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{"title":"Minimally-invasive tracheostomy (MIT): A care bundle for safety improvement in high-risk critically ill patients","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.jclinane.2024.111631","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jclinane.2024.111631","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Detailed reports are scarce on minimally-invasive tracheostomy (MIT) techniques for critically ill patients with challenging anatomy or complex coagulopathies. In such high-risk patients, conventional percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT) may lead to severe complications.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Aiming to broaden the scope of MIT for patients previously excluded due to high risks, we developed a new care bundle (MIT technique), specifically designed for intensive care specialists. Our study examined the outcomes of MIT in 32 high-risk patients treated in an ICU of a University Hospital with specific focus on gastrointestinal and liver diseases.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>We have modified the conventional PDT technique by incorporating an initial skin incision, blunt dissection, diaphanoscopy-guided probe puncture, and continuous bronchoscopic monitoring. Our care bundle also introduces an anterolateral approach for tracheal entry, a significant advancement for patients with complex neck anatomy or dense vasculature, where an anterolateral trajectory avoids midline blood vessels. This enhanced method has proven to be safer than traditional PDT, with a notable absence of post-procedural hemorrhages, cannula misplacements, or infections.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>The use of our refined care bundle enabled swift minimally-invasive tracheostomy in high-risk patients without the occurrence of serious complications.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":15506,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Anesthesia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0952818024002605/pdfft?md5=73c90f2ccff19bd45f4af267857f346f&pid=1-s2.0-S0952818024002605-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142272492","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Letter to the editor regarding “Assessing different brain oxygenation components in elderly patients under propofol or sevoflurane anesthesia: A randomized controlled study”","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.jclinane.2024.111634","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jclinane.2024.111634","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15506,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Anesthesia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142271790","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Simulated bupivacaine pharmacokinetics after labor epidural analgesia followed by transversus abdominis plane block with liposomal bupivacaine for intrapartum cesarean delivery","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.jclinane.2024.111589","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jclinane.2024.111589","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Study Objective</h3><p>To simulate bupivacaine pharmacokinetics in scenarios of labor epidural analgesia (LEA) extended for intrapartum cesarean delivery (CD) with epidural or intrathecal boluses, followed by transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block with liposomal bupivacaine (LB) for postcesarean analgesia.</p></div><div><h3>Design</h3><p>Bupivacaine plasma concentrations were simulated using a 2-compartment distribution model fit to previous study data.</p></div><div><h3>Setting</h3><p>Virtual pharmacokinetic simulations.</p></div><div><h3>Patients</h3><p>Virtual individuals (1000, each scenario) had uniform weight (80 kg) but varying absorption parameters.</p></div><div><h3>Interventions</h3><p>The 6 scenarios varied in LEA infusion duration (6 or 24 h), local anesthetic used for bolus to extend LEA (epidural lidocaine or intrathecal bupivacaine), TAP block regimen, and time between bolus and TAP block.</p></div><div><h3>Measurements</h3><p>Scenario outcomes included geometric mean (GM) peak bupivacaine plasma concentration (C_max) with 95% prediction interval (PI), median (range) C_max, and number of virtual individuals (per 1000) with C_max reaching estimated toxicity thresholds (neurotoxicity: 2000 μg/L; cardiotoxicity: 4000 μg/L).</p></div><div><h3>Main Results</h3><p>In simulated scenarios of LEA infusion for 24 h with an epidural bolus of lidocaine 400 mg for CD followed 1 h later by TAP block, the GM C_max for the scenarios with TAP blocks including either LB 266 mg plus bupivacaine hydrochloride 52 mg or bupivacaine hydrochloride 104 mg was 1860 (95% PI, 1107–3124) and 1851 (95% PI, 1085–3157) μg/L, respectively. Among 1000 virtual individuals for each scenario, 404 and 401 had C_max reaching 2000 μg/L, respectively; 1 and 0 had C_max reaching 4000 μg/L, respectively. For other scenarios, GM C_max remained &lt;1000 μg/L.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Across 6 different simulations of TAP blocks for intrapartum CD analgesia, LEA with bupivacaine (with or without boluses for extension and including a conservative modeling of lidocaine without epinephrine), followed by TAP block with LB and/or bupivacaine hydrochloride 0, 1, or 2 h after CD, is unlikely to result in bupivacaine plasma concentrations reaching local anesthetic systemic toxicity thresholds in healthy patients.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":15506,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Anesthesia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0952818024002186/pdfft?md5=f1d5494a994edd8d9960ef488f753444&pid=1-s2.0-S0952818024002186-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142271886","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Letter to the editor regarding “Efficacy of bilateral catheter superficial parasternal intercostal plane blocks using programmed intermittent bolus for opioid-sparing postoperative analgesia in cardiac surgery with sternotomy: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial”","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.jclinane.2024.111630","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jclinane.2024.111630","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15506,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Anesthesia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142271789","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Comment on: “Efficacy of bilateral catheter superficial parasternal intercostal plane blocks using programmed intermittent bolus for opioid-sparing postoperative analgesia in cardiac surgery with sternotomy: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial”","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.jclinane.2024.111635","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jclinane.2024.111635","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15506,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Anesthesia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142271788","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Erector spinae plane block for postoperative analgesia after laparoscopic nephrectomy","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.jclinane.2024.111629","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jclinane.2024.111629","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15506,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Anesthesia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142272493","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"New set of indicators with consensus definition for anaesthesia-related severe morbidity: A scoping review followed by a Delphi study","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.jclinane.2024.111626","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jclinane.2024.111626","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Study objective</h3><p>Monitoring anaesthesia-related severe morbidity constitutes a good opportunity for assessing quality and safety of care in anaesthesia. Several recent studies attempted to describe and define indicators for anaesthesia-related severe morbidity with limitations: no formal experts' consensus process, overlap with surgical complications, no consensual definitions, inapplicability in clinical practice. The aim of this study was to provide a set of indicators for anaesthesia-related severe morbidity based on outcomes and using clinically useful consensual definitions.</p></div><div><h3>Design</h3><p>1/ scoping review of studies published in 2010–2021 on outcomes of anaesthesia-related severe morbidity with different definitions;</p><p>2/ International experts' consensus on indicators for anaesthesia-related severe morbidity with specific definitions using a Delphi process.</p></div><div><h3>Main results</h3><p>After including 142 studies, 68 outcomes for anaesthesia-related severe morbidity were identified and organized in 34 indicators divided into 8 categories (cardiovascular, respiratory, sepsis, renal, neurological, medication error, digestive and others). The indicators were then submitted to the experts. After 2 Delphi rounds, the 26 indicators retained by the experts with their corresponding consensual definition were: acute heart failure, cardiogenic shock, acute respiratory distress syndrome, pulmonary embolism and thrombosis, bronchospasm or laryngospasm, pneumonia, inhalation pneumonitis, pneumothorax, difficult or impossible intubation, atelectasis, self-extubation or accidental extubation, sepsis or septic shock, transient ischemic attack, postoperative confusion or delirium, post-puncture headache, medication error, liver failure, unplanned intensive care unit admission, multiple-organ failure.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>This study provides a new consensual set of indicators for anaesthesia-related severe morbidity with specific definitions, that could be easily applied in clinical practice as in research.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":15506,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Anesthesia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0952818024002551/pdfft?md5=be8df1715f6454db5d6d33e288b2039a&pid=1-s2.0-S0952818024002551-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142240173","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Increased adoption of video laryngoscopy and the decrease in ‘difficult airway’ through the COVID-19 pandemic: A retrospective study","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.jclinane.2024.111607","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jclinane.2024.111607","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15506,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Anesthesia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142240176","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Letter to the editor, “Effects of esketamine on postoperative negative emotions and early cognitive disorders in patients undergoing non-cardiac thoracic surgery: A randomized controlled trial”","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.jclinane.2024.111610","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jclinane.2024.111610","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15506,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Anesthesia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142240177","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Impact of intravenous steroids on subjective recovery quality after surgery: A meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.jclinane.2024.111625","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jclinane.2024.111625","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Study objective</h3><p>Quality of postoperative recovery is a crucial aspect of perioperative care. This meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the efficacy of intravenous steroids in improving the quality of recovery (QoR) after surgery, as measured by validated QoR scales.</p></div><div><h3>Design</h3><p>Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs).</p></div><div><h3>Setting</h3><p>Operating room.</p></div><div><h3>Intervention</h3><p>The use of a single dose of intravenous steroids as a supplement to general anesthesia.</p></div><div><h3>Patients</h3><p>Adult patients undergoing surgery.</p></div><div><h3>Measurements</h3><p>A literature search was conducted using electronic databases (e.g., MEDLINE and Embase) from their inception to June 2024. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing intravenous steroids with placebo or no treatment in adult patients undergoing surgery under general anesthesia were included. The primary outcome was the QoR scores on postoperative days (POD) 1 and 2–3, as assessed by validated QoR scales (QoR-15 and QoR-40). Secondary outcomes included QoR dimensions, analgesic rescue, pain scores, and postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV).</p></div><div><h3>Main results</h3><p>Eleven RCTs involving 951 patients were included in this study. The steroid group showed significant improvements in global QoR scores on POD 1 (standardized mean difference [SMD]: 0.52; 95 % confidence interval[CI]: 0.22 to 0.82; <em>P</em> = 0.0007) and POD 2–3 (SMD: 0.50; 95 % CI: 0.19 to 0.81; <em>P</em> = 0.001) compared to the control group. Significant improvements were also observed in all QoR dimensions on POD 1, with the effect sizes ranging from small to moderate. Intravenous steroids also significantly reduced the analgesic rescue requirements (RR: 0.77; 95 % CI: 0.67 to 0.88; <em>P</em> = 0.0003), postoperative pain scores (SMD: -0.41; 95 % CI: −0.68 to −0.14; <em>P</em> = 0.003), and PONV incidence (RR: 0.73; 95 % CI: 0.56 to 0.95; <em>P</em> = 0.02).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Intravenous administration of steroids significantly improved QoR after surgery. The benefits of steroids extend to all dimensions of QoR and important clinical outcomes such as analgesic requirements, pain scores, and PONV. These findings support the use of steroids as an effective strategy to enhance the postoperative recovery quality.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":15506,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Anesthesia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142240174","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}