Anesthesia and analgesiaPub Date : 2025-07-01Epub Date: 2024-11-19DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000007291
Yotam Portnoy, Maxim Glebov, Dina Orkin, Maksim Katsin, Haim Berkenstadt
{"title":"Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting in Pediatrics: Incidence and Guideline Adherence-a Retrospective Cohort Study.","authors":"Yotam Portnoy, Maxim Glebov, Dina Orkin, Maksim Katsin, Haim Berkenstadt","doi":"10.1213/ANE.0000000000007291","DOIUrl":"10.1213/ANE.0000000000007291","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) in pediatric patients is a common and clinically significant postoperative complication. The incidence of PONV has not been extensively studied in large pediatric cohorts. Furthermore, in 2020, the Fourth Consensus Guidelines for the management of PONV were published. However, the association between perioperative factors and adherence to these guidelines remains unclear. This study aims to assess both the incidence of PONV and guideline adherence within a large and diverse pediatric population.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a retrospective observational study at a large tertiary medical center, including pediatric patients (≤18 years) who underwent surgery between September 2020 and March 2023. We conducted a retrospective analysis of data from our electronic health records, focusing on patient demographics, surgical details, anesthesia details, and prophylaxis for PONV. We calculated the incidence of PONV and used multivariable logistic regression to identify the predictors of guideline adherence.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The cohort included 3772 patients with a median (interquartile range [IQR]) age of 9.21 (3.55-14.68) years. The incidence (95% confidence intervals) of early PONV was 1.0% (0.7-1.4) and 3.8% (3.2-4.5) for delayed PONV. Adherence to the fourth consensus guidelines for PONV management was observed in 32.5% (31.0-34.0) of cases. A high risk of PONV was identified in 55.9% (54.3-57.5) of the patients. The most common number of PONV risk factors was 3, observed in 1151 patients (30.5% [29.1-32.0]). Significant predictors of guideline adherence included the intraoperative use of long-acting opioids (odds ratio [OR], 2.711, P < .001) and age ≥3 years (OR, 2.074, P < .001). Nonadherence was associated with a higher incidence of PONV at 24 hours postsurgery (4.4% (3.6-5.2) vs 2.7% (1.9-3.8), P = .012). Factors such as specific high PONV risk surgeries ( P = .001), maintenance with inhalational agents solely ( P = .017), and neostigmine use ( P < .001) were also all statistically significant.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our study revealed a lower-than-expected incidence of PONV in pediatric patients, highlighting the need for standardized definitions and improved reporting. Adherence to PONV guidelines was suboptimal, emphasizing the need for better implementation strategies.</p>","PeriodicalId":7784,"journal":{"name":"Anesthesia and analgesia","volume":" ","pages":"77-85"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142942762","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anesthesia and analgesiaPub Date : 2025-07-01Epub Date: 2025-02-13DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000007395
Mark D Neuman
{"title":"Is Anesthesiology Ready for Pragmatic Trials?","authors":"Mark D Neuman","doi":"10.1213/ANE.0000000000007395","DOIUrl":"10.1213/ANE.0000000000007395","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7784,"journal":{"name":"Anesthesia and analgesia","volume":" ","pages":"134-138"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143412856","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anesthesia and analgesiaPub Date : 2025-07-01Epub Date: 2025-05-22DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000007567
Ehab S Farag, Yufei Li, Maged Y Argalious, Ye Rin Koh, Christopher A Troianos
{"title":"In Response.","authors":"Ehab S Farag, Yufei Li, Maged Y Argalious, Ye Rin Koh, Christopher A Troianos","doi":"10.1213/ANE.0000000000007567","DOIUrl":"10.1213/ANE.0000000000007567","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7784,"journal":{"name":"Anesthesia and analgesia","volume":" ","pages":"e13-e15"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144126631","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anesthesia and analgesiaPub Date : 2025-07-01Epub Date: 2024-11-13DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000007272
David Hao, Kirk Bonner, Taylor Burnham, Milan P Stojanovic
{"title":"Pro-Con Debate: Air or Saline for Loss-of-Resistance Technique of Interlaminar Epidural Access with Fluoroscopy-Guided Pain Medicine Procedures.","authors":"David Hao, Kirk Bonner, Taylor Burnham, Milan P Stojanovic","doi":"10.1213/ANE.0000000000007272","DOIUrl":"10.1213/ANE.0000000000007272","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this Pro-Con commentary article, the Pro side advocates that using the loss of resistance (LOR) to air technique for interlaminar epidural access is safe as the risk of pneumocephalus is exceptionally low. They note that case reports detailing complications typically utilize at least 1 mL of air, frequently exceeding this amount. Even a 1-mL dosage surpasses the requirement, particularly when fluoroscopy is applied in the context of chronic pain management. The proponents also suggest a modified technique, where a syringe containing a drop of saline or contrast acts as a visual cue, minimizing air injection into the epidural space to a negligible quantity. Moreover, they emphasize that air facilitates the identification of any fluid as an indicator of unintended intrathecal access. The Con perspective argues against the utilization of air for epidural access and advocates for the use of LOR with saline instead. This stance is supported by evidence pointing to a greater occurrence of adverse events, such as postdural puncture headache (PDPH) and pneumocephalus, associated with LOR to air compared to LOR with saline. They also argue that saline's physical properties enhance tactile feedback, potentially contributing to its increased safety. Both saline and air have been used for many years for epidural access via the interlaminar approach. Although both are generally accepted in practice, neither has been formally established as the standard of care. It would benefit the medical community to further delineate the pros and cons of each medium, enabling practitioners to make more informed decisions. This Pro-Con debate will provide 2 perspectives ( Table ) on the evidence and rationales for the use of air or saline for the LOR technique in interlaminar epidural access with fluoroscopy.</p>","PeriodicalId":7784,"journal":{"name":"Anesthesia and analgesia","volume":" ","pages":"103-108"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144265123","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anesthesia and analgesiaPub Date : 2025-07-01Epub Date: 2025-06-16DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000007600
{"title":"Critical Blood Pressure and PMI in Vascular Surgery.","authors":"","doi":"10.1213/ANE.0000000000007600","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1213/ANE.0000000000007600","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7784,"journal":{"name":"Anesthesia and analgesia","volume":"141 1","pages":"4"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144309451","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Optimal Infusion Rate of Norepinephrine for Prevention of Spinal Hypotension for Cesarean Delivery: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Using Up-Down Sequential Allocation.","authors":"Fatima Khatoon, Mitko Kocarev, Roshan Fernando, Amber Naz, Fouzia Khalid, Eynas Omer Ibrahim Abdalla, Malachy Columb","doi":"10.1213/ANE.0000000000007231","DOIUrl":"10.1213/ANE.0000000000007231","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Norepinephrine has recently been suggested to be as effective as phenylephrine for the prevention of hypotension after spinal anesthesia for cesarean delivery. Moreover, compared to phenylephrine, norepinephrine may be superior in maintaining heart rate (HR) and consequently, cardiac output (CO). A recent study demonstrated that norepinephrine given as a single intravenous bolus is approximately 13 times more potent than phenylephrine. However, it is uncertain whether this finding can be applied when these vasopressors are administered as infusions. Therefore, the optimum infusion rate of norepinephrine remains unknown. We aimed to determine the median effective dose (ED 50 ; defined as the rate of vasopressor infusion required to prevent spinal hypotension in 50% of subjects) of both drugs needed to maintain maternal systolic blood pressure within 20% of the baseline after spinal anesthesia for cesarean delivery and to derive the relative potency ratio.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Sixty healthy patients undergoing elective cesarean delivery with standardized spinal anesthesia were randomized into 2 groups. The first patient in group 1 received phenylephrine 1200 µg in normal saline 0.9% w/v 60 mL at 60 mL/h infusion rate (20 µg.min -1 ). The first patient in group 2 received norepinephrine 96 µg in normal saline 0.9% w/v 60 mL at 60 mL/h infusion rate (1.6 µg.min -1 ). Using up-down sequential allocation technique, the vasopressor dose for every subsequent patient was determined by the response in the previous patient. If effective, the next patient received a dose reduced by 150 µg of phenylephrine (2.5 µg.min -1 ) or 12 µg (0.2 µg.min -1 ) of norepinephrine. If ineffective, the dose for the next patient was increased by the same amount. The ED50s were determined according to the Dixon-Massey formula. Stroke volume (SV), HR, and CO were also measured.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The ED 50 was 12.7 µg.min -1 (95% CI, 10.5-14.9) for phenylephrine and 1.01 µg.min -1 (95% CI, 0.84-1.18) for norepinephrine, giving a potency ratio of 12.6 (95% CI, 9.92-15.9). HR, SV, and CO did not differ between the groups.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Norepinephrine is more potent than phenylephrine by a factor of approximately 13 when administered as infusion for equivalent maternal blood pressure control. Based on these findings, we recommend a variable rate prophylactic infusion of norepinephrine to be initiated at 1.9 to 3.8 µg.min - 1 for the management of hypotension during cesarean delivery under spinal anesthesia.</p>","PeriodicalId":7784,"journal":{"name":"Anesthesia and analgesia","volume":" ","pages":"17-25"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142387376","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anesthesia and analgesiaPub Date : 2025-07-01Epub Date: 2024-12-20DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000007374
Abdellah Aouifi, David Faraoni, Geoffray Keller, Flora Ketels, Olivier Raspado, Joel Lapeze, Fadi Farhat
{"title":"Erythrocytes and Platelets Autotransfusion in High Hemorrhagic Risk Cardiac Surgery: A Single-Center Pilot Analysis of the Multicentric SEPIA Registry.","authors":"Abdellah Aouifi, David Faraoni, Geoffray Keller, Flora Ketels, Olivier Raspado, Joel Lapeze, Fadi Farhat","doi":"10.1213/ANE.0000000000007374","DOIUrl":"10.1213/ANE.0000000000007374","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7784,"journal":{"name":"Anesthesia and analgesia","volume":" ","pages":"215-218"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12140552/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142869294","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anesthesia and analgesiaPub Date : 2025-07-01Epub Date: 2025-06-16DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000007407
Clyde T Matava, Armaan Dosani, Martina Bordini, Jonathan Tan
{"title":"Insights and Trends in Artificial Intelligence Driven Innovations in Anesthesia: An Analysis of Global Patent Activity (2010-2024).","authors":"Clyde T Matava, Armaan Dosani, Martina Bordini, Jonathan Tan","doi":"10.1213/ANE.0000000000007407","DOIUrl":"10.1213/ANE.0000000000007407","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7784,"journal":{"name":"Anesthesia and analgesia","volume":" ","pages":"219-222"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143031780","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anesthesia and analgesiaPub Date : 2025-07-01Epub Date: 2025-02-25DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000007465
Stephen F Woodford, Joseph Rinehart, Philip Peyton, Bernhard Riedel
{"title":"Clarity in Hemodynamics and End-Organ Perfusion: Pulsatility, Patient Phenotype, and the Pressure Field as a Novel Approach.","authors":"Stephen F Woodford, Joseph Rinehart, Philip Peyton, Bernhard Riedel","doi":"10.1213/ANE.0000000000007465","DOIUrl":"10.1213/ANE.0000000000007465","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7784,"journal":{"name":"Anesthesia and analgesia","volume":" ","pages":"113-119"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12140562/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143497939","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anesthesia and analgesiaPub Date : 2025-07-01Epub Date: 2025-05-16DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000007553
Fei Xiao, Yanping Zhao, Warwick D Ngan Kee, Xinzhong Chen
{"title":"In Response.","authors":"Fei Xiao, Yanping Zhao, Warwick D Ngan Kee, Xinzhong Chen","doi":"10.1213/ANE.0000000000007553","DOIUrl":"10.1213/ANE.0000000000007553","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7784,"journal":{"name":"Anesthesia and analgesia","volume":" ","pages":"e10-e12"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144075539","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}