{"title":"The rise of Remimazolam and the pathway of innovation in Anaesthesiology.","authors":"Alexandre Dos Santos, Raphael Cinotti","doi":"10.1016/j.accpm.2025.101637","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.accpm.2025.101637","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48762,"journal":{"name":"Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"101637"},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145214204","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dora Alexandra Carreira de Oliveira, Júlia Dos Santos Monteiro, Nickolas Ricardo de Macêdo, Arthur Henrique Tavares Costa Santos, Sílvia Maria Rosa Neves
{"title":"Bispectral index-guided anesthesia in children: A systematic review and meta-analysis.","authors":"Dora Alexandra Carreira de Oliveira, Júlia Dos Santos Monteiro, Nickolas Ricardo de Macêdo, Arthur Henrique Tavares Costa Santos, Sílvia Maria Rosa Neves","doi":"10.1016/j.accpm.2025.101607","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.accpm.2025.101607","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The bispectral index (BIS) parameter is used to guide the titration of general anesthesia; however, many studies have shown conflicting results regarding its benefits in children. We aimed to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis to determine whether BIS is advantageous for pediatric patients undergoing general anesthesia.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Library were systematically searched for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing BIS-guided anesthesia vs. general anesthesia guided only by clinical parameters in children undergoing surgeries. We computed mean difference (MD) for continuous outcomes and risk ratio (RR) for binary outcomes, with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Heterogeneity was assessed using I² statistics. Statistical analyses were performed using R Software, version 4.2.3.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We included 10 RCTs, comprising 1028 participants, of whom 536 (52%) underwent BIS-guided general anesthesia. Compared with general anesthesia guided solely by clinical parameters, BIS was associated with a lower time for airway device removal (MD -1.32 min; 95% CI -2.26 to -0.37; p < 0.01), recovery time (MD -2.67 min ; 95% CI -3.70 to -1.65; p < 0.01), PACU stay duration (MD -5.51 min; 95% CI -10.64 to -0.38; p = 0.04), and ET sevoflurane concentration (MD -0.49%; 95% CI -0.67 to -0.32; p < 0.01). The BIS guided group also showed a significantly longer time with an adequate BIS compared with the standard care group (MD 22.49%; 95% CI 17.80-27.18; p < 0.01). There were no differences between groups in anesthetic consumption, mean BIS during anesthesia, Pediatric Anesthesia Emergence Delirium (PAED) score at 10 min, and at 30 min.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In children, BIS monitoring during general anesthesia limited the exposure to volatile anesthetics and is associated with better recovery outcomes.</p><p><strong>Registration: </strong>PROSPERO database under protocol number CRD42024607202 (https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/view/CRD42024607202).</p>","PeriodicalId":48762,"journal":{"name":"Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"101607"},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145208119","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Commentary on \"Virtual Reality for Reduction of Intraprocedural Pharmacological Sedation and Analgesia in Adult Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis\".","authors":"Rachana Mehta, Shubham Kumar, Ranjana Sah","doi":"10.1016/j.accpm.2025.101628","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.accpm.2025.101628","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48762,"journal":{"name":"Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"101628"},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145208029","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jun Liu, Yinggang Zhou, Jiancheng Tang, Yawei Feng, Wenjuan Kuang, Weiqiang Chen, Ziqing Hei, Xiang Li
{"title":"Effect of intraoperative remimazolam infusion on postoperative sleep disturbance in elderly patients after gynecological laparoscopy: A randomized clinical trial.","authors":"Jun Liu, Yinggang Zhou, Jiancheng Tang, Yawei Feng, Wenjuan Kuang, Weiqiang Chen, Ziqing Hei, Xiang Li","doi":"10.1016/j.accpm.2025.101625","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.accpm.2025.101625","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Postoperative sleep disturbance (PSD) is prevalent among elderly patients and women undergoing surgery. This study aimed to investigate the efficacy and safety of remimazolam in preventing PSD in elderly patients undergoing gynecological laparoscopic surgery.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This randomized controlled trial was conducted at the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University between March to October 2024. Patients aged ≥ 65 years undergoing elective surgery were randomized to the control group (anesthesia induction and intraoperative infusion with propofol) or the remimazolam group (anesthesia induction and intraoperative infusion with remimazolam). The primary outcome was the incidence of PSD, defined as a Numeric Rating Scale score ≥ 6 or an Athens Insomnia Scale score ≥ 6 at either postoperative day (POD) 1 or 3.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The study included 146 patients. In intention-to-treat (ITT) analysis, PSD rates at POD1 were 51.3% (39/76) for controls versus 26.3% (20/76) for remimazolam (P = 0.002); at POD3, rates were 31.6% (24/76) versus 9.2% (7/76) (P = 0.001). Per-protocol (PP) analysis showed similar trends (POD1: 52.1% versus 24.7%, P = 0.001; POD3: 30.1% versus 6.8%, P < 0.001). Furthermore, compared to the control group, the remimazolam group demonstrated a lower incidence of hypotension (ITT, 34.2% versus 14.5%, P = 0.005; PP, 34.2% versus 13.7%, P = 0.016) and bradycardia (ITT, 21.1% versus 7.9%, P = 0.021; PP, 19.2% versus 6.8%, P = 0.027).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study suggested the prophylactic effect of intraoperative remimazolam infusion on the incidence of PSD in elderly patients who underwent gynecological laparoscopic surgery.</p><p><strong>Trial registration: </strong>Chinese Clinical Trial Registry, ChiCTR2400081855.</p>","PeriodicalId":48762,"journal":{"name":"Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"101625"},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145208056","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Karine Nouette-Gaulain, Aurélie San Miguel, Michele Brami, Maryline Bordes-Demolis, Mathilde de Queiroz
{"title":"Paediatric anaesthesia in France: National data on outpatient procedures, emergency admissions, and critical outcomes in 2023.","authors":"Karine Nouette-Gaulain, Aurélie San Miguel, Michele Brami, Maryline Bordes-Demolis, Mathilde de Queiroz","doi":"10.1016/j.accpm.2025.101633","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.accpm.2025.101633","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Outpatient paediatric anaesthesia has been promoted as a national objective in France, with a target rate of 80%. However, outpatient care rates vary widely across institutions, reflecting differences not only in organizational models but also in patient demographics, clinical complexity, and admission pathways. Understanding these variations requires a comprehensive analysis that includes both ambulatory and non-ambulatory cases to identify structural and clinical factors that limit outpatient feasibility.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The number of anaesthesia cases in 2023 was obtained from the French national PMSI database of short-stay healthcare institutions. For each recorded anaesthesia procedure, the collected information included the type of healthcare institution (public or private hospital), length of stay (0 day or more), type of procedure involving anaesthesia, admission status (emergency: yes/no), whether there was a related intensive care unit stay, child mortality, and the child's age and gender.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In 2023, 990,296 anaesthesia procedures were performed over 704,796 individual stays for children aged 0 to 17. Overall, outpatient stays accounted for 76.2%. Over 90% of paediatric anaesthesia stays in private hospitals were outpatient, whereas 58.8% of stays involving anaesthesia for children occurred in public hospitals. The number of stays for children under one year was 20,373 in public hospitals and 1,280 in private hospitals, which included 4,657 (22.8%) and 931(72.7%) outpatients, respectively.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Prioritising personalised healthcare pathways, strengthening local and regional healthcare organisations according to patient characteristics and needs, are more suitable than simply increasing outpatient rates.</p>","PeriodicalId":48762,"journal":{"name":"Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"101633"},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145208074","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mohammed Gamal Abdelraouf, Samar Farghali Farid, Ahmed Mohammed Mukhtar, Nirmeen Ahmed Sabry
{"title":"The application of continuous nefopam infusion in analgesia and sedation for mechanically ventilated patients in the ICU: Authors' reply.","authors":"Mohammed Gamal Abdelraouf, Samar Farghali Farid, Ahmed Mohammed Mukhtar, Nirmeen Ahmed Sabry","doi":"10.1016/j.accpm.2025.101631","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.accpm.2025.101631","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48762,"journal":{"name":"Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"101631"},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145208030","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Emily K Phillips, Jacqueline L Hay, Caroline Monnin, April Gregora, Kathy Smith, Carly Shaski, Gavin Bozek, Sarah Gilchrist, Andrew Fagan, Maureen C Ashe, Anna M Chudyk, Annette S H Schultz, Sheila O'Keefe-McCarthy, Rakesh C Arora, Todd A Duhamel
{"title":"Scoping review of early mobility in the intensive care unit following cardiac surgery.","authors":"Emily K Phillips, Jacqueline L Hay, Caroline Monnin, April Gregora, Kathy Smith, Carly Shaski, Gavin Bozek, Sarah Gilchrist, Andrew Fagan, Maureen C Ashe, Anna M Chudyk, Annette S H Schultz, Sheila O'Keefe-McCarthy, Rakesh C Arora, Todd A Duhamel","doi":"10.1016/j.accpm.2025.101603","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.accpm.2025.101603","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Early mobility in the intensive care unit (ICU) within 24 h following cardiac surgery (CS) is guideline-recommended, safe, and supports improved patient outcomes. The evolution of early mobility following CS research has not been explored. Prior reviews have not included non-randomized controlled trials nor assessed the quality of intervention reporting using standard guidelines.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>This scoping review addresses these gaps and maps CS ICU early mobility literature to understand the extent, range, and nature of the extant literature.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>The databases Medline, Embase, PsycINFO, Scopus, CINAHL, ClinicalTrials.org, and CS association websites were searched from inception to January 2025. Extracted details included early mobility definitions and modes, outcome measures, alignment of intervention reporting with the Consensus of Exercise Reporting Template (CERT), and the inclusion of sex/gender in results/discussions.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 109 studies were included. 43 studies defined early mobility, ranging from the day of surgery to within 2 weeks post-operatively. Many early mobility modes were noted, most commonly ambulation. Primary outcomes varied, with hospital length of stay and pulmonary function the most often studied. There was a consistent lack of reporting of CERT items. Only two studies presented findings disaggregated by sex/gender, and only 13 studies considered sex/gender in the discussion.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>There is heterogeniety in the extant CS ICU early mobility literature, specifically in early mobility definitions and modes, outcome measures, quality of intervention reporting, and consideration of sex/gender. Improvements to research design and reporting should be encouraged to support the advancement of the science.</p>","PeriodicalId":48762,"journal":{"name":"Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"101603"},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145208054","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jake V Hinton, Nattaya Raykateeraroj, Chin Jin Ker, Boris Waldman, Je Min Suh, David Pilcher, Rinaldo Bellomo, Dong Kyu Lee, Laurence Weinberg
{"title":"The effect of body mass index on short-term outcomes in nonagenarians and centenarians with critical illness: A retrospective cohort study.","authors":"Jake V Hinton, Nattaya Raykateeraroj, Chin Jin Ker, Boris Waldman, Je Min Suh, David Pilcher, Rinaldo Bellomo, Dong Kyu Lee, Laurence Weinberg","doi":"10.1016/j.accpm.2025.101634","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.accpm.2025.101634","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The impact of body mass index (BMI) on morbidity and mortality in very old individuals with acute, critical illness is poorly understood.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a bi-national, retrospective, entropy-weighted cohort study of 12,510 nonagenarians and centenarians admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) over a 15-year period. Based on their admission BMI, patients were classified as underweight (BMI < 20 kg/m<sup>2</sup>), normal weight (20 kg/m<sup>2</sup> ≤ BMI < 25.0 kg/m<sup>2</sup>), overweight (25.0 kg/m<sup>2</sup> ≤ BMI < 30 kg/m<sup>2</sup>), or obese (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m<sup>2</sup>). We estimated the association between admission BMI and clinical outcomes, with in-hospital mortality as the primary outcome.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The median BMI of the cohort was 24.4 kg/m<sup>2</sup> (IQR 21.8-27.5). Of the 12,510 eligible patients, 5,471 (43.7%) were categorized as normal weight, 1,526 (12.2%) underweight, 3,914 (31.3%) overweight, and 1,599 (12.8%) obese. After entropy weighting, increasing BMI was negatively associated with mortality (P < 0.001). In-hospital mortality occurred in 699 (12.8%) normal weight, 223 (14.6%) underweight (relative risk [RR] 1.18; 95% CI 1.02-1.36; P = 0.030), 504 (12.9%) overweight (RR 0.97; 95% CI 0.87-1.08; P = 0.580), and 172 (10.8%) obese (RR 0.76; 95% CI 0.64-0.90; P = 0.001) patients. BMI was not associated with binary requirements for inotropes, invasive ventilation, or renal replacement therapy.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In nonagenarians and centenarians admitted to the ICU, higher BMI was linked to lower in-hospital mortality, suggesting a protective effect. These results emphasize the need for individualized risk assessment in older ICU patients.</p><p><strong>Australian new zealand clinical trials registry number: </strong>ACTRN12625000297426.</p>","PeriodicalId":48762,"journal":{"name":"Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"101634"},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145208081","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Intravenous magnesium administration errors, attributing factors and associated respiratory or cardiopulmonary arrest in obstetric and non-obstetric patients - A systematic review.","authors":"Santosh Patel","doi":"10.1016/j.accpm.2025.101621","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.accpm.2025.101621","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The primary objective of this systematic review was to investigate intravenous (IV) magnesium administration errors and associated adverse outcomes in hospital settings. The secondary objective was to identify contributory factors using the human factors and analysis classification system (HFACS) framework.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>PubMed, Scopus and Google Scholar were searched using the systematic search protocol for the past five decades. Magnesium administration errors were included, provided the route of administration was IV, and the clinical outcomes were described. Reports of errors via other routes were excluded.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The search identified 32 reports (31 obstetric and 15 non-obstetric patients). Errors occurred in wide-ranging locations. Most errors (36 of 46) occurred during maintenance dose infusion. For obstetric patients, errors occurred in patients with preeclampsia (n = 24) or preterm labour (n = 7) during varying periods of pregnancy. In four women, perimortem (2 patients) or within a few hours of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, lower segment caesarean sections were performed. Nearly two-thirds (63%) of patients developed either respiratory arrest only (9 obstetrics and four non-obstetric) or cardiopulmonary arrest (10 obstetrics and six non-obstetric). The permanent harm occurred in six patients (death -3 and vegetative state -3). Most contributory factors were skill-based errors, adverse mental state, communication and coordination of care, and deficiencies in magnesium-related processes.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The findings highlight the need for improved IV magnesium administration practices across wards and acute care settings. Standardisation of magnesium products, their labelling, preparation, as well as reliable monitoring processes during the therapeutic use of magnesium, are essential to prevent magnesium infusion errors.</p>","PeriodicalId":48762,"journal":{"name":"Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"101621"},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145208047","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}