Introduction and objective Opioids have usually been used as intraoperative analgesic components, regardless of the many adverse effects they are associated with, such as nausea, vomiting, respiratory ...

Introduction Remifentanil is a short-acting opioid and can be administered during surgery without the risk of delayed postoperative recovery but concerns about hyperalgesia and the shortages of ...

Background The choice of anaesthetic agents may influence specific aspects of postoperative recovery, such as haemodynamic stability, recovery times and the incidence of adverse events, in patients ...

Intravenous anesthesia decreases the risk for short-term postoperative cognitive decline among older adults after painless gastroscopy vs inhalational anesthesia. Among older adults, intravenous (IV) ...

Tatiana Henriques Ferreira, DVM, PhD, MSc, DACVAA, and Marlis Rezende, DVM, PhD, MSc, DACVAA, discuss which types of cases are ideal for inhalant anesthesia vs total intravenous anesthesia. Tatiana ...

Deep analgosedation (DAS) or general anesthesia is mandatory for pulsed-field ablation of atrial fibrillation. In contrast to DAS, general anesthesia (conventional or total intravenous anesthesia ...

The guidelines recommend against using anti-PD-(L)1 agents, with or without platinum chemotherapy, for patients who have progressive disease on EGFR TKIs. The American Society of Clinical Oncology ...

Background: Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is an alternative to surgical aortic valve replacement in patients with severe, symptomatic aortic stenosis who are at least intermediate risk ...

Introduction Patients with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) are more sensitive to postanaesthesia respiratory depression. Whether different anaesthetic regimens (intravenous-based or inhalational-based ...

Total intravenous anesthesia (TIVA) enables earlier intraoperative monitoring of facial nerve activity than sevoflurane anesthesia during ear surgery, with reduced patient-ventilator dyssynchrony and ...