An epidural infusion of 0.375% ropivacaine was used during surgery. After surgery, patients received patient-controlled epidural analgesia (PCEA, 0.1% ropivacaine and 0.5 µg/ml sufentanil, basal ...

Petrucci et al. evaluated the usefulness of the Nociceptive Withdrawal Reflex (NWR) to assess antinociception following spinal analgesia (morphine and ropivacaine) in pigs undergoing veno-arterial ...

Purpose: A case of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) complicated by warfarin-induced skin necrosis (WISN) is reported. Summary: A patient with a history of hypertension, heart failure, and ...

Objective This systematic review aims to summarise all the available evidence related to the association between pre-operative patient expectations (outcome expectations, process expectations and ...

Medical research involves research in a wide range of fields, such as biology, chemistry, pharmacology and toxicology with the goal of developing new medicines or medical procedures or improving ...

The axon initial segment (AIS) constitutes not only the site of action potential initiation, but also a hub for activity-dependent modulation of output generation. Recent studies shedding light on AIS ...

Department of Anesthesiology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing 100730, China ...