Background/Objectives: Insufflation of the gastrointestinal tract, as a side effect of improper ventilation, is a known complication in resuscitation patients. As animal studies have shown, this can be associated with an increase in intra-abdominal p...
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Background: Tracheal rupture is a rare, life-threatening condition that may follow blunt trauma, intubation, and, less commonly, esophageal instrumentation. The diagnosis may be challenging due to the subtle, delayed, and wide variety of symptoms. We...
Background/Objectives: Accessing intramural or epicardial arrhythmogenic substrates is limited in endocardial ablation, and in these circumstances, epicardial ablation may overcome these limitations. Because epicardial access may be associated with s...
CO2 insufflation has proven effective in reducing patients’ pain after colonoscopies but has not been examined in esophagogastroduodenoscopies. Therefore, we examined the effect of CO2 insufflation in examinees who underwent transnasal endoscop...
Background and Objectives: Gastric insufflation may occur during positive-pressure ventilation through a supraglottic airway when airway pressure exceeds the seal pressure. Because pressure-controlled ventilation (PCV) lowers peak inspiratory pressur...
The aim of our study was to evaluate the benefits of a low-pressure insufflation system (AirSeal) vs. a standard insufflation system in terms of anesthesiologists’ parameters and postoperative pain in patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery fo...
The provision of mechanical insufflation-exsufflation (MI-E) devices to enhance cough efficacy is increasing. Typically, MI-E devices are used to augment cough in patients with neuromuscular disorders but also in patients who are weak in an acute car...
Background: High-flow nasal oxygenation is an oxygen delivery method by which high concentrations of heated humidified oxygen are supplied via the nasal cavity. This study aimed to investigate the effect of high-flow nasal oxygenation on gastric volu...
(1) Objective: This study aimed to assess the evolution of the quality of ventilations of a group of rescuers after two training sessions by taking into account inspiration times. (2) Materials and Methods: A pilot simulation study was carried out wi...
After repair of Boerhaave syndrome, assessment of repair integrity is important because occult dehiscence may progress to mediastinitis or pleural sepsis. Water-soluble contrast esophagography is widely used before resuming oral intake, but absence o...
Objective: To review the effects of carbon dioxide pneumoperitoneum during laparoscopy, evaluate alternative techniques to establishing a working space and compare this to current recommendations in veterinary surgery. Study Design: Literature review...
Background: In a cannot-ventilate-cannot-intubate situation, careful preoxygenation with high FiO2 allowing subsequent apneic oxygenation can be life-saving. The best position for an oxygen supply line within the human airway at which oxygen insuffla...
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of patient demographic and anatomical characteristics on abdominal compliance (AC), which represents the slope of the pressure–volume (P–V) curve of the abdominal cavity and is a measure...
Background: O3-O2 therapy is an alternative medical treatment that introduces a mixture of O3-O2 into the body for therapeutic purposes. The objective of this study is to evaluate its margins of applicability in the eradication of HPV infection from...
The abdominal pressure–volume (P–V) relationship during laparoscopic insufflation is curvilinear and subject to substantial inter-individual variability, yet clinical practice relies on universal pressure targets derived from population-l...
Background and objectives: The laryngeal mask is the method of choice for airway management in children during minor surgical procedures. There is a paucity of data regarding optimal management of mechanical ventilation in these patients. The Supreme...
This study investigated supercritical solvent impregnation of polyamide microfiltration membranes with carvacrol and the potential application of the modified membranes in ventilation of open surgical wounds. The impregnation process was conducted in...
Background: Chronic pelvic toxicity induced by radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy (R/CIPT) is a debilitating sequela in gynecological cancer survivors, often refractory to conventional treatments and potentially linked to gut microbiota dysbiosis. Ozon...
Background: Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) is an endoscopic examination of the upper gastrointestinal tract that requires insufflation with gas, leading to intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH). There is evidence suggesting that IAH positively correla...
Background/Objectives: Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) affects up to 85% of patients receiving neurotoxic regimens, often leading to dose reduction and impaired quality of life, yet effective preventive or therapeutic options remain...
Background: Achalasia is a primary esophageal motility disorder characterized by impaired relaxation of the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) and absent peristalsis, which increases the risk of aspiration during anesthesia. Peroral endoscopic myotomy...
Background and Objectives: Aerosol drug administration is the primary treatment modality of otitis media with effusion (OME). An automatic manosonic aerosol generator (AMSA) delivers, with an acoustic overpressure, a therapeutic dosage of a drug by i...
Children with medical complexity (CMC) are a growing population of diagnostically heterogeneous children characterized by chronic conditions affecting multiple organ systems, the use of medical technology at home as well as intensive healthcare servi...
CPZEN-45 is a novel compound with activity against drug-susceptible and drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB). The present study was undertaken to determine the best dose and dosing regimen of inhalable CPZEN-45 powders to use in efficacy studies with TB-...
Background/Objectives: Rigid bronchoscopy poses safety challenges due to airway leakage. Although apnoeic oxygenation is a potential strategy, concerns over carbon dioxide (CO2) retention have limited its adoption. The introduction of high-flow nasal...
Laparoscopy offers numerous advantages over open procedures, minimizing trauma, reducing pain, accelerating recovery, and shortening hospital stays. Despite other technical advancements, pneumoperitoneum insufflation has received little attention, ba...
Thoracic surgery using CO2 insufflation maintains closed-chest one-lung ventilation (OLV) that may provide the necessary heart–lung interaction for the dynamic indices to predict fluid responsiveness. We studied whether pulse pressure variation (PPV)...
Laparoscopic salpingectomy is a minimally invasive surgery that requires careful anesthetic management due to the effects of intra-abdominal gas insufflation. In this retrospective study, baboons (Papio hamadryas) were treated with two induction prot...
Gallbladder disease is a common cause of morbidity in dogs, and cholecystectomy remains the definitive treatment in many cases. Although minimally invasive approaches offer recognized advantages, their adoption is limited by technical complexity and...
Compressions during the insufflation phase of ventilations may cause severe pulmonary injury during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Transthoracic impedance (TTI) could be used to evaluate how chest compressions are aligned with ventilations if t...
Background: Both general anesthesia and pneumoperitoneum insufflation during abdominal laparoscopic surgery can lead to atelectasis and impairment in oxygenation. Setting an appropriate level of external PEEP could reduce the occurrence of atelectasi...
The technique of laparoscopic oocyte aspiration has been increasingly used in animals; however, there are few records of its use in buffaloes. To describe this technique, six suckling Murrah buffaloes aged between 3 and 5 months were used. Three lapa...
The aim of this study was to investigate whether deep neuromuscular blockade (NMB) may affect intraoperative respiratory mechanics, surgical condition, and recovery profiles in patients undergoing robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP). Patients...
Intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) elevation during capnoperitoneum can cause adverse cardiovascular and respiratory effects. This study aimed to determine if a sequentially increased IAP affects cardiovascular and respiratory variables in anesthetized d...
Background: Many studies have reported minor complications and disturbance of the gut microbiota after colonoscopy. Compared with air, carbon dioxide (CO2) insufflation could decrease minor complications, but its impact on gut microbiota remains unkn...
Background: Peritoneal stretching from CO2 insufflation is a primary mechanism of pain associated with laparoscopy. Cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors are promising anti-inflammatory and analgesic agents. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of celecoxib...
Background: Laparoscopic surgery (LS) requires CO2 insufflation to establish the operative field. Patients with worsening pain post-operatively often undergo computed tomography (CT). CT is highly sensitive in detecting free air—the hallmark si...
This study aims to present a novel deep learning algorithm for a sliding shock advisory decision during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and its performance evaluation as a function of the cumulative hands-off time. We retrospectively used 13,570...
Mechanical insufflation-exsufflation (MI-E) is essential for secretion clearance, especially in neuromuscular disorders. For the best outcomes, initiation of MI-E should be started at the correct time with regular evaluation to the response to treatm...
Adaptive changes in oxygenation and hemodynamics are evaluated during pediatric laparoscopy. The children underwent laparoscopy (LAP Group, n=20) or open surgery (Open Group, n=10). Regional cerebral (rScO2) and peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO2), h...
Bicarbonate ions are the primary source of inorganic carbon for autotrophic organisms living in aquatic environments. In the present study, we evaluated the short-term (hours) effects of sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3) addition on the growth and photosyn...
Anaerobic digestate supernatant can be used as a nutrient source for microalgae cultivation, thus integrating phytoremediation processes with high value products storage in microalgae biomass. Microalgae are able to use nitrogen and phosphorous from...
A wide variety of substances have been used to anaesthetise invertebrates, but many are not anaesthetics and merely incapacitate animals rather than preventing pain. In essence, the role of an ideal general anaesthetic is to act as a muscle relaxant,...
Promoting rapid healing is a concern in skin wound treatment, as the increased pain and the loss of functional ability when wounds become chronic create a complex problem to manage. This scoping review aimed to explore the literature and synthesize e...
Background: With the rising prevalence of obesity, anesthesiologists are expected to increasingly encounter patients with obesity, which poses challenges for anesthetic management. The use of remimazolam, an intravenous anesthetic agent approved in 2...
Background: The treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with reduced respiratory function represents a challenge for thoracic surgeons. Minimally invasive surgery seems to be beneficial for these patients because it reduces tissue tr...
Bimetallic mesoporous photocatalysts were synthesized via a wet impregnation method using SBA-15 as a support, and characterized by UV–visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, low-angle X-ray diffraction and N2 physisorption. Among the tested...
Background: Previous studies have favored esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) followed by colonoscopy as the optimal sequence in bidirectional endoscopy (BDE) with air insufflation. However, the optimal sequence in same-day BDE with WE colonoscopy is un...
Cocaine is one of the most consumed stimulants throughout the world, as official sources report. It is a naturally occurring sympathomimetic tropane alkaloid derived from the leaves of Erythroxylon coca, which has been used by South American locals f...
First cannulation is a critical manoeuvre in equine laparoscopy. This retrospective study aimed at the comparison of the frequency and type of complications detected when using different human laparoscopy devices for laparoscopic access in standing h...
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