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Richardson S, Kacmar R, Hawkins J, Eltzschig HK, Kleck C, Burger E, Hodges J. Use of continuous fetal heart rate monitoring during discectomy at 24weeks of gestation. Int J Obstet Anesth 2015; 25:95-6. [PMID: 26597410 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2015.08.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2015] [Revised: 08/19/2015] [Accepted: 08/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- S Richardson
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA
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Aherne CM, Saeedi B, Collins CB, Masterson JC, McNamee EN, Perrenoud L, Rapp CR, Curtis VF, Bayless A, Fletcher A, Glover LE, Evans CM, Jedlicka P, Furuta GT, de Zoeten EF, Colgan SP, Eltzschig HK. Epithelial-specific A2B adenosine receptor signaling protects the colonic epithelial barrier during acute colitis. Mucosal Immunol 2015; 8:1324-38. [PMID: 25850656 PMCID: PMC4598274 DOI: 10.1038/mi.2015.22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2013] [Accepted: 02/17/2015] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Central to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) pathogenesis is loss of mucosal barrier function. Emerging evidence implicates extracellular adenosine signaling in attenuating mucosal inflammation. We hypothesized that adenosine-mediated protection from intestinal barrier dysfunction involves tissue-specific signaling through the A2B adenosine receptor (Adora2b) at the intestinal mucosal surface. To address this hypothesis, we combined pharmacologic studies and studies in mice with global or tissue-specific deletion of the Adora2b receptor. Adora2b(-/-) mice experienced a significantly heightened severity of colitis, associated with a more acute onset of disease and loss of intestinal epithelial barrier function. Comparison of mice with Adora2b deletion on vascular endothelial cells (Adora2b(fl/fl)VeCadCre(+)) or intestinal epithelia (Adora2b(fl/fl)VillinCre(+)) revealed a selective role for epithelial Adora2b signaling in attenuating colonic inflammation. In vitro studies with Adora2b knockdown in intestinal epithelial cultures or pharmacologic studies highlighted Adora2b-driven phosphorylation of vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein (VASP) as a specific barrier repair response. Similarly, in vivo studies in genetic mouse models or treatment studies with an Adora2b agonist (BAY 60-6583) recapitulate these findings. Taken together, our results suggest that intestinal epithelial Adora2b signaling provides protection during intestinal inflammation via enhancing mucosal barrier responses.
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- CM Aherne
- Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA,Mucosal Inflammation Program, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Mucosal Inflammation Program, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Mucosal Inflammation Program, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA,Section of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Digestive Health Institute, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Mucosal Inflammation Program, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA,Gastrointestinal Eosinophilic Diseases Program, Section of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Digestive Health Institute, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA,Mucosal Inflammation Program, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA,Mucosal Inflammation Program, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA,Mucosal Inflammation Program, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Mucosal Inflammation Program, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Mucosal Inflammation Program, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Mucosal Inflammation Program, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Mucosal Inflammation Program, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA,Gastrointestinal Eosinophilic Diseases Program, Section of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Digestive Health Institute, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Mucosal Inflammation Program, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA,Section of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Digestive Health Institute, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Mucosal Inflammation Program, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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Burrage PS, Shernan SK, Tsen LC, Fox JA, Wilusz K, Eltzschig HK, Hilberath JN. Emergent transesophageal echocardiography in hemodynamically unstable obstetric patients. Int J Obstet Anesth 2015; 24:131-6. [PMID: 25683381 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2014.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2014] [Revised: 11/29/2014] [Accepted: 12/23/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND The obstetric population has an increasing incidence of comorbid conditions. These, coupled with the possibility of acute embolic events involving air, amniotic fluid, and thrombus, increase the likelihood of hemodynamic instability. Although the utility of transesophageal echocardiography to guide management in cardiac and high-risk, non-cardiac surgical populations has been well established, the emergent use in critically-ill parturients has not been comprehensively evaluated. METHODS Using our departmental transesophageal echocardiography database of 28 293 examinations, parturients were identified who underwent emergent transesophageal echocardiography for evaluation of hemodynamic instability, including cardiac arrest, between January 1999 and March 2014. Transesophageal echocardiography findings and their impact on patient management were analyzed. RESULTS Ten peripartum patients were evaluated. Six patients became unstable during dilation and evacuation procedures; one after a forceps delivery; one during and one after cesarean delivery; and one during a postpartum laparotomy. Six patients proceeded to cardiac arrest; however, all women survived their initial operation and resuscitation. Transesophageal echocardiography was instrumental in determining the etiology and guiding resuscitation in all 10 patients including emergent cardiac surgical intervention with cardiopulmonary bypass (n=2). Seven patients survived to hospital discharge, but three died after experiencing neurologic complications. CONCLUSIONS Severe hemodynamic instability and cardiac arrest can occur in previously healthy parturients in pregnancy. Our data suggest that emergent transesophageal echocardiography is a valuable tool in determining the etiology and directing therapy of refractory hypotension or cardiac arrest in obstetric patients.
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- P S Burrage
- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado, School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen, Germany.
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Zimmerman MA, Kam I, Eltzschig H, Grenz A. Biological implications of extracellular adenosine in hepatic ischemia and reperfusion injury. Am J Transplant 2013; 13:2524-9. [PMID: 23924168 PMCID: PMC3805691 DOI: 10.1111/ajt.12398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2013] [Revised: 06/17/2013] [Accepted: 06/18/2013] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The purine nucleoside adenosine is clinically employed in the treatment of supraventricular tachycardia. In addition, it has direct coronary vasodilatory effects, and may influence platelet aggregation. Experimental observations mechanistically link extracellular adenosine to cellular adaptation to hypoxia. Adenosine generation has been implicated in several pathophysiologic processes including angiogenesis, tumor defenses and neurodegeneration. In solid organ transplantation, prolonged tissue ischemia and subsequent reperfusion injury may lead to profound graft dysfunction. Importantly, conditions of limited oxygen availability are associated with increased production of extracellular adenosine and subsequent tissue protection. Within the rapidly expanding field of adenosine biology, several enzymatic steps in adenosine production have been characterized and multiple receptor subtypes have been identified. In this review, we briefly examine the biologic steps involved in adenosine generation and chronicle the current state of adenosine signaling in hepatic ischemia and reperfusion injury.
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- M A Zimmerman
- Division of Transplant Surgery, and the Mucosal Inflammation Program, University of Colorado, Denver, CO
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Eldh T, Velalakan A, Heinzelmann F, Handrick R, Eltzschig H, Uhlig S, Budach W, Belka C, Jendrossek V. 335 POSTER Irradiation-induced side-effects in the lung: establishment of a murine model for analysis of physiological and histological alterations. EJC Suppl 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/s1359-6349(07)70353-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Felbinger TW, Posner M, Eltzschig HK, Kodali BS. Laparoscopic splenectomy in a pregnant patient with immune thrombocytopenic purpura. Int J Obstet Anesth 2007; 16:281-3. [PMID: 17399979 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2006.10.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2006] [Accepted: 10/01/2006] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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We describe the perioperative management of a pregnant woman at 19 weeks' gestation with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura requiring laparoscopic splenectomy. The preoperative platelet count ranged between 1 and 5 x 10(9)/L and did not respond to conventional medical therapy. To reduce the risk of intracerebral hemorrhage, platelets were transfused before induction of anesthesia to maintain platelet count closer to 20 x 10(9)/L. The blood pressure was monitored continuously via an arterial line and remifentanil was infused to prevent a hypertensive response to induction/intubation, carbon dioxide insufflation, and surgery. After the splenic artery was clamped, additional platelet units were transfused to assure surgical hemostasis.
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- T W Felbinger
- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
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Guggenberger H, Schroeder TH, Vonthein R, Dieterich HJ, Shernan SK, Eltzschig HK. Remifentanil or sufentanil for coronary surgery. Eur J Anaesthesiol 2006; 23:832-40. [PMID: 16512971 DOI: 10.1017/s0265021506000251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/13/2006] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE High-dose opioid anaesthesia contributes to decreasing metabolic and hormonal stress responses in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. However, the increase in context-sensitive half-life of opioids given as a high-dose regimen can affect postoperative respiratory recovery. In contrast, remifentanil can be given in high doses without prolonging context-sensitive half-life due to its rapid metabolism. Therefore, we performed a prospective, randomized trial to compare anaesthesia consisting of propofol/remifentanil or propofol/sufentanil with regard to postoperative respiratory function and outcome. METHODS Patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting were randomized to a propofol/remifentanil (0.5-1.0 microg kg(-1) min(-1)) or propofol/sufentanil (30-40 ng kg(-1) min(-1)) based anaesthetic. Carbon dioxide response, forced expiratory volume in one second, vital capacity, and functional residual capacity were measured 1 day prior to the operation, 1 h before extubation, 1, 24 and 72 h after extubation. In addition, the incidence of atelectasis, pulmonary infiltrates, intensive care unit and postoperative length of stay were compared. Patients and physicians were blinded to the treatment group. RESULTS Twenty-five patients in each treatment group completed the study. There was no difference between patients of the treatment groups regarding demographics, risk- or pain scores. In all patients, carbon dioxide response, forced expiratory volume in one second, vital capacity and functional residual capacity were decreased postoperatively compared to baseline. Patients randomized to remifentanil had less depression of carbon dioxide response, less atelectasis and shorter postoperative length of stay (12 d vs. 10 d) than after sufentanil (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS Intraoperative use of high-dose remifentanil for coronary artery bypass grafting may be associated with improved recovery of pulmonary function and shorter postoperative hospital length of stay than sufentanil.
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- H Guggenberger
- Tübingen University Hospital, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Tübingen, Germany
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Over the past decades, echocardiography has undergone a continuous evolution in technology that has promoted its clinical application and acceptance throughout perioperative medicine. These technological advances include improvements in transducer development that permit superior imaging quality and a wider selection of probes for epicardial, epiaortic, and surface echocardiography which can also be used in conjunction with multiplane transesophageal echocardiography. Moreover, the addition of Doppler technology and digital acquisition has secured the role of echocardiography as a valuable and relatively noninvasive diagnostic tool for the assessment of cardiovascular disease and hemodynamic monitoring throughout the perioperative period. Therefore, it has become increasingly important for perioperative physicians to understand the basic principles and underlying fundamental concepts pertaining to the technology and physics of echocardiography, as well as its inherent limitations. The current review outlines the modes and applications of different echocardiographic techniques used in perioperative echocardiography including M-mode, two-dimensional echocardiography, and Doppler assessment of blood flow. In addition, the limitations of these techniques and typical artifacts associated with the perioperative use of echocardiography are described.
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- M Nowak
- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Mergner D, Rosenberger P, Unertl K, Eltzschig HK. [Preoperative evaluation and perioperative management of patients with increased cardiovascular risk]. Anaesthesist 2005; 54:427-41. [PMID: 15815886 DOI: 10.1007/s00101-005-0846-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Due to the increasing age in western countries, combined with high rates of major surgical interventions in high-risk patients, perioperative reduction of cardiovascular complications becomes increasingly more important for perioperative physicians. After identifying patients with increased perioperative risk, specific interventions need to be considered to reduce their risk for cardiovascular complications, either by perioperative medical therapy or specific treatment options (e.g. coronary intervention). Several trials have demonstrated an effect of perioperative beta-blocker-therapy in reducing cardiovascular complications among high-risk patients. Additionally, several monitoring techniques are effective in detecting cardiovascular complications. Nevertheless, it remains unclear whether they are associated with a measurable improvement of outcome. Based on the ACC/AHA-guidelines, the present review describes a stepwise approach to surgical patients to identify perioperative risks, based on specific patient related risk factors, the kind of surgery and on the specific setting (emergency versus elective surgery). In addition, strategies to reduce perioperative cardiovascular complications are discussed.
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- D Mergner
- Abteilung für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin, Universitätsklinikum, Tübingen
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Dieterich HJ, Eltzschig HK, Kasper SM, Eingartner C, Grundmann RT. [Hip prosthesis implantation--an interdisciplinary clinical pathway]. Zentralbl Chir 2004; 129:W38-56; quiz W57-60. [PMID: 15272506 DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-918244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- H-J Dieterich
- Klinik f. Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen.
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Epicardial echocardiography has been available since the early 1970s as an intraoperative diagnostic modality to assess ventricular and valvular function. With this technique, an ultrasonic transducer is placed directly on the epicardial surface of the heart, following sternotomy and pericardiotomy. Under the guidance of the cardiac anesthesiologist, the surgeon places the transducer so that the desired views of cardiac structures and great vessels can be obtained. The anesthesiologist performs the acquisition, analysis and interpretation of the echocardiographic images. Despite the feasibility of epicardial echocardiography, transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) has emerged over the last two decades as the main form of intraoperative echocardiography. Although TEE allows continuous monitoring of cardiac and valvular function without interruption of the surgical procedure, placement of a TEE probe may be difficult or contraindicated in some patients. In such cases, epicardial echocardiography may be the optimal ultrasonographic imaging modality to assess ventricular and valvular function during cardiac surgery. We describe the use of epicardial echocardiography for intraoperative assessment of valvular function in two patients where TEE was either contraindicated or probe placement could not be performed safely. The first patient underwent surgical repair of the mitral valve for severe mitral regurgitation. After weaning the patient from cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), epicardial echocardiography was used to confirm successful reconstruction of the valve and to exclude residual mitral regurgitation. The second patient was scheduled for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Prior to the initiation of CPB, the presence of moderate aortic stenosis was confirmed using Doppler echocardiography via an epicardial approach.
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- T Edrich
- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Over the past 30 years, heart transplantation has evolved into a definitive therapy for patients with end-stage cardiomyopathy. However, perioperative management of patients undergoing heart transplantation remains a challenge for anesthesiologists. The presence of biventricular failure, arrhythmias and associated multisystem organ dysfunction may contribute to significant intraoperative hemodynamic instability prior to the initiation of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). Even after an uneventful transplantation, weaning from CPB may be difficult. Acute right ventricular failure can develop in the recipient secondary to pre-existing pulmonary hypertension. Treatment options frequently focus on therapeutic interventions directed towards decreasing pulmonary vascular resistance and improving right ventricular contractility. Intraoperative use of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) enables the anesthesiologist to diagnose acute right ventricular failure early on and guide therapy. Concurrent pathology including kinking of the pulmonary artery anastomosis or valvular insufficiency in the transplanted heart can also be recognized and addressed. The number of patients undergoing cardiac transplantation is continually increasing. In addition, the use of more effective immunosuppressive agents has curtailed transplant rejection and permitted longer survival. Consequently, heart transplant recipients are more frequently presenting for non-cardiac surgical procedures. Thus, an understanding of physiological and pharmacological implications associated with heart transplantation is crucial for managing these patients in the perioperative period.
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- H K Eltzschig
- Klinik für Anaesthesiologie und Intensivmedizin, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen.
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Since its introduction into the operating room, transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) has proven to be an invaluable diagnostic tool for perioperative patient management. TEE allows direct visualization of structural and functional cardiac abnormalities. Therefore, it has become the most important imaging technique to evaluate valular function. Pressure gradients across a stenotic valve can be calculated by measuring the blood flow velocity within the valve. Additionally, the area of the valve can be estimated by using the continuity equation. The severity of regurgitant blood flow across an incompetent valve can be assessed using color flow, continuous or pulsed-wave Doppler. Surgical patients experience significant changes in blood pressure, intrathoracic pressures and volume status in the perioperative period. Therefore, the interaction between these parameters and valvular function is the focus of recent clinical studies and might in future contribute to the perioperative as well as anesthesiological management of patients with valvular dysfunction.
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- H K Eltzschig
- Abteilung für Anaesthesiologie und Intensivmedizin, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen.
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Eltzschig HK, Darsow R, Schroeder TH, Hettesheimer H, Guggenberger H. Effect of tracheal intubation or laryngeal mask airway insertion on intraocular pressure using balanced anesthesia with sevoflurane and remifentanil. J Clin Anesth 2001; 13:264-7. [PMID: 11435050 DOI: 10.1016/s0952-8180(01)00259-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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STUDY OBJECTIVES To study the effect of tracheal intubation or laryngeal mask airway (LMA) insertion on intraocular pressure (IOP) in strabismus patients undergoing balanced anesthesia with sevoflurane and remifentanil. DESIGN Open, prospective, randomized study. SETTING Tertiary care academic medical institution. PATIENTS 40 adult ASA physical status I and II patients scheduled for elective strabismus surgery. INTERVENTION Patients were randomized to receive either tracheal intubation or LMA insertion following mask induction with sevoflurane in combination with IV remifentanil. MEASUREMENTS Intraocular pressure, mean arterial pressure (MAP), and heart rate (HR) were measured before induction, immediately following induction, and after airway insertion. MAIN RESULTS Intraocular pressure after tracheal intubation or LMA insertion did not differ significantly from preoperative baseline values. Mean arterial pressure and HR did not significantly differ between groups at any time point. CONCLUSIONS Remifentanil and sevoflurane are not associated with an increase in IOP response during tracheal intubation or LMA insertion above baseline in healthy patients undergoing ophthalmic surgery.
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- H K Eltzschig
- Department of Anaesthesiology, Eberhard-Karls-University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
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Eltzschig H, Rohrbach M, Schroeder TH. Methaemoglobinaemia after peribulbar blockade: an unusual complication in opthalmic surgery. Br J Ophthalmol 2000; 84:442. [PMID: 10777287 PMCID: PMC1723434 DOI: 10.1136/bjo.84.4.439e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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