Postoperative Sore Throat After General Anesthesia: A Narrative Review
2023
Endotracheal intubation is a common operation that provides effective mechanical ventilation under general anesthesia. Additionally, it may limit aspiration of upper airway content to the lower airways....
Perfluorocarbon-based oxygen carriers: What is new in 2024?
March 2024
Perflurocarbon-based oxygen carriers (PBOC) represent a major category of artificial oxygen therapeutics. Since their initial report of potential oxygen-carrying capability half a century ago, some...
Hoarseness after general endotracheal anesthesia: A single-center retrospective analysis
June 2024
After the extubation of endotracheal tubes or removal of laryngeal masks in patients who underwent general anesthesia, complications such as hoarseness often occur, potentially leading to serious adverse...
What is new in cardiac anesthesia in 2024?
June 2025
Recent advances in cardiac anesthesia have led to improved patient care and safety. In 2024, there is a growing focus on patient-centered approaches aimed at improving overall outcomes. This includes...
Case report: Successful reversal of chronic kidney disease by epidural block with lidocaine
September 2024
IgA nephropathy (IgA N) is a leading cause of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and renal failure. However, none of the information regarding the pathogenesis of this disease suggests a curable time-limited...
A narrative review on multimodal spinal anesthesia: Old technique and new use
March 2025
Spinal anesthesia has a long history in providing safe and effective anesthesia and analgesia. Its continuous evolution in block placement techniques with or without ultrasound assistance, options of...
The environmental effects of anesthetic agents and anesthesia practices
December 2024
Anesthesia is a critical domain with considerable capacity to reduce the carbon footprint of healthcare on the environment, particularly in terms of climate change. Volatile anesthetics are halogenated...
Lung Protection of Mechanical Ventilation during Laparoscopic Surgery: A Systematic Review
2022
Mechanical ventilation is a means of life support for patients with acute respiratory failure, and it is also an indispensable technical method for ensuring the safety of patients during general anesthesia....
Ketamine and its two enantiomers in anesthesiology and psychiatry: A historical review and future directions
September 2024
Ketamine, a dissociative anesthetic, is widely utilized in both human and veterinary anesthesia. Its (S)-enantiomer, esketamine, is similarly employed for anesthesia and analgesia. The anesthetic effects...
Homemade Portable High-flow Nebulized Oxygen Therapy Device Used During the COVID-19 Pandemic to Improve Blood Oxygen Saturation in Critically Ill Patients: A Two-Case Report
2023
Background: We designed a portable high-flow nebulized oxygen therapy device to temporarily provide respiratory support and maintain blood oxygen saturation for 2 elderly patients with respiratory failure...
From static to dynamic: Artificial intelligence revolution in perioperative care through multimodal data fusion and closed-loop optimization
September 2025
The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into perioperative care represents a paradigmatic transformation from static decision frameworks to dynamic, adaptive systems. This comprehensive review...
Meta-Analysis of Traditional Chinese Medicine Lianhua Qingwen in the Treatment of Coronavirus Disease 2019
2023
The rapid global spread of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has posed a serious threat to human life and health. The efficacy of combining traditional Chinese medicine, Lianhua Qingwen, with western...
Interventional neuromodulation techniques for cervicogenic headache
March 2025
Cervicogenic headache is a debilitating secondary headache condition that reduces the quality of life for many. Its etiology involves pathologies in one or more of the complex cervical structures, such...
Directions for analgesic development
September 2024
Physiological pain represents a protective response to avoid further injury and is helpful for survival. However, pathological pain is a common disease/symptom significantly affecting the quality of...
Anesthesia for fetal interventions: Caring for mother and fetus prior to birth
March 2025
Fetal surgery is an expanding domain in which the developing fetus receives therapeutic interventions aimed at reducing mortality and/or morbidity. It presents unique challenges to the anesthesiologist,...
Trends in Perioperative Cardiac Output Monitoring Techniques
2022
This article briefly reviewed the currently available techniques and commercially available monitors for the measurement of cardiac output in the management of critically ill patients and perioperative...
Future perspective on chronic kidney disease management
September 2025
Over-activation of the sympathetic nervous system is one of the major characteristics in chronic kidney disease (CKD), with renal ischemia playing a pivotal role in its development. While various pharmacologic...
Mechanism of antidepressant action of ketamine and differences between its two enantiomers
September 2025
Ketamine has been widely used since its discovery, and in addition to its anesthetic effects, in recent years it has been found to exhibit rapid and sustained antidepressant effects in rodent models...
Recommendations on Perioperative Management and Emergency Intubation for Patients with Omicron
2023
The Chinese National Health Commission adopted the strategy of "Category B and Category B Management" for Omicron infection on January 8, 2023, which might have triggered the recent Omicron epidemic...
Clinical practice guidelines for postoperative pain management in adults (2024 edition)
September 2025
Acute pain differs in many aspects from chronic pain states and can arise from various etiologies. Recent years have seen advancements in postoperative acute pain management, which is a critical component...
Pain trajectory after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) with prolonged use of outpatient adductor canal catheters
September 2025
In this prospective observational study, we sought to evaluate whether the prolonged use of adductor canal nerve block catheters provides benefits for patients undergoing primary total knee arthrop...
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy and perioperative cardiotoxicity
December 2024
Malignant tumors constitute a major threaten to human health and are among the most serious public health challenges both in China and globally. Many patients with malignancy require neoadjuvant chemotherapy...
Applications of Blood Substitutes in Transplantation Surgery: Where Are We Now?
2023
Donor organ preservation is critical to the success of transplantation surgery. Static cold storage has traditionally been used ever since the beginning of transplantation surgery. Machine perfusion...
Efficacy and safety of continuous infusion of remimazolam for sedation in elderly patients undergoing colonoscopic polypectomy: A non-inferiority prospective controlled clinical trial
June 2025
To study the efficacy and safety of a bolus dose of remimazolam followed by its continuous infusion, and to identify its optimal maintenance dose in elderly patients undergoing colonoscopic polypectomy,...
Neuroprotective effects of dantrolene in neurodegenerative disease: Role of inhibition of pathological inflammation
June 2024
Neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) refer to a group of diseases in which slow, continuous cell death is the main pathogenic event in the nervous system. Most NDs are characterized by cognitive dysfunction...