Which test best predicts difficult endotracheal intubation? A prospective cohort study.

Background: It is critical to identify patients whose intubation will be difficult to ensure that necessary precautions are taken. In this study, we aimed to show the power of almost all tests used to predict difficult endotracheal intubation (DEI), and to determine which test are more accurate for this purpose.

Methods: This observational study conducted between May 2015 and January 2016 at department of anesthesiology of a tertiary hospital in Turkey (n=501).

Effects of perioperative magnesium sulfate with controlled hypotension on intraoperative bleeding and postoperative ecchymosis and edema in open rhinoplasty.

Purpose: This randomized, double-blind study was planned to evaluate the effect of perioperative magnesium sulfate with controlled hypotension on intraoperative bleeding, postoperative ecchymosis and edema, and side-effects.

Materials And Method: Forty-nine patients undergoing open rhinoplasty were divided into two groups - magnesium sulfate and control. The magnesium sulfate group received 30-50 mg·kg intravenously as a bolus before induction of anesthesia, followed by 10-20 mg·kg h by continuous intravenous infusion during surgery.

Evaluation of the perioperative effects of dexmedetomidine on tympanoplasty operations.

Purpose: This randomized double-blind study aimed to evaluate the effects of dexmedetomidine on hemodynamic parameters and the quality of surgery and recovery criteria in tympanoplasty operations.

Materials And Methods: A total of 75 patients 18-55 years undergoing tympanoplasty, who were graded as American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status I-II, were randomly divided into three groups. Group 1 included patients receiving remifentanil alone, Group 2 included patients receiving dexmedetomidine + remifentanil and Group 3 included patients receiving dexmedetomidine + ½ remifentanil.

Transient unilateral combined paresis of the hypoglossal nerve and lingual nerve following intubation anesthesia.

Nerve damage may occur in the pharyngolaryngeal region during general anesthesia. The most frequently injured nerves are the hypoglossal, lingual and recurrent laryngeal. These injuries may arise in association with several factors, such as laryngoscopy, endotracheal intubation and tube insertion, cuff pressure, mask ventilation, the triple airway maneuver, the oropharyngeal airway, manner of intubation tube insertion, head and neck position and aspiration.

The effects of spinal, inhalation, and total intravenous anesthetic techniques on ischemia-reperfusion injury in arthroscopic knee surgery.

Purpose: To compare the effects of different anesthesia techniques on tourniquet-related ischemia-reperfusion by measuring the levels of malondialdehyde (MDA), ischemia-modified albumin (IMA) and neuromuscular side effects.

Methods: Sixty ASAI-II patients undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery were randomised to three groups. In Group S, intrathecal anesthesia was administered using levobupivacaine.

Effects of perioperative remifentanil with controlled hypotension on intraoperative bleeding and postoperative edema and ecchymosis in open rhinoplasty.

Background: This randomized, double-blind study was designed to assess the effect of perioperative remifentanil with controlled hypotension on intraoperative bleeding, postoperative edema, and ecchymosis.

Methods: Fifty-two patients undergoing rhinoplasty were divided into 2 groups. The remifentanil group received 1 µg · kg(-1) intravenously as a bolus before induction of anesthesia, 0.

A comparison of intraarticular morphine and bupivacaine for pain control and outpatient status after an arthroscopic knee surgery under a low dose of spinal anaesthesia.

Effective pain control is important after an outpatient arthroscopic knee surgery to permit early discharge and improve outcome. The aim of this study was to compare intraarticular morphine and bupivacaine with placebo for postoperative pain control and outpatient status after a knee arthroscopic surgery under a low dose of spinal anaesthesia. After obtaining the ethic committee's approval and written informed consents from 60 adult outpatients undergoing knee arthroscopy, patients were enrolled in this prospective, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled clinical study.

Comparison of the effect of propofol and N-acetyl cysteine in preventing ischaemia-reperfusion injury.

Background And Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the effects of propofol and N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) on tourniquet-induced ischaemia-reperfusion injury by determining malonyldialdehyde, ischaemia-modified albumin, lactate, blood gas and haemodynamic levels in arthroscopic knee surgery.

Methods: Sixty ASA I or II patients were randomized into three groups. Intrathecal anaesthesia was administered using 0.

Interrupted aortic arch in a adult: diagnosis with MSCT.

Interrupted aortic arch (IAA) is a rare severe congenital heart defect defined as a complete loss of luminal and anatomic continuity between ascending and descending aorta. It is important that we made a good diagnosis and accurate evaluation of their morphologic conditions before a heart operation. We presented an 18-year-old girl of interrupted IAA diagnosed by multi-slice computed tomography angiography.

Does propofol or caffeic acid phenethyl ester prevent lung injury after hindlimb ischaemia-reperfusion in ventilated rats?

Background: To investigate the effects of propofol and caffeic acid phenethyl ester (CAPE) on prevention of lung injury as a remote organ after performing hindlimb ischaemia-reperfusion (IR) in a rat model.

Methods: The animals were divided randomly into one of four groups: sham, no IR (n = 8), control, IR, (n = 8), CAPE group, IR with CAPE, (n = 8), propofol group, IR with P, (n = 8). After the rats were anaesthetised, the animals in the CAPE group received CAPE of 10 micromol, in the propofol group received propofol 50 mg/kg, in the control group received a similar volume of saline solution by means of intraperitoneal injection 1 h before reperfusion.