Use of sugammadex in patients with a history of pulmonary disease.

Study Objective: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of sugammadex for reversal of rocuronium-induced neuromuscular blockade in patients with pulmonary disease.

Design: Phase III, randomized, multicenter, parallel-group, comparative, safety-assessor blinded study.

Setting: Nine hospital sites.

Remifentanil with morphine transitional analgesia shortens neurological recovery compared to fentanyl for supratentorial craniotomy.

Purpose: To compare the recovery profiles, efficacy and safety of remifentanil and morphine for transitional analgesia with fentanyl in patients undergoing elective craniotomy for supratentorial mass lesions.

Methods: Ninety-one patients were enrolled in this prospective, randomized, multicentre study. Anesthesia was induced with thiopental and remifentanil (1.

Intraoperative mobile magnetic resonance imaging for craniotomy lengthens the procedure but does not increase morbidity.

Purpose: To evaluate anesthetic aspects of care provided for craniotomy using mobile intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging (iMRI).

Methods: Anesthetic factors were studied using a retrospective case-control design. The primary outcome measures were the duration of the surgical intervention; the recovery score and body temperature on arrival; and length of stay in the post-anesthetic care unit.