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  1. Percutaneous kyphoplasty (PKP) is an effective treatment for osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCFs) and provides effective pain relief; however, its efficacy is questionable in patients with thor...

    Authors: Yimin Li, Haijie Xia, Shucheng Chen, Yunfan Qian, Guangjie Shen, Xiqiang Zhong, Zhiqiang Jia, Chengxuan Tang and Shaoqi He
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2025 25:253
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  2. Multimodal analgesia (MMA) combines different analgesic methods, such as non-steroidal inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), acetaminophen, and regional anesthesia techniques, to optimize pain control while minimizing ...

    Authors: Hung-Te Hsu, Chao-Wei Ma, Po-Chih Chang, Yi-Wei Kuo, Tz-Ping Gau, Yu-Wei Liu, Yen-Chin Liu, Shah-Hwa Chou and Kuang-I Cheng
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2025 25:252
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  3. Sevoflurane, a commonly used inhalational anesthetic, has been associated with hepatotoxicity, although reports are often isolated. Cerium oxide nanoparticles (CeOâ‚‚) are effective free radical scavengers with ...

    Authors: Fazilet Erbay, Levent Öztürk, Merve Meryem Kıran, Gamze Gök and Mustafa Arslan
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2025 25:251
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  4. Although neostigmine has been traditionally used for neuromuscular blockade reversal in thoracic surgery, incomplete reversal and potential pulmonary complications remain concerns. However, we did not preclude...

    Authors: Yu Yang, Zeyang Wang, Xueqing He, Xiaoyun Shen, Wensen Jia, Xinfang Sheng, Xiangyu Yao and Hao Jiao
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2025 25:250
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  5. Nerve blocks are effective in reducing postoperative opioid use and enhancing rehabilitation following total knee arthroplasty. However, few studies compare the analgesic efficacy and functional recovery of ad...

    Authors: Chao-Hsien Sung, Jen-Hao Liu, Chi-Feng Hung and Chun-Hsien Fu
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2025 25:249
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  6. Renal disease is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in children and is uniquely challenging in the anesthetic management of pediatric patients. Perioperative pain management is a core component in ...

    Authors: Saeid Elsawy, Esraa Fathy, Ahmed Elbadawy, Ashraf Elnaggar, Ahmed Fathy Abdelatif, Hany Elmorabaa and Rasha Hamed
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2025 25:248
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  7. Children are at an increased risk of medication errors (MEs) during perioperative care compared to adult patients. This study aimed to critically look at medication errors and determine the frequency of advers...

    Authors: Shemila Abbasi, Muhammad Azhar Sharafat and Fauzia Khan
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2025 25:247
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  8. Remimazolam is a novel ultrashort-acting sedative and anesthetic drug. Numerous recent studies have demonstrated its sedative effect, however, research has yet to be conducted to explore the safety of remimazo...

    Authors: Pingping Luo, Jimin Wu, Haiyan Lan, Qiaomin Xu and Gongchen Duan
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2025 25:246
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  10. Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair (LIHR) has the characteristics of a clear surgical field and short operation time, but it has high requirements for anesthesia. We investigated the impacts of different dose...

    Authors: Jinben Ma, Yu Wang, Zhifei Liu and Shaoxian Han
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2025 25:244
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  11. Fascial tissues have been overlooked in the past, and there are only few studies on the thoracolumbar fascia and its treatment methods. The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness and safety of ul...

    Authors: Yingying Lv, Junzhen Wu, Yongming Xu, Shaofeng Pu, Chen Li and Dongping Du
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2025 25:243
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  12. The prone position, frequently used in spine surgeries for optimal surgical access, induces physiological changes in cardiovascular and respiratory parameters. Increased intraabdominal and intrathoracic pressu...

    Authors: Yaseen Taj, Navneh Samagh, Shashank Umesh Paliwal, Venkata Ganesh, Ankita Dey and Varun Aggarwal
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2025 25:242
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  14. Various sensory stimuli, including verbal communication, can influence patients' consciousness level, pain perception, and agitation in intensive care units (ICU). This study aimed to explore the impact of ver...

    Authors: Ali Talebi, Ali Ravari, Tayebeh Mirzaei, Amir Moghadam Ahmadi, Mohammad Ali Zakeri, Alaa Hamza Hermis and Mohammed Musaed Al-Jabri
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2025 25:240
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  15. Continuous intercostal nerve block (ICNB) has been shown to offer effective pain relief after minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass (MIDCAB). The erector spinae plane block (ESPB) could represent a ...

    Authors: Tian Wang, Xuedong Wang, Zhuoying Yu, Yanhan Lyu, Jing Yang, Ye Jiang, Dongsheng Yang, Yunpeng Ling and Min Li
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2025 25:239
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  16. The choice of anaesthetic technique has the potential to exert a significant influence on the perioperative stress response, immune modulation and inflammation which are critical factors in surgical recovery. ...

    Authors: Merve Bulun Yediyıldız, İrem Durmuş, Hülya Yılmaz Ak, Kübra Taşkın, Mikail Adem Devrüş Ceylan, Yücel Yüce, Banu Çevik and Evren Aydoğmuş
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2025 25:238
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  17. This study aimed to assess the effects of hydromorphone as an adjuvant to ropivacaine serratus anterior plane block (SAPB) on postoperative analgesia and inflammatory responses in patients undergoing video-ass...

    Authors: Xuefeng Chen, Weifeng Zhang, Lin Wang, Weibing Wang and Yuhong Li
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2025 25:237
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  18. Validating postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) severity based on antiemetics prescription can help actively manage PONV by the Rhodes Index of Nausea, Vomiting, and Retching (RINVR) scale but is relativel...

    Authors: Shih-Feng Weng, Yu-Hwa Wu, Tin-Wei Kang and Chia-Chih Alex Tseng
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2025 25:236
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  19. Although intraperitoneal local anesthetics are commonly used following intra-abdominal surgical procedures, the level of evidence supporting their use for postoperative pain management remains uncertain.

    Authors: Mélissa Boulianne, Michael Verret, Sarah O’Connor, Xavier Savard, Xavier Neveu, Camille Marcoux, Olivier Costerousse, Marc-Aurèle Gagnon, Huixin Zhang, Laurence Beaulé, Frédérique Lamothe-Boucher and Alexis F. Turgeon
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2025 25:235
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  20. This research aims to preliminarily verify the feasibility of utilizing a novel perfluoropropane ultrasound contrast agent (UCA) for observing the spread of drugs within the fascial plane.We demonstrated the f...

    Authors: Zhicheng Zhang, Yue Zhang, Yong Ni, Lina Wang, Lixiang Nie and Xianda Zhao
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2025 25:234
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  21. Intraoperative penile erection (IPE) is an uncommon yet complex issue, and numerous approaches to achieving detumescence fall short of providing consistently satisfactory outcomes. Esketamine, with its sympath...

    Authors: Wanjun Yao, Ruoshi Shi, Li Zhang, Jiafang Wang and Zhijun Chen
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2025 25:233
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  22. General anesthesia (GA) is the most accepted option for category-1 emergency cesarean sections (CSs). A low dose of esketamine has been used as an excellent adjunct to neuraxial anesthesia (NA) with little eff...

    Authors: Guang-Qiu Zhu, Yu Wang, Xiao-Xia Wang, Hai-Tao Cong and Wan-Lan Mou
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2025 25:232
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  23. Multimodal analgesia is vital for enhanced recovery after upper-abdominal surgery. While both Intrathecal hydromorphone (ITH) and transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block are widely applied in upper-abdominal s...

    Authors: Yue-xin Huang, Yu Chen, Wei Wang, Ting-ting Li, Lin Ding, Fang Gao, Xiao-chuan Zou and Fei Liu
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2025 25:231
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  24. While propofol remains widely used for endoscopic sedation, its cardiovascular depression and injection pain limitations have prompted exploration of novel agents (remimazolam, ciprofol). This study aimed to c...

    Authors: Siqi Zhou, Shangchen Yu, Yuan Bi, Zhang Tian, Ruochen Pan, Tianqing Yan, Jianbo Deng and Aijun Xu
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2025 25:230
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  25. One-lung ventilation (OLV) requires a high inspired oxygen concentration (FiO2) to promote oxygenation improvement, yet it increases the risk of postoperative pulmonary complications. Therefore, this study aimed ...

    Authors: Lingxi Xing, Halisa Paerhati, Yuyan Ding, Yihu Zhou, Jiaqi chang, Xiaolan Gu and Lianbing Gu
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2025 25:229
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  26. Endoscopic procedures are essential for diagnosing and managing gastrointestinal conditions, often requiring sedation for patient comfort. Propofol is a common choice for outpatient sedation due to its rapid o...

    Authors: Renzo Inca Villanueva, Cynthia Bazán Montero, María Estela Bulnes-Montánchez, Lary Salazar Alva, José Salvador Carrillo, Alejandra Zevallos and Fernando Salazar
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2025 25:228
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  27. Pediatric patients undergoing upper gastrointestinal (GI) interventions frequently require sedation and analgesia due to the challenges associated with endoscopic probe placement, particularly the gag reflex. ...

    Authors: Esra Turunc, Yasemin Burcu Ustun, Sezgin Bilgin, Cengiz Kaya, Ersin Koksal and Burhan Dost
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2025 25:227
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  28. Anxiety during anesthesia induction can lead to various negative outcomes and psychological burdens in children undergoing surgery. Nonpharmacological interventions are available for reducing anxiety in this c...

    Authors: Yuanyuan Li, Shanshan Peng, Xueqin Xia, Lin Yin and Limei Liao
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2025 25:226
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  30. Etomidate is a short-acting intravenous anesthetic used to induce general anesthesia. However, myoclonus caused by the administration of etomidate is seen in 50–80% of untreated patients. Due to the high preva...

    Authors: Mohammad Alipour and Seyed Javad Purafzali Firuzabadi
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2025 25:224
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  31. Postoperative hypothermia seems to be a common problem in surgical patients but is easily ignored. This study aimed to identify risk factors for postoperative hypothermia in non-cardiac surgery patients.

    Authors: Ruyi Tan, Yuyin Chen, Dan Yang, Xiuhong Long, Hongli Ma and Chang Yang
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2025 25:223
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  33. The Hypotension Prediction Index (HPI) derived using an Acumenâ„¢ arterial pressure transducer can decrease the incidence of intraoperative hypotension and possibly decrease perioperative complications. The HPI ...

    Authors: Kamron Sarhadi, Justin Hamman, Jorge Avila, Zhongping Jian and Neal W. Fleming
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2025 25:221
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  35. Esketamine has been increasingly used as an adjuvant for propofol-based induction. However, the effective esketamine dose for this indication remains unclear. The authors investigated the effect of different i...

    Authors: Rui An, Chunnan Lin, Zeguang Lu, Wenqian Lin, Hongying Tan, Tianhua Zhang, Huiting Li and Longhui Cao
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2025 25:219
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  36. Remimazolam (Rm) is a novel ultra-short-acting benzodiazepine used in general anesthesia. However, its application in pediatric general anesthesia remains limited. This study aims to compare the efficacy, safe...

    Authors: Jinling Qin, Wei Gan, Qun Liu, Xiaolin Zhang, Xiaoyu Li, Bo Lu and Qing Shen
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2025 25:218
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  37. Post-induction hypotension (PIH) is prevalent in elderly surgical patients and associated with adverse outcomes; however, predicting PIH remains challenging. We aimed to develop a feasible and practical PIH pr...

    Authors: Zhen Bian, Wei Dou, Yaoyu Ying, Haijing Shi, Fuhai Ji, Jinghui Hu and Ke Peng
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2025 25:217
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  38. Analgesic treatment is the primary method for managing acute postoperative pain. Opioid analgesics are the main class of drugs used to treat moderate to severe pain, whether it is acute or chronic. These opioi...

    Authors: Mateusz Szczupak, Jacek Kobak, Maria Cimoszko-Zauliczna, Sabina Krupa‑Nurcek, Anna Ingielewicz and Jolanta Wierzchowska
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2025 25:216
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  39. Assessing pre-hospital frailty on ICU admission can help in risk stratification. We conducted this prospective, observational study to determine the prevalence of frailty in critically ill patients based on Cl...

    Authors: Dhananjay Kumar Singh, Venkata Ganesh, Neeru Sahni, Balaji Kannamani, Vikas Saini and Laxminarayana Yaddanapudi
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2025 25:215
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  40. The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery highlights perioperative mortality rate (POMR) as a key indicator of a nation’s surgical system effectiveness. While POMR is often measured in high-income countries, it ...

    Authors: Tikuneh Yetneberk, Diriba Teshome, Abebe Tiruneh, Yohannes A. Dersesh, Nega Getachew, Moges Gelaw and Meseret Firde
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2025 25:214
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  41. Etomidate-induced myoclonus has become a pressing clinical problem with an incidence of 50–80%. The underlying mechanism involves neocortical glutamate accumulation and N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor act...

    Authors: Yan Feng, Yong-Xiang Cheng and Xing-Hao Wang
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2025 25:213
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  42. Video laryngoscopes are widely used for tracheal intubation, particularly in challenging airway scenarios. The McGrath MAC, AIRWAY SCOPE®, and AceScope® are popular video laryngoscopes with different design featu...

    Authors: Musashi Yahagi, Kyuma Omi and Yuichi Yaguchi
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2025 25:212
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  43. Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT) is increasingly used in intensive care units owing to its advantages of reduced surgical trauma and fewer complications. Recently, ultrasonography has become a pote...

    Authors: Dan Wen, Xiuru Yang, Zhenghua Liang, Yang Hu, Simei Wang, Dan Zhang, Yao Wang, Yuqi Shen and Fenglin Yan
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2025 25:211
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  44. The admission of a family member to intensive care represents an emotionally complex experience, often characterised by anxiety, stress and uncertainty. ICU diaries, compiled by nurses and family members, have...

    Authors: Vincenzo Bosco, Caterina Mercuri, Rita Nocerino, Michał Czapla, Izabella Uchmanowicz, Rocco Mazzotta, Vincenza Giordano and Silvio Simeone
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2025 25:210
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  45. The serratus posterior superior intercostal plane block (SPSIPB) is a newly described truncal block. This study aimed to compare the effects of SPSIPB with conventional methods on postoperative opioid consumpt...

    Authors: Bengü G. Köksal, Çağdaş Baytar, Emine Bayraktar and Hakan Balbaloğlu
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2025 25:209
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  46. Pain is a protective response to noxious stimuli to prevent further damage. The surgical incision results in several events that lead to pain that outlasts its benefits. Persistent postsurgical pain (PPSP) is ...

    Authors: Saeid Elsawy, Amani Abdelwahab, Yara Hamdi and Rasha Ahmed Ali Hamed
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2025 25:208
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  47. Malignant hyperthermia (MH) is a life-threatening autosomal-dominant disorder caused by mutations in the ryanodine receptor 1 (RYR1) gene, leading to calcium dysregulation in skeletal muscle. Patients with gen...

    Authors: Kailai Zhu, Shuangwei Wu, Xianglin Hao and Chuanguang Wang
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2025 25:207
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  48. Several Japanese educational institutions have begun to train nurse anesthetists. They manage the patient consistently from pre-operation to post-operation in collaboration with the anesthesiologist. This has ...

    Authors: Arisa Fujii, Marie Miyamori, Hirokazu Shiba, Takeru Abe, Hiromasa Kawakami, Hitoshi Sato and Takahisa Goto
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2025 25:206
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  49. Cold knife conization is usually performed under general anesthesia without intubation. This type of anesthesia is more critical in terms of the properties of the sedative drugs. Remimazolam is a novel ultrash...

    Authors: Xin Zhang, Hui-Xian Li, Yi-Ran Chen, Bao-Na Wang, Hui Zheng and Tao Yan
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2025 25:197
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  50. Primary graft dysfunction Grade 3 (PGD 3) following lung transplantation significantly increases the incidence of acute and chronic complications. These effects complicate clinical perioperative management and...

    Authors: Yan Dong, Zhongping Xu, Jing Tian, Dapeng Wang, Jingyu Chen and Hongyang Xu
    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2025 25:194
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