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BMC Anesthesiology is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of anesthesiology, critical care, perioperative care and pain management, including clinical and experimental research into anesthetic mechanisms, administration and efficacy, technology and monitoring, and associated economic issues.
BMC Anesthesiology (ISSN 1471-2253) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, CAS, EMBASE, Scopus and Google Scholar.
Featured articles
BMC Anesthesiology 2009, 9 :6
Although the noninvasive Nexfin HD continuous blood pressure and cardiac output monitoring system is promising, it is less reliable than invasive methods and cannot currently be recommended for use in critically ill patients.
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Study protocol
Protocol for the BAG-RECALL clinical trial: a prospective, multi-center, randomized, controlled trial to determine whether a bispectral index-guided protocol is superior to an anesthesia gas-guided protocol in reducing intraoperative awareness with explicit recall in high risk surgical patients Michael S Avidan, Ben J Palanca, David Glick, Eric Jacobsohn, Alex Villafranca, Michael O'Connor, George A Mashour, the BAG-RECALL Study Group BMC Anesthesiology 2009, 9 :8 (30 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Protocol for the "Michigan Awareness Control Study": A prospective, randomized, controlled trial comparing electronic alerts based on bispectral index monitoring or minimum alveolar concentration for the prevention of intraoperative awareness George A Mashour, Kevin K Tremper, Michael S Avidan BMC Anesthesiology 2009, 9 :7 (5 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research article
Noninvasive cardiac output and blood pressure monitoring cannot replace an invasive monitoring system in critically ill patients John F Stover, Reto Stocker, Renato Lenherr, Thomas A Neff, Silvia R Cottini, Bernhard Zoller, Markus B BMC Anesthesiology 2009, 9 :6 (12 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Population pharmacokinetics of remifentanil in infants and children undergoing cardiac surgery Wai Johnn Sam, Gregory B Hammer, David R Drover BMC Anesthesiology 2009, 9 :5 (27 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Role of potassium and calcium channels in sevoflurane-mediated vasodilation in the foeto-placental circulation James Jarman, Chrisen H Maharaj, Brendan D Higgins, Rachel F Farragher, Christopher D Laffey, Noel M Flynn, John G Laffey BMC Anesthesiology 2009, 9 :4 (10 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Head CT is of limited diagnostic value in critically ill patients who remain unresponsive after discontinuation of sedation Jay S Balachandran, Mairaj Jaleel, Manu Jain, Niraj Mahajan, Ravi Kalhan, Rajesh Balagani, Helen K Donnelly, Eugene Greenstein, G BMC Anesthesiology 2009, 9 :3 (7 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Efficacy of sub-Tenon's block using an equal volume of local anaesthetic administered either as a single or as divided doses. A randomised clinical trial Ehtesham I Khan, Jawad Mustafa, John McAdoo, George Shorten BMC Anesthesiology 2009, 9 :2 (26 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Nitrous oxide may not increase the risk of cancer recurrence after colorectal surgery: a follow-up of a randomized controlled trial Edith Fleischmann, Corinna Marschalek, Katja Schlemitz, Jarrod E Dalton, Thomas Gruenberger, Friedrich Herbst, Andrea Kurz, Daniel I Sessler BMC Anesthesiology 2009, 9 :1 (3 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ] [F1000 Medicine ]
Technical advance
Contact heat evoked potentials using simultaneous EEG and fMRI and their correlation with evoked pain Katherine Roberts, Anastasia Papadaki, Carla Gon BMC Anesthesiology 2008, 8 :8 (17 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Arteriovenous extracorporeal lung assist allows for maximization of oscillatory frequencies: a large-animal model of respiratory distress Ralf M Muellenbach, Julian Kuestermann, Markus Kredel, Am BMC Anesthesiology 2008, 8 :7 (14 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research
Facilitation of synaptic transmission and pain responses
by CGRP in the amygdala of normal rats Jeong S Han, Hita Adwanikar, Zhen Li, Guangchen Ji, Volker Neugebauer Molecular Pain 2010, 6 :10 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Accreditation council for graduate medical education (ACGME) annual anesthesiology residency and fellowship program review: a "report card" model for continuous improvement Steven H Rose, Timothy R Long BMC Medical Education 2010, 10 :13 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Research
Brain metabolism is significantly impaired at blood glucose below 6 mM and brain glucose beneath 1 mM in patients with severe traumatic brain injury Roman Meierhans, Markus Bechir, Silke Ludwig, Jutta Sommerfeld, Giovanna Brandi, Christoph Haberthur, Reto Stocker, John F Stover Critical Care 2010, 14 :R13 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Letter
Hourly measurements not required for safe and effective glycemic control in the critically ill patient Miriam Hoekstra, Mathijs Vogelzang, Evgeny Verbitskiy, Maarten W Nijsten Critical Care 2010, 14 :404 (8 [PDF ]
Case report
Survival after prolonged resuscitation with 99 defibrillations due to Torsade De Pointes cardiac electrical storm: a case report Anders Rostrup Nakstad, Christian Eek, Dag Aarhus, Anne Larsen, Kristina Hermann Haugaa Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2010, 18 :7 (6 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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PEEP titration guided by ventilation homogeneity: a feasibility study using electrical impedance tomography Zhanqi Zhao, Daniel Steinmann, Inez Frerichs, Josef Guttmann, Knut Moller Critical Care 2010, 14 :R8 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Trigeminal injury causes kappa opioid-dependent allodynic, glial and immune cell responses in mice Aita Megumi, Margaret R Byers, Charlse Chavkin, Mei Xu Molecular Pain 2010, 6 :8 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Behavioral and anatomical characterization of the bilateral sciatic nerve chronic constriction (bCCI) injury: correlation of anatomic changes and responses to cold stimuli Sukdeb Datta, Koel Chatterjee, Robert H. Kline IV, Ronald G. Wiley Molecular Pain 2010, 6 :7 (27 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Combined sedation with midazolam / propofol for gastrointestinal endoscopy in elderly patients Astrid Kerker, Christian Hardt, Hans-Eugen Schlief, Franz Ludwig Dumoulin BMC Gastroenterology 2010, 10 :11 (27 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The use of a blood conservation device to reduce red blood cell transfusion requirements: a before and after study Amartya Mukhopadhyay, Hwee S Yip, Dimple Prabhuswamy, Yiong H Chan, Jason Phua, Tow K Lim, Patricia Leong Critical Care 2010, 14 :R7 (27 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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