Zyad James Carr, Daniel Agarkov, Judy Li, Jean Charchaflieh, Andres Brenes-Bastos, Jonah Freund, Jill Zafar, Robert B Schonberger, Paul Heerdt
{"title":"An Open-label Clinical Study of Brief Submaximal Cardiopulmonary Testing in Pre-surgical Evaluation: Feasibility of implementation","authors":"Zyad James Carr, Daniel Agarkov, Judy Li, Jean Charchaflieh, Andres Brenes-Bastos, Jonah Freund, Jill Zafar, Robert B Schonberger, Paul Heerdt","doi":"10.1101/2024.01.24.24301611","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.01.24.24301611","url":null,"abstract":"Objectives: We tested the logistic feasibility of integrating brief submaximal cardiopulmonary exercise testing (smCPET) in a pre-surgical evaluation (PSE) clinic. Design: Prospective open-label clinical device trial. Setting: Pre-surgical evaluation clinic.\u0000Participants: 43 participants who met criteria of i) age > 60 years old, ii) revised cardiac risk index of <2, iii) self-reported metabolic equivalents (METs) of >4.6 (i.e. ability to climb 2 flights of stairs), and iv) presenting for noncardiac surgery. Interventions: Pre-intervention self-reported METs, Duke Activity Status Index (DASI) surveys, smCPET trial, Borg survey of perceived exertion, and post-intervention survey. Measurements: Feasibility endpoints were 1) operational efficiency as measured by length of time of experimental session < 20 minutes, 2) no more than moderate perceived physical exertion as quantified by a modified Borg survey of perceived exertion of <7 in the absence of observed complications, 3) high participant satisfaction with smCPET task execution, represented as a score of >8, and 4) high patient satisfaction with scheduling of smCPET testing, represented as a score of >8. Results: Session time was 16.9 minutes (+/-6.8). Post-test modified Borg survey was 5.35 (+/-1.8), corresponding to moderate perceived exertion. Satisfaction [on a scale of 1 (worst) to 10 (best)] regarding ease of smCPET tasks was 9.6 (+/-0.7) and mean patient satisfaction with smCPET scheduling was 9.5 (+/-1.5). Operational efficiency was achieved after 10-15 experimental sessions. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that smCPET integration in a PSE clinic; 1) is time efficient 2) shows high participant satisfaction with task, and 3) rapidly achieved operational efficiency.","PeriodicalId":501303,"journal":{"name":"medRxiv - Anesthesia","volume":"39 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139585555","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":"Ratios Of Submitted Charge Amounts To Medicare Allowed Amounts Have Variably Worsened For Anesthesiologists And Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists Serving Medicare Beneficiaries Across The United States During 2013-2021 Period","authors":"Deepak Gupta, Yara Ismaeil","doi":"10.1101/2024.01.17.24301422","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.01.17.24301422","url":null,"abstract":"<strong>Background</strong> Interstate variations among anesthesia providers in terms of their submitted charge amounts with corresponding Medicare allowed amounts have not been recently explored.","PeriodicalId":501303,"journal":{"name":"medRxiv - Anesthesia","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139510375","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":"Assessing the Incidence of Postoperative Diabetes in Gastric Cancer Patients: A Comparative Study of Roux-en-Y Gastrectomy and Other Surgical Reconstruction Techniques","authors":"Tatsuki Onishi","doi":"10.1101/2024.01.13.24301276","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.01.13.24301276","url":null,"abstract":"<strong>Study objective</strong> Sleeve gastrectomy is effective in morbid obesity, and it improves glucose homeostasis. In gastric cancer patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, gastrectomy, including total gastrectomy (TG), is beneficial for glycaemic control. However, the effects of gastrectomy and different reconstructive techniques on the incidence of postoperative diabetes in gastric cancer patients are unclear. This study investigated the development of new-onset diabetes in these patients, focusing on different reconstruction methods.","PeriodicalId":501303,"journal":{"name":"medRxiv - Anesthesia","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139482706","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}
Ruimin Yang, Qing Wei, Xun Chen, Jing Liu, Yan Li, Jingchen Liu
{"title":"Bronchoscopy in children with diffuse alveolar hemorrhage under general anesthesia with spontaneous respiration by face mask ventilation","authors":"Ruimin Yang, Qing Wei, Xun Chen, Jing Liu, Yan Li, Jingchen Liu","doi":"10.1101/2023.12.05.23299486","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.12.05.23299486","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: To improve the management level of general anesthesia during bronchoscopy in the children with diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH). Methods: A retrospective study was conducted in the children with DAH who had performed bronchoscopy under general anesthesia with spontaneous respiration by face mask ventilation initially from June 2021 to June 2022 in our hospital. Results: 1. Thirty-four children who had underwent 38 bronchoscopy procedures were included. 2. General anesthesia induction was performed by bolus of propofol intravenous in all the procedures. For maintaining anesthesia, 31 procedures (81.6%) received both propofol and remifentanil intravenously infusion and the rest 7 procedures (18.4%) received propofol intravenously infusion only. An intravenous bolus of ketamine or propofol was given as an anesthetic adjuvant in 21 procedures (55.3%). Thirty-five procedures (92.1%) were successfully completed under non-tracheal intubation ventilation, whereas the rest 3 procedures (7.9%) needed change to tracheal intubation ventilation. 3. Respiratory depression was found in 7 procedures (18.4%), laryngospasm was found in 2 procedure (2.6%) and bronchospasm was found in 17 procedures (44.7%). Sixteen procedures (42.1%) developed intraoperative hypoxemia. The incidence of intraoperative hypoxemia in the procedures at the active phage of disease was significantly higher compared to those at the remission phage of the disease (P<0.05). Sixteen procedures (42.1%) developed intraoperative hypercapnia. Two procedures (5.3%) were complicated by severe pulmonary hemorrhage. Conclusions: General anesthesia with spontaneous respiration by face mask ventilation is feasible and relatively safe for the children with DAH undergoing bronchoscopy, whereas the anesthetic protocol still needs to be improved.","PeriodicalId":501303,"journal":{"name":"medRxiv - Anesthesia","volume":"221 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138546734","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}
Florian Lammers-Lietz, Friedrich Borchers, Insa Feinkohl, Stefan Hetzer, Cicek Kanar, Gunnar Lachmann, Claudia Chien, Claudia Spies, Georg Winterer, Laszlo Zaborszky, Norman Zacharias, Friedemann Paul
{"title":"Brain mineralization in postoperative delirium and cognitive decline","authors":"Florian Lammers-Lietz, Friedrich Borchers, Insa Feinkohl, Stefan Hetzer, Cicek Kanar, Gunnar Lachmann, Claudia Chien, Claudia Spies, Georg Winterer, Laszlo Zaborszky, Norman Zacharias, Friedemann Paul","doi":"10.1101/2023.12.02.23299086","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.12.02.23299086","url":null,"abstract":"Delirium is a severe postoperative complication associated with poor overall and especially neurocognitive prognosis. Altered brain mineralization is found in neurodegenerative disorders but has not been studied in postoperative delirium and postoperative cognitive decline. We hypothesized that mineralization-related hypointensity in susceptibility-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (SWI) is associated with postoperative delirium and cognitive decline.\u0000We analyzed a subsample of cognitively healthy patients ≥65 years presenting for elective major surgery who underwent SWI before (N=65) and three months after surgery (N=33) as part of a subproject in the BioCog study. We measured relative SWI intensities in basal ganglia, hippocampus, and posterior basal forebrain cholinergic system (pBFCS). A post-hoc analysis of two pBFCS subregions (Ch4, Ch4p) was conducted. Patients were screened for delirium until the seventh postoperative day. Cognitive testing was performed before and three months after surgery. Preoperative relative SWI hypointensities in the basal ganglia and pBFCS were associated with increased risk for postoperative delirium after adjustment for surgery duration. After additional adjustment for age, sex, preoperative MMSE and region volume, only the association of pBFCS hypointensity and postoperative delirium remained significant. Adjusted for surgery duration, perioperative change in relative SWI intensities of the pBFCS was associated with cognitive decline three months after surgery. This association remained at a trend level after adjustments for age, sex, and region volume, but a significant independent association especially with pBFCS-subregion Ch4p was found in a post-hoc analysis.\u0000Brain mineralization, particularly in the cerebral cholinergic system, could be a pathomechanism in postoperative delirium and cognitive decline.","PeriodicalId":501303,"journal":{"name":"medRxiv - Anesthesia","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138524734","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":"Bilateral jaw thrust usage is neither universally prevalent during laryngeal mask airway placement nor universally prevalent during anesthesia mask ventilation before laryngoscopy for endotracheal tube placement: A single anesthesia worksite observation","authors":"Deepak Gupta, Kaya Chakrabortty, Mohamed Ismaeil","doi":"10.1101/2023.11.22.23298890","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.11.22.23298890","url":null,"abstract":"<strong>Background</strong> While placing two hands on the mask during manual or mechanical ventilation on unsecured airways, providers are not always providing bilateral jaw thrust for maintaining airway patency especially when focusing only on ensuring a good mask seal.","PeriodicalId":501303,"journal":{"name":"medRxiv - Anesthesia","volume":"28 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138524755","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}
Rafael Reis Fernandes, Marcello Fonseca Salgado-Filho, Guilherme Bracco Graziosi, André Nery, Flávio Távora, Alice Ramos Oliveira Da Silva, Caio Pontes De Azevedo, Nubia Verçosa, Isma Lima Cavalcanti
{"title":"Antiemetic effect of pregabalin in breast reconstruction surgery in patients after bariatric surgery: Prospective, randomized, double-blind study","authors":"Rafael Reis Fernandes, Marcello Fonseca Salgado-Filho, Guilherme Bracco Graziosi, André Nery, Flávio Távora, Alice Ramos Oliveira Da Silva, Caio Pontes De Azevedo, Nubia Verçosa, Isma Lima Cavalcanti","doi":"10.1101/2023.07.20.23292941","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.07.20.23292941","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is a common complication after general anesthesia. Pregabalin may reduce its incidence. The objective of this study was to evaluate the adjuvant antiemetic effect of pregabalin in the first 24 hours after surgery in patients undergoing breast reconstruction after bariatric surgery. Materials and Methods This prospective, randomized, double-blind study had 52 female patients aged between 18 and 64 years with physical status 1-2 of the American Society of Anesthesiologists who underwent breast reconstruction after bariatric surgery. The patients were divided into two groups. Patients in the control group received placebo, and those in the pregabalin group received 75 mg of pregabalin 2 hours before surgery and 75 mg 12 hours later. All patients received 4 mg dexamethasone and 4 mg ondansetron. The incidence of PONV was evaluated in the immediate postoperative period and 6 hours, 12 hours, and 24 hours later. The need for rescue doses of antiemetics and adverse events in the first 24 hours were recorded. Results The groups were homogeneous in clinical and treatment variables. There was no significant difference in the incidence of PONV over time in the control group (P = 0.71/no occurrence) or in the pregabalin group (P = 0.11/P = 0.26). There was no significant difference in the need for rescue antiemetic dose (P = 0.40) or in the incidence of adverse events (P = 0.51) between groups. Conclusion The administration of pregabalin in the first 24 hours after surgery did not significantly reduce PONV in patients undergoing breast reconstruction after bariatric surgery.","PeriodicalId":501303,"journal":{"name":"medRxiv - Anesthesia","volume":"66 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138524735","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":"Association of effective circulating blood volume with sublingual RBC velocity and microvessel pressure difference in anesthetized individuals: A clinical investigation and computational fluid dynamics modeling","authors":"Athanasios Chalkias, Michalis Xenos","doi":"10.1101/2022.05.09.22274826","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.05.09.22274826","url":null,"abstract":"<strong>Background</strong> Although changes in effective circulatory volume may affect microcirculatory red blood cell (RBC) velocity and oxygen extraction ratio, no systemic variable has been consistently associated with hemodynamic coherence. We therefore evaluated the association between mean circulatory filling pressure and microcirculatory perfusion and oxygenation.","PeriodicalId":501303,"journal":{"name":"medRxiv - Anesthesia","volume":"39 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138524747","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":"Effects of Intravenous and Inhaled Anesthetics on the Postoperative Complications for the patients undergoing One Lung Ventilation","authors":"Jing Yang, Qinghua Huang, Rong Cao, Yu Cui","doi":"10.1101/2022.04.01.22273288","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.04.01.22273288","url":null,"abstract":"<strong>Introduction</strong> With the widely used technique of One Lung Ventilation (OLV) in patients throughout thoracic surgery, it’s unclear whether inhaled or intravenous anesthetics were associated with postoperative complications. The purpose of the current study is to compare the effects of intravenous and inhaled anesthetics on the postoperative complications within the patients suffering OLV.","PeriodicalId":501303,"journal":{"name":"medRxiv - Anesthesia","volume":"40 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138521557","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}
Frederick Torlot, Chang-Yang Yew, Jennifer R. Reilly, Michael Phillips, Dieter G. Weber, Tomas B. Corcoran, Kwok M. Ho, Andrew J. Toner
{"title":"The external validity of four risk scores predicting 30-day mortality after surgery","authors":"Frederick Torlot, Chang-Yang Yew, Jennifer R. Reilly, Michael Phillips, Dieter G. Weber, Tomas B. Corcoran, Kwok M. Ho, Andrew J. Toner","doi":"10.1101/2022.03.15.22272450","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.03.15.22272450","url":null,"abstract":"<strong>Background</strong> Surgical risk prediction tools can facilitate shared-decision-making and efficient allocation of perioperative resources. Such tools should be externally validated in target populations prior to implementation.","PeriodicalId":501303,"journal":{"name":"medRxiv - Anesthesia","volume":"37 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138521561","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}