The Use of Somatosensory Evoked Potentials to Determine the Relationship Between Intraoperative Arterial Blood Pressure and Intraoperative Upper Extremity Position-Related Neurapraxia in the Prone Surrender Position During Spine Surgery: A Retrospective Analysis.

Background: Peripheral nerve injury is a significant perioperative problem. Intraoperative position-related neurapraxia may indicate impending peripheral nerve injury and can be detected by changes in somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEP). The purpose of this retrospective analysis of spine surgeries performed under general anesthesia with SSEP monitoring was to determine the relationship between intraoperative mean arterial blood pressure (MAP) and intraoperative upper extremity position-related neurapraxia in the prone surrender (superman) position.

Synthesis and structure of analogues for the Ni-Fe site in hydrogenase enzymes.

Dithiolate bridging Ni-Fe complexes [(dppe)Ni(II)(mu-SEt)(2)Fe(II)(CN)(2)(CO)(2)](6) and [(dppe)Ni(II)(mu-pdt)Fe(II)(CN)(2)(CO)(2)] [dppe = 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane and pdt = 1,3-propanedithiolate] have been synthesized and structurally characterized as structural analogues of the active site of Ni-Fe hydrogenase enzymes. The synthesis starts from key intermediate fac-[Fe(CN)(2)(CO)(3)I](-). [(dppe)Ni(II)(mu-SEt)(2)Fe(II)(CN)(2)(CO)(2)](6), which features a near-planar diethanethiolate-bridged Ni-Fe rhomb, and the arrangement of 2CN(-) ligands is cis to each other.

[FeIII(SR)4]1- complexes can be synthesized by the direct reaction of thiolates with FeCl3.

It is shown that the previously characterized [Fe(III)(SR)(4)](1-) (R=Et, i-Pr, Ph) complexes can be synthesized by the direct reaction of 4equiv. of LiSR with FeCl(3) in DMF solution. [Fe(III)(SR)(4)](1-) complexes are synthetic analogs for the [Fe(III)(S-Cys)(4)] center in rubredoxin proteins.

Electronic structure and FeNO conformation of nonheme iron-thiolate-NO complexes: an experimental and DFT study.

Reactions of NO and CO with Fe(II) complexes of the tripodal trithiolate ligands NS3 and PS3* yield trigonal-bipyramidal (TBP) complexes with varying redox states and reactivity patterns with respect to dissociation of the diatomic ligand. The previously reported four-coordinate [Fe(II)(NS3)](-) complex reacts irreversibly with NO gas to yield the S = 3/2 {FeNO}(7) [Fe(NS3)(NO)](-) anion, isolated as the Me(4)N(+) salt. In contrast, the reaction of NO with the species generated by the reaction of FeCl(2) with Li(3)PS3* gives a high yield of the neutral, TBP, S = 1 complex, [Fe(PS3*)(NO)], the first example of a paramagnetic {FeNO}(6) complex.

The use of somatosensory evoked potentials to determine the relationship between patient positioning and impending upper extremity nerve injury during spine surgery: a retrospective analysis.

Somatosensory evoked potential (SSEP) monitoring is used to prevent nerve damage in spine surgery and to detect changes in upper extremity nerve function. Upper extremity SSEP conduction changes may indicate impending nerve injury. We investigated the effect of operative positioning on upper extremity nerve function retrospectively in 1000 consecutive spine surgeries that used SSEP monitoring.

Further study of the reaction of Fe2+ with CN-: synthesis and characterization of cis and trans [FeII,III(CN)4L2]n- complexes.

The reaction of Fe2+ with CN-, which was first performed in 1704, has been used to synthesize a new series of basic [FeII,III(CN)4L2]n- complexes, where L is a monodentate ligand. trans-Na2[FeII(CN)4(DMSO)2] and cis-[NEt4]2[FeII(CN)4(pyridine)2] are synthesized by the direct reaction of FeCl2 with 4 equiv of CN- in DMSO or pyridine. Air oxidation of the latter compound gives cis-[NEt4][FeIII(CN)4(pyridine)2].

Two-dimensional materials based on trans-[FeII(CN)4(CO)2]2- building blocks; first structural evidence for a hydrated metal carbonyl ligation.

Analogues to the Hofmann-type clathrates have been characterized using trans-[FeII(CN)4(CO)2]2- as the building blocks.

fac-[Fe(II)(CN)(3)(CO)(3)](-) and cis-[Fe(II)(CN)(4)(CO)(2)](2)(-): new members of the class of [Fe(II)(CN)(x)(CO)(y)] compounds.

The reaction of Fe(CO)(4)I(2) with NaCN or KCN in methanol gives M[Fe(II)(CN)(3)(CO)(3)] (M = Na, K), which can be converted to [Ph(4)E][Fe(II)(CN)(3)(CO)(3)] (E = P, As). The structure of the fac-[Fe(II)(CN)(3)(CO)(3)](-) (1) anion was established by the X-ray crystal structures of K-1 and [Ph(4)As]-1.H(2)O.

Single-Crystal, Solid-State, and Solution (113)Cd and (77)Se NMR and X-ray Single-Crystal Study of a [Cd(SeR)(2)(N-donor)(2)] Complex.

[Cd(Se-2,4,6-i-Pr(3)-C(6)H(2))(2)(bpy)] (1) has been characterized by X-ray crystallography and studied by solution and solid-state (113)Cd and (77)Se NMR to serve as an analog for biologically occurring [M(S-Cys)(2)(His)(2)] centers. The unit cell parameters for 1 are as follows: a = 21.99(2) Å, b = 21.

trans-[Fe(CN) (CO) ] , a 21st Century [Fe(CN)(CO)] Compound.

In 1887, more than a century after the synthesis of [Fe (CN) ] , the complex [Fe (CN) (CO)] , in which a CN ligand is replaced by CO, was reported. It has taken an additional century for the synthesis of the complex in which a second CN ligand is substituted by CO: trans-[Fe (CN) (CO) ] (structure shown). Remarkably, this anion is prepared by the simple reaction of FeCl with NaCN and CO in water.