Background To identify the growth in the number of anesthetic procedures since 1980 and
the changes in the practice of anesthesia, the present survey was designed to collect and …

Background Blockade of parietal nociceptive afferents by the use of continuous wound
infiltration with local anesthetics may be beneficial in a multimodal approach to …

Background Intraoperative hypothermia initially results from internal redistribution of heat
facilitated by anesthesia-induced vasodilation. Preinduction skin-surface warming minimizes …

Objective The aim of this study was to investigate the respective influence of genetic and
nongenetic factors on morphine dose requirements and adverse effects after colorectal …

Liver fibrosis is produced by myofibroblasts of different origins. In culture models, rat
myofibroblasts derived from hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) and from periductal portal …

The increased metabolic and respiratory demand during naloxone recovery from opioid-
based anesthesia could be related to the return of thermoregulation in hypothermic patients …

Study Objective: To test the hypothesis that only one hour of preinduction skin-surface
warming decreases the rate at which core hypothermia develops during the first hour of …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Intrathecal morphine is a widely used method for
postoperative pain relief after major abdominal surgery. The aim of this randomized, double …

Cholestatic disorders may arise from liver ischemia (eg, in liver transplantation) through
various mechanisms. We have examined the potential of hypoxia to induce changes in the …

The efficacy of leg skin warming in preventing hypothermia and shivering was evaluated in
two separate prospective, randomized trials in patients undergoing abdominal surgery. In …