27 results on '"Kohei, Murao"'
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2. [Anesthetic Management for a Patient with Stiff-person Syndrome]
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Kumiko, Nakamura, Kohei, Murao, Michiyo, Kimoto-Shirakawa, Kazuyo, Takahira, Farah, Toorabally, and Koh, Shingu
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Glutamate Decarboxylase ,Posture ,Humans ,Anesthesia ,Female ,Stiff-Person Syndrome ,Middle Aged - Abstract
The stiff-person syndrome (SPS) is a rare autoimmune neurologic disorder that affects the gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) mediated inhibitory network in the central nervous system with anti-glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) antibodies. SPS is characterized by muscle rigidity and painful episodic spasms in axial and lower limb muscles. This case report describes successful peri-operative management of a 61-year-old female (height, 158 cm; weight, 60 kg, ASA-PS 2) with her right upper arm fracture who was scheduled for open reduction and internal fixation. This patient had bulbar paralysis, dysphagia and muscle rigidity associated with a high titer of anti-GAD auto antibodies (2,800 U x ml(-1)). She was diagnosed as SPS and has been treated with predonisolone (30 mg x day(-1)) and diazepam (20 mg x day(-1)) for 1 year. Predonisolone (15 mg) and diazepam (30 mg) was given orally before induction of general anesthesia with propofol, remifentanil and rocuronium bromide. Posture change from supine to beach-chair position led to sudden drop in blood pressure to 38/25 mmHg, which recovered promptly by injecting intravenous ephedrine hydrochloride (28 mg) and hydrocortisone (100 mg). Postanesthetic course was uneventful without postoperative neurologic abnormalities.
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- 2016
3. Effect of cricoid pressure on the ease of fibrescope-aided tracheal intubation
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Sachiko Johmura, Kohei Murao, Takashi Asai, and Koh Shingu
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Adult ,Epiglottis ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Tracheal tube ,Cricoid Cartilage ,Cricoid cartilage ,Intubation, Intratracheal ,Pressure ,medicine ,Fiber Optic Technology ,Humans ,Intubation ,Cricoid pressure ,Aged ,business.industry ,Tracheal intubation ,Pharynx ,Arytenoid cartilage ,Middle Aged ,respiratory system ,Surgery ,Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Anesthesia ,business - Abstract
We studied the reasons for difficulty with tracheal intubation over a fibrescope, and whether cricoid pressure facilitated intubation, in 50 patients. After induction of anaesthesia and neuromuscular blockade in 10 patients (phase 1), we attempted to clarify the reasons for difficulty in advancing a tracheal tube over an orally-inserted fibrescope, by observing through another fibrescope that was inserted nasally into the pharynx. In the next 40 patients (phase 2), we studied the effect of cricoid pressure on the success rate of tracheal intubation over the fibrescope. After a fibrescope (with a tracheal tube over it) had been inserted orally into the trachea, patients were randomly allocated to receive either criocoid pressure or sham pressure, and the success rate of intubation within 60 s was assessed. In phase 1, the tube was advanced into the trachea without difficulty in three of 10 patients. In the remaining seven patients, the tube impacted on the epiglottis in one patient and on the arytenoid cartilage in another two patients, and the tube migrated into the hypopharynx in the remaining four patients. In phase 2, tracheal intubation was successful within 60 s in seven of 21 patients (33%) without cricoid pressure, compared with 12 of 19 patients (63%) when cricoid pressure was applied (95% CI for difference 2-59%; p = 0.04). We conclude that cricoid pressure facilitates fibrescope-aided tracheal intubation.
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- 2002
4. Anticonvulsant effects of sevoflurane on amygdaloid kindling and bicuculline-induced seizures in cats: comparison with isoflurane and halothane
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Shinichi Nakao, Makiko Yamada, Kohei Murao, Etsuko Miyamoto, Koh Shingu, Munehiro Masuzawa, and Sakahiro Ikeda
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Minimum alveolar concentration ,CATS ,Midbrain reticular formation ,business.industry ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Bicuculline ,Sevoflurane ,Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine ,Anticonvulsant ,Isoflurane ,Anesthesia ,medicine ,Halothane ,business ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Purpose. We compared the anticonvulsant effects of sevoflurane with those of isoflurane and halothane in amygdaloid kindling and bicuculline-induced seizures in cats. Methods. In a crossover design, the effects of 70% nitrous oxide, and 0.3, 0.6, and 1.5 minimum alveolar concentration (MAC) of volatile anesthetics were studied in five cats in which the amygdala was electrically stimulated at the current used for establishing the kindled state. The effects of 0.6 and 1.5 MAC of volatile anesthetics were studied in another five cats, in which 0.2 mg·kg−1 of bicuculline was administered IV. Results. In the amygdaloid kindling model, all four anesthetics decreased the duration of after-discharge (AD), the rise of multiunit activity in midbrain reticular formation (R-MUA), and the behavior scores compared with findings without anesthetics. Halothane, at 1.5 MAC, significantly decreased the number of cats showing AD (P < 0.05). In the bicuculline-induced seizure model, all five cats showed repetitive spikes during 1.5 MAC of sevoflurane, whereas only two and three cats, respectively, showed the repetitive spikes during 1.5 MAC of isoflurane and halothane. All three volatile anesthetics decreased the rise of R-MUA, the duration of the repetitive spikes, and the behavior scores. The suppression of the rise in R-MUA and the behavior scores with 1.5 MAC of sevoflurane was significantly less than that with 1.5 MAC of isoflurane. Conclusion. The anticonvulsant effects of sevoflurane were less potent than those of halothane in the amygdaloid kindling model and less potent than those of isoflurane in the bicuculline-induced seizure model.
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- 2002
5. Efficacy of the laryngeal tube during intermittent positive-pressure ventilation
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Kohei Murao, Takashi Asai, and Koh Shingu
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Artificial ventilation ,Larynx ,Laryngeal tube ,medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Positive pressure ,respiratory system ,respiratory tract diseases ,Surgery ,Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Anesthesia ,Breathing ,Medicine ,Airway management ,business ,Airway ,Tidal volume - Abstract
We studied the efficacy of the laryngeal tube (VBM, Germany) during intermittent positive-pressure ventilation in 50 patients. After induction of anaesthesia and neuromuscular blockade, a size 4 laryngeal tube was inserted for patients of height 155 cm or greater. After insertion of the laryngeal tube, its pharyngeal and oesophageal balloons were inflated to an intracuff pressure of 60 cmH2O. An Ambu self-inflating bag was attached to the laryngeal tube and the lungs were ventilated manually at 15 breath.min−1. It was possible to ventilate the lungs at the first attempt in 47 patients (94%). The airway pressure at which air leaked around the laryngeal tube exceeded 18 cmH2O in 41 patients (82%), and was > 30 cmH2O in 25 (50%). Median [interquartile range (range)] leak pressure was 30 [20–30 (6 to > 30)] cmH2O. Median [interquartile range (range)] tidal volume was 587 [533–653 (133–800)] ml or 8.8 [8.2–10.6 (1.9–12.6)] ml.kg−1. We conclude that the laryngeal tube has a potential role in airway management during intermittent positive-pressure ventilation for anaesthesia or cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
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- 2000
6. Intubating laryngeal mask for fibreoptic intubation — particularly useful during neck stabilization
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Yoshitaka Eguchi, Koh Shingu, Takashi Asai, Kohei Murao, and Tateki Niitsu
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Larynx ,medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Laryngeal Masks ,Fentanyl ,Intubation, Intratracheal ,Prone Position ,medicine ,Fiber Optic Technology ,Humans ,Intubation ,business.industry ,Tracheal intubation ,Occiput ,General Medicine ,Surgery ,Prone position ,Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Head Movements ,Anesthesia ,Anesthesia, Inhalation ,Propofol ,business ,Neck ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Purpose: To assess the ease of fibrescope-assisted tracheal intubation while the patient’s head and neck were placed in the neutral or the manual in-line position, and to determine if the intubating laryngeal mask facilitated fibreoptic intubation in these positions. Methods: In 84 patients, the patient’s head and neck were placed in the neutral position (pillow placed under occiput), and in another 40 patients the head and neck were stabilized by the manual in-line method (no pillows under occiput). In both groups, after induction of anesthesia with 2.0 – 2.5 mg·kg−1 propofol, 50 – 100µg fentanyl and 1.0 mg·kg−1 vecuronium, patients were allocated randomly into two groups: in Group C tracheal intubation was attempted using only a fibrescope, whereas in Group L fibreoptic intubation through the intubating laryngeal mask was attempted. Results: In group C the success rate of fibreoptic tracheal intubation within two minutes was higher in the neutral position (31 of 42 patients (73%) than in the manual in-line position (8 of 20 patients (40%)). In contrast, in group L the success rate was similar between the two positions. Tracheal intubation was easier in group L than in group C (P
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- 2000
7. Cricoid pressure applied after placement of laryngeal mask impedes subsequent fibreoptic tracheal intubation through mask†
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Kohei Murao, Takashi Asai, and Koh Shingu
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Larynx ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Glottis ,business.industry ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Tracheal intubation ,Fibreoptic bronchoscope ,Mascara ,respiratory system ,Surgery ,Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Cricoid cartilage ,Anesthesia ,medicine ,Intubation ,Cricoid pressure ,business - Abstract
We studied 70 patients to see if cricoid pressure applied after insertion of the laryngeal mask altered the success rate of tracheal intubation through the mask. After induction of anaesthesia and neuromuscular blockade, patients were randomly allocated to have either cricoid pressure (Group C) or sham pressure (Group S). The view of the glottis through the laryngeal mask was assessed before and after the test pressure, and tracheal intubation through the mask was attempted using a fibreoptic bronchoscope. The test pressure did not alter the view of the glottis in any patient in group S, whereas it narrowed the glottic aperture in 16 out of 35 patients in group C. The fibrescope was inserted into the trachea in all patients in group S and in 25 patients in group C. The success rate of tracheal intubation in group S (31 patients) was significantly higher than in group C (21 patients, P
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- 2000
8. Ease of tracheal intubation through the intubating laryngeal mask during manual in-line head and neck stabilisation
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Koh Shingu, Kohei Murao, Takashi Asai, and T. Tsutsumi
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Adult ,Male ,Methyl Ethers ,Larynx ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Time Factors ,Visual analogue scale ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Nitrous Oxide ,Mascara ,Laryngoscopes ,Laryngeal Masks ,Sevoflurane ,Humans ,Medicine ,Intubation ,In patient ,Head and neck ,Propofol ,Aged ,business.industry ,Tracheal intubation ,Middle Aged ,respiratory system ,Surgery ,Treatment Outcome ,Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Anesthesia ,Anesthetics, Inhalation ,Equipment Failure ,Female ,business ,Complication ,Anesthetics, Intravenous - Abstract
We studied 40 anaesthetised and paralysed patients, in a randomised manner, to compare the ease of tracheal intubation either using a Macintosh laryngoscope and gum elastic bougie (group C) with the ease of tracheal intubation through the intubating laryngeal mask using a fibreoptic bronchoscope (group L), during manual in-line stabilisation of the patient's head and neck. In both groups, a maximum of 120 s was allowed for attempts at tracheal intubation. The ease of placement of the intubating laryngeal mask or tracheal intubation was assessed using a 100-mm visual analogue scale (VAS). In patients in whom tracheal intubation succeeded, time for intubation was measured. The intubating laryngeal mask was placed successfully in 19 of 20 patients, with the median VAS of 18 mm (95% CI: 13–32 mm). The success rate of tracheal intubation in group L (17 patients) was significantly higher than in group C (nine patients) (p
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- 2000
9. The Anticonvulsant Effects of Volatile Anesthetics on Lidocaine-Induced Seizures in Cats
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Koichi Tsushima, Kohei Murao, Kazuyo Takahira, Shin-ichi Nakao, Koh Shingu, and Sakahiro Ikeda
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Methyl Ethers ,Lidocaine ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Status epilepticus ,Sevoflurane ,Stereotaxic Techniques ,Epilepsy ,Status Epilepticus ,Animals ,Medicine ,Anesthetics, Local ,business.industry ,Electroencephalography ,medicine.disease ,Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine ,Anticonvulsant ,Isoflurane ,Anesthesia ,Anesthetics, Inhalation ,Stereotaxic technique ,Cats ,Anticonvulsants ,Blood Gas Analysis ,Halothane ,medicine.symptom ,business ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Large concentrations of sevoflurane and isoflurane, but not halothane, induce spikes in the electroencephalogram. To elucidate whether these proconvulsant effects affect lidocaine-induced seizures, we compared the effects of sevoflurane, isoflurane, and halothane in cats. Fifty animals were allocated to 1 of 10 groups: 70% nitrous oxide (N2O), 0.6 minimum alveolar anesthetic concentration (MAC) + 70% N2O, 1.5 MAC + 70% N2O, and 1.5 MAC of each volatile agent in oxygen. Lidocaine 4 mg x kg(-1) x min(-1) was infused IV under mechanical ventilation with muscle relaxation. Electroencephalogram in the cortex, amygdala, and hippocampus and multiunit activities in the midbrain reticular formation (R-MUA) were recorded. Lidocaine induced spikes first from the amygdala or hippocampus in the 70% N2O and halothane groups and from the cortex in the sevoflurane and isoflurane groups. Lidocaine induced seizures in all cats in the 70% N2O and 0.6 MAC + N2O groups. Seizure occurrence was reduced in the 1.5 MAC + N2O group (P0.05 versus 70% N2O). The onset of seizure was delayed in the 0.6 MAC + N2O and 1.5 MAC groups for sevoflurane and isoflurane, but not for halothane, compared with the 70% N2O group (P0.05). Lidocaine increased R-MUA with seizure by 130%+/-56% in the 70% N2O group. The increase of R-MUA with seizure was more suppressed in the volatile anesthetic groups than in the 70% N2O group (P0.05). In the present study, sevoflurane and isoflurane attenuated seizure when the blood lidocaine concentration was accidentally increased.Increasingly, epidural blockade is combined with general anesthesia to achieve stress-free anesthesia and continuous pain relief in the postoperative period. In the present study, sevoflurane and isoflurane attenuated seizure when the blood lidocaine concentration was accidentally increased.
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- 2000
10. A comparison between sevoflurane and propofol when combined with continuous epidural blockade in adult patients
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Kohei Murao, Heiji Okuda, Hitoshi Taguchi, Koichi Tsushima, Koh Shingu, and Izumi Fukunaka
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Blood pressure control ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adult patients ,business.industry ,Pain medicine ,Epidural blockade ,Sevoflurane ,Surgery ,Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine ,Continuous noninvasive arterial pressure ,Anesthesiology ,Anesthesia ,medicine ,Propofol ,business ,medicine.drug - Abstract
The effects of sevoflurane and propofol, in combination with continuous epidural blockade, on blood pressure control and time of recovery from anesthesia were compared.Adult patients were allocated to either a sevoflurane (n=54) or a propofol (n=64) group. Anesthesia was induced with either inhalation of 5% sevoflurane or intravenous administration of 2 mg·kgThe number of cases requiring a change in the dose of either anesthetics or vasoactive agents was not different between the groups. However, the arterial pressure and heart rate were more stable in the propofol group than in the sevoflurane group (P0.05). The length of time before tracheal extubation was shorter in the sevoflurane group (10.4±5.2 min, mean±SD) than the propofol group (15.0±11.2 min,P0.05).Propofol anesthesia, in combination with continuous epidural blockade, results in more stable intraoperative hemodynamics than sevoflurane anesthesia, but requries a longer recovery time and results in larger interindividual variability than sevoflurane anesthesia.
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- 1998
11. Suppressive actions of volatile anaesthetics on the response capability in cats
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Hiromi Kimura, Sakahiro Ikeda, Koh Shingu, Koichi Tsushima, Kohei Murao, and Koh Yamada
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Methyl Ethers ,genetic structures ,Central nervous system ,Blood Pressure ,Anesthesia, General ,Stimulus (physiology) ,Sevoflurane ,Heart Rate ,medicine ,Carnivora ,Animals ,CATS ,Isoflurane ,biology ,business.industry ,Reticular Formation ,Fissipedia ,Hemodynamics ,Brain ,Electroencephalography ,General Medicine ,biology.organism_classification ,Sciatic Nerve ,Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Anesthesia ,Anesthetics, Inhalation ,Cats ,Halothane ,business ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Suppression of response to a given stimulus by anaesthetics might be considered as a summation of the suppression of basal (pre-stimulus) activity and response capability (increased by stimulus). Anaesthetic suppression of each component in brain and cardiovascular variables by halothane, isoflurane or sevoflurane was compared in cats.Thirty cats were allocated to one of three groups (n = 10 in each) according to the anaesthetic given. The sciatic nerve was stimulated after maintaining the end-tidal concentration of the anaesthetic at 1.3 or 2.0 MAC for at least 30 min. Cortical electroencephalogram (EEG), multi-unit activity in the mid-brain reticular formation (R-MUA), mean arterial pressure (MAP) and heart rate (HR) were measured before and after electrical sciatic nerve stimulation.The EEG patterns and R-MUA indicated greater suppression of activity in the brain by isoflurane (31 +/- 4% of awake state at 1.3 MAC, mean +/- SEM) and sevoflurane (38 +/- 5%) than by halothane (61 +/- 5%, P0.05), before stimulation. The R-MUA following the stimulation was not different among agents. The MAP and HR were not different among groups before stimulation, but following stimulation were greater in the sevoflurane group (137 +/- 9 and 103 +/- 9 mmHg at 1.3 and 2.0 MAC) than in the halothane group (103 +/- 5 and 76 +/- 3 mmHg, P0.05).Isoflurane and sevoflurane have greater suppressive action on the basal CNS activity than halothane at the same MAC, and that these two anaesthetics have a weak suppressive action on the response capability to peripheral stimulation.
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- 1998
12. Successful management of cesarean section in a patient with Romano–Ward syndrome using landiolol, a selective and short-acting β1 receptor antagonist
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Makiko Yamada, Tomoko Kanoda, Kozue Kubo, Koh Shingu, Kohei Murao, and Shinichi Nakao
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Adult ,Tachycardia ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Morpholines ,Romano-Ward Syndrome ,Adrenergic beta-Antagonists ,Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular ,QT interval ,Sudden death ,Electrocardiography ,Pregnancy ,Internal medicine ,Heart rate ,medicine ,Humans ,Urea ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,Cesarean Section ,business.industry ,Landiolol ,medicine.disease ,Romano–Ward syndrome ,Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine ,Blood pressure ,Anesthesia ,Cardiology ,Female ,medicine.symptom ,business ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Romano-Ward (R-W) syndrome is an autosomal dominant hereditary disorder and is characterized by a prolonged QT interval on the electrocardiogram (ECG), syncope, and sudden death. We report here a case of cesarian section in a patient with R-W syndrome whose QT prolongation was successfully managed with landiolol, a selective beta1 receptor blocker. A 25-year-old woman with R-W syndrome was scheduled for cesarean section. In the operating room, the patient's ECG showed tachycardia (102 beats x min(-1)) and marked QT prolongation (QTc = 0.56 s). After spinal anesthesia, the patient's heart rate (HR) increased to 130 beats/min accompanied by a slight decrease in arterial blood pressure to 97/57 mmHg and the QTc was prolonged to 0.57 s. Landiolol was continuously infused at a rate of 0.04 mg.kg(-1) x min(-1) and the HR gradually decreased to 80-90 beats x min(-1) accompanied by the normalization of QTc to 0.48 s. We thought that the use of landiolol was more rational and was preferable to a nonselective beta receptor blocker for a term-pregnant woman because blockade of the beta2 receptor might cause uterine contraction. After the use of landiolol, intraoperative and postoperative courses in both the patient and the baby were uneventful.
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- 2005
13. Efficacy of the ProSeal® laryngeal mask airway during manual in-line stabilisation of the neck
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Koh Shingu, Kohei Murao, and Takashi Asai
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Adult ,Male ,Larynx ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Mascara ,Aspiration pneumonia ,Pneumonia, Aspiration ,Laryngeal Masks ,Neck Injuries ,Immobilization ,Laryngeal mask airway ,Humans ,Medicine ,Cardiopulmonary resuscitation ,Aged ,Air Pressure ,Neuromuscular Blockade ,Cross-Over Studies ,business.industry ,Equipment Design ,Middle Aged ,respiratory system ,medicine.disease ,respiratory tract diseases ,Surgery ,Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Pulmonary aspiration ,Anesthesia ,Female ,Airway ,business ,Neck - Abstract
Summary The laryngeal mask airway has a potential role during cardiopulmonary resuscitation, but its placement becomes more difficult during manual in-line stabilisation of the neck, and the device cannot reliably prevent pulmonary aspiration. The ProSeal® laryngeal mask airway has a theoretical advantage of reducing aspiration because of its drainage tube, but its ease of placement during stabilisation of the neck is unknown. We studied 20 patients to compare ease of placement and the sealing effect between the standard and ProSeal® laryngeal mask airways. In a randomised cross-over fashion, after induction of anaesthesia and neuromuscular blockade, the standard and ProSeal® laryngeal mask airways were placed in turn. Placement was significantly easier for the ProSeal® laryngeal mask airway (successful at the first attempt in 16 patients and at the second attempt in the remaining four patients) than for the laryngeal mask airway (successful at the first attempt in 12 of 20 patients and at the second attempt in three patients, and failed (> two attempts) in the remaining five patients; p = 0.04). The airway pressure at which gas leaked around the device was greater forthe ProSeal® than the laryngeal mask airway (mean difference 5.8 cmH2O; 95% CI 2.9–8.7 cmH2O; p = 0.0008).
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- 2002
14. An antagonistic effect of esmolol on beta-3 adrenoceptor in brown adipose tissue in rats
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Koh Shingu, Makiko Yamada, Shinichi Nakao, Ryouko Uda, Kohei Murao, and Koh Yamada
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Beta-3 adrenergic receptor ,medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,Adrenergic ,Adipose tissue ,Propranolol ,Esmolol ,Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Endocrinology ,Anesthesia ,Internal medicine ,Brown adipose tissue ,medicine ,Adrenergic antagonist ,business ,Thermogenesis ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Esmolol is used in clinical practice as a beta-1 adrenergic antagonist in Europe and North America, but it is still under investigation in Japan. It has a high specificity for beta-1 adrenoceptors relative to the beta-2 subtype. When the antagonizing effect to isoproterenol-induced increase in heart rate (beta-1) or bronchodilation (beta2) is calculated, the ratio of esmolol is reported to be 42.7, which is higher than that of propranolol (0.85) [1]. Based on its high specificity for beta-1 adrenoceptors, esmolol can be used for the treatment of tachycardia in patients with bronchial asthma. Another adrenoceptor subtype, the beta-3 receptor, was found, and its molecular structure was reported by Emorine et al. [2] in 1989. Beta-3 adrenoceptors play roles in thermogenesis, lipolysis, anti-obesity function, and anti-diabetic function, and their genetic variation has been correlated with hereditary obesity and diabetogenesis [3]. Furthermore, their functions in the cardiovascular system have recently been studied [4]. Although the affinities and effects of various drugs affecting beta-adrenoceptors on the beta-3 subtype have been investigated, the effect of esmolol has not been reported, to our knowledge. Beta3 adrenoceptors are distributed in adipose tissues with a high density, and beta-3 adrenergic agonists increase temperature to a greater extent in the interscapular brown adipose tissue than in the rectum in rats [5,6]. In the present study, we investigated the effect of esmolol on the beta-3 adrenoceptors by studying the temperature difference between the interscapular brown adipose tissue and the rectum in rats. The study was approved by our Institutional Animal Care Committee. Forty-five Wistar rats, weighing 200‐300 g, were used. The rats were anesthetized with pentobarbital, 50 mg·kg 1 i.p. A polyethylene catheter (0.9-mm-diameter) was placed in the femoral vein. Thermistor probes were inserted into the interscapular
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- 2002
15. Use of the Laryngeal Mask Airway in Laboratory Cats
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Koh Shingu, Takashi Asai, Kohei Murao, and Takeshi Katoh
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Larynx ,medicine.medical_specialty ,CATS ,business.industry ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Mascara ,Laryngeal Masks ,Surgery ,Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Laryngeal mask airway ,Anesthesia ,Cats ,medicine ,Animals ,Intubation ,business ,Complication - Published
- 1998
16. [Insertion of a laryngeal mask airway before removal of a nasotracheal tube in a patient after anterior spine surgery]
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Takeshi, Umegaki, Kohei, Murao, Takashi, Asai, and Koh, Shingu
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Adult ,Male ,Spinal Osteophytosis ,Cervical Vertebrae ,Intubation, Intratracheal ,Humans ,Anesthesia ,Laryngeal Masks - Abstract
A 19-year-old man with cervical spondylosis (C4-C6) was scheduled for an anterior spine surgery. Anesthesia was induced with propofol and fentanyl, and nasotracheal intubation was performed without difficulty after vecuronium administration. Anesthesia was maintained with sevoflurane and nitrous oxide in oxygen supplemented with fentanyl. No complications were observed during the operation. After surgery, the patient's head and neck were stabilized by a halo-vest, and we attempted to minimize stress responses associated with tracheal extubation. While the patient was still deeply anesthetized, and the nasotracheal tube was in place, a laryngeal mask airway (LMA) was placed without difficulty. After confirming correct position of the LMA, the nasotracheal tube was removed without body movement or coughing. Removal of the LMA was safely performed after recovery of the patient's respiration and consciousness. We believe that the laryngeal mask airway is useful during emergence from anesthesia in the patient whose trachea is intubated nasally.
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- 2006
17. [Anesthetic management of an 18-trisomy neonate with high frequency ventilation]
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Michiyo, Kimoto, Kohei, Murao, Makiko, Yamada, Masayuki, Teraguchi, Atsushi, Ohashi, Akiko, Takeyasu, Shinichi, Nakao, and Koh, Shingu
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Male ,Pulmonary Veins ,Face ,Heart Ventricles ,Infant, Newborn ,High-Frequency Ventilation ,Humans ,Abnormalities, Multiple ,Anesthesia ,Trisomy ,Chromosomes, Human, Pair 18 ,Hernia, Umbilical - Abstract
Neonates with 18-trisomy syndrome have various anomalies including cardiac and facial anomalies. Active treatments for them have not been recommended due to a low survival over one year which is less than 10%. However, the survival over one year in our institute between 1985 and 2003 is higher at 22%, and we had a patient with survival of over 5 years. We report a case of anesthetic management in a male 18-trisomy neonate who received a radical repair of umbilical hernia immediately after his birth. Tracheal intubation was difficult due to small airway and facial anomalies; cleft clip, cleft palate, and macrognathia. Conventional ventilation was ineffective for elimination of carbon dioxide and oxygenation due to pulmonary hypoplasia and intra- and extra-cardiac shunts. A high frequency ventilation improved elimination of carbon dioxide and oxygenation.
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- 2005
18. [Difficult tracheal intubation in a patient suspected of malignant hyperthermia]
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Yuki, Nikaido, Kohei, Murao, Sakahiro, Ikeda, Sachiyo, Sakamoto, Yuka, Uchiyama, and Koh, Shingu
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Fentanyl ,Male ,Intubation, Intratracheal ,Humans ,Anesthesia ,Middle Aged ,Malignant Hyperthermia ,Propofol ,Anesthetics, Intravenous ,Laryngeal Masks - Abstract
We report anesthetic management of a patient suspected of malignant hyperthermia with difficult tracheal intubation. A 64-year-old man was scheduled for a fixation of humerus bone fractures in prone position. He had a history of difficult tracheal intubation due to masseter spasm, and his niece was suspected to be malignant hyperthermia. Anesthesia was induced with propofol using a target controlled infusion. No muscle relaxant was given and spontaneous breathing was maintained. Trials for tracheal intubation failed whenever using a standard laryngoscope, a bronchofiberscope, a laryngeal mask airway or an intubating laryngeal mask airway. Resecting the epiglottic elevating bar of an intubating laryngeal mask airway enabled fiberoptic tracheal intubation. No symptom suggesting malignant hyperthermia developed.
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- 2003
19. [Anesthesia for a severe ankylosing spondylitis patient whose posture had been restricted to only sitting for over 20 years]
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Nobuyuki, Hamano, Kohei, Murao, Sachiyo, Sakamoto, Mayu, Wakeno, Teruaki, Nawa, and Koh, Shingu
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Adult ,Time Factors ,Posture ,Cervical Vertebrae ,Humans ,Anesthesia ,Female ,Spondylitis, Ankylosing ,Severity of Illness Index ,Perioperative Care ,Arnold-Chiari Malformation - Abstract
A 42-year-old woman with an Arnold-Chiari abnormality was scheduled for cervical spine surgery. She had severe ankylosing spondylitis, and all her joints from ankles to occipitocervical joint were fixed except hip joints, which had been replaced with artificial joints 20 years before. She could bend her upper body only in a range from -20 to 70 degree from the sitting position. Her posture had been restricted to only sitting for over 20 years, and she complained vertigo when positioned in supine position. The trachea was intubated with an aid of bronchofiberscopy under sedation in sitting position, and then anesthesia was induced with propofol and fentanyl. When she was turned to prone position, nasal bleeding was noticed and the surgery was performed in a modified sitting position. The intra- and post-operative course was uneventful. The present case indicates that long-term restriction only to sitting position modulates circulatory control in response to changing postures, and that preoperative evaluation for appropriate posture for surgery is mandatory.
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- 2002
20. Pre-operative oral erythromycin reduces residual gastric volume and acidity
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Takashi Asai, Kohei Murao, and Koh Shingu
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Premedication ,Prokinetic agent ,Erythromycin ,Aspiration pneumonia ,Drug Administration Schedule ,Gastric Acid ,Gastrointestinal Agents ,Oral administration ,medicine ,Humans ,Single-Blind Method ,Aged ,Chemotherapy ,business.industry ,Stomach ,Fasting ,Gastric Acidity Determination ,Hydrogen-Ion Concentration ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Gastric Emptying ,Elective Surgical Procedures ,Anesthesia ,Female ,Complication ,business ,medicine.drug - Abstract
We investigated whether low-dose erythromycin (200 mg) given as an oral premedicant altered the residual gastric volume and its acidity in fasted patients at induction of anaesthesia in a single-blinded study. Sixty patients were allocated randomly to receive either an erythromycin tablet (200 mg) or nothing with 10 ml water 3 h before induction of anaesthesia, and another 60 patients 1 h before induction of anaesthesia. Oral erythromycin significantly reduced residual gastric volume when it was given approximately 3 h (P0.05; 95% CI for median difference: 0.1-17 ml) or 1 h (P0.0005; 95% CI for median difference: 6-24 ml) before induction of anaesthesia. Erythromycin significantly reduced gastric acidity when it was given 1 h before induction of anaesthesia (P0.02; 95% CI for median pH difference: 0.1-1.7). In contrast, when given 3 h before induction of anaesthesia, erythromycin did not significantly alter acidity.
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- 2001
21. The anticonvulsant effects of volatile anesthetics on penicillin-induced status epilepticus in cats
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Sakahiro Ikeda, Shin-ichi Nakao, Kohei Murao, Hideo Matsumoto, Koh Shingu, Koichi Tsushima, Takashi Asai, and Kazuyo Takahira
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Methyl Ethers ,medicine.drug_class ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Status epilepticus ,Penicillins ,Sevoflurane ,Stereotaxic Techniques ,Status Epilepticus ,medicine ,Animals ,business.industry ,Local anesthetic ,Electroencephalography ,Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine ,Anticonvulsant ,Isoflurane ,Anesthesia ,Anesthetic ,Stereotaxic technique ,Anesthetics, Inhalation ,Cats ,Anticonvulsants ,Halothane ,medicine.symptom ,Blood Gas Analysis ,business ,medicine.drug - Abstract
UNLABELLED Volatile anesthetics may be used to treat status epilepticus when conventional drugs are ineffective. We studied 30 cats to compare the inhibitory effects of sevoflurane, isoflurane, and halothane on penicillin-induced status epilepticus. Anesthesia was induced and maintained with one of the three volatile anesthetics in oxygen. Penicillin G was injected into the cisterna magna, and the volatile anesthetic discontinued. Once status epilepticus was induced (convulsive period), the animal was reanesthetized with 0.6 minimum alveolar anesthetic concentration (MAC) of the volatile anesthetic for 30 min, then with 1.5 MAC for the next 30 min. Electroencephalogram and multiunit activity in the midbrain reticular formation were recorded. At 0.6 MAC, all anesthetics showed anticonvulsant effects. Isoflurane and halothane each abolished the repetitive spike phase in one cat; isoflurane reduced the occupancy of the repetitive spike phase (to 27%+/-22% of the convulsive period (mean +/- SD) significantly more than sevoflurane (60%+/-29%; P < 0.05) and halothane (61%+/-24%; P < 0.05), and the increase of midbrain reticular formation with repetitive spikes was reduced by all volatile anesthetics. The repetitive spikes were abolished by 1.5 MAC of the anesthetics: in 9 of 10 cats by sevoflurane, in 9 of 9 cats by isoflurane, and in 9 of 11 cats by halothane. In conclusion, isoflurane, sevoflurane, and halothane inhibited penicillin-induced status epilepticus, but isoflurane was the most potent. IMPLICATIONS Convulsive status epilepticus is an emergency state and requires immediate suppression of clinical and electrical seizures, but conventional drugs may be ineffective. In such cases, general anesthesia may be effective. In the present study, we suggest that isoflurane is preferable to halothane and sevoflurane to suppress sustained seizure.
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- 2000
22. Circulatory and catecholamine responses to tracheal intubation and skin incision during sevoflurane, isoflurane, or halothane anesthesia
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Hiromi Kimura, Kohei Murao, Koh Yamada, Sakahiro Ikeda, Toshihiro Imanishi, Koh Shingu, and Kouichi Tsushima
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Minimum alveolar concentration ,Mean arterial pressure ,business.industry ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Tracheal intubation ,Sevoflurane ,Muscle relaxation ,Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine ,Isoflurane ,Anesthesia ,Anesthetic ,medicine ,Halothane ,business ,medicine.drug - Abstract
The anesthetic suppression of responses to noxious stimuli might reflect a summation of the suppression of the basal functions and the response capability. We investigated the basal suppression and response capability in hemodynamics and plasma catecholamine levels with different anesthetics at the same minimum alveolar concentration (MAC) level. Fifty-four patients were allocated to one of 6 groups to receive sevoflurane, isoflurane, or halothane at 1.25 or 2.0 MAC. Anesthesia was induced with the test agent in oxygen and the end-tidal concentration of the agent was maintained for at least 15 min at 1.25 or 2.0 MAC. The trachea was intubated under muscle relaxation with 0.1 mg·kg(-1) vecuronium. Skin incisions were made after maintaining the end-tidal concentration of the agent for at least 15 min after tracheal intubation. The mean arterial pressure, heart rate, rate-pressure product, and plasma levels of noradrenaline and adrenaline at the prestimuli period showed no difference between agents at each MAC. The rises in these variables by tracheal intubation and skin incision were greatest in the sevoflurane group, least in the halothane group, and intermediate in the isoflurane group. Although basal hemodynamic suppression is similar at the same MAC, the suppressive action of sevoflurane on the circulatory response capability to noxious stimuli is weaker than that of isoflurane and halothane.
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- 1997
23. Percutaneous chronic epidural catheterization in the rabbit
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M. Uchida, Hitoshi Taguchi, Koh Shingu, Kohei Murao, and K. Nakamura
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Epidural Space ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Percutaneous ,Lidocaine ,business.industry ,Tuohy needle ,General Medicine ,Punctures ,Epidural space ,Surgery ,Catheterization ,Prone position ,Catheter ,Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine ,Lumbar ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Anesthesia ,Paralysis ,Medicine ,Animals ,Rabbits ,medicine.symptom ,business ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Background. Although several epidural catheterizations in small animals have been reported, all of them were performed surgically and no percutaneous method has been reported. We have established a technique for percutaneous chronic epidural catheterization in rabbits. Methods. Following pentobarbital anesthesia, the animals (n=15) were fixed in a prone position using a fixing apparatus. A 19-gauge Tuohy needle was inserted in the lumbar region at an angle of about 30° to the skin with the paramedian approach and advanced into the epidural space with the loss-of-resistance method. A 23-gauge Nylon catheter was advanced cephalad in the epidural space and the distal tip was extruded from the neck following the subcutaneous tunnelling. The effects of 0.5 ml of 1% lidocaine injected through the catheter were observed for 10 days. Results. No behavioral or neurological abnormalities were observed after the catheterization except for one case of catheterization in the epidural vessel. Motor paralysis of hind-limbs became manifest at 1–2 min after injection of 0.5 ml of 1% lidocaine through the catheter, and lasted 15–25 min. Autopsy revealed that the catheter was located in the lumbar epidural space in all animals and the distribution of methylene blue was consistent with that of lidocaine. Conclusion. This rabbit model can be used to investigate the effects of epidurally administered drugs.
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- 1996
24. Use of the laryngeal mask airway in nasally intubated patients
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Kohei Murao, Takashi Asai, Koh Shingu, and Takeshi Umegaki
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Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine ,Laryngeal mask airway ,business.industry ,Anesthesia ,Intubation, Intratracheal ,Humans ,Medicine ,Nasal Cavity ,business ,Laryngeal Masks - Published
- 2004
25. Training method of applying pressure on the neck for laryngoscopy: use of a videolaryngoscope
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Kohei Murao, Koh Shingu, and Takashi Asai
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Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Anesthesia ,Laryngoscopy ,Medicine ,business ,Training methods - Published
- 2003
26. Laryngeal mask airway to prevent a gas leak around a tracheal tube
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Takashi Asai, Kohei Murao, and Koh Shingu
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Gas leak ,Equipment failure ,Laryngeal Masks ,Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine ,Laryngeal mask airway ,business.industry ,Anesthesia ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Medicine ,Intubation ,business ,Tracheal tube - Published
- 2005
27. Capnography during fibreoptic intubation
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Koh Shingu, Kohei Murao, and Takashi Asai
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Capnography ,Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Anesthesia ,Medicine ,business ,Foreign Bodies ,Fibreoptic intubation - Published
- 2003
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