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Anesthesia for cesarean section and SARS Cov-2: Observational study in Peru

Rev. colomb. anestesiol; 49 (4), 2021
Abstract Introduction Information regarding the clinical behavior and the anesthetic and perioperative management in pregnant patients with SARS-CoV-2 is starting to appear in the literature in the form of case reports or case series. However, strong evidence and recommendations are still limited. Obje...

Génesis y evolución de la anestesia epidural lumbar en su primer centenario
Genesis and evolution of lumbar epidural anesthesia in its first century

Introducción: La anestesia epidural lumbar es la técnica predilecta para gran número de anestesiólogos. Permite variadas intervenciones quirúrgicas, es útil para el tratamiento del dolor agudo y crónico, a la vez provee al paciente de distintos beneficios. También resalta su versatilidad ya que ...

Seguridad de la anestesia neuroaxial en mujeres con embarazo gemelar y síndrome de transfusión feto-fetal, sometidas a fotocoagulación láser. Estudio de cohorte retrospectiva

Objetivo: describir las características clínicas y la frecuencia de complicaciones maternas, fetales y neonatales, según técnica de anestesia neuroaxial (AN) en mujeres con síndrome de transfusión feto-fetal (STFF) tratadas con fotocoagulación láser (FL). Materiales y métodos: estudio de coh...

Anesthetic management in neurological disorders: is combined spinal-epidural a suitable option? Case report

Rev. colomb. anestesiol; 49 (3), 2021
Abstract Tuberous sclerosis (TSC) is a rare disease with multi-systemic involvement, predominantly neurological. Little evidence exists about the anesthetic management of patients with this disorder, particularly in pregnant women. This article discusses a case of a patient with TSC admitted to our hospi...

Comparison among subarachnoid opioid mix for cesarean section - An observational study

Rev. colomb. anestesiol; 49 (1), 2021
Abstract Introduction Classically, the local anesthetic (LA) has been combined with one lipophilic and another hydrophilic opioid for neuraxial anesthesia in cesarean section. In Colombia, the practice has been the use of morphine hydrochloride with fentanyl, but the occasional shortage of the former tr...

Alcohol (70%) versus alcoholic chlorhexidine solution (0. 5%) in skin antisepsis for neuraxial blocks: a randomized clinical trial

Rev. Col. Bras. Cir; 48 (), 2021
ABSTRACT Objective: to compare the use of 0.5% alcoholic chlorhexidine and 70% alcohol in skin antisepsis for neuraxial blocks. Method: this is a non-inferiority randomized clinical trial, with two parallel arms. Seventy patients who were candidates for neuraxial block were randomly allocated to grou...

Transient skin and fur color change after trichotomy of the sacrococcygeal region for epidural anesthesia in a domestic cat (Felis catus)

A clinical case in which skin and hair color change occurred after sacrococcygeal epidural anesthesia in a nine-month-old Siamese cross queen undergoing ovariohysterectomy (OHE) is described. Six weeks after surgery, during a re-check, it was noted that in the sacrococcygeal region the color of the skin ...

Retiro de aguja intradural en la columna toracolumbar. Reporte de un caso
Spinal needle removal in the thoracolumbar spine. Case report

La presencia de elementos extraños dentro del canal raquídeo es infrecuente y no hay claro consenso respecto de su tratamiento. Las publicaciones sobre fragmentos de proyectil de arma de fuego intracanal recomiendan la exéresis de los fragmentos ante la posibilidad de migración, sobre todo, cuando es...

Opioid-free general anesthesia and induced recovery from anesthesia in a patient with myotonic dystrophy type-1: a case report

Rev. bras. anestesiol; 70 (6), 2020
Abstract Myotonic dystrophy type-1 (Steinert disease) is an autosomal dominant, progressive multisystem disease in which myotonic crisis can be triggered by several factors including pain, emotional stress, hypothermia, shivering, and mechanical or electrical stimulation. In this report, dexmedetomidine-...

Perioperative challenges and neuromuscular blockade concerns in robotic thymectomy for myasthenia gravis

Rev. bras. anestesiol; 70 (5), 2020
Abstract Myasthenia Gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disease characterized by weakness and fatigability of skeletal muscles, with improvement following rest. It is a disease of great significance to the anesthesiologist because it affects the neuromuscular junction. Robotic thymectomy has come up in recent t...