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2. Effect of Perioperative Systemic [alpha]2 Agonists on Postoperative Morphine Consumption and Pain Intensity: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.
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Blaudszun G, Lysakowski C, Elia N, and Tramèr MR
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- 2012
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3. Opioids added to local anesthetics for single-shot intrathecal anesthesia in patients undergoing minor surgery: a meta-analysis of randomized trials.
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Pöpping DM, Elia N, Marret E, Wenk M, Tramèr MR, Pöpping, Daniel M, Elia, Nadia, Marret, Emmanuel, Wenk, Manuel, and Tramèr, Martin R
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Opioids are widely used as additives to local anesthetics for intrathecal anesthesia. Benefit and risk remain unclear. We systematically searched databases and bibliographies to February 2011 for full reports of randomized comparisons of any opioid added to any intrathecal local anesthetic with the local anesthetic alone in adults undergoing surgery (except cesarean section) and receiving single-shot intrathecal anesthesia without general anesthesia. We included 65 trials (3338 patients, 1932 of whom received opioids) published between 1983 and 2010. Morphine (0.05-2mg) and fentanyl (10-50 μg) added to bupivacaine were the most frequently tested. Duration of postoperative analgesia was prolonged with morphine (weighted mean difference 503 min; 95% confidence interval [CI] 315 to 641) and fentanyl (weighted mean difference 114 min; 95% CI 60 to 168). Morphine decreased the number of patients needing opioid analgesia after surgery and decreased pain intensity to the 12th postoperative hour. Morphine increased the risk of nausea (number needed to harm [NNH] 9.9), vomiting (NNH 10), urinary retention (NNH 6.5), and pruritus (NNH 4.4). Fentanyl increased the risk of pruritus (NNH 3.3). With morphine 0.05 to 0.5mg, the NNH for respiratory depression varied between 38 and 59 depending on the definition of respiratory depression chosen. With fentanyl 10 to 40 μg, the risk of respiratory depression was not significantly increased. For none of these effects, beneficial or harmful, was there evidence of dose-responsiveness. Consequently, minimal effective doses of intrathecal morphine and fentanyl should be sought. For intrathecal buprenorphine, diamorphine, hydromorphone, meperidine, methadone, pentazocine, sufentanil, and tramadol, there were not enough data to allow for meaningful conclusions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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4. Does multimodal analgesia with acetaminophen, nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs, or selective cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors and patient-controlled analgesia morphine offer advantages over morphine alone? Meta-analyses of randomized trials.
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Elia N, Lysakowski C, Tramèr MR, Elia, Nadia, Lysakowski, Christopher, and Tramèr, Martin R
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5. Guidelines on adequate data reporting: use them!
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Elia N and Tramèr MR
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- 2012
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6. Adherence to guidelines for improved quality of data reporting: where are we today?
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Elia N and Tramèr MR
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7. How to write a good title.
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Elia N and Tramèr MR
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- 2011
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8. Advanced age and target controlled infusion systems: Part I of a cohort study comparing young and elderly patients.
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Lysakowski, C., Elia, N., Czarnetzki, C., Dumont, L., and Tramèr, M.
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- 2008
9. Ventilation Strategies in Obese Patients Undergoing Surgery.
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Aldenkortt, M., Lysakowski, C., Elia, N., Brochard, L., and Tramèr, M. R.
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- 2013
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10. Clonidine as an adjuvant to local anaesthetics for peripheral nerve blocks - Meta-analysis.
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Poepping, D., Elia, N., Marret, E., Wenk, M., and Tramer, M.
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- 2008
11. Advanced age and the use of simplified EEG monitors: Part II of a cohort study comparing young and elderly patients.
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Lysakowski, C., Elia, N., Czarnetzki, C., Dumont, L., and Tramèr, M.
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- 2008
12. Is intrathecal clonidine added to local anaesthetics really useful in perioperative setting? Benefits and risks. A systematic review of randomised trials.
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Culebras, X., Elia, N., Mazza, Ch., Schiffer, E., and Tramèr, M.
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- 2006
13. Concomitant use of non-opioid analgesics and morphine after major surgery - is there a clinically relevant morphine sparing effect? A meta-analysis of randomized trials.
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Elia, N., Lysakowski, C., and Tramer, M. R.
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- 2005
14. Ketamine for postoperative pain: a quantitative systematic review of randomised controlled trials.
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Elia, N. and Tramèr, M. R.
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- 2004
15. Immature platelet fraction as a predictor of platelet count recovery following allogeneic bone marrow transplantation.
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Grabek J, D'Elia N, and Kelsey G
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- Blood Platelets pathology, Cohort Studies, Female, Humans, Leukocyte Count, Male, Platelet Count, Platelet Transfusion, Predictive Value of Tests, Recovery of Function, Retrospective Studies, Transplantation, Homologous, Bone Marrow Transplantation, Thrombocytopenia therapy
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The immature platelet fraction (IPF) is a marker of increased platelet production. An increase in IPF is associated with increased marrow production; therefore, a subsequent increase in a bone marrow transplant recipient during the pancytopenic phase may correlate with platelet recovery and engraftment. We performed a retrospective cohort study and evaluated 32 patients who underwent allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. Patients had platelet count, neutrophil count, platelet transfusion and IPF recorded over a period extending from stem cell infusion, day 0, to day 30. The outcomes analysed were platelet count versus time and IPF versus time to establish the predictive ability of the IPF to determine platelet count recovery. Further analysis was performed to confirm the strength of the correlation and the sensitivity of the IPF in predicting a platelet count greater than 50 at day 30. The IPF was shown to rise 5 days prior to platelet count increase. An IPF rise was also shown to correlate with higher average platelet counts at day 30 of transplant. The utility of the IPF in predicting a platelet count of over 50 at day 30 was strongest between days 11 and 15 with an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.79. An IPF of 2.0 or above had 69% sensitivity and 85% specificity for predicting a platelet count of greater than 50 by day 30. In allogeneic bone marrow transplantation, the IPF is a reliable predictor of platelet recovery. The mean IPF between day 11 and day 15 is the most sensitive in predicting a robust platelet count of greater than 50 by day 30., (Copyright © 2021 Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia. All rights reserved.)
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16. Supplemental Oxygen and the Risk of Surgical Site Infection: Evidence of Compromised Data Requires Correction of Previously Published Meta-analysis.
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Hovaguimian F, Elia N, and Tramèr MR
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- Humans, Oxygen, Surgical Wound Infection
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- 2019
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17. Myasthenic congenital myopathy from recessive mutations at a single residue in Na V 1.4.
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Elia N, Palmio J, Castañeda MS, Shieh PB, Quinonez M, Suominen T, Hanna MG, Männikkö R, Udd B, and Cannon SC
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- Adult, Animals, Electromyography, Female, Finland, Humans, Laryngismus genetics, Laryngismus physiopathology, Loss of Function Mutation, Male, Muscle Hypotonia genetics, Muscle Hypotonia physiopathology, Muscle, Skeletal pathology, Mutation, Missense, Myasthenic Syndromes, Congenital metabolism, Myasthenic Syndromes, Congenital physiopathology, Myotonia genetics, Myotonia physiopathology, NAV1.4 Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel metabolism, Oocytes, Patch-Clamp Techniques, Pedigree, Exome Sequencing, Xenopus, Myasthenic Syndromes, Congenital genetics, NAV1.4 Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel genetics
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Objective: To identify the genetic and physiologic basis for recessive myasthenic congenital myopathy in 2 families, suggestive of a channelopathy involving the sodium channel gene, SCN4A ., Methods: A combination of whole exome sequencing and targeted mutation analysis, followed by voltage-clamp studies of mutant sodium channels expressed in fibroblasts (HEK cells) and Xenopus oocytes., Results: Missense mutations of the same residue in the skeletal muscle sodium channel, R1460 of Na
V 1.4, were identified in a family and a single patient of Finnish origin (p.R1460Q) and a proband in the United States (p.R1460W). Congenital hypotonia, breathing difficulties, bulbar weakness, and fatigability had recessive inheritance (homozygous p.R1460W or compound heterozygous p.R1460Q and p.R1059X), whereas carriers were either asymptomatic (p.R1460W) or had myotonia (p.R1460Q). Sodium currents conducted by mutant channels showed unusual mixed defects with both loss-of-function (reduced amplitude, hyperpolarized shift of inactivation) and gain-of-function (slower entry and faster recovery from inactivation) changes., Conclusions: Novel mutations in families with myasthenic congenital myopathy have been identified at p.R1460 of the sodium channel. Recessive inheritance, with experimentally established loss-of-function, is a consistent feature of sodium channel based myasthenia, whereas the mixed gain of function for p.R1460 may also cause susceptibility to myotonia., (Copyright © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the American Academy of Neurology.)- Published
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18. Transcranial Doppler in the Diagnosis of Cerebral Vasospasm: An Updated Meta-Analysis.
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Mastantuono JM, Combescure C, Elia N, Tramèr MR, and Lysakowski C
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- Blood Flow Velocity, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Cerebral Artery diagnostic imaging, Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery diagnostic imaging, Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color methods, Ultrasonography, Doppler, Transcranial methods, Vasoconstriction, Vasospasm, Intracranial diagnostic imaging
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Objectives: To evaluate the performance of transcranial Doppler and transcranial color-coded duplex Doppler in patients with cerebral vasospasm due to aneurysm rupture. Angiography was considered as the gold standard comparator., Data Sources: Search in MEDLINE, Embase, and Central from January 2001 to October 2017, without language restriction. Bibliographies of retrieved articles were screened for additional studies., Study Selection: Randomized studies comparing transcranial Doppler or transcranial color-coded duplex Doppler with angiography in adults., Data Extraction: Data were extracted independently by several investigators. Sensitivity and specificity were combined across studies using a bivariate model. Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses was used for reporting and Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies-2 for quality assessment., Data Synthesis: We included 18 studies. Fifteen tested transcranial Doppler. For the middle cerebral artery (10 studies, 1,408 tests), the pooled sensitivity was 66.7% (95% CI, 55.9-75.9) and specificity was 89.5% (80.3-94.7). Three studies (278 tests) tested transcranial color-coded duplex Doppler for the middle cerebral artery. The pooled sensitivity was 81.5% (66.0-90.0), and specificity was 96.6% (93.0-98.0). For an arbitrarily chosen prevalence of vasospasm of 70%, positive and negative predictive values were 93.7% (88.9-96.6) and 53.4% (46.7-60.9) for transcranial Doppler and 98.2% (96.4-99.1) and 69.1% (56.1-80.9) for transcranial color-coded duplex Doppler., Conclusions: Assuming a high prevalence of vasospasm of the middle cerebral artery, both transcranial Doppler and transcranial color-coded duplex Doppler are likely to detect it, but neither is useful to exclude it. There is no convincing evidence that the accuracy of transcranial color-coded duplex Doppler is any better than that of transcranial Doppler. For arteries other than middle cerebral artery, there is a lack of evidence of the usefulness of transcranial Doppler.
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- 2018
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19. Patient-Controlled Versus Clinician-Controlled Sedation With Propofol: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis With Trial Sequential Analyses.
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Kreienbühl L, Elia N, Pfeil-Beun E, Walder B, and Tramèr MR
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- Adult, Aged, Anesthetics, Intravenous adverse effects, Clinical Trials as Topic, Conscious Sedation adverse effects, Drug Administration Schedule, Female, Humans, Hypnotics and Sedatives adverse effects, Male, Middle Aged, Patient Satisfaction, Propofol adverse effects, Risk Assessment, Risk Factors, Self Administration, Anesthetics, Intravenous administration & dosage, Conscious Sedation methods, Consciousness drug effects, Hypnotics and Sedatives administration & dosage, Propofol administration & dosage
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Background: Sedation with propofol is frequently used to facilitate diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Propofol can be administrated by the patient (patient-controlled sedation [PCS]) or by a clinician (clinician-controlled sedation [CCS]). We aimed to compare these 2 techniques., Methods: PubMed, Embase, CENTRAL, and trial registries were searched up to October 2017 for randomized controlled trials comparing PCS with CCS with propofol. The primary end points were the risks of presenting at least 1 episode of oxygen desaturation, arterial hypotension, and bradycardia, and the risk of requiring a rescue intervention (pharmacologic therapies or physical maneuvers) for sedation-related adverse events. Secondary end points were the dose of propofol administrated, operator and patient satisfaction, and the risk of oversedation. A random-effects model and an α level of .02 to adjust for multiple analyses were used throughout. Trial sequential analyses were performed for primary outcomes. Quality of evidence was assessed according to the Grades of Recommendation, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation system., Results: Thirteen trials (1103 patients; median age, 47 years; American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status I-III) describing various diagnostic and therapeutic procedures with propofol sedation were included. PCS had no impact on the risk of oxygen desaturation (11 trials, 31/448 patients [6.9%] with PCS versus 46/481 [9.6%] with CCS; risk ratio, 0.74 [98% confidence interval, 0.35-1.56]) but decreased the risk of requiring a rescue intervention for adverse events (11 trials, 29/449 patients [6.5%] with PCS versus 74/482 [15.4%] with CCS; risk ratio, 0.45 [98% confidence interval, 0.25-0.81]). For both outcomes, Trial sequential analyses suggested that further trials were unlikely to change the results, although the quality of evidence was graded very low for all primary outcomes. For the risk of arterial hypotension and bradycardia, the required sample size for a definitive conclusion had not been reached. Analysis of secondary outcomes suggested that PCS decreased the risk of oversedation and had no impact on propofol dose administrated, or on operator or patient satisfaction., Conclusions: PCS with propofol, compared with CCS with propofol, had no impact on the risk of oxygen desaturation, but significantly decreased the risk of rescue interventions for sedation-related adverse events. Further high-quality trials are required to assess the risks and benefits of PCS.
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20. Benefit and Harm of Adding Epinephrine to a Local Anesthetic for Neuraxial and Locoregional Anesthesia: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials With Trial Sequential Analyses.
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Tschopp C, Tramèr MR, Schneider A, Zaarour M, and Elia N
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- Analgesia, Obstetrical adverse effects, Anesthesia, Obstetrical adverse effects, Anesthesia, Spinal adverse effects, Anesthetics, Local adverse effects, Epinephrine adverse effects, Female, Humans, Male, Motor Activity drug effects, Nerve Block adverse effects, Pain Threshold drug effects, Pregnancy, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Risk Assessment, Risk Factors, Time Factors, Treatment Outcome, Analgesia, Obstetrical methods, Anesthesia, Obstetrical methods, Anesthesia, Spinal methods, Anesthetics, Local administration & dosage, Epinephrine administration & dosage, Nerve Block methods
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Background: This systematic review examines the benefit and harm of adding epinephrine to local anesthetics for epidural, intrathecal, or locoregional anesthesia., Methods: We searched electronic databases to October 2017 for randomized trials comparing any local anesthetic regimen combined with epinephrine, with the same local anesthetic regimen without epinephrine, reporting on duration of analgesia, time to 2 segments regression, or any adverse effects. Trial quality was assessed using the Cochrane risk of bias tool and a random-effects model was used. Trial sequential analyses (TSA) were applied to identify the information size (IS; number of patients needed to reach a definite conclusion) and were set to detect an increase or decrease of effect of 30%-50%, depending on the end point considered. Alpha levels were adjusted (1%) for multiple outcome testing., Results: We identified 70 trials (3644 patients, 17 countries, from 1970 to 2017). Median number of patients per trial was 44 (range, 9-174). Thirty-seven trials (1781 patients) tested epinephrine for epidural, 27 (1660) for intrathecal, and 6 (203) for locoregional anesthesia (sciatic, femoral, popliteal, axillary blocks). TSA enabled us to conclude that adding epinephrine to epidural local anesthetics could not decrease postoperative pain intensity by 30%, and did not impact the risk of intraoperative arterial hypotension. IS was insufficient to conclude on the impact of epinephrine on the risk of motor block (IS, 4%), arterial hypotension (20%), urinary retention (23%), or pain intensity at rest (27%) during labor. TSA confirmed that adding epinephrine to intrathecal local anesthetics increased the duration of motor block (weighted mean difference [WMD] 64 minutes; 99% CI, 37-91), analgesia (WMD 34 minutes; 99% CI, 6-62), and the time to 2 segments regression (WMD 20 minutes; 99% CI, 11-28). IS was insufficient to conclude on its impact on arterial hypotension (IS, 15%), or when administrated in a combined spinal-epidural, on motor block (IS, 11%) or arterial hypotension (IS, 11%). Adding epinephrine to local anesthetics for a locoregional block increased the duration of analgesia (WMD 66 minutes; 98% CI, 32-100])., Conclusions: Adding epinephrine to intrathecal or locoregional local anesthetics prolongs analgesia and motor block by no more than 60 minutes. The impact of adding epinephrine to epidural local anesthetics or to a combined spinal-epidural remains uncertain.
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21. Reply.
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Assouline B, Tramèr MR, and Elia N
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- 2017
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22. Benefit and harm of adding ketamine to an opioid in a patient-controlled analgesia device for the control of postoperative pain: systematic review and meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials with trial sequential analyses.
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Assouline B, Tramèr MR, Kreienbühl L, and Elia N
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- Analgesics, Opioid adverse effects, Drug Delivery Systems, Humans, Ketamine adverse effects, Analgesics therapeutic use, Analgesics, Opioid therapeutic use, Ketamine therapeutic use, Pain, Postoperative drug therapy, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
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Ketamine is often added to opioids in patient-controlled analgesia devices. We tested whether in surgical patients, ketamine added to an opioid patient-controlled analgesia decreased pain intensity by ≥25%, cumulative opioid consumption by ≥30%, the risk of postoperative nausea and vomiting by ≥30%, the risk of respiratory adverse effects by ≥50%, and increased the risk of hallucination not more than 2-fold. In addition, we searched for evidence of dose-responsiveness. Nineteen randomized trials (1349 adults, 104 children) testing different ketamine regimens added to various opioids were identified through searches in databases and bibliographies (to 04.2016). In 9 trials (595 patients), pain intensity at rest at 24 hours was decreased by 32% with ketamine (weighted mean difference -1.1 cm on the 0-10 cm visual analog scale [98% CI, -1.8 to -0.39], P < 0.001). In 7 trials (495 patients), cumulative 24 hours morphine consumption was decreased by 28% with ketamine (weighted mean difference -12.9 mg [-22.4 to -3.35], P = 0.002). In 7 trials (435 patients), the incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting was decreased by 44% with ketamine (risk ratio 0.56 [0.40 to 0.78], P < 0.001). There was no evidence of a difference in the incidence of respiratory adverse events (9 trials, 871 patients; risk ratio 0.31 [0.06 to 1.51], P = 0.08) or hallucination (7 trials, 690 patients; odds ratio 1.16 [0.47 to 2.79], P = 0.70). Trial sequential analyses confirmed the significant benefit of ketamine on pain intensity, cumulative morphine consumption, and postoperative nausea and vomiting and its inability to double the risk of hallucination. The available data did not allow us to make a conclusion on respiratory adverse events or to establish dose-responsiveness.
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23. Reply to Letter: "Epidural Analgesia and Postoperative Outcome-Clinical Recommendations?".
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Pöpping DM, Elia N, Van Aken HK, and Tramèr MR
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- Humans, Pain Measurement, Pain, Postoperative, Postoperative Period, Analgesia, Epidural, Analgesia, Patient-Controlled
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- 2016
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24. Efficacy of sugammadex for the reversal of moderate and deep rocuronium-induced neuromuscular block in patients pretreated with intravenous magnesium: a randomized controlled trial.
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Czarnetzki C, Tassonyi E, Lysakowski C, Elia N, and Tramèr MR
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- Adolescent, Adult, Androstanols adverse effects, Anesthesia Recovery Period, Double-Blind Method, Endpoint Determination, Female, Humans, Injections, Intravenous, Magnesium Sulfate administration & dosage, Magnesium Sulfate adverse effects, Male, Middle Aged, Monitoring, Intraoperative, Neuromuscular Nondepolarizing Agents adverse effects, Preanesthetic Medication, Rocuronium, Sugammadex, Young Adult, gamma-Cyclodextrins adverse effects, Androstanols antagonists & inhibitors, Magnesium Sulfate pharmacology, Neuromuscular Blockade adverse effects, Neuromuscular Nondepolarizing Agents antagonists & inhibitors, gamma-Cyclodextrins pharmacology
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Background: Magnesium enhances the effect of rocuronium. Sugammadex reverses rocuronium-induced neuromuscular block. The authors investigated whether magnesium decreased the efficacy of sugammadex for the reversal of rocuronium-induced neuromuscular block., Methods: Thirty-two male patients were randomized in a double-blinded manner to receive magnesium sulfate (MgSO4) 60 mg/kg or placebo intravenously before induction of anesthesia with propofol, sufentanil, and rocuronium 0.6 mg/kg. Neuromuscular transmission was monitored using TOF-Watch SX acceleromyography (Organon Ltd., Dublin, Ireland). In 16 patients, sugammadex 2 mg/kg was administered intravenously at reappearance of the second twitch of the train-of-four (moderate block). In 16 further patients, sugammadex 4 mg/kg was administered intravenously at posttetanic count 1 to 2 (deep block). Primary endpoint was recovery time from injection of sugammadex to normalized train-of-four ratio 0.9. Secondary endpoint was recovery time to final T1., Results: Average time for reversal of moderate block was 1.69 min (SD, 0.81) in patients pretreated with MgSO4 and 1.76 min (1.13) in those pretreated with placebo (P = 0.897). Average time for reversal of deep block was 1.77 min (0.83) in patients pretreated with MgSO4 and 1.98 min (0.58) in those pretreated with placebo (P = 0.572). Times to final T1 were longer compared with times to normalized train-of-four ratio 0.9, without any difference between patients pretreated with MgSO4 or placebo., Conclusion: Pretreatment with a single intravenous dose of MgSO4 60 mg/kg does not decrease the efficacy of recommended doses of sugammadex for the reversal of a moderate and deep neuromuscular block induced by an intubation dose of rocuronium.
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- 2014
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25. Impact of epidural analgesia on mortality and morbidity after surgery: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
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Pöpping DM, Elia N, Van Aken HK, Marret E, Schug SA, Kranke P, Wenk M, and Tramèr MR
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- Adult, Global Health, Humans, Morbidity trends, Prognosis, Surgical Procedures, Operative, Survival Rate trends, Analgesia, Epidural methods, Postoperative Complications epidemiology, Postoperative Complications prevention & control, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
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Objective: To quantify benefit and harm of epidural analgesia, compared with systemic opioid analgesia, in adults having surgery under general anesthesia., Background: It remains controversial whether adding epidural analgesia to general anesthesia decreases postoperative morbidity and mortality., Methods: We searched CENTRAL, EMBASE, PubMed, CINAHL, and BIOSIS till July 2012. We included randomized controlled trials comparing epidural analgesia (with local anesthetics, lasting for ≥ 24 hours postoperatively) with systemic analgesia in adults having surgery under general anesthesia, and reporting on mortality or any morbidity endpoint., Results: A total of 125 trials (9044 patients, 4525 received epidural analgesia) were eligible. In 10 trials (2201 patients; 87 deaths), reporting on mortality as a primary or secondary endpoint, the risk of death was decreased with epidural analgesia (3.1% vs 4.9%; odds ratio, 0.60; 95% confidence interval, 0.39-0.93). Epidural analgesia significantly decreased the risk of atrial fibrillation, supraventricular tachycardia, deep vein thrombosis, respiratory depression, atelectasis, pneumonia, ileus, and postoperative nausea and vomiting, and also improved recovery of bowel function, but significantly increased the risk of arterial hypotension, pruritus, urinary retention, and motor blockade. Technical failures occurred in 6.1% of patients., Conclusions: In adults having surgery under general anesthesia, concomitant epidural analgesia reduces postoperative mortality and improves a multitude of cardiovascular, respiratory, and gastrointestinal morbidity endpoints compared with patients receiving systemic analgesia. Because adverse effects and technical failures cannot be ruled out, individual risk-benefit analyses and professional care are recommended.
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- 2014
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Hovaguimian F, Lysakowski C, Elia N, and Tramèr MR
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- Humans, Lung physiology, Oxygen therapeutic use, Oxygen Inhalation Therapy methods, Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting prevention & control, Surgical Wound Infection prevention & control
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- 2014
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27. Effect of intraoperative high inspired oxygen fraction on surgical site infection, postoperative nausea and vomiting, and pulmonary function: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
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Hovaguimian F, Lysakowski C, Elia N, and Tramèr MR
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- Humans, Intraoperative Period, Lung physiology, Oxygen therapeutic use, Oxygen Inhalation Therapy methods, Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting prevention & control, Surgical Wound Infection prevention & control
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Background: Intraoperative high inspired oxygen fraction (FIO2) is thought to reduce the incidence of surgical site infection (SSI) and postoperative nausea and vomiting, and to promote postoperative atelectasis., Methods: The authors searched for randomized trials (till September 2012) comparing intraoperative high with normal FIO2 in adults undergoing surgery with general anesthesia and reporting on SSI, nausea or vomiting, or pulmonary outcomes., Results: The authors included 22 trials (7,001 patients) published in 26 reports. High FIO2 ranged from 80 to 100% (median, 80%); normal FIO2 ranged from 30 to 40% (median, 30%). In nine trials (5,103 patients, most received prophylactic antibiotics), the incidence of SSI decreased from 14.1% with normal FIO2 to 11.4% with high FIO2; risk ratio, 0.77 (95% CI, 0.59-1.00). After colorectal surgery, the incidence of SSI decreased from 19.3 to 15.2%; risk ratio, 0.78 (95% CI, 0.60-1.02). In 11 trials (2,293 patients), the incidence of nausea decreased from 24.8% with normal FIO2 to 19.5% with high FIO2; risk ratio, 0.79 (95% CI, 0.66-0.93). In patients receiving inhalational anesthetics without prophylactic antiemetics, high FIO2 provided a significant protective effect against both nausea and vomiting. Nine trials (3,698 patients) reported on pulmonary outcomes. The risk of atelectasis was not increased with high FIO2., Conclusions: Intraoperative high FIO2 further decreases the risk of SSI in surgical patients receiving prophylactic antibiotics, has a weak beneficial effect on nausea, and does not increase the risk of postoperative atelectasis.
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- 2013
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28. Combination of a reduced dose of an intrathecal local anesthetic with a small dose of an opioid: a meta-analysis of randomized trials.
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Pöpping DM, Elia N, Wenk M, and Tramèr MR
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- Databases, Factual statistics & numerical data, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Drug Therapy, Combination, Female, Humans, Hypertension drug therapy, Hypertension etiology, Injections, Spinal, Male, Pain complications, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Urinary Retention drug therapy, Urinary Retention etiology, Analgesics, Opioid therapeutic use, Anesthetics, Local administration & dosage, Pain drug therapy
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We tested whether the combination of a reduced dose of a local anesthetic (LA) with an opioid compared with a standard dose of the same LA alone guaranteed adequate intraoperative anesthesia and postoperative analgesia and decreased LA-related adverse effects. We systematically searched (to November 2012) for randomized comparisons of combinations of a reduced dose of an LA with a concomitant opioid (experimental) with a standard dose of the LA alone (control) in adults undergoing surgery with single-injection intrathecal anesthesia without general anesthesia. We included 28 trials (1393 patients). In experimental groups, the median decrease in LA doses was 40% (range, 12%-70%). There was no difference between experimental and control groups in the need for intraoperative opioids or general anesthesia for failed block or in the duration of postoperative analgesia. With experimental interventions, there was evidence of a reduction in the duration of motor blockade postoperatively (average, -50 minutes), time to discharge from hospital or PACU (-33 minutes), time to ambulation (-28 minutes), and time to urination (-14 minutes). There was also evidence of a decrease in the risk of shivering (risk ratio [RR]: 0.26; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.12-0.56), nausea (RR: 0.45; 95% CI: 0.31-0.66), and arterial hypotension (RR: 0.52; 95% CI: 0.35-0.78). The risk of pruritus was increased (RR: 11.7; 95% CI: 6.2-21.9). Adding an opioid to a reduced dose of an intrathecal LA can decrease LA-related adverse effects and improve recovery from the spinal block without compromising intraoperative anesthesia or duration of postoperative analgesia., (Copyright © 2013 International Association for the Study of Pain. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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29. Effect of perioperative systemic α2 agonists on postoperative morphine consumption and pain intensity: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
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Blaudszun G, Lysakowski C, Elia N, and Tramèr MR
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- Analgesics, Opioid administration & dosage, Analgesics, Opioid adverse effects, Anesthesia Recovery Period, Clonidine therapeutic use, Dexmedetomidine pharmacology, Hemodynamics drug effects, Humans, Hyperalgesia chemically induced, Hyperalgesia prevention & control, Hypotension chemically induced, Hypotension epidemiology, Morphine administration & dosage, Morphine adverse effects, Pain, Postoperative psychology, Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting drug therapy, Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting epidemiology, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Adrenergic alpha-2 Receptor Agonists therapeutic use, Analgesics, Opioid therapeutic use, Morphine therapeutic use, Pain Measurement drug effects, Pain, Postoperative drug therapy
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Background: Systemic α2 agonists are believed to reduce pain and opioid requirements after surgery, thus decreasing the incidence of opioid-related adverse effects, including hyperalgesia., Methods: The authors searched for randomized placebo-controlled trials testing systemic α2 agonists administrated in surgical patients and reporting on postoperative cumulative opioid consumption and/or pain intensity. Meta-analyses were performed when data from 5 or more trials and/or 100 or more patients could be combined., Results: Thirty studies (1,792 patients, 933 received clonidine or dexmedetomidine) were included. There was evidence of postoperative morphine-sparing at 24 h; the weighted mean difference was -4.1 mg (95% confidence interval, -6.0 to -2.2) with clonidine and -14.5 mg (-22.1 to -6.8) with dexmedetomidine. There was also evidence of a decrease in pain intensity at 24 h; the weighted mean difference was -0.7 cm (-1.2 to -0.1) on a 10-cm visual analog scale with clonidine and -0.6 cm (-0.9 to -0.2) with dexmedetomidine. The incidence of early nausea was decreased with both (number needed to treat, approximately nine). Clonidine increased the risk of intraoperative (number needed to harm, approximately nine) and postoperative hypotension (number needed to harm, 20). Dexmedetomidine increased the risk of postoperative bradycardia (number needed to harm, three). Recovery times were not prolonged. No trial reported on chronic pain or hyperalgesia., Conclusions: Perioperative systemic α2 agonists decrease postoperative opioid consumption, pain intensity, and nausea. Recovery times are not prolonged. Common adverse effects are bradycardia and arterial hypotension. The impact of α2 agonists on chronic pain or hyperalgesia remains unclear because valid data are lacking.
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30. Susceptibility to fraud in systematic reviews: lessons from the Reuben case.
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Marret E, Elia N, Dahl JB, McQuay HJ, Møiniche S, Moore RA, Straube S, and Tramèr MR
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- Analgesics adverse effects, Analgesics therapeutic use, Cyclooxygenase 2 Inhibitors adverse effects, Cyclooxygenase 2 Inhibitors therapeutic use, Humans, Pain, Postoperative drug therapy, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Treatment Outcome, Meta-Analysis as Topic, Review Literature as Topic, Scientific Misconduct
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Background: Dr. Scott Reuben allegedly fabricated data. The authors of the current article examined the impact of Reuben reports on conclusions of systematic reviews., Methods: The authors searched in ISI Web of Knowledge systematic reviews citing Reuben reports. Systematic reviews were grouped into one of three categories: I, only cited but did not include Reuben reports; II, retrieved and considered, but eventually excluded Reuben reports; III, included Reuben reports. For quantitative systematic reviews (i.e., meta-analyses), a relevant difference was defined as a significant result becoming nonsignificant (or vice versa) by excluding Reuben reports. For qualitative systematic reviews, each author decided independently whether noninclusion of Reuben reports would have changed conclusions., Results: Twenty-five systematic reviews (5 category I, 6 category II, 14 category III) cited 27 Reuben reports (published 1994-2007). Most tested analgesics in surgical patients. One of 6 quantitative category III reviews would have reached different conclusions without Reuben reports. In all 6 (30 subgroup analyses involving Reuben reports), exclusion of Reuben reports never made any difference when the number of patients from Reuben reports was less than 30% of all patients included in the analysis. Of 8 qualitative category III reviews, all authors agreed that one would certainly have reached different conclusions without Reuben reports. For another 4, the authors' judgment was not unanimous., Conclusions: Carefully performed systematic reviews proved robust against the impact of Reuben reports. Quantitative systematic reviews were vulnerable if the fraudulent data were more than 30% of the total. Qualitative systematic reviews seemed at greater risk than quantitative.
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31. Clonidine as an adjuvant to local anesthetics for peripheral nerve and plexus blocks: a meta-analysis of randomized trials.
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Pöpping DM, Elia N, Marret E, Wenk M, and Tramèr MR
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- Axilla, Humans, Motor Neurons drug effects, Pain, Postoperative drug therapy, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Sensory Receptor Cells drug effects, Treatment Outcome, Adjuvants, Anesthesia adverse effects, Anesthetics, Local, Clonidine adverse effects, Nerve Block, Peripheral Nerves drug effects
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The effect of adding clonidine to local anesthetics for nerve or plexus blocks remains unclear. The authors searched for randomized placebo-controlled trials testing the impact of adding clonidine to local anesthetics for peripheral single-injection nerve or plexus blocks in adults undergoing any surgery (except eye) without general anesthesia. Twenty trials (1,054 patients, 573 received clonidine) published 1992-2006 tested plexus (14 brachial, 1 cervical) and nerve blocks (2 sciatic/femoral, 1 midhumeral, 1 ilioinguinal/iliohypogastric, 1 ankle). Clonidine doses ranged from 30 to 300 microg; most patients received 150 microg. Clonidine prolonged the duration of postoperative analgesia (weighted mean difference 122 min; 95% confidence interval [CI] 74-169), sensory block (weighted mean difference 74 min; 95% CI 37-111), and motor block (weighted mean difference 141 min; 95% CI 82-199). In a subgroup of patients receiving an axillary plexus block, these effects were independent of whether clonidine was added to an intermediate or a long-acting local anesthetic. Clonidine increased the risk of arterial hypotension (odds ratio 3.61; 95% CI 1.52-8.55; number-needed-to-harm 11), orthostatic hypotension or fainting (odds ratio 5.07; 95% CI 1.20-21.4; number-needed-to-harm 10), bradycardia (odds ratio 3.09; 95% CI 1.10-8.64; number-needed-to-harm 13), and sedation (odds ratio 2.28; 95% CI 1.15-4.51; number-needed-to-harm 5). There was a lack of evidence of dose-responsiveness for beneficial or harmful effects. Clonidine added to intermediate or long-acting local anesthetics for single-shot peripheral nerve or plexus blocks prolongs duration of analgesia and motor block by about 2 h. The increased risk of hypotension, fainting, and sedation may limit its usefulness. Dose-responsiveness remains unclear.
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32. Ketamine and postoperative pain--a quantitative systematic review of randomised trials.
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Elia N and Tramèr MR
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- Adult, Age Factors, Analgesics adverse effects, Child, Drug Administration Routes, Hallucinations chemically induced, Humans, Ketamine adverse effects, MEDLINE statistics & numerical data, Pain Measurement, Pain, Postoperative physiopathology, Pain, Postoperative psychology, Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting, Reproducibility of Results, Risk, Time Factors, Weights and Measures, Analgesics therapeutic use, Ketamine therapeutic use, Pain, Postoperative drug therapy, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic methods
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Ketamine, an N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist, is known to be analgesic and to induce psychomimetic effects. Benefits and risks of ketamine for the control of postoperative pain are not well understood. We systematically searched for randomised comparisons of ketamine with inactive controls in surgical patients, reporting on pain outcomes, opioid sparing, and adverse effects. Data were combined using a fixed effect model. Fifty-three trials (2839 patients) from 25 countries reported on a large variety of different ketamine regimens and surgical settings. Sixteen studies tested prophylactic intravenous ketamine (median dose 0.4 mg/kg, range (0.1-1.6)) in 850 adults. Weighted mean difference (WMD) for postoperative pain intensity (0-10 cm visual analogue scale) was -0.89 cm at 6 h, -0.42 at 12 h, -0.35 at 24 h and -0.27 at 48 h. Cumulative morphine consumption at 24 h was significantly decreased with ketamine (WMD -15.7 mg). There was no difference in morphine-related adverse effects. The other 37 trials tested in adults or children, prophylactic or therapeutic ketamine orally, intramuscularly, subcutaneously, intra-articulary, caudally, epidurally, transdermally, peripherally or added to a PCA device; meta-analyses were deemed inappropriate. The highest risk of hallucinations was in awake or sedated patients receiving ketamine without benzodiazepine; compared with controls, the odds ratio (OR) was 2.32 (95%CI, 1.09-4.92), number-needed-to-harm (NNH) 21. In patients undergoing general anaesthesia, the incidence of hallucinations was low and independent of benzodiazepine premedication; OR 1.49 (95%CI 0.18-12.6), NNH 286. Despite many published randomised trials, the role of ketamine, as a component of perioperative analgesia, remains unclear.
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33. Influence of the type and rate of subarachnoid fluid infusion on lethal neurogenic pulmonary edema in rats.
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Walder B, Bründler MA, Tötsch M, Elia N, and Morel DR
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- Animals, Blood Gas Analysis, Blood Pressure physiology, Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid cytology, Carbon Dioxide blood, Cerebrovascular Circulation drug effects, Cisterna Magna, Craniotomy adverse effects, Injections, Intracranial Hemorrhages etiology, Intracranial Hemorrhages physiopathology, Intracranial Pressure physiology, Male, Rats, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Respiratory Function Tests, Serum Albumin adverse effects, Survival Analysis, Tissue Distribution, Transfusion Reaction, Pulmonary Edema pathology, Subarachnoid Space physiology
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In patients who experience sudden death from spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage, more than 90% present with acute pulmonary edema. The underlying pathogenesis of this complication is poorly understood. In addition, the specific role of the extravasated blood products and the associated elevation in intracranial pressure leading to the systemic and pulmonary effects during subarachnoid hemorrhage are not well established. The authors tested a new model of acute and severe subarachnoid hemorrhage comparing fresh whole autologous blood (n = 20) with 5% albumin (n = 19) injected at two different rates (35 seconds versus 24 minutes) into the cisterna magna of anesthetized, mechanically ventilated rats. Cerebral and systemic hemodynamics and the corresponding pulmonary function were evaluated. The type of fluid injected had no influence on survival or hemodynamic and respiratory parameters. Rapid infusion of either blood or albumin (n = 14) produced an acute and transient rise in intracranial pressure (37.9 +/- 3.5 mm Hg) associated with systemic hypertension and increased cerebral perfusion pressure that was sustained in survivors but not in nonsurvivors. Slow infusion (n = 23) produced a more progressive increase in intracranial pressure to 31.2 +/- 7.1 mm Hg with a parallel and sustained increase of systemic blood pressure and preserved cerebral perfusion pressure in survivors, but produced a pattern of more severe hypertension followed by hypotension in nonsurvivors. Sixty-four percent of animals (rapid infusion) and 48% of animals (slow infusion) survived the challenge and presented no pulmonary alterations. In contrast, nonsurviving rats developed reduced lung compliance and gas exchange, an increased alveolar-arterial protein concentration ratio (0.36 +/- 0.02 versus 0.17 +/- 0.03 in survivors; P <.0001), and increased lung weight (5.7 +/- 0.3 g versus 2.0 +/- 0.1 g; P <.0001), demonstrating a fulminant increased permeability pulmonary edema, leading to death within one hour. These results indicate that the chosen rapid- and slow-injection rates resulted in a similar death rate of 50%. Mortality was similar for blood and albumin administration, pulmonary edema occurred in nonsurvivors in both the rapid- and slow-injection groups, and pulmonary edema is associated with more severe hypertension in the slow-injection group. Furthermore, these results suggest that the development of neurogenic pulmonary edema that is characterized by an acutely increased capillary permeability to proteins is independent of the degree of intracranial pressure increase or the type of fluid administrated.
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34. A lack of evidence of superiority of propofol versus midazolam for sedation in mechanically ventilated critically ill patients: a qualitative and quantitative systematic review.
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Walder B, Elia N, Henzi I, Romand JR, and Tramèr MR
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- Humans, Hypnotics and Sedatives adverse effects, Midazolam adverse effects, Propofol adverse effects, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Time Factors, Ventilator Weaning, Critical Care, Critical Illness therapy, Hypnotics and Sedatives therapeutic use, Midazolam therapeutic use, Propofol therapeutic use, Respiration, Artificial
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Unlabelled: Propofol and midazolam are often used for sedation in the intensive care unit. The aim of this systematic review was to estimate the efficacy and harm of propofol versus midazolam in mechanically ventilated patients. A systematic search (Medline, Cochrane Library, Embase, bibliographies), any language, up to June 1999 was performed for reports of randomized comparisons of propofol with midazolam. Data from 27 trials (1624 adults) were analyzed. The average duration of sedation varied between 4 and 339 h. In 10 trials, the duration of adequate sedation was longer with propofol (weighted mean difference 2.9 h; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.2-5.6 h). In 13 trials (mostly postoperative), sedation lasted 4 to 35 h; in 9 of those, average weaning time from mechanical ventilation with propofol was 0.8-4.3 h; with midazolam it was 1.5-7.2 h (weighted mean difference 2.2 h [95% CI, 0.8 to 3.7 h]). In 8 trials, sedation lasted 54 to 339 h; there was a lack of evidence for difference in weaning times. Arterial hypotension (relative risk 2.5 [95% CI, 1.3 to 4.5]; number-needed-to-treat, 12), and hypertriglyceridemia (relative risk 12.1 [95%CI, 2.9 to 49.7]; number-needed-to-treat, 6) occurred more often with propofol. The duration of adequate sedation time is longer with propofol compared with midazolam. In postoperative patients with sedation <36 h, weaning is faster with propofol., Implications: The duration of adequate sedation time is longer with propofol compared with midazolam. In postoperative patients with sedation < 36 h, weaning is faster with propofol.
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