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Welcome to BMC Anesthesiology published by BioMed Central
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.



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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.


BMC  Latest articles published in BMC Anesthesiology        [more info]


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 (30November2009)
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Study protocol
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 (5November2009)
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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 Bchir
BMC Anesthesiology 2009, 9:6 (12October2009)
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Research article
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 (27July2009)
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Research article
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 (10June2009)
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Research article
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, Gkhan M Mutlu
BMC Anesthesiology 2009, 9:3 (7May2009)
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Research article
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 (26March2009)
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Research article
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 (3February2009)
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Technical advance
Contact heat evoked potentials using simultaneous EEG and fMRI and their correlation with evoked pain
Katherine Roberts, Anastasia Papadaki, Carla Gonalves, Mary Tighe, Duncan Atherton, Ravikiran Shenoy, Donald McRobbie, Praveen Anand
BMC Anesthesiology 2008, 8:8 (17December2008)
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Research article
Arteriovenous extracorporeal lung assist allows for maximization of oscillatory frequencies: a large-animal model of respiratory distress
Ralf M Muellenbach, Julian Kuestermann, Markus Kredel, Amlie Johannes, Ulrike Wolfsteiner, Frank Schuster, Christian Wunder, Peter Kranke, Norbert Roewer, Jrg Brederlau
BMC Anesthesiology 2008, 8:7 (14November2008)
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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 (8February2010)
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Research article
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 (8February2010)
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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 (8February2010)
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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 (8February2010)
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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 (6February2010)
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Research
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 (30January2010)
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Research
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 (29January2010)
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Research
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 (27January2010)
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Research article
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 (27January2010)
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Research
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 (27January2010)
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