tried to use remifentanil for anesthetic management of awake craniotomy (AC) and assessed its efficacy.

Methods: The patients underwent AC with general anesthesia by propofol (P group, n = 17), or by propofol and remifentanil (PR group, n = 13), and were analyzed retrospectively. We investigated (1) systolic blood pressure (SBP) and heart rate (HR) until first 60 minutes after starting the operation, (2) the time from cessation of anesthetics to awakening for brain mapping, and (3) anesthetic complications.

[Airway and respiratory management for anesthesia in the patients with severe motor and intellectual disabilities].

Background: For the management of general anesthesia in the patients with severe motor and intellectual disabilities, airway and respiratory disorders are severe and may cause fatal events. We retrospectively examined these risk factors.

Methods: We assessed adverse airway and respiratory events associated with anesthesia from perioperative and anesthetic records of these patients retrospectively.