• Journal of Medicine and Life Science
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.11-15
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• 2021

In elderly patients, the vital parameters tend to fluctuate based on the blood volume status, which may cause sudden hypovolemic shock if the postoperative bleeding continues. Particularly, those who undergo surgery for arthritis needs to pay extra attention because the bleeding may persist over the joints after the surgery. Therefore, appropriate pain control is required to reduce the postoperative blood loss. This retrospective chart review study was conducted to assess the postoperative pain control and reduction of blood loss with a single injection of saphenous nerve block (SNB) in elderly patients with osteoarthritis. We reviewed the electronic medical records of patients who underwent knee total arthroplasty with spinal anesthesia between January and May 2016. A total of 51 patients participated in this study. All patients were treated with intravenous patient-controlled analgesia for the postoperative pain control, and additional analgesic agents were administered at a visual analogue scale above a score of 6. In 25 patients, SNB was performed using ultrasound with the administration of 0.75% ropivacaine (15 mL) after the surgery. Patients who received additional analgesics were significantly low in the nerve block group (P=0.009). Additionally, the volume of blood loss from catheter drainage was significantly low at 2 and 3 days postoperatively (P=0.013 and P=0.041, respectively) in the nerve block group. In patients who underwent total knee arthroplasty with osteoarthritis, only a single injection of saphenous nerve block was sufficient for the postoperative pain control and reduced bleeding.

• Journal of Dental Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.129-143
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• 2022

Background: Patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) has been widely used as an effective medical treatment for pain and for postoperative analgesia. However, improper dose errors in intravenous (IV) administration of narcotic analgesics from a PCA infusion pump can cause patient harm. Furthermore, opioid overdose is considered one of the highest risk factors for patients receiving pain medications. Therefore, accurate delivery of opioid analgesics is a critical function of PCA infusion pumps. Methods: We designed a microbalance method that consisted of a closed acrylic chamber containing a layer and an oil layer with an electronic balance. A commercially available infusion analyzer (IDA-5, Fluke Co., Everett, WA, USA) was used to measure the accuracy of the infusion flow rate from a commercially available smart PCA infusion pump (PS-1000, UNIMEDICS, Co., Ltd., Seoul, Korea) and compared with the results of the microbalance method. We evaluated the uncertainty of the flow rate measurement using the ISO guide (GUM:1995 part3). The battery life, delay time of the occlusion alarm, and bolus function of the PCA pump were also tested. Results: The microbalance method was good in the short-term 2 h measurement, and IDA-5 was good in the long-term 24 h measurement. The two measurement systems can complement each other in the case of the measurement time. Regarding battery performance, PS-1000 lasted approximately 5 days in a 1 ml/hr flow rate condition without recharging the battery. The occlusion pressure alarm delays of PS-1000 satisfied the conventional alarm threshold of occlusion pressure (300-800 mmHg). Average accuracy bolus volume was measured as 63%, 95%, and 98.5% with 0.1 ml, 1 ml, and 2 ml bolus volume presets, respectively. A 1 ml/hr flow rate measurement was evaluated as 2.08% of expanded uncertainty, with a 95% confidence level. Conclusion: PS-1000 showed a flow accuracy to be within the infusion pump standard, which is ± 5% of flow accuracy. Occlusion alarm of PS-1000 was quickly transmitted, resulting in better safety for patients receiving IV infusion of opioids. PS-1000 is sufficient for a portable smart PCA infusion pump.

• Journal of Dental Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.117-128
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• 2022

Background: Moderate sedation is an integral part of dental care delivery. Target-controlled infusion (TCI) has the potential to improve patient safety and outcome. We compared the effects of using TCI to administer remifentanil/manual bolus midazolam with manual bolus fentanyl/midazolam administration on patient safety parameters, drug administration times, and patient recovery times. Methods: In this retrospective chart review, records of patients who underwent moderate intravenous sedation over 12 months in a private dental clinic were assessed. Patient indicators (pre-, intra-, and post-procedure noninvasive systolic and diastolic blood pressure, respiration, and heart rate) were compared using independent t-test analysis. Patient recovery time, procedure length, and midazolam dosage required were also compared between the two groups. Results: Eighty-five patient charts were included in the final analysis: 47 received TCI-remifentanil/midazolam sedation, and 38 received manual fentanyl/midazolam sedation. Among the physiological parameters, diastolic blood pressure showed slightly higher changes in the fentanyl group (P = 0.049), respiratory rate changes showed higher changes in the fentanyl group (P = 0.032), and the average EtCO₂ was slightly higher in the remifentanil group (P = 0.041). There was no significant difference in the minimum SpO₂ levels and average procedure length between the fentanyl and remifentanil TCI pump groups (P > 0.05). However, a significant difference was observed in the time required for discharge from the chair (P = 0.048), indicating that patients who received remifentanil required less time for discharge from the chair than those who received fentanyl. The dosage of midazolam used in the fentanyl group was 0.487 mg more than that in the remifentanil group; however, the difference was not significant (P > 0.05). Conclusion: The combination of TCI administered remifentanil combined with manual administered midazolam has the potential to shorten the recovery time and reduce respiration rate changes when compared to manual administration of fentanyl/midazolam. This is possibly due to either the lower midazolam dosage required with TCI remifentanil administration or achieving a stable, steady-state low dose remifentanil concentration for the duration of the procedure.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.193-198
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• 2022

Contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging using gadolinium-based contrast agent (GBCA) is a very useful in vivo technique to visualize the inner ear pathology including endolymphatic hydrops. Although systemic intravenous (IV) administration can visualize the perilymph space, the visualization was possible by indirect passage of contrast agent through blood-perilymph barrier. All animal experimental procedures were performed under anesthesia with 5% isoflurane. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) was instilled into the left tympanic cavity through the tympanic membrane using a sterile 27gauge needle to induce hydrops model. Tucker-Davis Technologies system was used to measure Auditory Brainstem Responses (ABRs). For intracerebroven-tricular (ICV) administration, 25 µmol of GADOVIST (Bayer, Berlin, Germany) was used and diluted GADOVIST injection was 10 µl. MR imaging was acquired with a 9.4 Tesla MRI scanner. Transmit-receive volume coil with 40 mm inner diameter and 75 mm out diameter was used. ICV administration well demonstrated the strong enhancement along the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) microcirculation pathway including CSF fluid in the subarachnoid space and CSF space of the inner ear structures. On the other hand, IV administration showed no contrast enhancement along the CSF microcirculation pathway and showed weak enhancement in the inner ear structures. In case of rat hydrops model, ICV administration showed that the reduced contrast enhancement in the perilymph space of the hydrops induced inner ear compared to the contrast enhancement in the perilymph space of the normal inner ear. New systemic ICV administration method provide contrast enhancement of GBCA in the inner ear through CSF microcirculation pathway.

• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.303-310
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• 2022

Background: Open gastrectomy causes severe postoperative pain. Therefore, we investigated the opioid-sparing effect of the ultrasound-guided bilateral erector spinae plane block (ESPB) after open gastrectomy. Methods: Adult patients undergoing open gastrectomy were randomly assigned to either the ESPB group (ESPB + fentanyl based intravenous patient-controlled analgesia [IV-PCA]) or a control group (fentanyl based IV-PCA only). The primary outcome was total fentanyl equivalent consumption during the first 24 hour postoperatively. Secondary outcomes were pain intensities using a numeric rating scale at the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) and at 3, 6, 12, and 24 hour postoperatively, and the amount of fentanyl equivalent consumption during the PACU stay and at 3, 6, and 12 hour postoperatively, and the time to the first request for rescue analgesia. Results: Fifty-eight patients were included in the analysis. There was no significant difference in total fentanyl equivalent consumption during the first 24 hour postoperatively between the two groups (P = 0.471). Pain intensities were not significantly different between the groups except during the PACU stay and 3 hour postoperatively (P < 0.001, for both). Time to the first rescue analgesia in the ward was longer in the ESPB group than the control group (P = 0.045). Conclusions: Ultrasound-guided ESPB did not decrease total fentanyl equivalent consumption during the first 24 hour after open gastrectomy. It only reduced postoperative pain intensity until 3 hour postoperatively compared with the control group. Ultrasound-guided single-shot ESPB cannot provide an efficient opioid-sparing effect after open gastrectomy.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.542-547
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• 1996

연세대학교 영동세브란스병원에서는 1992년 1월부터 1995년 8월까지 순수히 진단적 목적으로 비 디 오 홍강경 수술을 시 행 한 환자들을 대 상으로 진단율, 수술시 간, 수술후 통증, 함병 증 등을 분석 하고자 하였다. 환자는 총 111명으로 남자가 57명, 여자가 54명이었으며 나이는 1세부터 74세까지로 평균연령은 49세 였다. 비디오흥강경수술을 하게된 원$\circledcirc$은 대부분이 타 방법으로 조직학적 진단이 내려지지 않은 경우 였으며 일부는 기관지 내시경이나 침흡입생검으로 폐암진단을 받은 환자에서 병기설정 및 수술대상을 감별하기 위하여 실시한 경우도 있었다. 111명의 환자중 17명은 1개이상 부위에서 생검을 실시하여 총 128예의 조직생검술을 시행하였다. 늑 막 생 검 49예, 폐 생 검 43예, 종격동 림프절생 검은 33예, 심막 2예, 횡 격막 1예가 있었으며 늑막생검 12예 와 폐생검 1례는 국소마취하에 수술을 하였고 나머지는 전신마취하에 수술을 하였다. 폐생 검 환자들의 나이는 22~73세로 평균 49.1세 였으며 수술시간은 40~ 170분으로 평균 97분이 었다. 수술후 통증은 평가하기가 어려워 수술후 투여한 근육주사의 횟수로 비교하였으며 폐생검후 0~22회로 평균 4.7회 투여하였고 흥관의 제거는 1~ 26일 사이로 평균 7일만에 제거하였다. 폐생검후 2명을 제외한 전 예에서 진단이 가능하였으며 합병증으로는 수술중에 I명이 발작성 심방성 빈맥증이 발생하였고 7명 에서 개흥수술을 시 행하였으며 흥관과 관련된 합병증이 7명 에서 발생하였다. 늑막생검은 나이가 17~74세로 평균 49.0세 였으며 수술시간은 25~80분으로 평균 49분이었다. 수술 후 통증제거 목적으로 0~ 20회까지 (평균 3.6회) 근주하였으며 흉관은 0~67일로 평균 9.8일후에 제거하 였다. 진단은 전 예에서 가능하였으며 7일이상 흥관제거를 못한 합병증이 11예 있었다. 종격동 림프절 생검은 나이가 1~ 68세 사이로 평균 44.2세였으며 수술시간은 30~335분으로 평균 105 분이 었다. 통증으로 평균 3.2회(range 0~ 15회) 근주하였으며 흥관은 1~36일로 평균 6.1일만에 제거하 였다. 조직진단은 1명 에서 불확실하였으며 4명이 개흥수술을 하였고 7명이 7일 이후에 흥관제거가 가능 하였다. 1개 이상부위에서 조직검사를 시행한 환자들의 나이는 20~71세로 평균 53.떼였으며 시간은 15~ 165분으로 평균 소요시간은 85분이었다. 통증은 0-17 막\ulcorner평균 3.1회였으며 흥관은 1~ 16일로 평 f 7.9일만에 제거가 가능하였다. 이와같은 결과로 보아 진단적 목적의 비디오 흥강경 수술은 합병증이 적으면서 높은 진단율을 보이며 많은 환자에서 개흥술 없이 시행할 수 있는 좋은 진단방법으로 사료된다.

• 감성과학
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.565-574
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• 2008

감성을 비롯한 인간의 뇌 기능은 혈-뇌 장벽을 매개로 약물의 작용에 의해 직접적인 영향을 받을 수 있다. 이 연구는 mannitol의 투여경로와 양, 농도에 의한 혈-뇌 장벽(blood-brain barrier, BBB)의 변화를 알아보고자 수행되었다. 실험동물로서 흰쥐에 20%의 mannitol을 오른쪽 뇌경동맥(internal carotid artery, ICA)을 통하여 주입하였고, 다른 그룹에서는 femoral vein을 통하여 주입하였다. 또한 각기 다른 경로를 이용하여 Evans blue(EB) 염색 시료를 투여한 후 BBB의 변성 정도를 확인하였다. 실험결과 ICA를 통해서 mannitol이 주입된 동물은 동측(ipsilateral side)이 대측(contralateral side)에 비해 EB 염색시료에 의해 영향을 많이 받았으나, femoral vein을 통해서 주입한 경우에는 mannitol의 양과 농도를 증가시켜도 EB 염색시료에 의한 영향이 거의 나타나지 않았다. 이러한 결과는 비록 EB 염색시료의 주입이 ICA를 통해서 또는 정맥경로를 따라서 이루어지더라도, BBB의 변성은 ICA를 통해서 이루어진다고 볼 수 있으며, 이러한 결과는 BBB의 제한적인 조절작용을 통해 인간의 뇌 기능을 이해하는데 좋은 방법을 제공할 수 있다는 것을 시사한다.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.221-226
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• 1993

To study effective dossage and administration route for scaling, ketamine HCl/propionyl promazine HCl(ketamine) combination and tiletamine HCl/zolazepam HCl(zoletil) were administered in one hundred six dogs. The dogs were toy poodle, Yorkshire Terrier, Pekingese and Chihuahua. Scaling and polishing time, possible treatment time after the first injection of anesthetics, the number of anethesia added, presence of tongue movement during anesthesia, the presence of swaying sign during recovery and respiration were evaluated. The possible treatment time after the first Injection of anesthetic in toy poodle were 26.3${\pm}$3.0 minutes with intravenous(IM) treatment of ketamine 10mg/kg, and 21.4${\pm}$6.6 minutes with intramuscula(IM) treatment of zoletil 8mg/kg, In Yorkshire Terrier were 19.51: 1.7 minutes with IV treatment of ketamine 10mg/kg. 19.0${\pm}$5.2 minutes IM and 20.8${\pm}$6.1 minutes with IM treatment of zoletil 5mg/kg,24.8${\pm}$3,5 minutes with IM treatment of zoletil 8mg/kg. In pekingese were 27.5${\pm}$2.1 minutes with IM treatment of ketamine 10mg/kg,28.0${\pm}$4.2 minutes with IM treatment of zoletil 8mg/kg. In Chihuahua were 19.5${\pm}$1.9 minutes with IV treatment of ketamine 7mg/kg, 17.5${\pm}$1.7 minutes with IM treatment of ketamine 10mg/kg and 20.3${\pm}$3.8 minutes with IM treatment of zoletil 5mg/kg, 21.2${\pm}$5.5 minutes with IM treatment of zoletil 8mg/kg. Swaying sign was observed in all group during recovery time, espically, in toy poodle and Yorkshire Terrier which administered zoletil 8mg/kg IM showed more severe swaying sign. The present results suggested that injection of zoletil 8mg/kg IM might be relatively effective for scaling in Chihuahua Within 20 minutes treatment for scaling in Yorkshire Terrier and Chihuahua, IM treatment of ketamine 7 to 10mg/kg is recommended.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.131-142
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• 1973

Studies of cardiopulmonary function and acid-base balance were performed on 29 dogs during control period, during oligemic hypotension and following return of blood to the animals. Intravenous morphine and local anesthesia were used. Fifteen of the 29 animals survived the complete experiment. The 14 animals that failed to survive the experimental period died between 15 to 90 minutes after the onset of bleeding. The results were as follows. 1. The heart rate increased after the onset of bleeding and failed to return to control level following reinfusion. Stroke volume decreased markedly after bleeding and failed to recover after return of blood from the reservoir. Cardiac output also decreased during oligemic hypotension and was maintained at this level after re-infusion. Total peripheral resistance decreased significantly immediately after bleeding, however it increased soon over the pre-bleeding level. Central venous pressure decreased after the onset of bleeding and remained at lower level for the rest of the experimental period. Arterial blood pressure, clown to 40-45 mmHg by acute hemorrhage, was elevated near to control level. Left ventricular work decreased tremendously during oligemic hypotension and failed to return to control level with the re-infusion of blood. Hematocrit value showed no significant decrease after bleeding and increased after re-infusion. Hemoglobin decreased after the onset of bleeding and recovered to control value after re-infusion. 2. The respiratory rate fell rapidly after bleeding from 124 to 29 and remained at this lower level for the remainder of the experiment. The tidal volume increased after bleeding and was maintained at this level for the remainder of the experiment. The respiratory minute volume showed no significant changes throughout the experimental period. Oxygen consumption fell lightly in all animals during oligemic hypotension and returned to normal levels following re-infusion. Arterial oxygen content and arterial oxygen saturation decreased following bleeding and the values returned to normal levels after the return of blood from the reservoir The arterio-venous oxygen difference increased after the onset of bleeding. It failed to return to normal values following re-infusion. Arterial $Pco_2$ decreased in all animals after the beginning of the bleeding. Partial pressure of $Co_2$ continued to fall until re-infusion, after which the values returned toward normal. Animals became acidotic. The pH fell to lower level following bleeding. Lactic acid and lactate: pyruvate ratio also increased during same period. Arterial pH and lactic acid failed to return to control value and lactate: pyruvate ratio increased more after re-infusion. Sodium bicarbonate decreased after bleeding and returned to control value following re-infusion.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.104-108
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• 2009

Global cerebral ischemia occurs commonly in patients who have a variety of clinical conditions including cardiac arrest and shock. Cerebral ischemia results in a rapid depletion of energy stores that triggers resulting in excitotoxic death. Imaging studies of the brain with computed tomography(CT) or magnetic resonance imaging(MRI) are necessary to confirm the clinical neurolocalization, identify any associated mass effect, and rule out other causes of focal brain disorders. Cardiopulmonary arrest was occurred by propofol anesthesia in a 1 year old, intact female Beagle dog. After successful cardiopulmonary resuscitation was performed within 5 minutes, clinical signs such as vocalization, paddling, opisthotonus and seizure were represented. At the 12th day, CT and MRI examinations of the brain were performed to evaluate the brain. After euthanasia, histopathologic examination was performed. On transverse image of CT, lesions appeared as a hypodense in the right dorsal surface of the frontal lobe and level of optic canal, and dorsomedial surface of occipital lobe of cerebrum. No contrast enhancement was represented following intravenous contrast administration. On MR images of brain, the lesions were seen as a hyperintense on T2-weighted(T2W) images and a isointense or mild hypointense on T1-weighted(T1W) images. Hyperintense lesions both T2W and T1W images were observed at the surrounding cerebral sulcus. There was no significant signal changes on contrast T1WI. Histopathologic examination after euthanasia revealed that the lesion was necrosis of the cerebral cortex caused by cerebral ischemia.