Discharge Under Sedated Status can Decrease Postoperative Emergence Agitation in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Strabismus Surgery: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial.

Purpose: Emergence agitation (EA) is a frequent complication during emergence. The researchers aimed to investigate whether discharged pediatric patients from the postanesthesia care unit (PACU) to wards under sedated status could reduce the incidence of EA.

Design: Prospective randomized controlled study.

Effect of Intraoperative Dexmedetomidine Use on Postoperative Delirium in the Elderly After Laryngectomy: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial.

Purpose: To examine whether intraoperative dexmedetomidine reduces postoperative delirium (POD) in elderly patients who underwent a laryngectomy.

Methods: Patients were randomly assigned to receive dexmedetomidine or a saline placebo infused during surgery. The study period was July 2020 to January 2022.

Dexmedetomidine Improved Sleep Quality in the Intensive Care Unit After Laryngectomy.

Purpose: To examine whether nighttime dexmedetomidine infusion improved sleep quality in patients after laryngectomy.

Patients And Methods: Thirty-five post-laryngectomy patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) were randomly assigned to a 9-h (from 2100 h on surgery day to 0600 h the morning after laryngectomy) dexmedetomidine (0.3 μg/kg/h continuous infusion) or placebo group.

Early Neurocognitive Function With Propofol or Desflurane Anesthesia After Laser Laryngeal Surgery With Low Inspired Oxygen.

Purpose: The effects of general anesthetics on cognitive impairment are unclear and complicated. Laser laryngeal surgery (LLS) requires the administration of low levels of oxygen, which may increase the risk of desaturation and brain function impairment. This prospective randomized trial aimed to compare the effects of desflurane and propofol-based general anesthesia on the occurrence of early postoperative cognitive decline in elderly patients undergoing LLS.

Assessment of preoperative psychologic distress in laryngeal cancer patients.

Background: Preoperative psychologic distress is common in head and neck cancer patients and related to deleterious effects in patient treatment and recovery. Routine screening and appropriate referral of all patients with cancer for psychiatric assessment is now a part of the medical treatment.

Objects: The aim was to assess the level of preoperative psychologic distress in laryngeal cancer patients scheduled for surgical treatment.