Die AnaesthesiologiePub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2024-09-13DOI: 10.1007/s00101-024-01454-w
Su Yeon Kim, Kyu Man Sim, Hyo-Seok Na, Bon-Wook Koo, Hyun-Jung Shin
{"title":"Effect of remimazolam for general anesthesia on postoperative nausea and vomiting : A systematic review and meta-analysis.","authors":"Su Yeon Kim, Kyu Man Sim, Hyo-Seok Na, Bon-Wook Koo, Hyun-Jung Shin","doi":"10.1007/s00101-024-01454-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00101-024-01454-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Benzodiazepines reduce postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV); however, conflicting results have been reported regarding the use of remimazolam, a novel benzodiazepine.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>This meta-analysis examines whether remimazolam reduces PONV incidence compared with propofol or volatile agents used in general anesthesia.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>Electronic databases, including PubMed, EMBASE, CENTRAL, and Web of Science, were searched on 31 July 2023. The primary outcome was the incidence of PONV. Secondary outcomes included PONV severity, rescue antiemetic use, amounts of remifentanil used, and participant satisfaction scores. Odds ratios (OR) and mean differences (MD) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated using a random-effects model. The risk of bias (RoB) was assessed using the Cochrane RoB2 tool.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 1514 adult patients from 11 randomized controlled trials were included. The incidences of PONV in the remimazolam and control groups were 16.1% and 16.5%, respectively. Remimazolam did not increase the incidence of PONV (OR 0.62; 95% CI, 0.37-1.04; p = 0.0676; I<sup>2</sup> = 48%). Subgroup analysis showed a significant reduction in PONV with remimazolam vs. volatile agents (OR 0.25; 95% CI, 0.13-0.47; P = 0.0000; I<sup>2</sup> = 0%) but not vs. propofol (OR 1.04; 95% CI, 0.70-1.56; p = 0.8332; I<sup>2</sup> = 0%). More remifentanil was used in the remimazolam group vs. the volatile group, with no significant difference between remimazolam and propofol groups. Participant satisfaction scores were higher with remimazolam.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Remimazolam did not increase PONV risk compared to propofol and reduced PONV incidence compared to volatile agents, with higher participant satisfaction. To validate the present findings, further well-planned large clinical trials are required.</p>","PeriodicalId":72805,"journal":{"name":"Die Anaesthesiologie","volume":" ","pages":"685-693"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142302444","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":"[Extracorporeal procedures in sepsis].","authors":"Alice Bernard, Michael Koeppen","doi":"10.1007/s00101-024-01464-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00101-024-01464-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Sepsis and septic shock are frequent and severe clinical pictures in intensive care medicine that result from a dysregulated immune response to an infection and cause a high mortality rate. This article provides an overview of the various extracorporeal procedures used to treat sepsis. Various procedures are used to treat sepsis and septic shock. These include high-volume hemofiltration (HVHF), very high-volume hemofiltration (VHVHF), high cut-off filter (HCO), polymyxin B hemoperfusion and cytokine adsorption filters. The HVHF and VHVHF remove inflammatory mediators but show no significant benefit in terms of stabilization and survival in sepsis patients. The HCO filters effectively eliminate cytokines but so far there is no evidence of a survival benefit. Polymyxin B hemoperfusion shows promising results in initial studies in certain patient groups, while evidence for cytokine adsorption filters is limited. Combined plasma filtration and adsorption (CPFA) and therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) have so far shown promising results in small studies. Although CPFA shows no survival benefit, TPE may have protective effects on the vascular glycocalyx. Extracorporeal procedures carry risks such as thrombosis and loss of proteins and clotting factors. The therapeutic benefit of these procedures in the treatment of sepsis remains unclear and further prospective randomized multicenter studies are needed to evaluate their efficacy and safety. There are currently no guideline recommendations for the routine use of these procedures in sepsis.</p>","PeriodicalId":72805,"journal":{"name":"Die Anaesthesiologie","volume":" ","pages":"713-720"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142333692","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}
Die AnaesthesiologiePub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2024-09-23DOI: 10.1007/s00101-024-01460-y
Petra Bäumler, Dominik Irnich
{"title":"[Meta-analyses-Explained my means of examples from anesthesia and pain medicine].","authors":"Petra Bäumler, Dominik Irnich","doi":"10.1007/s00101-024-01460-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00101-024-01460-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Meta-analyses are a central part of systematic reviews. The term meta-analysis describes the statistical methods to summarize the results of the available scientific studies providing the highest possible evidence. In medicine, meta-analyses aim to guide clinical decisions. This article provides an overview of the necessary work steps.The classical meta-analysis summarizes the results of randomized controlled trials that compare an intervention against a control intervention. This is illustrated by means of an example from a Cochrane Review on videolaryngoscopy in comparison to direct laryngoscopy. Crucial methodological aspects such as the weighting of individual studies when pooling their results as well as the evaluation of study heterogeneity and potential publication bias are explained.The second part of the article focusses on two extensions of meta-analyses: the individual patient data meta-analysis and the network meta-analysis. The individual patient data meta-analysis makes use of the information that is available from the patient-level data of the included studies. As an example, the work accomplished by an international collaboration on the efficacy of acupuncture in chronic pain is presented. A network meta-analysis enables the comparison of more than two interventions by making use not only of the available direct but also of the respective indirect evidence. This is illustrated by means of a Cochrane Review on drugs for the prophylaxis of postoperative nausea and vomiting.</p>","PeriodicalId":72805,"journal":{"name":"Die Anaesthesiologie","volume":" ","pages":"647-655"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142302443","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}
C J Reuß, M Bernhard, C Beynon, M O Fiedler-Kalenka, A Hecker, C Jungk, C Nusshag, D Michalski, F C F Schmitt, T Brenner, M A Weigand, M Dietrich
{"title":"[Focus on sepsis and general intensive care medicine 2023-2024 : Summary of selected intensive medical care studies].","authors":"C J Reuß, M Bernhard, C Beynon, M O Fiedler-Kalenka, A Hecker, C Jungk, C Nusshag, D Michalski, F C F Schmitt, T Brenner, M A Weigand, M Dietrich","doi":"10.1007/s00101-024-01456-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00101-024-01456-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72805,"journal":{"name":"Die Anaesthesiologie","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142302442","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}
Jochen Dutzmann, Hanno Grahn, Udo Boeken, Christian Jung, Andrej Michalsen, Gunnar Duttge, Ralf Muellenbach, P Christian Schulze, Lars Eckardt, Georg Trummer, Guido Michels
{"title":"[Ethical aspects in the context of extracorporeal life support systems (ECLS): consensus paper of the DGK, DGTHG and DGAI].","authors":"Jochen Dutzmann, Hanno Grahn, Udo Boeken, Christian Jung, Andrej Michalsen, Gunnar Duttge, Ralf Muellenbach, P Christian Schulze, Lars Eckardt, Georg Trummer, Guido Michels","doi":"10.1007/s00101-024-01458-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00101-024-01458-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Extracorporeal life support systems (ECLS) are life-sustaining measures for severe cardiovascular diseases, serving as bridging treatment either until cardiovascular function is restored or alternative treatment, such as heart transplantation or the implantation of permanent ventricular assist devices is performed. Given the insufficient evidence and frequent urgency of implantation without initial patient consent, the ethical challenges and psychological burden for patients, relatives and the interprofessional intensive care team are significant. As with any treatment, an appropriate therapeutic goal for ECLS treatment based on the indications and patient informed consent is mandatory. In order to integrate the necessary ethical considerations into everyday clinical practice, a structured algorithm for handling ECLS is proposed here, which takes ethical aspects into due account.</p>","PeriodicalId":72805,"journal":{"name":"Die Anaesthesiologie","volume":" ","pages":"591-598"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142037907","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}
Die AnaesthesiologiePub Date : 2024-09-01Epub Date: 2024-08-12DOI: 10.1007/s00101-024-01442-0
Christian Lanckohr, Dagmar Horn, Steffen Roßlenbroich, Michael J Raschke, Tobias Hirsch, Josef Stolberg-Stolberg
{"title":"[Necrotizing soft tissue infections].","authors":"Christian Lanckohr, Dagmar Horn, Steffen Roßlenbroich, Michael J Raschke, Tobias Hirsch, Josef Stolberg-Stolberg","doi":"10.1007/s00101-024-01442-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00101-024-01442-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Necrotizing soft tissue infections are a heterogeneous group of severe infections of the skin, connective tissue and muscles in which necrotic destruction of the tissue occurs at the site of infection. Various bacteria are known as \"typical\" triggering pathogens and the infection can occur on the entire surface of the body. Necrotizing soft tissue infections are always a time-sensitive emergency associated with high mortality. Many affected patients are critically ill and require treatment in an intensive care unit. The rapid and radical surgical treatment is an essential part of management and in addition an adequate and timely antimicrobial treatment is of great importance. The health consequences for surviving patients are often severe, as extensive soft tissue damage leads to functional impairments. In many cases extensive plastic surgery follow-up is necessary. Therefore, necrotizing soft tissue infections are \"complicated\" in every phase of the disease and require interprofessional treatment. This review article provides a current overview of various aspects of the diagnostics, treatment and aftercare of necrotizing soft tissue infections.</p>","PeriodicalId":72805,"journal":{"name":"Die Anaesthesiologie","volume":" ","pages":"608-616"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141918232","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}
Die AnaesthesiologiePub Date : 2024-09-01Epub Date: 2024-08-23DOI: 10.1007/s00101-024-01449-7
Marvin Deslandes, Martin Deicke, Julia Johanna Grannemann, Jochen Hinkelbein, Annika Hoyer, Matthias Kalmbach, André Kobiella, Bernd Strickmann, Thomas Plappert, Gerrit Jansen
{"title":"[Prehospital analgesia with nalbuphine and paracetamol compared to piritramide by paramedics-A multicenter observational study].","authors":"Marvin Deslandes, Martin Deicke, Julia Johanna Grannemann, Jochen Hinkelbein, Annika Hoyer, Matthias Kalmbach, André Kobiella, Bernd Strickmann, Thomas Plappert, Gerrit Jansen","doi":"10.1007/s00101-024-01449-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00101-024-01449-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Following recent changes to the German Narcotics Act, this article examines prehospital analgesia by paramedics using piritramide vs. nalbuphine + paracetamol.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>Prehospital analgesia administered by paramedics from the Fulda (piritramide) and Gütersloh (nalbuphine + paracetamol) emergency services was compared regarding pain intensity at the beginning and end of the mission, measured using the numeric rating scale (NRS). Additionally, an analysis of the resulting complications was carried out.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In this study 2429 administrations of analgesia were evaluated (nalbuphine + paracetamol: 1635, 67.3%, initial NRS: 8.0 ± 1.4, end of NRS: 3.7 ± 2.0; piritramide: 794, 32.7%, initial NRS: 8.5 ± 1.1, end of NRS: 4.5 ± 1.6). Factors influencing NRS change were initial NRS (regression coefficient, RC: 0.7075, 95% confidence interval, CI: 0.6503-0.7647, p < 0.001), treatment with nalbuphine + paracetamol (RC: 0.6048, 95% CI: 0.4396-0.7700, p < 0.001). Treatment with nalbuphine + paracetamol (n = 796 (48.7%)) compared to piritramide (n = 190 (23.9%)) increased the odds of achieving NRS < 4 (odds ratio, OR: 2.712, 95% CI: 2.227-3.303, p < 0.001). Complications occurred in n = 44 (5.5%) with piritramide and in n = 35 (2.1%) with nalbuphine + paracetamol. Risk factors for complications were analgesia with piritramide (OR: 2.699, 95% CI: 1.693-4.301, p < 0.001), female sex (OR: 2.372, 95% CI: 1.396-4.029, p = 0.0014), and age (OR: 1.013, 95% CI: 1.002-1.025, p = 0.0232).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Compared with piritramide, prehospital analgesia with nalbuphine + paracetamol has favorable effects in terms of analgesic efficacy and complication rates and should therefore be considered in future recommendations for paramedics.</p>","PeriodicalId":72805,"journal":{"name":"Die Anaesthesiologie","volume":" ","pages":"583-590"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11358200/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142037908","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Die AnaesthesiologiePub Date : 2024-09-01Epub Date: 2024-08-09DOI: 10.1007/s00101-024-01441-1
Sarah Göpfert
{"title":"[Importance of documentation. Not documented is deemed to be not done].","authors":"Sarah Göpfert","doi":"10.1007/s00101-024-01441-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00101-024-01441-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Only a few physicians are willing to comprehensively concern themselves with how a legally watertight treatment documentation should be structured, in addition to their practical activities; however, the importance of the documentation cannot be emphasized enough, not only for a potential case of liability but also for the medical (further) treatment. This article therefore illustrates the legal foundations of the mandatory documentation and the most important questions associated with it for the practice, in particular on the content of the documentation, the timing of the documentation, the preservation of treatment documents and on the conduct in cases of an impending incident.</p>","PeriodicalId":72805,"journal":{"name":"Die Anaesthesiologie","volume":" ","pages":"571-575"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141914706","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}
Die AnaesthesiologiePub Date : 2024-09-01Epub Date: 2024-08-06DOI: 10.1007/s00101-024-01447-9
Julian Thomas, Stefan Kleinschmidt, Philipp Mörsdorf, David Conrad, Ulrich Berwanger, Werner Armbruster
{"title":"[Comparison of the preclinical quality of analgesia of emergency physicians and paramedics based on trauma patients].","authors":"Julian Thomas, Stefan Kleinschmidt, Philipp Mörsdorf, David Conrad, Ulrich Berwanger, Werner Armbruster","doi":"10.1007/s00101-024-01447-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00101-024-01447-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Adequate prehospital pain management is a critical component of emergency medical services. With the introduction of the paramedic profession and the Paramedics Act in Germany, the basis for more extensive competencies of paramedics was established. In many emergency medical service areas it is thus possible for paramedics to perform analgesia and sedation with esketamine/midazolam according to pre-established instructions and/or standard operating procedures. This study assessed the quality of analgesia administered to trauma patients by paramedics compared to emergency medical service physicians.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>The study included trauma patients who received prehospital administration of analgesia by either emergency medical service physicians or paramedics and were subsequently admitted to the central emergency department of the Saarland University Hospital. A standardized data collection form was used to collect information from the emergency service protocol and initial emergency department assessment. The evaluation employed descriptive statistical methods and a total of 207 completed records were analyzed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Both professional groups achieved significant pain reduction and fulfilled the criteria for effective pain management (pain reduction: emergency medical service physicians 5.5 ± 2.0/paramedic 4.4 ± 2.1, p < 0.001). Emergency medical service physicians, however, more frequently attained a higher reduction in numerical rating scale scores and administered oxygen. Notable differences were observed in the range of medications used and the dosages.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study could show that prehospital analgesia is comparable between emergency medical service physicians and paramedics in terms of effectiveness for trauma patients if the indications are correctly set, while observing pre-existing instructions. With their competencies paramedics are able to perform an effective and safe analgesic treatment within the framework of preformulated procedural instructions, which can be equal to that of an emergency medical service physician.</p>","PeriodicalId":72805,"journal":{"name":"Die Anaesthesiologie","volume":" ","pages":"576-582"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11358169/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141899098","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Die AnaesthesiologiePub Date : 2024-08-01Epub Date: 2024-07-18DOI: 10.1007/s00101-024-01435-z
Florian Piekarski, Ana Kowark
{"title":"[The HEMOTION study: liberal transfusion strategy does not reduce the risk of poor outcomes in traumatic brain injury].","authors":"Florian Piekarski, Ana Kowark","doi":"10.1007/s00101-024-01435-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00101-024-01435-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72805,"journal":{"name":"Die Anaesthesiologie","volume":" ","pages":"553-555"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141635980","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}