{"title":"Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Classification, Damage, Mechanisms, and Treatment: A Narrative Review","authors":"Seyed Majid Haghighat-Shoar, Mehrdad Mokaram Dori, Azita Farzaneh","doi":"10.18502/aacc.v9i5.13966","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18502/aacc.v9i5.13966","url":null,"abstract":"Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), previously known as reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome, is a situation specified by persistent regional pain. The aberrant functioning of the neurological system is believed to be the root cause of an exaggerated reactivity to pain signals that are unable to switch off the sensation of pain. It is characterized by such symptoms as swelling, alterations in the color of the skin and tissues, along with edema. Although it most commonly affects the limbs, such as the arm, leg, hand, or foot, these symptoms can manifest themselves in any part of the body. The existence or nonexistence of nerve injury is used to classify patients into one of two subgroups, I or II, when referring to this illness. Since many medical professionals are unfamiliar with the diagnosis of CRPS and its etiology is not fully elucidated, the condition is frequently incorrectly diagnosed. The treatments available for CRPS focus on alleviating symptoms, regaining organ function, and cosseting a person's quality of life, despite the fact that no cure for the condition has been identified.","PeriodicalId":480045,"journal":{"name":"Archives of anesthesiology and critical care","volume":"62 3-4","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136135140","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jyoti Deshpande, Merlin Elizabeth Jacob, Priyanka Ankush Gangthade
{"title":"Reflections of the Anesthetic Management in a Case of Parathyroid Adenoma: A Case Report","authors":"Jyoti Deshpande, Merlin Elizabeth Jacob, Priyanka Ankush Gangthade","doi":"10.18502/aacc.v9i5.13969","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18502/aacc.v9i5.13969","url":null,"abstract":"Parathyroid adenomas are usually an incidental finding and present more commonly in women. The parathyroid gland releases parathyroid hormone(PTH), which is essential to maintain calcium homeostasis. Hence, the removal of parathyroid glands will result in hypocalcemia and if not treated could be life threatening. We present the case of a young female patient who presented with vague complaints and was evaluated and diagnosed with primary hyperparathyroidism. She was optimized and taken for surgical removal of parathyroid glands. The anesthetic considerations in the perioperative period and an intraoperative event during positioning are mentioned herewith.","PeriodicalId":480045,"journal":{"name":"Archives of anesthesiology and critical care","volume":"5 4","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136135713","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparison of Onset of Action, Intubating Conditions, and Recovery Characteristics of Rocuronium and Cisatracurium In Patients Undergoing Abdominal Surgery under General Anesthesia: A Prospective Randomized Control Trial","authors":"Swati Taneja, Amardeep Kaur, Shalvi Mahajan, Ankit Kansal","doi":"10.18502/aacc.v9i5.13954","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18502/aacc.v9i5.13954","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Neuromuscular blocking drugs (NMBD) have paved the way for the conduct of every known surgical procedure. However, the hunt for optimum NMD with appropriate intubating circumstances is continuous. Rocuronium and cisatracurium are amongst the newer NMBDs. We aim to compare the onset of action, intubating conditions, duration of action, and recovery features in a dose twice the ED95 in patients having abdominal surgery.
 Methods: A total 60 American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) I and II adult patients were randomized equally into Group A and Group B. Group A received Inj. Rocuronium 0.6 mg/kg and Group B received Inj. Cisatracurium 0.10 mg/kg. We assessed the intubating conditions after ensuring jaw relaxation using both the clinical criteria and neuromuscular monitoring whereas onset time, duration of action and recovery time were assessed using neuromuscular monitoring only.
 Results: In Group A, a significant rapid onset of action of muscle relaxant was seen compared to Group B (2.4±0.30 mins versus 4.0±0.09 mins, p= 0.00). 93% patients had excellent intubating conditions in Group A compared to 73% patients in Group B (p= 0.038). The duration of action in Group A was 36.73±1.05 mins and in Group B was 47.40 ±1.33mins (p=0.00). Similarly, early mean duration of recovery was found in Group A-45.30±1.29mins versus Group B -57.77±1.19 mins, p= 0.00).
 Conclusion: Rocuronium provides rapid onset of action with excellent intubating conditions, and shorter duration of action with an early recovery time compared to cisatracurium.","PeriodicalId":480045,"journal":{"name":"Archives of anesthesiology and critical care","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136134961","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Total Intravenous Anaesthesia for Introperative Neuromonitoring in a Child With Tethered Cord: A Case Report","authors":"Krunal Suryavanshi, Neha Panse","doi":"10.18502/aacc.v9i5.13968","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18502/aacc.v9i5.13968","url":null,"abstract":"Paediatric spine surgeries are quite frequently performed these days on patients with congenital spinal anomalies. Correction of congenital spinal deformities, at this early age of life can cause lifestyle modifying changes in young patients, which will help them to live a comparative healthy and disease free life. Spine surgeries are often performed in prone position with aid of Total Intra-Venous Anaesthesia which are better supplemented with Intra-Operative Neuro-Monitoring as they help in improving the desirable outcome of surgeries in children. Here, we report a case of Total Intra-Venous Anaesthesia for release of tethered cord aided with Intra-Operative Neuro-Monitoring, which was managed meticulously without any detrimental complications.","PeriodicalId":480045,"journal":{"name":"Archives of anesthesiology and critical care","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136135107","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparative Effectiveness of Combined Lumbar- Para Sacral Nerve Block and Spinal Anaesthesia on the Pain Intensity and Duration of Anaesthesia in Patients with Tibial Fracture","authors":"Mehrdad Mokarram Dori, Fateme Dehghan Tafti, Alireza Bameshki, Maliheh Ziaee","doi":"10.18502/aacc.v9i5.13951","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18502/aacc.v9i5.13951","url":null,"abstract":"Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of combined lumbar plexus– para sacral nerve block (LP/NB) and spinal anaesthesia (SA) on the duration and intensity of postoperative pain in patients with Tibia fracture requiring surgery.
 Methods: In this clinical trial, 40 patients with tibial fractures requiring surgery, who were admitted to a referral hospital in north-eastern Iran from 2020 to 2021, and randomly subjected to LP/NB or spinal anaesthesia. Pain intensity and duration of anaesthesia in the two groups were compared based on a numerical rating scale within 4, 6 and 12 hours from the induction of anaesthesia. Clinical demand for analgesics following surgery was also recorded. Data were statistically analysed with IBM SPSS.
 Results: The mean age of participants was 37.4 ±14.4, with 29 (72.5%) and 11 (27.5%) male and female patients, respectively. There were no significant differences in age and sex ratio between the two groups. The mean pain intensity within 4 hours from surgery was lower in the LP/NB group, however, this difference was not statistically significant (p-value: 0.054). Likewise, there were also no significant differences between the values reported for 6 (p-value: 0.303) and 12-hour (p-value: 0.523) post-surgery pain intensity for each group. Overall, the mean pain intensity at any given time was not significantly different between the two groups of LP/NB and SA (p-value: 0.671).
 Conclusion: There was no significant difference between the two groups in terms of mean pain intensity at 4, 6 and 12 hours after the onset of the block. No side effects were observed in any of the patients.","PeriodicalId":480045,"journal":{"name":"Archives of anesthesiology and critical care","volume":"10 3","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136135513","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Prevalence of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting in Orthopedic Patients in Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex during 2018-2019: A Cross-Sectional Study","authors":"Amirhossein Orandi, Hamidreza Amiri, Kianoush Saberi, Mojgan Rahimi, Maryam Chakeri Yazdi","doi":"10.18502/aacc.v9i5.13965","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18502/aacc.v9i5.13965","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is one of the most common postoperative complaints of the patients that affects the surgical outcome, quality of life, length of hospital stay, and costs. The prevalence of nausea and vomiting is estimated at 52% and 25% within the first 24 hours after surgery. Many risk factors have been identified for PONV, including female gender, being a non-smoker, young age, general anesthesia, use of volatile anesthetics and Nitrous Oxide, and duration of anesthesia. Following receiving reports indicating an unusually high prevalence of PONV in the male orthopedic ward of Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex despite applying regional techniques, the present study was conducted to investigate its prevalence and possible reasons.
 Methods: After obtaining informed consent, 300 patients admitted to male and female orthopedic wards of Imam Khomeini Hospital complex that had undergone surgery within the past 48 hours were interviewed in person and their medical records were reviewed.
 Results: Of 300 patients, 61 (20.3%) had nausea and 39 (13%) had vomiting. Three patients (1%) experienced recurrence of PONV after treatment. The risk factors associated with PONV were female gender, history of motion sickness, general anesthesia with sodium thiopental, atracurium, IV lidocaine, isoflurane, neostigmine, and postoperative administration of ciprofloxacin.
 Conclusion: The prevalence of PONV was lower than other studies, which was in contrast to reports received from the ward, indicating a reduction in PONV following the use of regional techniques.","PeriodicalId":480045,"journal":{"name":"Archives of anesthesiology and critical care","volume":"2 3","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136136045","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Niyoosha Yoosefi, Fatemeh Hajimohammadi, Arash Jafarieh, Hamed Abdollahi, Afshar Etemadi Ale Agha, Mehrdad Behzadi, Nader Ali Nazemian, Mina Abdolahi, Mohammad Gholizadeh, Abolghasem Yousefi
{"title":"A Comparison of Laryngospasm in \"No Touch\" and \"Head Down Deep Extubation\": A Randomized Clinical Trials","authors":"Niyoosha Yoosefi, Fatemeh Hajimohammadi, Arash Jafarieh, Hamed Abdollahi, Afshar Etemadi Ale Agha, Mehrdad Behzadi, Nader Ali Nazemian, Mina Abdolahi, Mohammad Gholizadeh, Abolghasem Yousefi","doi":"10.18502/aacc.v9i5.13956","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18502/aacc.v9i5.13956","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Tonsillectomy and adenotonsillectomy are simple surgical procedures that can cause laryngospasm as complications which blocks airflow causing serious issues. The laryngospasm incidence decreases in patients undergoing deep extubation. Present study aimed to compare laryngospasm in innovative method of head down deep extubation with No Touch method.
 Methods: Forty-two patients were enrolled in the study in (23 females and 19 males) between the ages of 5 up to 15 who were referred for tonsillectomy or adenotonsillectomy. The patients were divided into two randomized No Touch (n=21) and head down deep extubation (n=21) intervention groups according to permuted block randomization. All patients received standard general anesthesia. The first group received the no-touch extubation and the second group received head down deep extubation method. The duration of surgery, Time interval between the injection of reverse drugs and the return of spontaneous breathing (TRDRSB), time interval between anesthesia drug withdrawal and extubation (TIDWE), SPO2, incidence of laryngospasm, and cough were recorded and graded according to their severity at 0, 5, 10, 15 minutes and 2 hours after extubation, respectfully.
 Results: The age, weight, gender and duration of surgery, TRDRSB was not statistically different between the two groups but TIDWE showed a significant difference between groups (P<0.001). The SPO2 levels in 0, 5, 10, 15 minutes, and 2 hours after surgery were not significantly different between the “no touch” and “head down deep extubation” groups as well as the severity of coughing and laryngospasm. However, the rate of laryngospasm and cough in \"No touch\" group was higher than \" head down deep extubation \" group.
 Conclusion: HDDE is an innovative technique that it seems in comparison to No Touch method can reduce the incidence of laryngospasm. However, further comprehensive trials are needed to confirm these findings.","PeriodicalId":480045,"journal":{"name":"Archives of anesthesiology and critical care","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136136171","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Comparison of Deep Sedation and Moderate Sedation in Pneumatic Balloon Dilation of Achalasia Patients","authors":"Javad Mikaeli, Narges Fazlollahi, Alireza Khajehnasiri, Zahra Tamartash, Reza Atef-Yekta","doi":"10.18502/aacc.v9i5.13964","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18502/aacc.v9i5.13964","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Pneumatic Balloon Dilation (PBD) as an achalasia treatment is painful procedure because of tearing the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) muscle fibres. Recently, two sedation methods including the moderate sedation and deep sedation are used for increasing the convenience of the patients and gastroenterologist.
 Methods: To compare the efficacy of moderate and deep sedation in PBD in treatment of Idiopathic Achalasia (IA).
 Results: We prospectively assessed 200 IA patients. The first 100 patients (group A) underwent PBD by the moderate sedation using diazepam or midazolam and meperidine injections. The patients in the group B (100 patients) received midazolam, fentanyl and propofol as a deep sedation. The pulse rate (PR), systolic and diastolic blood pressure (SBP, DBP), respiratory rate (RR), and oxygen saturation were monitored before, during and after PBD and achalasia symptom scores (ASS) were collected before and 1.5 months after treatment. The mean PR during and after procedures in the group B were significantly lower compared to the group A (p 0.001, 0.028). The patients in group B revealed less SBP and DBP after PBD versus group A (p 0.004, 0.002). The mean psi for 30 mm and 35 mm balloon dilators were significantly increased in group B compared to group (p 0.0001, 0.002).
 Conclusion: We concluded that the deep sedation of achalasia patients in the PBD process can improved the efficacy of PBD and decreased the complications (transient chest pain) of the procedures. The patients with the deep sedation revealed less tachycardia and blood pressure rising and tolerated more pressure in balloon dilators.","PeriodicalId":480045,"journal":{"name":"Archives of anesthesiology and critical care","volume":"7 3","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136134811","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Randomized Control Trial to Compare the Onset and Duration of Sensory and Motor Blockade with Intrathecal Isobaric Ropivacaine versus Isobaric Ropivacaine-Clonidine for Infraumbilical Surgeries","authors":"Haripriya Ramachandran, Vandana Gogate, Shailesh Kumar","doi":"10.18502/aacc.v9i5.13959","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18502/aacc.v9i5.13959","url":null,"abstract":"Background: To investigate the onset and duration of sensory and motor blockade in isobaric 0.75% Ropivacaine and isobaric 0.75% Ropivacaine - Clonidine in patients undergoing infra umbilical surgeries.
 One year double-blinded randomized controlled trial.
 Methods: A total of 70 patients undergoing infra umbilical surgeries were allocated into two groups namely, Group I (n=35; Patients received 3 ml of isobaric 0.75 % ropivacaine intrathecally) or Group II (n=35; Patients received 3 ml of isobaric 0.75 % ropivacaine + 15 mcg of clonidine intrathecally). Onset and duration of Sensory and motor block and hemodynamic parameters were noted and compared.
 Results: The demographic parameters were comparable in both groups. The onset of sensory block was similar in both groups but the duration of sensory block was prolonged in group II (191.7±19.21 minutes) than in group I (180.8 ±13.08 minutes). The motor block onset was faster in group II (11.4±2.29 minutes) than in group I (13.6±2.29 minutes). Duration of motor block was prolonged in group II (271.3±18.32 minutes) than in group I (224.5±16.46 minutes).
 Conclusion: The addition of clonidine to 0.75 % isobaric ropivacaine intrathecally prolonged the duration of sensory and motor block but with no effect on the sensory onset but the faster onset of the motor block with no significant hemodynamic changes.","PeriodicalId":480045,"journal":{"name":"Archives of anesthesiology and critical care","volume":"8 4","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136135855","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}