Anesthesiology

Dexmedetomidine vs Dexamethasone as an Adjuvant to Levobupivacaine in Ultrasound-Guided Transversus Abdominis Plane Block for Postoperative Analgesia in Patients Undergoing Total Abdominal Hysterectomies.

BACKGROUND: In the postoperative period, open total abdominal hysterectomy (TAH) surgeries induce considerable pain. Multimodal strategies are being used to alleviate pain.

Retracted: Ultrasound Image-Guided Nerve Block Combined with General Anesthesia under an Artificial Intelligence Algorithm on Patients Undergoing Radical Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer during and after Operation.

[This retracts the article DOI: 10.1155/2022/6914157.].

Comparison of Ultrasound-Guided Anterior, Posterior and Combination of Quadratus Lumborum Block in Laparoscopic Abdominal Surgeries: A Pilot Study.

BACKGROUND: The quadratus lumborum block (QLB) is an effective technique to provide analgesia for upper and lower abdominal surgeries. There are vario...

Stauntonia chinensis injection relieves neuropathic pain by increasing the expression of PSD-95 and reducing the proliferation of phagocytic microglia.

Neuroinflammation induced by engulfment of synapses by phagocytic microglia plays a crucial role in neuropathic pain. Stauntonia chinensis is extracte...

General anesthesia enhances lesion quality and ablation efficiency of circumferential pulmonary vein isolation.

BACKGROUND: Pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) is the cornerstone of atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation. General anesthesia (GA) resolves the problem of pa...

Predicting the Climate Impact of Healthcare Facilities Using Gradient Boosting Machines.

Health care accounts for 9-10% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the United States. Strategies for monitoring these emissions at the hospital level...

Antibiotics, Sedatives, and Catecholamines Further Compromise Sepsis-Induced Immune Suppression in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells.

OBJECTIVES: We hypothesized that the immunosuppressive effects associated with antibiotics, sedatives, and catecholamines amplify sepsis-associated im...

Robotic-Assisted Single-Position Prone Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion: Indications, Techniques, and Outcomes.

BACKGROUND: Lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) is a widely utilized minimally invasive surgical procedure for anterior fusion of the lumbar spine....

A comparative study of robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery and conventional approaches for short-term outcomes of anatomical segmentectomy.

OBJECTIVES: Since anatomical segmentectomy requires meticulous dissection of the segmental pulmonary vessels and bronchus, robot-assisted thoracoscopi...

A Deep Learning Framework for Anesthesia Depth Prediction from Drug Infusion History.

In the target-controlled infusion (TCI) of propofol and remifentanil intravenous anesthesia, accurate prediction of the depth of anesthesia (DOA) is v...

Mask R-CNN based multiclass segmentation model for endotracheal intubation using video laryngoscope.

OBJECTIVE: Endotracheal intubation (ETI) is critical to secure the airway in emergent situations. Although artificial intelligence algorithms are freq...

Impact of Visceral Fat Area on Intraoperative Complexity and Surgical Approach Decision for Robot-Assisted Partial Nephrectomy: A Comparative Analysis with BMI.

BACKGROUND Optimizing surgical approaches for robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN) is vital for better patient outcomes. This retrospective study...

ChatGPT's performance on JSA-certified anesthesiologist exam.

The effect of neuraxial versus general anesthesia on outcomes of infrainguinal bypasses in Vascular Quality Initiative-Medicare-Linked database.

BACKGROUND: Neuraxial anesthesia (NA) has been hypothesized to decrease postoperative complications and reduce mortality. However, studies regarding t...

Learning pharmacometric covariate model structures with symbolic regression networks.

Efficiently finding covariate model structures that minimize the need for random effects to describe pharmacological data is challenging. The standard...

Artificial intelligence and its clinical application in Anesthesiology: a systematic review.

PURPOSE: Application of artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine is quickly expanding. Despite the amount of evidence and promising results, a thoroug...

Continuous visualization and validation of pain in critically ill patients using artificial intelligence: a retrospective observational study.

Machine learning tools have demonstrated viability in visualizing pain accurately using vital sign data; however, it remains uncertain whether incorpo...

An interpretable ensemble learning model facilitates early risk stratification of ischemic stroke in intensive care unit: Development and external validation of ICU-ISPM.

Ischemic stroke (IS) is a common and severe condition that requires intensive care unit (ICU) admission, with high mortality and variable prognosis. A...

Initial experience with the da Vinci SP robot-assisted surgical staging of endometrial cancer: a retrospective comparison with conventional laparotomy.

To compare the perioperative outcomes of surgical staging performed using conventional laparotomy (LT) or the da Vinci SP robotic system (SP) in patie...

Outcomes of totally robotic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in patients with BMI ≥ 50 kg/m: can the robot level out "traditional" risk factors?

Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) in patients with body mass index (BMI) ≥ 50 kg/m is a challenging procedure and BMI ≥ 50 kg/m has been identified as i...