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  1. Spinal surgeries are accompanied by excessive pain due to extensive dissection and muscle retraction during the procedure. Thoracolumbar interfascial plane (TLIP) blocks for spinal surgeries are a recent addit...

    Authors: Tarika D. Patel, Meagan N. McNicholas, Peyton A. Paschell, Paul M. Arnold and Cheng-ting Lee
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2024 24:122
  2. Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is one of the most common adverse events following orthognathic surgery. It’s a distressing feeling for patients and continues to be the cause of postoperative complica...

    Authors: Peng-fei Gao, Le Zhao, Shi-yue Li, Yue Li, Ming-kai Chen, Jing Fu and Yang Ji
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2024 24:121
  3. The Wide-Awake Local Anesthesia No Tourniquet (WALANT) technique allows intraoperative motor assessment of tendon repair integrity of the hand compared with general anesthesia or brachial plexus block. No stud...

    Authors: Mahmoud Mohammed Alseoudy, Elsayed Mohamed Abdelkarime, Khaled Nour and May Elsherbiny Badr
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2024 24:120
  4. Abnormal diastolic function is an independent predictor of adverse postoperative outcomes. Mitral annular tissue Doppler velocity (e’) is a key parameter for assessing diastolic function. The purpose of this s...

    Authors: Sebastian Ayala, Orode Badakhsh, David Li and Neal W. Fleming
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2024 24:117
  5. Sufentanil-induced cough is common during the induction of anesthesia. The objective of this study was to determine whether pretreatment with a small dose of esketamine is effective in treating sufentanil-indu...

    Authors: Liangliang Gao, Zhuoliang Zhang, Yi Zhu, Xinyu Lu, Yue Tian and Lei Wei
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2024 24:116
  6. Postoperative sore throat (POST) is an unpleasant outcome that can occur as a result of tracheal intubation in adults. Increased pressure from the endotracheal tube (ETT) cuff often leads to local mucosal inju...

    Authors: Guangli Zhu, Xuan Wang, Xinyu Cao, Chongya Yang, Bin Wang, Yang Ang and Manlin Duan
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2024 24:115
  7. Mechanical ventilation is the most common intervention for patients with respiratory failure in the intensive care unit. There is limited data from African countries, including Ethiopia on time to death and it...

    Authors: Kenubish Demem, Esubalew Tesfahun, Fetene Nigussie, Aster Tadesse Shibabaw, Temesgen Ayenew and Mengistu Abebe Messelu
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2024 24:114
  8. Chronic heart failure (HF) is a common clinical condition associated with adverse outcomes in elderly patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery. This study aimed to estimate a clinically applicable NT-proBNP cut...

    Authors: Götz Schmidt, Nora Frieling, Emmanuel Schneck, Marit Habicher, Christian Koch, Kerstin Rubarth, Felix Balzer, Birgit Aßmus and Michael Sander
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2024 24:113
  9. The exact median effective dose (ED50) of intranasal dexmedetomidine combined with oral midazolam sedation for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examination in children remains unknow and the aim of this study ...

    Authors: Hao Xie, Jialian Zhao, Haiya Tu, Wenyang Wang and Yaoqin Hu
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2024 24:112
  10. Preoperative chronic stress (CS) is associated with postoperative brain injury in patients undergoing open heart cardiac surgery. This research is to explore the potential molecular biological mechanisms of br...

    Authors: Haoqi Yan, Hongbai Wang, Wenlin Chen, Yuan Jia, Fuxia Yan and Su Yuan
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2024 24:111
  11. The current study used a composite outcome to investigate whether applying the ERAS protocol would enhance the recovery of patients undergoing laparoscopic total gastrectomy (LTG).

    Authors: Yiming Hao, Qingchuan Zhao, Kun Jiang, Xiangying Feng, Yumei Ma, Jianzhong Zhang, Xi’an Han, Gang Ji, Hailong Dong and Huang Nie
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2024 24:110
  12. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the ability of central-to-peripheral temperature gradients using thermal imaging to predict in-hospital mortality in surgical patients with septic shock.

    Authors: Ahmed Hasanin, Radwa Fekry, Maha Mostafa, Sahar Kasem, Amany Eissa, Hassan Mohamed and Heba Raafat
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2024 24:109
  13. High lactate to albumin ratio (LAR) has been reported to be associated to with poor prognosis in patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). However, its role in predicting in-hospital mortality in AF ...

    Authors: Ting Huang and Sen Lin
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2024 24:108
  14. Ultrasound-guided superior laryngeal nerve (SLN) block is a practical and painless approach to avoid the hemodynamic stress response during endotracheal intubation and relieve sore throat after laryngeal surge...

    Authors: Yin Bao, Huijun Wang, Lifeng Li, Hongbo Xu, Yun Li and Guyan Wang
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2024 24:107
  15. Anemia can lead to secondary brain damage by reducing arterial oxygen content and brain oxygen supply. Patients with acute brain injury have impaired self-regulation. Brain hypoxia may also occur even in mild ...

    Authors: Yun Yu, Yuxuan Fu, Wenying Li, Tiantian Sun, Chan Cheng, Yingzi Chong, Ruquan Han and Weihua Cui
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2024 24:106
  16. Postoperative fasting following thoracoscopic surgery can cause intense thirst and oral discomfort. However, there is currently no research on ultraearly oral hydration (UEOH) in middle-aged or elderly patient...

    Authors: Yan Xue, Qian Wang, Hongyu Zhao, Ren Pan, Yanfei Xia, Hongmei Wang and Xiarong Qin
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2024 24:105
  17. Early extubation (EEx) is defined as the removal of the endotracheal tube within 8 h postoperatively. The present study involved determining the availability and threshold of the vasoactive-inotropic score (VI...

    Authors: Yang Zhao, Hanlei Zhao, Jiao Huang, Bo Mei, Jun Xiang, Yizheng Wang, Jingyan Lin and San Huang
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2024 24:102
  18. Deep neuromuscular block (NMB) has been shown to improve surgical conditions and alleviate post-operative pain in bariatric surgery compared with moderate NMB. We hypothesized that deep NMB could also improve ...

    Authors: Wan-li Yang, Ya-ling Wen, Wen-mei Xu, Chi-liang Xu, Wen-qin Yin and Jing-yan Lin
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2024 24:101
  19. Mediastinal tumors pose a challenging respiratory and circulatory management during anesthesia procedures, there is a risk of circulatory collapse or complete airway obstruction, which in severe cases can lead...

    Authors: Yihu Zhou, Yueyi Jiang, Yuyan Ding, Lianbing Gu and Jing Tan
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2024 24:100
  20. The use of nonintubated video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (NI-VATS) has been increasingly reported to yield favourable outcomes. However, this technology has not been routinely used because its advantages a...

    Authors: Xian-gang Kong, Kun Wang, Yu-tao Wei, Bo Sun, Guo-dong Gao, Cheng-wei Song and Cheng-wen Li
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2024 24:99
  21. Curative endoscopic resection is widely used to treat colonic polyps and early stage cancers. The anesthetic strategy commonly involves the use of propofol combined with a small dose of opioids for sedation. A...

    Authors: Yimei Ma, Jiali Wang, Yuying Yang and Minmin Yao
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2024 24:96
  22. Fascia iliaca compartment block (FICB) is one of the regional nerve blocks used to reduce pain after total hip arthroplasty (THA). We aim to assess the efficacy of FICB in reducing post-operative pain and opio...

    Authors: Mona Muhe Eldeen Eshag, Lina Omar Mahmoud Hasan, Salem Elshenawy, Mennatallah Samir Ahmed, Abd El-moneam Emad Mostafa, Yomna Ali Abdelghafar, Yusuf Jasim Althawadi, Najwa Medhat Ibraheem, Helmy Badr and Yossef Hassan AbdelQadir
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2024 24:95
  23. Remimazolam is a novel ultrashort-acting intravenous benzodiazepine sedative-hypnotic. The combination of remimazolam and sevoflurane does not increase respiratory sensitivity, produce bronchospasm, or cause o...

    Authors: Yan Huang, HongYu Liao, LinJi Li, Juan Xu, PingPing Jiang, YanXia Guo and KunPeng Liu
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2024 24:94
  24. Propofol is use widely used in anesthesia, known for its effectiveness, may lead to cardiopulmonary issues in some patients. Ciprofol has emerged as a possible alternative to propofol because it can achieve co...

    Authors: Dilireba Ainiwaer and Wanwei Jiang
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2024 24:93
  25. To study how Pneumoperitoneum under Trendelenburg position for robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery impact the perioperative respiratory parameters, diagrammatic function, etc.

    Authors: Shuo Xue, Dan Wang, Hong-Qin Tu, Xiao-Ping Gu, Zheng-Liang Ma, Yue Liu and Wei Zhang
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2024 24:92
  26. Reducing blood loss during excisional surgery in burn patients remains a challenge. Tranexamic acid during surgery can potentially reduce blood loss. The use of tranexamic acid during excisional surgery in bur...

    Authors: Joeri Slob, Rolf K. Gigengack, Margriet E. van Baar, Stephan A. Loer, Seppe S. H. A. Koopman and Cornelis H. van der Vlies
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2024 24:91
  27. Pulmonary aspiration of gastric contents is a serious perioperative complication. Patients with gastric cancer may experience delayed gastric emptying. However, the role of qualitative and quantitative gastric...

    Authors: Siming Huang, Shumei Cao, Xia Sun and Jun Zhang
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2024 24:90
  28. There have been few reports showing the relationship between blood pressure (BP) measured at clinics preoperatively and BP measured before anesthetic intubation/induction. The purpose of this study was to exam...

    Authors: Ikuya Koibuchi, Yuji Kadoi, Chizu Asou and Shigeru Saito
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2024 24:89
  29. Tracking preload dependency non-invasively to maintain adequate tissue perfusion in the perioperative period can be challenging.The effect of phenylephrine on stroke volume is dependent upon preload. Changes i...

    Authors: Yusuke Iizuka, Koichi Yoshinaga, Shizuka Amitani, Seiya Nishiyama, Kentaro Fukano, Keika Miyazawa, Asuka Kitajima, Ikumi Sawada, Yuji Otsuka and Masamitsu Sanui
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2024 24:88
  30. Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is a common postoperative complication, and Transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block can provide effective analgesia for surgical operation. However, but there is not en...

    Authors: Jinfang Zeng, Aonan Hong, Zhen Gu, Jinjin Jian and Xiao Liang
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2024 24:87
  31. The duration of hospitalization, especially in the intensive care unit (ICU), for patients with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is influenced by patient prognosis and treatment costs. Reducing ICU length of stay (...

    Authors: Jincun Shi, Fujin Chen, Kaihui Zheng, Tong Su, Xiaobo Wang, Jianhua Wu, Bukao Ni and Yujie Pan
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2024 24:86
  32. Flash visual evoked potential (FVEP) is a critical method for monitoring intraoperative visual function during neurosurgery. A new benzodiazepine drug called remimazolam has recently been used for general anes...

    Authors: Fu Shi, Ranran Tang, Xiangrong Du, Xin Li and Guisheng Wu
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2024 24:85
  33. The evaluation of pain in patients, unable of oral communication, often relies on behavioral assessment. However, some critically ill patients, while non-verbal, are awake and have some potential for self-repo...

    Authors: Christian Waydhas, Christopher Ull, Oliver Cruciger, Uwe Hamsen, Thomas A. Schildhauer, Robert Gaschler and Christina Weckwerth
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2024 24:84
  34. Left ventricular-arterial coupling is assessed as the ratio of left ventricular end-systolic elastance (Ees) to arterial elastance (Ea). Previous studies have introduced non-invasive estimations of Ees/Ea. It ...

    Authors: Yurie Obata, Yuka Matsuki, Kazuhiro Okafuji and Kenji Shigemi
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2024 24:83
  35. Inadequate intraoperative mechanical ventilation (MV) can lead to ventilator-induced lung injury and increased risk for postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs). Mechanical power (MP) was shown to be a val...

    Authors: Mohamad El-Khatib, Carine Zeeni, Fadia M. Shebbo, Cynthia Karam, Bilal Safi, Aline Toukhtarian, Nancy Abou Nafeh, Samar Mkhayel, Carol Abi Shadid, Sana Chalhoub and Jean Beresian
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2024 24:82
  36. Beta-blocker (BB) therapy plays a central role in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases. An increasing number of patients with cardiovascular diseases undergoe noncardiac surgery, where opioids are an integ...

    Authors: Ralf F. Trauzeddel, Luisa M. Rothe, Michael Nordine, Lukas Dehé, Kathrin Scholtz, Claudia Spies, Daniel Hadzidiakos, Georg Winterer, Friedrich Borchers, Jochen Kruppa and Sascha Treskatsch
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2024 24:80
  37. Modern perioperative guidelines encourage drinking oral carbohydrates 2 h before management. Nevertheless, research on the safety of preoperative carbohydrate drinks, particularly in extremely elderly patients...

    Authors: Lingyang Chen, Nana Wang, Guohao Xie, Mingcang Wang, Yulong Yu, Huiqin Wang and Xiangming Fang
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2024 24:78
  38. Extensive metastatic and refractory cancer pain is common, and exhibits a dissatisfactory response to the conventional intrathecal infusion of opioid analgesics.

    Authors: Qing Li, Yan-ling Long, Yun-wu He, Hui Long, Zhen-ping Xiao, Yong-lin Li, Wu-zhou Yang, Li-ping Jiang, Wei Gao and Cong Zou
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2024 24:77
  39. The objective of this study was to assess the efficacy and safety of Remimazolam in the context of combined spinal-epidural anesthesia for sedation during orthopedic surgery.

    Authors: Yufei Chen, Yimeng Cai, Guoqing Yu, Xi Zhang, Tian Hu and Rui Xue
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2024 24:75
  40. Propofol formulated with medium- and long-chain triglycerides (MCT/LCT propofol) has rapidly replaced propofol formulated with long-chain triglycerides (LCT propofol). Despite this shift, the modified Marsh an...

    Authors: Seongheon Lee, Dongho Kang, Eunjin Song, Sungah Yoo and Seongwook Jeong
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2024 24:70

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