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Filter by:Participant is being asked to take part in this study because participant is going to have surgery that requires general anesthesia (in which participant is unconscious for the procedure). During surgery, anesthesiologists often place a supraglottic airway device (SGAD). An SGAD is a device that helps participant breathe and may help the anesthesiologist put a breathing tube in participant's airway while participant is asleep during surgery. There are many different kinds of SGADs that are readily available for use by anesthesiologists during surgery. The SGADs that are being studied are the Ambu Auragain and the Teleflex LMA Protector. The goal of this clinical research study is to compare the effectiveness of both devices. This is an investigational study. Both of the SGADs that are being used on this study are FDA approved and are frequently used for the surgery that participant is going to have. It is investigational to compare the 2 devices. Up to 50 participants will be enrolled in this study. All will take part at MD Anderson.
The investigators aim to investigate operating conditions, postoperative recovery and overall satisfaction of surgeons between deep neuromuscular blockade (NMB) group and restricted NMB group during spinal surgery under general anesthesia. The investigators hypothesize that this study can present good surgical conditions, postoperative recovery outcomes and overall satisfaction of surgeons in deep NMB group, thereby proving the advantages of deep NMB as well as flaws of restricted NMB in spine surgeries.
Rapid sequence induction (RSI) is a well-known procedure to maintain a safe and rapid airway in patients especially at risk of aspiration. Propofol and rocuronium are generally used agents for RSI. However, the difficult airway scenarios are always valid for these patients, even without predictive signs of difficult airway. Therefore, it is important to decrease the rocuronium dose used in RSI to achieve a rapid recovery of a neuromuscular conduction with the aid of a reversal agent in case of difficult airway. The short acting opioids such as remifentanil may be helpful to reduce the dose of rocuronium in RSI.
Anecdotal data suggest that the buffered form of the local anesthetic is more potent at equal dosages, and a lower dosage of the drug might be used with an effect equal to higher dosage not buffered. Clinical data are needed to confirm these anecdotal data. No data exist comparing buffered local anesthetics at lower drug concentrations to current dosages commonly used in dental and oral surgical procedures
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is the fastest growing neurodevelopmental disorder in the world. Approximately 1% of the population worldwide is affected by this disorder. Children with ASD exhibit some very stereo-typical behaviors. Their daily functionality depends on very rigid and predictable schedules and routines. Any changes in their schedules can often trigger negative emotional outbursts. The need to come to the hospital for procedures can be one such trigger. The purpose of this study is to examine the post anesthesia behavior outcomes of children with ASD.
The primary aim is to utilize near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) in patients under general anesthesia to measure changes in brain blood flow in the bilateral somatosensory cortices and the prefrontal cortices in response to noxious stimulation.
Comparison of the preoxygenation efficacy of tidal volume breathing using three different preoxygenation techniques which are available to providers in the prehospital environment.
In this prospective study, investigators plan to evaluate the outcome of general anesthesia in the context of patients with a positive cocaine urine test. Patients with a positive urine cocaine test who do not appear acutely toxic and have normal vital signs may not have an increased rate of perioperative complications during elective surgery compared to similar patients with negative urine cocaine screening tests. Patients who are chronic cocaine users may have a higher anesthetic requirement.
Regional anesthesia improves quality of recovery after surgery in many studies. Ultrasound-guided serratus plane block is a novel technique which may be a viable alternative to current regional anesthetic techniques. This randomized, controlled trial is to examine the effects of ultrasound-guided serratus plane block anesthetic on the QoR after breast tumor resection.
A broken hip occurs frequently in elderly patients and is often very painful. Side effects of inadequately treated pain as well as the traditional drugs (administered through intravenous catheter) used to treat pain are, among others, a confusional state, called delirium. When pain medication is administered locally, only around the hip joint, pain might be treated more effectively and these side effects could be prevented. This is called a nerve block. The current study evaluates the use of a continuous nerve block throughout the complete hospital admission with a catheter around the hip joint versus the use of traditionally used pain medication administered though an intravenous catheter in elderly patients with a broken hip. Half of all patients will receive the nerve block while in the emergency department and the other half will receive pain medication through the intravenous access.