Alya Heirali, Sangeeta Mehta, Yiyan Li, Bram Rochwerg, Christina Maratta, Emmanuel Charbonney, Karen E A Burns, Katie O'Hearn, Kusum Menon, Rob Fowler, Samiha Mohsen, Srinivas Murthy, Kirsten M Fiest
{"title":"An Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion glossary for sociodemographic determinants of health within critical care medicine.","authors":"Alya Heirali, Sangeeta Mehta, Yiyan Li, Bram Rochwerg, Christina Maratta, Emmanuel Charbonney, Karen E A Burns, Katie O'Hearn, Kusum Menon, Rob Fowler, Samiha Mohsen, Srinivas Murthy, Kirsten M Fiest","doi":"10.1007/s12630-024-02824-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12630-024-02824-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) initiatives within critical care research are limited by a lack of resources and inconsistent and rapidly changing language. The Canadian Critical Care Trials Group (CCCTG) is committed to modelling EDI for the critical care community through its programming, communications, protocols, and policies. The objective of developing the EDI glossary of sociodemographic determinants of health described here was to provide a resource for critical care professionals to support broader equity initiatives and to promote education and awareness about inclusive language.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Through literature review, we identified EDI-related sociodemographic determinants of health, defined as sociodemographic factors that are associated with disparities in health care and health outcomes, with a focus on critical care medicine. For each sociodemographic determinant of health, we identified umbrella terms (defined as domains) and subterms/constructs that are related to these domains. We designed the glossary collaboratively with the CCCTG EDI working group, patient and family partnerships committee, and executive committee, which included diverse knowledge users such as researchers, clinicians, and patient and family partners.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We report on 12 sociodemographic determinants of health domains including age, sex, gender, sexuality, race and ethnicity, income, education, employment status, marital status, language, disability, and migration status. Each domain (e.g., sex) contains relevant subterms such as male, female, intersex. For each domain, we provide examples of disparities in health care and health outcomes with a focus on critical care medicine.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This EDI glossary of sociodemographic determinants of health serves as a nonexhaustive resource that may be referenced by critical care researchers, research coordinators, clinicians, and patient and family partners. The glossary is an essential step to raising awareness about inclusive terminology and to fostering and advancing equity in critical care medicine.</p>","PeriodicalId":56145,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Anesthesia-Journal Canadien D Anesthesie","volume":" ","pages":"1209-1218"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142147015","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}
Marcus Salvatori, Serena Shum, Ana Lopez Filici, Laura Noble, Gerry O'Leary, Keyvan Karkouti, Sharon Peacock
{"title":"Safe use of a 5:1 coverage model for anesthesia assistants performing conscious sedation in an independent health facility.","authors":"Marcus Salvatori, Serena Shum, Ana Lopez Filici, Laura Noble, Gerry O'Leary, Keyvan Karkouti, Sharon Peacock","doi":"10.1007/s12630-024-02827-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12630-024-02827-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":56145,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Anesthesia-Journal Canadien D Anesthesie","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142115335","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}
Naoko Niimi, Makoto Sumie, Marina Englesakis, Alan Yang, Julia Olsen, Richard Cheng, Jason T Maynes, Paolo Campisi, Jason Hayes, William C K Ng, Kazuyoshi Aoyama
{"title":"Effects of dexamethasone on opioid consumption in pediatric tonsillectomy: a systematic review with meta-analysis.","authors":"Naoko Niimi, Makoto Sumie, Marina Englesakis, Alan Yang, Julia Olsen, Richard Cheng, Jason T Maynes, Paolo Campisi, Jason Hayes, William C K Ng, Kazuyoshi Aoyama","doi":"10.1007/s12630-024-02817-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12630-024-02817-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Tonsillectomy is one of the most common ambulatory procedures performed in children worldwide, with around 40,000 procedures performed in Canada every year. Although a prior systematic review indicated a clear role for dexamethasone as an analgesic adjunct, the quantity effect on opioid consumption is unknown. In the current systematic review with meta-analysis, we hypothesized that the use of dexamethasone reduces perioperative opioid consumption in pediatric tonsillectomy but does not increase rates of postoperative hemorrhage.</p><p><strong>Source: </strong>We systemically searched MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane Databases, and Web of Science from inception to 23 April 2024. Randomized controlled trials that compared intravenous dexamethasone to placebo in pediatric tonsillectomy were included in the study. The primary outcome was perioperative opioid consumption, and the secondary outcomes included the incidence of postoperative hemorrhage. We used a random effects meta-analysis to compute the mean difference (MD) or risk ratio (RR) with 95% confidence interval (CI) for each outcome.</p><p><strong>Principal findings: </strong>Of the 1,329 studies identified in the search, we included 16 in the final analysis. Intravenous dexamethasone administration significantly reduced opioid consumption (MD, -0.11 mg·kg<sup>-1</sup> oral morphine equivalent; 95% CI, -0.22 to -0.01) without increasing the incidence of readmission (RR, 0.69; 95% CI, 0.28 to 1.67) or reoperation due to postoperative hemorrhage (RR, 3.67; 95% CI, 0.79 to 17.1).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Intravenous dexamethasone reduced perioperative opioid consumption in pediatric tonsillectomy without increasing the incidence of postoperative hemorrhage.</p><p><strong>Study registration: </strong>PROSPERO ( CRD42023440949 ); first submitted 4 September 2023.</p>","PeriodicalId":56145,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Anesthesia-Journal Canadien D Anesthesie","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142082720","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}
Matthew J Griffee, Aleda M Leis, Nathan L Pace, Nirav Shah, Sathish S Kumar, Graciela B Mentz, Lori Q Riegger
{"title":"Intraoperative hypoglycemia among adults with intraoperative glucose measurements: a cross-sectional multicentre retrospective cohort study.","authors":"Matthew J Griffee, Aleda M Leis, Nathan L Pace, Nirav Shah, Sathish S Kumar, Graciela B Mentz, Lori Q Riegger","doi":"10.1007/s12630-024-02816-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12630-024-02816-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Intraoperative hypoglycemia is presumed to be rare, but generalizable multicentre incidence and risk factor data for adult patients are lacking. We used a multicentre registry to characterize adults with intraoperative hypoglycemia and hypothesized that intraoperative insulin administration would be associated with hypoglycemia.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a cross-sectional retrospective multicentre cohort study. We searched the Multicenter Perioperative Outcomes Group registry to identify adult patients with intraoperative hypoglycemia (glucose < 3.3 mmol·L<sup>-1</sup> [< 60 mg·dL<sup>-1</sup>]) from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2019. We evaluated characteristics of patients with intraoperative glucose measurements and with intraoperative hypoglycemia.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 516,045 patients with intraoperative glucose measurements, 3,900 (0.76%) had intraoperative hypoglycemia. Diabetes mellitus and chronic kidney disease were more common in the cohort with intraoperative hypoglycemia. The odds of intraoperative hypoglycemia were higher for the youngest age category (18-30 yr) compared with the odds for every age category above 40 yr (odds ratio [OR], 1.57-3.18; P < 0.001), and were higher for underweight or normal weight patients compared with patients with obesity (OR, 1.48-2.53; P < 0.001). Parenteral nutrition was associated with lower odds of hypoglycemia (OR, 0.23; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.11 to 0.47; P < 0.001). Intraoperative insulin use was not associated with hypoglycemia (OR, 0.996; 95% CI, 0.91 to 1.09; P = 0.93).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In this large cross-sectional retrospective multicentre cohort study, intraoperative hypoglycemia was a rare event. Intraoperative insulin use was not associated with hypoglycemia.</p>","PeriodicalId":56145,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Anesthesia-Journal Canadien D Anesthesie","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141977344","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}
Kenny Kwon Ho Lee, Saima Siddiqui, Gillian Heller, Jonathan Clark, Amanda Johns, Jonathan Penm
{"title":"The prevalence and predictors of discharge opioid overprescribing in opioid-naïve patients after breast, gynecologic, and head and neck cancer surgery: a prospective cohort study.","authors":"Kenny Kwon Ho Lee, Saima Siddiqui, Gillian Heller, Jonathan Clark, Amanda Johns, Jonathan Penm","doi":"10.1007/s12630-024-02819-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12630-024-02819-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The management of pain following cancer-related surgeries involves the use of opioid analgesics. Nevertheless, there is little evidence characterizing the utility and prescription patterns of opioids after these procedures. Our primary aim was to identify patients from three types of cancer surgery who were overprescribed with opioids. The secondary aim was to determine the potential predictors of overprescribing in the same period.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted the study at a single cancer referral hospital. Opioid-naïve patients with breast, gynecologic, or head and neck cancer were studied. Patients were considered opioid-naïve if they had a history of opioid use ≤ 30 mg oral morphine equivalent daily dose for less than seven days in the preceding three months before surgery. We recruited eligible participants by convenience sampling on the wards until at least 102 patients were included in the final analysis. After discharge, we followed up on the participants on day 7 via telephone using a structured proforma including questions to identify the last date and amount of opioid dose taken. The equivalent days of opioid use were calculated by their 24-hr use before discharge and the number of doses prescribed for discharge. Our primary outcome was the prevalence of overprescribing in the three surgical specialties defined as the number of patients taking less than 50% of discharge opioids within the first seven days after discharge. We examined the predictors on incidents of overprescribing using multivariable Poisson regression as the secondary outcome.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We recruited 119 patients, and 107 patients were included in the final analysis. There were 59/107 (55%) patients found to be overprescribed with opioids. At discharge, they exhibited lower mean numerical rating scale pain scores, lower mean pain severity scores, higher equivalent days of opioids prescribed, and not used opioids in the last 24 hr before discharge. The incidence of overprescribing was 2.4 times greater for patients prescribed with opioids without 24-hr opioid use (relative risk [RR], 2.38; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.30 to 4.35; P = 0.005). Similarly, the incidence of overprescribing was 1.7 times greater for patients who had opioids 24 hr before discharge and were supplied with opioids for five equivalent days or more at the time of discharge (RR, 1.67; 95% CI, 1.09 to 2.56; P = 0.02).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our study shows that the majority of recruited patients undergoing breast, gynecologic, or head and neck cancer surgery were overprescribed opioids. Individualized assessments on patients' 24-hr opioid requirements before discharge and supplying for less than five days are important considerations to reduce overprescribing in opioid-naïve patients after cancer surgery.</p>","PeriodicalId":56145,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Anesthesia-Journal Canadien D Anesthesie","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141972338","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":"Postoperative pain trajectory and opioid requirements after laparoscopic bariatric surgery: a single-centre historical cohort study.","authors":"Sinead Campbell, Rachel Chin, Wai-Man Liu, Urooj Siddiqui, Patti Kastanias, Ki Jinn Chin","doi":"10.1007/s12630-024-02795-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12630-024-02795-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Concerns around delayed emergence and opioid-induced ventilatory impairment in bariatric surgery can lead to intraoperative reliance on short-acting opioids and avoidance of long-acting analgesics with potential sedative effects. Nevertheless, an overly-conservative intraoperative analgesic strategy may result in significant pain at emergence and higher opioid requirements in later phases of care. We sought to establish the pattern of intraoperative analgesic use in bariatric surgical patients as well as their postoperative pain trajectory and opioid requirements.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We undertook a single-centre historical cohort study. We explored associations between intraoperative analgesic interventions and pain scores and opioid requirements in postanesthesia care units (PACUs), and associations between the quality of analgesia at emergence and subsequent pain and patient-centred recovery outcomes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We extracted perioperative data for 939 patients who underwent bariatric metabolic surgery between January 2018 and October 2019. Only 39% of patients received long-acting opioids intraoperatively and there was minimal use of nonopioid analgesic adjuncts. Nearly 80% of patients reported moderate-to-severe pain on PACU arrival; 97% of patients received intravenous opioids for rescue analgesia (mean dose, 31 mg oral morphine equivalents). Lower pain scores at PACU admission and discharge were associated with subsequent lower inpatient pain scores, lower opioid requirements, shorter time to ambulation, and shorter length of hospital stay.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In bariatric surgical patients, effective intraoperative analgesic strategies that improve early pain control may have an impact on recovery and pain experience. Judicious use of intraoperative opioids coupled with opioid-sparing multimodal analgesic techniques should be considered and balanced against concerns regarding opioid-related adverse effects in this patient population.</p>","PeriodicalId":56145,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Anesthesia-Journal Canadien D Anesthesie","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141903676","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}
Remie Saab, Eva Rivas, Esra Kutlu Yalcin, Lloyd Chen, Mateo Montalvo, Federico Almonacid-Cardenas, Karan Shah, Kurt Ruetzler, Alparslan Turan
{"title":"The association of vaping and electronic cigarette use with postoperative hypoxemia and respiratory complications: a retrospective cohort analysis.","authors":"Remie Saab, Eva Rivas, Esra Kutlu Yalcin, Lloyd Chen, Mateo Montalvo, Federico Almonacid-Cardenas, Karan Shah, Kurt Ruetzler, Alparslan Turan","doi":"10.1007/s12630-024-02801-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12630-024-02801-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Initially introduced as a safer alternative to smoking, electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) and vaping have since been associated with lung injury. Nevertheless, there is limited perioperative data on their potential contribution to the harmful effects of mechanical ventilation on the lungs. We hypothesized that, in adults undergoing noncardiothoracic surgeries, preoperative vaping/e-cigarette use is associated with hypoxemia during the first postoperative hour, and with an increased incidence of intraoperative and postoperative pulmonary complications.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a retrospective cohort study in which we included patients reporting as vapers/e-cigarette users within one year before surgery as the exposure group, and nonvapers as the control group. The primary outcome was the time-weighted average (TWA) SpO<sub>2</sub>/F<sub>I</sub>O<sub>2</sub> ratio in the postanesthesia care unit during the first postoperative hour. The secondary outcome was a composite of intraoperative and postoperative pulmonary complications until discharge. We used entropy balancing to adjust for confounding, and fit weighted linear regression and logistic regression models to estimate treatment effects.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 110,940 patients met the inclusion criteria, and 1,941 of these were vapers/e-cigarette users. The average treatment effect on the treated for TWA SpO<sub>2</sub>/F<sub>I</sub>O<sub>2</sub> ratio (N = 109,217) was estimated to be a mean difference of 4 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1 to 8; P = 0.007). This is equivalent to a 4% change in SpO<sub>2</sub> at a 30% F<sub>I</sub>O<sub>2</sub> (or at a fixed F<sub>I</sub>O<sub>2</sub>). The difference was statistically significant. The average treatment effect on the treated for experiencing intraoperative and postoperative pulmonary complications (N = 110,940) was an odds ratio of 1.04 (95% CI, 0.71 to 1.54; P = 0.84).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Vaping/e-cigarette use was neither associated with clinically significant hypoxemia during the first hour in the postanesthesia care unit nor with an increase in pulmonary complications. Nevertheless, our findings cannot definitively exclude the deleterious effects of vaping and e-cigarette use on the lungs, and anesthesiologists should consider potential perioperative complications.</p>","PeriodicalId":56145,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Anesthesia-Journal Canadien D Anesthesie","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141903677","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}
Pooyan Sekhavati, Reva Ramlogan, Jonathan G Bailey, Jason W Busse, Sylvain Boet, Yuqi Gu
{"title":"Simulation-based ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia education: a national survey of Canadian anesthesiology residency training programs.","authors":"Pooyan Sekhavati, Reva Ramlogan, Jonathan G Bailey, Jason W Busse, Sylvain Boet, Yuqi Gu","doi":"10.1007/s12630-024-02818-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12630-024-02818-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Simulation-based education in ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia (UGRA) improves knowledge, skills, and patient outcomes. Nevertheless, it is not known how simulation-based UGRA education is used across Canada. We aimed to characterize the current use of simulation-based UGRA education in Canadian anesthesiology residency training programs.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We developed and distributed a structured national survey to simulation leads of all 17 Canadian anesthesiology residency training programs. The survey inquired about program demographics, simulation modalities, facilitators and barriers to simulation use, use for assessment, and beliefs around simulation-based UGRA education. We gathered data from August to November 2023 and summarized our findings descriptively.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Fifteen programs (88%) responded to our survey. Eight programs (53%) used UGRA simulation for technical training and nine programs (60%) for nontechnical training. The most common simulators used were live model scanning (13 programs, 87%) and gel phantom models (7 programs, 47%). Five programs (33%) mandated simulation-based UGRA in their curriculum. We found that deliberate practice and improved patient safety were most valued in simulation training while lack of funding and faculty availability were the most common barriers to implementation. Most respondents agreed that formative simulation-based education would improve trainee skills and called for greater standardization. Nevertheless, there were mixed responses regarding summative UGRA simulation and the need for simulation proficiency before clinical practice.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our findings show significant variations in simulation implementation and views on UGRA simulation-based education among Canadian anesthesiology residency training programs. Future studies should explore avenues to overcome barriers and improve knowledge translation in UGRA.</p>","PeriodicalId":56145,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Anesthesia-Journal Canadien D Anesthesie","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141899022","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}
Sara Chisling, Evan Jette, Thomas Engelhardt, Pablo Ingelmo, Christelle Poulin-Harnois, Marta Garbin, Samuel Wasserman, Gianluca Bertolizio
{"title":"Does heart rate variability using the Newborn Infant Parasympathetic Evaluation index identify postsurgical pain levels and emergence delirium in toddlers? A prospective observational study.","authors":"Sara Chisling, Evan Jette, Thomas Engelhardt, Pablo Ingelmo, Christelle Poulin-Harnois, Marta Garbin, Samuel Wasserman, Gianluca Bertolizio","doi":"10.1007/s12630-024-02764-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12630-024-02764-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Children recovering from anesthesia commonly experience early postoperative negative behaviour, caused by pain and emergence delirium. Differentiating the two is challenging in young children. Perioperative pain influences the heart rate variability-derived Newborn Infant Parasympathetic Evaluation (NIPE) index and may also affect emergence delirium. We sought to investigate whether the perioperative NIPE index can discriminate between mild, moderate, or severe pain levels and can detect emergence delirium.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This prospective observational study enrolled children aged three years or younger undergoing elective adenotonsillectomy, tonsillectomy, or adenoidectomy. The NIPE index, the Faces, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability (FLACC) score, and the Pediatric Anesthesia Emergence Delirium (PAED) score were recorded in the postanesthesia care unit (PACU). The primary aim was to investigate the relationship between the postoperative NIPE index and postoperative pain severity. The secondary aims were to evaluate the association between the NIPE index and emergence delirium (PAED ≥ 10) and its delirium-specific (ED-I) and pain-specific (ED-II) components.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Sixty-nine children were recruited. In the PACU, the mean (standard deviation [SD]) NIPE values in children experiencing moderate and severe pain were 50 (12) and 49 (14), respectively. These values were significantly lower than the mean (SD) value of 64 (13) observed in children with mild pain (mean difference moderate vs no/mild pain, -14; 95% confidence interval [CI], -17 to -11; P < 0.001, and mean difference severe vs no/mild pain, -17; 95% CI, -20 to -14; P < 0.001, respectively). The NIPE index was significantly lower in children experiencing pain-specific ED-II (mean [SD] NIPE instantaneous [NIPEi] for ED-II 49 [10] vs no ED-II 55 [13]; mean difference, -6; 95% CI, -11 to -2; P = 0.009). The NIPE index was unable to detect emergence delirium (mean [SD] NIPEi for ED, 54 [15] vs no ED, 51 [10]; mean difference, 3; 95% CI, -2 to 8; P = 0.23) or the delirium-specific component ED-I (mean [SD] NIPEi for ED-I, 55 [15] vs no ED-I, 51 [11]; mean difference, 4; 95% CI, 0 to 8; P = 0.06).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The NIPE index can identify moderate and severe postoperative pain after adenotonsillectomy but not emergence delirium in children aged three years and younger. This discrimination can be valuable in the early postoperative phase when the differentiation between pain and emergence delirium is difficult.</p><p><strong>Study registration: </strong>ClinicalTrials.gov ( NCT04909060 ); first submitted 26 May 2021.</p>","PeriodicalId":56145,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Anesthesia-Journal Canadien D Anesthesie","volume":" ","pages":"1117-1125"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140893153","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}
Leonardo B Santos, Rafael S F Nersessian, Saullo Q Silveira, Leopoldo M Silva, Giulia D Matheus, Bianca P Buniotti, Joaquim E Vieira, Glenio B Mizubuti
{"title":"A call to update anesthetic protocols: the hidden risks of semaglutide.","authors":"Leonardo B Santos, Rafael S F Nersessian, Saullo Q Silveira, Leopoldo M Silva, Giulia D Matheus, Bianca P Buniotti, Joaquim E Vieira, Glenio B Mizubuti","doi":"10.1007/s12630-024-02774-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12630-024-02774-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":56145,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Anesthesia-Journal Canadien D Anesthesie","volume":" ","pages":"1175-1176"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141162620","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}