Minerva Anestesiologica

Clinical standards for patient blood management and perioperative hemostasis and coagulation management. Position Paper of the Italian Society of Anesthesia, Analgesia, Resuscitation and Intensive Care (SIAARTI).

Effects of dexmedetomidine on inflammatory mediators after tourniquet-induced ischemia-reperfusion injury: a randomized, double-blinded, controlled study.

Closed loop administration of propofol based on a Smith predictor: a randomized controlled trial.

Role of automated pupillometry in critically ill patients.

Levels of circulating microparticles in septic shock and sepsis-related complications: a case-control study.

LMA Protector™ Airway: first experience with a new second generation laryngeal mask.

Pregabalin and dexmedetomidine conscious sedation for flexible bronchoscopy: a randomized double-blind controlled study.

Acute pain management in trauma: anatomy, ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve blocks and special considerations.

Xenon anesthesia and beyond: pros and cons.

Clinical guidelines for perioperative hemodynamic management of non cardiac surgical adult patients.

Multi-parametric functional hemodynamic optimization improves postsurgical outcome after intermediate risk open gastrointestinal surgery: a randomized controlled trial.

Injection pressures measuring for a safe peripheral nerve block.

Plasma levels of mid-regional pro-adrenomedullin in sepsis are associated with risk of death.

Thinking outside the box. Off-label use of Bispectral Index within context and limitations for conditions other than depth of anesthesia.

Bispectral index monitoring of sedation depth during endoscopy: a meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Hyperoxia and oxidative stress in anesthesia and critical care medicine.

Frequency, predictive factors and therapy of emergence delirium: data from a large observational clinical trial in a broad spectrum of postoperative pediatric patients.

Early dysglycemia and mortality in traumatic brain injury and subarachnoid hemorrhage.

A systematic review of the diagnostic accuracy of epidural wave form analysis to identify the epidural space in surgical and labor patients.

Death by neurologic criteria: pathophysiology, definition, diagnostic criteria and tests.

Blocking around the transversalis fascia: behind the scene.

GlideScope® versus Macintosh laryngoscope for assessment of post-thyroidectomy vocal cord dysfunction: prospective randomized study.

Is breakthrough pain better managed by adding programmed intermittent epidural bolus to a background infusion during labor epidural analgesia? A randomized controlled trial.

Effects of a physiotherapic program in patients on veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. A 8 year single center experience.

Automated measurement of tracheal and main bronchial diameters: a feasibility study.

Interscalenic versus suprascapular nerve block: can the type of block influence short- and long-term outcomes? An observational study.

The effects of ropivacaine 0.0625% and levobupivacaine 0.0625% on uterine and abdominal muscle electromyographic activity during the second stage of labor.

Joint consensus on anesthesia in urologic and gynecologic robotic surgery: specific issues in management from a task force of the SIAARTI, SIGO, and SIU.

Noninvasive assessment of Cardiac Index using impedance cardiography during liver transplantation surgery: a comparison with pulmonary artery thermodilution.

Brugada Syndrome: anesthetic considerations and management algorithm.

Utility of ultrasonography in identification of midline and epidural placement in severely obese parturients.

Effect of adding nalbuphine to intrathecal bupivacaine with morphine on postoperative nausea and vomiting and pruritus after elective cesarean delivery: a randomized double blinded study.

Immunomodulatory effects of anesthetic agents in perioperative medicine.

Surgical Pleth Index And Analgesia Nociception Index for intraoperative analgesia in patients undergoing neurosurgical spinal procedures, a comparative randomized study.

Ultrasound-guided central venous catheter placement through the axillary vein in cardiac critical care patients: safety and feasibility of a novel technique in a prospective observational study.

SOFA score prognostic performance among patients admitted to High-Dependency Units.

Ultrasound-guided radial artery cannulation using dynamic needle tip positioning versus conventional long-axis in-plane techniques in cardiac surgery patients: a randomised, controlled trial.

Pediatric anesthesia practice in Italy: a multicenter national prospective observational study derived from the Apricot trial.

Comparison of axillary nerve block duration using mepivacaine in non-insulin diabetic or renal insufficiency patients: a controlled observational matched multicenter trial.

LMA protector versus traditional LMA for performing endobronchial ultrasound guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA), a retrospective analysis.

Comparison of the incidence of perioperative cardiovascular risk events among patients with and without a history of neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

Postoperative pain after vitreo-retinal surgery is influenced by surgery duration and anesthesia conduction.

Is the PCO2 gap obtained from the superior vena cava in agreement with that from the pulmonary artery?

The effect of scoliosis on surface landmarks for lumbar plexus block: a MRI-based retrospective case-control series.

Post-dural puncture headache.

Propofol use in children: updates and controversies.

A comparison of two different concentrations and infusion rates of ropivacaine in perineural infusion administered at the same total dose for analgesia after foot and ankle surgery: a randomized, double blinded, controlled study.