Five year outcomes study of dental rehabilitation conducted under general anesthesia for special needs patients.

We assessed the safety of general anesthesia for dental treatment of special needs patients as it related to American Society of Anesthesiology Physical Status (ASAPS) classification, procedure, and other factors. After Institutional Review Board review and approval, special needs patients who were admitted to the outpatient surgical operating room for comprehensive dental rehabilitation (CDR) under general anesthesia within a period of 5 years had their medical records evaluated retrospectively for intraoperative and postoperative complications both related to anesthesia and surgery. All records were evaluated by an independent evaluator who tabulated the patients' age, gender, ASAPS, and duration of procedure.

Autonomic activity during desflurane anesthesia in patients with brain tumors.

Objective: Although intracranial tumors may affect autonomic function, there are few reports of autonomic changes during anesthesia. The purpose of this study was to evaluate autonomic effects of anesthesia in patients with brain tumors compared to neurosurgical controls.

Methods: Two groups were evaluated: group 1 = 10 neurosurgical patients undergoing spinal cord surgery, group 2 = 10 patients with intracranial tumors.

Autonomic activity during dexmedetomidine or fentanyl infusion with desflurane anesthesia.

Study Objective: To evaluate autonomic activity with dexmedetomidine or fentanyl infusion and desflurane anesthesia during laparoscopic gastric banding.

Study Design: Randomized, single-blinded, open-label study.

Setting: Operating rooms at a university hospital.

Fentanyl or dexmedetomidine combined with desflurane for bariatric surgery.

Study Objective: Because fentanyl has ventilatory depressing effects, alternative methods for analgesia may be beneficial for management of bariatric surgery. We evaluated whether dexmedetomidine infusion could replace fentanyl for facilitation of open gastric bypass surgery.

Design: Randomized, single blinded, open label.

Recovery from paralysis with succinylcholine increased Response entropy and EMG but not State entropy.

Objective: It is reported that the electromyogram is an indicator of patient arousal during pain stimulation if anesthesia is inadequate. This may not be true during recovery from succinylcholine induced paralysis. We evaluated State entropy of the electroencephalogram (EEG, 0.