Publications by authors named "Zhilan Tong"
Background: Postoperative fatigue syndrome (POFS) is an important factor in postoperative recovery. However, the effect of anesthetic drugs on postoperative fatigue in female patients has been rarely studied. This study compared the effects of maintaining general anesthesia with propofol or sevoflurane on the incidence of POFS in patients undergoing laparoscopic hysterectomy.
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- A study was conducted to assess how propofol sedation affects sleep quality after gastrointestinal endoscopy in 880 patients.
- The researchers measured sleep quality using specific scores before and after the procedure, finding a significant decline in sleep quality for those who received sedation in the short term (1-7 days post-GE).
- By 3 weeks post-procedure, sleep quality for both the sedation and control groups returned to baseline levels, indicating no long-term effects from the sedation.
Background: Cough caused by endotracheal tube (ETT) placement is ubiquitous and correlates with adverse outcomes. Remifentanil administration via target-controlled infusion (TCI) is one of the cough prevention measures used during recovery. In a pilot study, lidocaine administered via the perforated outer cuff of a dual-cuff endotracheal tube was also found to prevent cough due to ETT placement.
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