Minerva Anestesiologica 2018 June;84(6)

EDITORIAL  Free access

Minerva Anestesiologica 2018 June;84(6):649-51

Extraglottic airway devices: is the classification in generations really informative of properties and safety?

Felice E. AGRÒ *, Giuseppe PASCARELLA

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Minerva Anestesiologica 2018 June;84(6):652-4

Multimodal analgesia and sedation in the electrophysiology laboratory

Vincenzo POTA, Elena BIGNAMI *

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Minerva Anestesiologica 2018 June;84(6):655-7

Comparing two laryngeal masks: the twin importance of a quantitative measure of the oropharyngeal sealing pressure, and the scrupulous avoidance of an excessive intracuff pressure

Wayne PEARCE, Sonia VAIDA *

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Minerva Anestesiologica 2018 June;84(6):658-60

Unconventional monitoring methods: can BIS® predict airway obstruction?

Pierangelo DI MARCO *, Fabrizio IANNUCCELLI

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Minerva Anestesiologica 2018 June;84(6):661-3

Patient-targeted light sedation in the Intensive Care Unit: are we ready for precision medicine with dexmedetomidine?

Lidia DALFINO *, Nicola BRIENZA, Francesco BRUNO

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Minerva Anestesiologica 2018 June;84(6):664-6

Understanding the similarities and distinctions between withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining interventions

Mark R. TONELLI, J. Randall CURTIS *

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE  Free access

Minerva Anestesiologica 2018 June;84(6):667-74

Patient-controlled epidural analgesia with and without basal infusion using ropivacaine 0.15% and fentanyl 2γ/mL for labor analgesia: a prospective comparative randomized trial

Paraskevi K. MATSOTA *, Kalliopi H. DRACHTIDI, Chrysanthi Z. BATISTAKI, Agathi V. KARAKOSTA, Ioanna C. KOUKOPOULOU, Eugenia I. KOURSOUMI, Georgia G. KOSTOPANAGIOTOU

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Minerva Anestesiologica 2018 June;84(6):675-83

Periprocedural analgesic efficacy of a single, pre-emptive administration of propacetamol in catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: a randomized controlled trial

Sung-Yeon HAM, Jong-Wook SONG, Jae-Kwang SHIM, Woo-Kyung LEE, Hee-Jung KIM, Young-Lan KWAK *

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Minerva Anestesiologica 2018 June;84(6):684-92

A prospective, randomized trial of the Ambu AuraGain™ laryngeal mask versus the LMA® protector airway in paralyzed, anesthetized adult men

Berthold MOSER *, Laurent AUDIGÉ, Christian KELLER, Joseph BRIMACOMBE, Lukas GASTEIGER, Heinz R. BRUPPACHER

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Minerva Anestesiologica 2018 June;84(6):693-702

Can red blood cell distribution width predict outcome after cardiac arrest?

Vito FONTANA, Savino SPADARO, Paola VILLOIS, Claudia RIGHY SHINOTSUKA, Alberto FOGAGNOLO, Leda NOBILE, Jean-Louis VINCENT, Jacques CRETEUR, Fabio S. TACCONE *

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Minerva Anestesiologica 2018 June;84(6):703-11

Association between Bispectral Index System and airway obstruction: an observational prospective cohort analysis during third molar extractions

A. Sassan SABOURI *, Alireza JAFARI, Paul CREIGHTON, Adam SHEPHERD, Timothy J. VOTTA, Hao DENG, Christopher HEARD

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Minerva Anestesiologica 2018 June;84(6):712-9

Effectiveness of spinal anesthesia in transanal endoscopic microsurgery: a 3-year experience

Gerardo CORTESE, Gabriele SALES, Giorgia MAIOLO, Mario MORINO, Martina SCANU, Luca BRAZZI *

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Minerva Anestesiologica 2018 June;84(6):720-30

Effect of therapeutic hypothermia on survival and neurological outcome in adults suffering cardiac arrest: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Sameh M. HAKIM *, Mona A. AMMAR, Mohammad S. REYAD

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Minerva Anestesiologica 2018 June;84(6):731-46

Light sedation with dexmedetomidine: a practical approach for the intensivist in different ICU patients

Stefano ROMAGNOLI *, Angela AMIGONI, Ilaria BLANGETTI, Giampaolo CASELLA, Cosimo CHELAZZI, Francesco FORFORI, Cristiana GARISTO, Maria C. MONDARDINI, Marco MOLTRASIO, Daniela PASERO, Tiziana PRINCIPI, Zaccaria RICCI, Fabio TARANTINO, Giorgio CONTI

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Minerva Anestesiologica 2018 June;84(6):747-55

Acute renal replacement therapy in patients with major extremity injuries

Silvia DE ROSA *, Gianluca VILLA, Kenji INABA, Sara SAMONI, Claudio RONCO

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Minerva Anestesiologica 2018 June;84(6):756-65

Forgoing life-sustaining treatments in the ICU. To withhold or to withdraw: is that the question?

Giuseppe R. GRISTINA, Francesca BARONCELLI, Marco VERGANO *

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Minerva Anestesiologica 2018 June;84(6):766-7

Acute esophageal necrosis in critically ill patients: consider this possibility!

Oliviero CRESCENZI *, Matteo VISSANI, Giulia BRUNELLI, Luciana ROTELLI, Giammichele NICOLETTA, Emmanuelle VILARDO, Silvia BARONI, Ferruccio FARRONI, Lorenzo MARIANI, Raffaele ZAVA

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Minerva Anestesiologica 2018 June;84(6):767-8

The ultrasound-guided mid-point transverse process to pleura block for postoperative analgesia in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery

Paolo SCIMIA, Pierfrancesco FUSCO, Andrea DROGHETTI, Fabiola HARIZAJ, Erika BASSO RICCI *

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Minerva Anestesiologica 2018 June;84(6):768-9

The safe use of I-gel for tracheostomy in neurodegenerative diseases

Rossella GARRA *, Federica TOSI

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Minerva Anestesiologica 2018 June;84(6):769-71

Pectoral nerve block and persistent pain following breast cancer surgery: an observational cohort study

Guillaume BESCH *, Caroline LAGRAVE-SAFRANEZ, Fiona ECARNOT, Valentine DE LARMINAT, Catherine GAY, Francis BERTHIER, Emmanuel SAMAIN, Sebastien PILI-FLOURY

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Minerva Anestesiologica 2018 June;84(6):771-2

Preventing persistent pain after breast cancer surgery: still more work to be done

Dario BUGADA, Daniela GHISI, Edward R. MARIANO *

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Minerva Anestesiologica 2018 June;84(6):772-3

Opioid consumption after surgery: what is clinically significant?

Mark C. KENDALL *, Lucas J. CASTRO-ALVES

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Minerva Anestesiologica 2018 June;84(6):773-4

The influence of gabapentin on postoperative outcome in obese patients

Anna RUPNIEWSKA-LADYKO *

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