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Dexmedetomidine Alters the Cardiovascular Response During Infra-Renal Aortic Cross-Clamping in Sevoflurane-Anesthetized Dogs
(Journal of Investigative Surgery, 2008-11-01) [Artigo]
Some properties of the volatile anesthetics, such as vasodilatation and myocardial depression, combined with the sympathetic inhibition that alpha 2-agonists can produce may determine hemodynamic alterations during aortic, ...
Lung ultrasound in acute respiratory distress syndrome and acute lung injury
(Current Opinion In Critical Care, 2008-02-01) [Artigo]
Purpose of reviewLung ultrasound at the bedside can provide accurate information on lung status in critically ill patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome.Recent findingsLung ultrasound can replace bedside chest ...
Comparison of lung tissue concentrations of nebulized ceftazidime in ventilated piglets: ultrasonic versus vibrating plate nebulizers
(Intensive Care Medicine, 2008-09-01) [Artigo]
Objective: To compare the efficiency of an Aeroneb Pro vibrating plate and an Atomisor MegaHertz ultrasonic nebulizer for providing ceftazidime distal lung deposition.Design: In vitro experiments. One gram of cetazidime ...
Echocardiographic Doppler estimation of pulmonary artery pressure in critically ill patients with severe hypoxemia
(Anesthesiology, 2008-01-01) [Artigo]
BACKGROUND: In spontaneously breathing cardiac patients, pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) can be accurately estimated from the transthoracic Doppler study of pulmonary artery and tricuspid regurgitation blood flows. In ...
Use of extensible internal device in the femur of young dogs
(Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology, 2008-01-01) [Artigo]
An extensible internal device (EID) was developed to preserve growth plate during the treatment of fracture complications or segmental bone loss from tumour resection in children. Since this type of extensible, trans-physeal, ...
Postoperative renal function evaluation, through RIFLE criteria, of elderly patients who underwent femur fracture surgery under spinal anesthesia
(Renal Failure, 2008-01-01) [Artigo]
Introduction. The postoperative acute renal failure (ARF) incidence in different kinds of surgery has rarely been studied. Age, cardiac dysfunction, previous renal dysfunction, intraoperative hypoperfusion, and use of ...
Gastric mucosal perfusion in dogs: Effects of halogenated anesthetics and of hemorrhage
(Journal of Investigative Surgery, 2008-01-01) [Artigo]
The gastrointestinal tract is one of the first organs affected by hypoperfusion during hemorrhagic shock. The hemodynamics and oxygen transport variables during hemorrhagic shock and resuscitation can be affected by the ...
Emergence agitation in pediatric anesthesia: current features
(Jornal de Pediatria, 2008-03-01) [Artigo]
Objective: Postoperative agitation in children is a well-documented clinical phenomenon with incidence ranging from 10% to 67%. There is no definitive explanation for this agitation. Possible causes include rapid awakening ...
Efeito sinérgico entre a dexmedetomidina e a ropivacaína 0,75% na anestesia peridural
(Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira, 2008-03-01) [Artigo]
BACKGROUND. This study aimed to evaluate clinical characteristics of epidural anesthesia performed with 0.75% ropivacaine associated with dexmedetomidine. METHODS. Forty patients scheduled for hernia repair or varicose ...