Ramanjot S Kang, Robert Hutnik, Ishu Kant, A. Zlatopolsky, Chamandeep Brar, Slawomir P. Oleszak
{"title":"Retrograde Intubation Over a Flexible Fiber-Optic Bronchoscope.","authors":"Ramanjot S Kang, Robert Hutnik, Ishu Kant, A. Zlatopolsky, Chamandeep Brar, Slawomir P. Oleszak","doi":"10.2344/anpr-68-04-01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2344/anpr-68-04-01","url":null,"abstract":"Traditional retrograde intubation consists of tracheal intubation performed over a guide wire inserted into the trachea inferior to the vocal cords and then passed transorally or transnasally. This intubation technique is reserved for patients with a difficult airway when other methods such as blind nasal intubation or video laryngoscopy fail. A guide wire passed blindly in a retrograde fashion, however, is not without its own constraints. This case report presents the anesthetic management of a 23-year-old Duchenne muscular dystrophy patient with substantial scarring from a previous tracheostomy stoma and limited mouth opening. The patient underwent a retrograde fiber-optic transnasal intubation without the use of a guide wire for a tracheostomy revision procedure, followed by a second tracheostomy revision and retrograde fiber-optic transoral intubation 7.5 months later. This report demonstrates a novel technique for intubating patients with difficult airways. The use of a flexible fiber-optic bronchoscope for a retrograde intubation mitigates complications that can arise using traditional retrograde intubation over a guide wire and increases the likelihood of successful intubation.","PeriodicalId":7818,"journal":{"name":"Anesthesia progress","volume":"69 1 1","pages":"42-45"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48168937","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}
Yoshio Hayakawa, K. Fujii-Abe, T. Nakano, Masayuki Suzuki, H. Kawahara
{"title":"Severe Bradycardia Occurring After Assisted Mouth Opening: A Case Report.","authors":"Yoshio Hayakawa, K. Fujii-Abe, T. Nakano, Masayuki Suzuki, H. Kawahara","doi":"10.2344/anpr-68-03-07","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2344/anpr-68-03-07","url":null,"abstract":"We report a case of severe bradycardia during general anesthesia due to reduced atrioventricular conduction capacity believed to have been caused by the trigeminocardiac reflex (TCR). A 46-year-old woman was scheduled for intraoral scar revision under general anesthesia. When the surgeon opened her mouth intraoperatively, the patient's blood pressure immediately increased, and she developed significant bradycardia and a transient Mobitz type II second-degree atrioventricular block. It was assumed that the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve (V-3) was stimulated by the surgeon stretching the patient's mouth open while remifentanil simultaneously provided sympatholytic effects, resulting in activation of the TCR. The patient quickly responded well to atropine and had no additional complications.","PeriodicalId":7818,"journal":{"name":"Anesthesia progress","volume":"69 1 1","pages":"46-48"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44397995","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":"Perioperative Dental Injury Associated With Intubated General Anesthesia.","authors":"Taichi Kotani, Satoki Inoue, Masahiko Kawaguchi","doi":"10.2344/anpr-68-03-02","DOIUrl":"10.2344/anpr-68-03-02","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Factors related to perioperative dental injury have likely changed as a variety of airway devices and preventive measures have been introduced. This retrospective chart review used data from an institutional registry to evaluate the incidence, timing, and contributing factors of patient self-reported dental injury and to assess the impact of dental injury on patient satisfaction.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Multivariate logistic analysis was performed on the records of 14,820 patients using the incidence of dental injury as the dependent variable and covariates in the anesthesia registry and a postoperative questionnaire as independent variables to investigate factors significantly associated perioperative dental injury. In addition, satisfaction with the anesthesia service was compared between patients with and without injury using a matched-pair population.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 101 dental injuries were identified. Of those, 25% were associated with intubation and extubation in the operating room, while most other injuries occurred postoperatively. Duration of anesthesia (odds ratio [OR], 1.02; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.00-1.03) and emergency surgery (OR, 1.92; 95% CI, 1.11-3.30) were independently associated with perioperative dental injury. Dental injury did not significantly decrease a patient's satisfaction with the anesthesia service (P = .441).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Most perioperative dental injuries are unrelated to anesthesia procedures. However, the duration of anesthesia and emergency surgery were significantly associated with perioperative dental injury, while decreased patient satisfaction was not.</p>","PeriodicalId":7818,"journal":{"name":"Anesthesia progress","volume":"69 1 1","pages":"3-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8985457/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42142033","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}
{"title":"Remimazolam: The Next Evolutionary Step for Sedative-Hypnotics.","authors":"Kyle J. Kramer","doi":"10.2344/anpr-69-01-07","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2344/anpr-69-01-07","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7818,"journal":{"name":"Anesthesia progress","volume":"69 1 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49152546","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":"Reversal Agents in Sedation and Anesthesia Practice for Dentistry.","authors":"M. Wong","doi":"10.2344/anpr-69-01-09","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2344/anpr-69-01-09","url":null,"abstract":"Reversal agents are defined as any drug used to counteract the pharmacologic effects of another drug. Several pharmacologic antagonists serve as essential drugs in the contemporary practices of sedation providers and anesthesiologists. Reversal or \"antidote\" drugs, such as flumazenil and naloxone, are often used in unintentional overdose situations involving significant benzodiazepine- and/or opioid-induced respiratory depression. Within the context of skeletal muscle relaxation, neostigmine and sugammadex are routinely used to reverse the effects of nondepolarizing neuromuscular blocking agents. In addition, the alpha-adrenergic antagonist phentolamine is used in dentistry as a local anesthetic reversal agent, decreasing its duration of action by inducing vasodilation. This review article discusses the pharmacology, uses, practical implications, adverse effects, and precautions needed for flumazenil, naloxone, neostigmine, sugammadex, and phentolamine within the context of sedation and anesthesia practice for dentistry.","PeriodicalId":7818,"journal":{"name":"Anesthesia progress","volume":"69 1 1","pages":"49-58"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47306906","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":"A Review of Current Literature of Interest to the Office-Based Anesthesiologist.","authors":"M. Saxen","doi":"10.2344/0003-3006-69.1.59","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2344/0003-3006-69.1.59","url":null,"abstract":"does reduce inpatient opioid prescription knee arthroscopy. This study analyzed the impact of liposomal bupivacaine (regardless of administration route) on inpatient opioid use, resource utilization, and opioid-related complications among patients undergoing knee arthroplasty with a peripheral nerve block. A total of 88,830 surgeries from the Premier Healthcare Database were examined. Liposomal bupivacaine was used in 18,817 of these surgeries (21.2 % ). No association was found between the use of liposomal bupivacaine and clinically meaningful reduction in inpatient opioid use, opioid-related complications, or resource outcomes.","PeriodicalId":7818,"journal":{"name":"Anesthesia progress","volume":"69 1 1","pages":"59-60"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46564532","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}
B. Crump, A. Reader, J. Nusstein, Melissa Drum, Sara Fowler, J. Draper
{"title":"Prospective Study on PDL Anesthesia as an Aide to Decrease Palatal Infiltration Pain.","authors":"B. Crump, A. Reader, J. Nusstein, Melissa Drum, Sara Fowler, J. Draper","doi":"10.2344/anpr-68-03-03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2344/anpr-68-03-03","url":null,"abstract":"OBJECTIVE\u0000The purpose of this prospective randomized study was to assess using a periodontal ligament (PDL) injection as an aide to decrease palatal infiltration pain.\u0000\u0000\u0000METHODS\u0000A total of 133 subjects randomly received a PDL injection and alternative palatal infiltration or a mock PDL injection and conventional palatal infiltration at 2 separate appointments. PDL injection was given in the mid-palatal sulcus of the maxillary first molar. Mock PDL injection consisted of only needle insertion. All subjects then received a palatal infiltration administered into the blanched gingival tissue 3 mm (alternative palatal infiltration) or 7 mm (conventional palatal infiltration) from the gingival collar. Subjects recorded needle insertion and solution deposition pain using a Heft-Parker visual analog scale (VAS).\u0000\u0000\u0000RESULTS\u0000The combined PDL injection and alternative palatal infiltration had significantly decreased mean VAS ratings for needle insertion and solution deposition pain (P < .0001). Incidence of moderate/severe pain for needle insertion and solution deposition was reduced from 65% to 1% and from 65% to 2%, respectively.\u0000\u0000\u0000CONCLUSION\u0000Providing PDL anesthesia into the mid-palatal sulcus of the maxillary first molar and then administering an alternative palatal infiltration into the blanched collar around the PDL molar site led to significant reductions in needle insertion and solution deposition pain compared with a mock PDL and conventional palatal infiltration.","PeriodicalId":7818,"journal":{"name":"Anesthesia progress","volume":"69 1 1","pages":"10-17"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48533744","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}
Emi Ishikawa, Rie Iwamoto, Takayuki Hojo, Takahito Teshirogi, Keiji Hashimoto, M. Shibuya, Y. Kimura, T. Fujisawa
{"title":"Cross-sectional Study of PONV Risk Factors for Oral Surgery After Intubated General Anesthesia With Total Intravenous Anesthesia.","authors":"Emi Ishikawa, Rie Iwamoto, Takayuki Hojo, Takahito Teshirogi, Keiji Hashimoto, M. Shibuya, Y. Kimura, T. Fujisawa","doi":"10.2344/anpr-68-03-12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2344/anpr-68-03-12","url":null,"abstract":"OBJECTIVE\u0000The incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) after general anesthesia with total intravenous anesthesia (TIVA) was reported to be significantly lower than with volatile inhalational agents (13.3% vs 25%). However, no investigation of PONV risk factors associated with TIVA has ever been reported. This cross-sectional retrospective study aimed to investigate whether known risk factors influenced PONV in intubated general anesthetics utilizing TIVA for dental or oral and maxillofacial surgery.\u0000\u0000\u0000METHODS\u0000Subjects were 761 patients who underwent dental or oral and maxillofacial surgery under TIVA with propofol, fentanyl, and remifentanil. Univariate and multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed using PONV (within 24 hours) as the dependent variable and previously reported risk factors as independent variables.\u0000\u0000\u0000RESULTS\u0000Age (odds ratio [OR]: 1.020 per year decrease; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.0002-1.0418; P = .047) and female sex (OR: 2.73; 95% CI: 1.60-4.84; P < .001) were positively associated with PONV. Sagittal split ramus osteotomy (SSRO) (OR: 2.28; 95% CI: 1.21-4.33; P = .011) and bimaxillary osteotomy (OR: 5.69; 95% CI: 2.09-15.99; P < .001) were more likely to be associated with PONV than operations that were neither bimaxillary osteotomy nor SSRO. Late PONV (2-24 hours) had an ∼2.7 times higher incidence than early PONV (0-2 hours).\u0000\u0000\u0000CONCLUSION\u0000These findings suggest further PONV countermeasures, aside from TIVA with propofol and prophylactic antiemetics for orthognathic surgeries especially bimaxillary osteotomy, are needed.","PeriodicalId":7818,"journal":{"name":"Anesthesia progress","volume":"69 1 1","pages":"18-23"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48185430","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":"Prolonged Washout Period for Avoiding Azilsartan-Induced Refractory Hypotension During General Anesthesia for a Patient With Renal Impairment.","authors":"Takayuki Hojo, Yukifumi Kimura, Keiji Hashimoto, Takahito Teshirogi, Toshiaki Fujisawa","doi":"10.2344/anpr-68-02-08","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2344/anpr-68-02-08","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) are widely used to treat hypertension, but severe refractory hypotension during general anesthesia is a well-known complication associated with the continuation of ARBs during the perioperative period. It has therefore been recommended that ARBs be withheld for 24 hours before induction of general anesthesia. However, impaired renal function affects the pharmacokinetics of each ARB differently. The half-life of azilsartan is prolonged in accordance with the degree of renal impairment. Herein, we describe a patient with chronic kidney disease grade 3B who experienced severe refractory hypotension after induction of general anesthesia requiring administration of dopamine following inadequate responses to ephedrine and phenylephrine despite a 24-hour azilsartan washout period. When the same patient underwent general anesthesia for a subsequent surgery, azilsartan was withheld for 48 hours before induction, resulting in mild intraoperative hypotension that responded adequately to phenylephrine. Severe refractory hypotension during general anesthesia cannot always be avoided by holding azilsartan for 24 hours in patients with significant renal impairment. Therefore, a longer washout period may be preferable for patients regularly taking azilsartan who also have concurrent substantial renal impairment.</p>","PeriodicalId":7818,"journal":{"name":"Anesthesia progress","volume":"68 4","pages":"220-223"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8674853/pdf/i0003-3006-68-4-220.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39816910","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}
{"title":"Effects of Local Anesthetics With Vasoconstrictors on Dental Pulp Blood Flow and Oxygen Tension.","authors":"Keikoku Tachibana, Masataka Kasahara, Nobuyuki Matsuura, Tatsuya Ichinohe","doi":"10.2344/anpr-68-02-09","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2344/anpr-68-02-09","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The aim of this study was to investigate the changes in pulpal blood flow (PBF) and pulpal oxygen tension (PpulpO2) after injecting local anesthetics with vasoconstrictors.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Under general anesthesia, male Japanese White rabbits were injected with 0.6 mL of 2% lidocaine with 1:80,000 epinephrine (LE) or 3% propitocaine (prilocaine) with 0.03 IU felypressin (PF) at the apical area of the lower incisor.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Relative to baseline, PBF and PpulpO2 significantly decreased 5 minutes after LE or PF injection as compared with saline. The decrease in PBF was significantly lower in the LE group than in the PF group. Although the LE group had a larger decrease in PpulpO2 relative to baseline than the PF group did, that difference was not significant. PBF and PpulpO2 recovered to baseline faster in the PF group than in the LE group.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The injection of local anesthetic solutions containing vasoconstrictors (LE or PF) transiently caused significant decreases in PBF that resulted in significant decreases in PpulpO2. The recovery of PpulpO2 was faster than PBF regardless of the vasoconstrictor used.</p>","PeriodicalId":7818,"journal":{"name":"Anesthesia progress","volume":"68 4","pages":"214-219"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8674846/pdf/i0003-3006-68-4-214.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39727908","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}