Erratum: Heart rate variability as a predictor of hypotension after spinal anesthesia in hypertensive patients.

[This corrects the article on p. 317 in vol. 65, PMID: 24228144.

Paraparesis after Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Combined Uncommon Complications of Acute Aortic Syndrome in a Patient.

Acute aortic syndrome complicated by both ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and spinal ischemia is exceedingly rare. We herein report the case of a 66-year-old man who presented with paraparesis after primary percutaneous coronary intervention for STEMI. He was found to have an intramural hematoma of the ascending aorta and a severe dissection in the descending aorta, which led to both STEMI and paraparesis.

Pharmacodynamic Estimate of Propofol-Induced Sedation and Airway Obstruction Effects in Obstructive Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea Syndrome.

Purpose: Sedatives must be carefully titrated for patients with obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) as oversedation may lead to disastrous respiratory outcomes. This study aimed to investigate the relations between the effect-site concentration (Ce) of propofol and sedation and airway obstruction levels in patients with OSAHS.

Materials And Methods: In 25 patients with OSAHS, sedation was induced by 2% propofol using target-controlled infusion.

Efficacy of a single dose of dexmedetomidine for cough suppression during anesthetic emergence: a randomized controlled trial.

Purpose: Maintenance of a remifentanil infusion during anesthetic emergence has been reported to decrease the incidence of coughing and thereby help to ensure a smooth emergence. It may, however, cause respiratory depression and possibly delay emergence. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of a single dose of dexmedetomidine combined with a low-dose remifentanil infusion on cough suppression during emergence from general anesthesia.

Multiple cardiovascular manifestations in a patient with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease.

Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is a systemic disorder associated with various extrarenal complications. The major cardiovascular complications of ADPKD include valvulopathies and vascular ectasia. A 64-year-old man who was diagnosed with ADPKD seven years previously was admitted to our hospital for heart failure.

Low-dose dexmedetomidine reduces emergence agitation after desflurane anaesthesia in children undergoing strabismus surgery.

Purpose: Emergence agitation (EA) is frequently observed in children undergoing general anaesthesia. This study tested whether the addition of an intra-operative low-dose infusion of dexmedetomidine to fentanyl treatment reduced the incidence of emergence delirium following desflurane anesthesia in children undergoing strabismus surgery.

Materials And Methods: A total of 96 children (1-5 years old) undergoing strabismus surgery were enrolled.

Heart rate variability as a predictor of hypotension after spinal anesthesia in hypertensive patients.

Background: Hypotension is a common phenomenon after spinal anesthesia in hypertensive patients. We investigated whether heart rate variability could predict the occurrence of hypotension after spinal anesthesia in hypertensive patients.

Methods: Forty-one patients undergoing spinal anesthesia were included.

Perioperative respiratory adverse events in children with active upper respiratory tract infection who received general anesthesia through an orotracheal tube and inhalation agents.

Background: Active upper respiratory tract infection (URI), orotracheal intubation and use of inhalation anesthetics are known risk factors for perioperative respiratory adverse events (RAE). This study investigated the risk factors of perioperative RAE in children with these risk factors.

Methods: The records of 159 children who underwent general anesthesia with an orotracheal tube and inhalation were reviewed.

A pharmacodynamic analysis of factors affecting recovery from anesthesia with propofol-remifentanil target controlled infusion.

Aim: To examine individual patient's demographic parameters and clinical variables related to return of consciousness (ROC) and the pharmacodynamic relationship between propofol effect-site concentration (C(e)) and ROC from propofol-remifentanil anesthesia.

Methods: Ninety-four patients received propofol-remifentanil anesthesia using the effect-site target-controlled infusion (TCI) system. All clinical events were noted, and variables possibly related to propofol C(e) at ROC were examined using linear correlation analyses.

Clinical Predictors of Incomplete ST-Segment Resolution in the Patients With Acute ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction.

Background And Objectives: The failure of ST-segment resolution (STR) after primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pPCI) is associated with adverse clinical outcomes. However, the clinical predictors on admission for incomplete STR are poorly known.

Subjects And Methods: Patients undergoing pPCI (n=101, 79 males and 22 females, mean age 60.

A head-to-head comparison between 64-slice multidetector computed tomographic and conventional coronary angiographies in measurement of myocardial bridge.

Background: It has been suggested that multidetector computed tomographic coronary angiography (MDCT-CA) may be a reliable modality for the diagnosis and assessment of myocardial bridge (MB). However, the correlation between MB measurements of MDCT-CA and conventional coronary angiography (CCA) has not been determined.

Methods: We assessed the correlation between MDCT-CA and CCA in MB measurements.

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implantation in a patient with atrial standstill.

We report a 55-year-old female patient who presented with no P waves but with a wide QRS complex escape rhythm at 44 beats/min and prolonged QTc of 0.55 seconds on ECG. The patient had recurrence of ventricular fibrillations and loss of consciousness, and underwent defibrillation and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) several times because of cardiac arrest.