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General pharmacology and pharmacokinetics

This section considers studies on the pharmacology and pharmacokinetics of anesthetic and analgesic compounds, as well as other more laboratory focused and experimental studies.

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  1. The aim of the present study was to verify whether propofol impaired learning and memory through the interplay of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor with brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF)-tyrosine kin...

    Authors: Junfei Zhou, Fang Wang, Jun Zhang, Jianfeng Li, Li Ma, Tieli Dong and Zhigang Zhuang

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2018 18:35

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  2. Spinal cord ischemic injury remains a serious complication of open surgical and endovascular aortic procedures. Simvastatin has been reported to be associated with neuroprotective effect after spinal cord isch...

    Authors: Jung-Hee Ryu, Jin-woo Park, Jin-Young Hwang, Seong-Joo Park, Jin-Hee Kim, Hye-Min Sohn and Sung Hee Han

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2018 18:31

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  3. There may be great individual variability in the hemodynamic effects of this dexmedetomidine. For this reason, the dose must be carefully adjusted to achieve the desired clinical effect. Whether a loading dose...

    Authors: Yuan Han, Liu Han, Mengmeng Dong, Qingchun Sun, Ke Ding, Zhenfeng Zhang, Junli Cao and Yueying Zhang

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2018 18:12

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  4. About 2% of pregnant women receive non-obstetric surgery under general anesthesia each year. During pregnancy, general anesthetics may affect brain development of the fetus. This study aimed to investigate saf...

    Authors: Wei Huang, Yunxia Dong, Guangyi Zhao, Yuan Wang, Jingjing Jiang and Ping Zhao

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2018 18:5

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  5. Ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) is a critical pathophysiological change of ischemic stroke. Heme-oxygenase-1 (HO-1) is a rate-limiting enzyme of eliminating excessive free heme by combining with hemopexin (HPX), a ...

    Authors: Beibei Dong, Zhishen Zhang, Keliang Xie, Yongyan Yang, Yuan Shi, Chenxu Wang and Yonghao Yu

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2018 18:2

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  6. Previous studies have shown that cyclooxygenase-2, a key enzyme that converts arachidonic acid to prostaglandins, is involved in anxiety and cognitive processes, but few studies have investigated the effects o...

    Authors: Bo Wang, Xin Jin, Xin Kuang and Shaowen Tian

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:152

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  7. Studies have found that propofol can inhibit endotoxin-induced monocyte-macrophages to produce various inflammatory factors. This study is to disclose whether the propofol affects the expression of high-mobili...

    Authors: Jie Jia, Yijuan Sun, Zurong Hu, Yi Li and Xiangcai Ruan

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:148

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  9. The effectiveness of a combination of a lipid emulsion with epinephrine in reversing local anesthetic-induced cardiac arrest has been confirmed. The combination of a lipid emulsion with levosimendan, was shown...

    Authors: Fubei Nan, Xixi Cai, Yingchao Ye, Xuzhong Xu, Zhengqian Li, Min Li and Limei Chen

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:128

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  10. There are growing concerns that anaesthetic exposure can cause extensive apoptotic degeneration of neurons and the impairment of normal synaptic development and remodelling. However, little attention has been ...

    Authors: Haiyun Guo, Zhengwu Peng, Liu Yang, Xue Liu, Yaning Xie, Yanhui Cai, Lize Xiong and Yi Zeng

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:124

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  11. Isoflurane-induced neuroapoptosis and cognitive impairment has been previously reported. Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) has been shown to be a neuromodulator that is thought to have anti-apoptotic, anti-inflammatory, and...

    Authors: Xueyuan Hu, Li Luan, Wei Guan, Shuai Zhang, Bei Li, Wei Ji and Honggang Fan

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:123

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  13. Ketamine is a frequently used intravenous anesthetic, which can reversibly induce loss of consciousness (LOC). Previous studies have demonstrated that thalamocortical system is critical for information transmi...

    Authors: Bao Fu, Chengxi Liu, Yajun Zhang, Xiaoyun Fu, Lin Zhang and Tian Yu

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:111

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  14. Administration of arginine vasopressin (AVP) is associated with reducing jugular venous (SjvO2) and regional cerebral (rScO2) oxygen saturation under propofol-remifentanil (P/R) anaesthesia. We determined whether...

    Authors: Eun-A Jang, Ji-A Song, Ji Youn Shin, Jae Joon Yoon, Kyung Yeon Yoo and Seongtae Jeong

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:73

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  15. Mivacurium is the shortest acting nondepolarizing muscle relaxant currently available; however, the effect of different dosages and injection times of intravenous mivacurium administration in children of diffe...

    Authors: Ruifeng Zeng, Xiulan Liu, Jing Zhang, Ning Yin, Jian Fei, Shan Zhong, Zhiyong Hu, Miaofeng Hu, Mazhong Zhang, Bo Li, Jun Li, Qingquan Lian and Wangning ShangGuan

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:58

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  16. A moderate insufflation pressure and deep neuromuscular blockade (NMB) have been recommended in laparoscopic surgery in consideration of the possible reduction in splanchnic perfusion due to the CO2-pneumoperiton...

    Authors: Yang Liu, Wen Cao, Yu Liu, Yun Wang, Ren Lang, Yun Yue and An-Shi Wu

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:45

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  17. Perioperative cerebral ischemia/hypoxia could induce hippocampal injury and has been reported to induce cognitive impairment. In this study, we used cobalt chloride (CoCl2) to build a hypoxia model in mouse hippo...

    Authors: Yan Lu, Wei Chen, Chen Lin, Jiaqiang Wang, Minmin Zhu, Jiawei Chen and Changhong Miao

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:32

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  18. Remifentanil induced hyperalgesia (RIH) is characterized by stimulation evoked pain including allodynia and thermal hyperalgesia after remifentanil infusion. N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor was reported t...

    Authors: Jiehao Sun, Hai Lin, Guodong He, Wendong Lin and Jianping Yang

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:30

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  19. Levosimendan exerted favorable effects on the initial outcome in the treatment of ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest. This study investigated the efficacy of levosimendan in the treatment of asphyxia-indu...

    Authors: Bingjing Wu, Yong G. Peng, Shishi Zhao, Nana Bao, Linmin Pan, Jiaojiao Dong, Xuzhong Xu and Quanguang Wang

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:18

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  20. Remifentanil has been reported to cause post-anesthetic shivering (PAS). Higher doses of remifentanil reportedly induce more intense PAS. Tramadol, a synthetic opioid that acts at multiple sites, is considered...

    Authors: Taku Nakagawa, Miki Hashimoto, Yasunori Hashimoto, Kazuhiro Shirozu and Sumio Hoka

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2017 17:1

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  21. Lidocaine is an approved local anesthetic and Class 1B antiarrhythmic with a number of ancillary properties. Our aim was to investigate lidocaine’s vasoreactivity properties in intact versus denuded rat thorac...

    Authors: Aryadi Arsyad and Geoffrey P. Dobson

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2016 16:121

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  22. The local anesthetic lidocaine can affect intra- and extra-cellular signaling pathways in both neuronal and non-neuronal cells, resulting in long-term modulation of biological functions, including cell growth ...

    Authors: Akihisa Okamoto, Masahiro Tanaka, Chisato Sumi, Kanako Oku, Munenori Kusunoki, Kenichiro Nishi, Yoshiyuki Matsuo, Keizo Takenaga, Koh Shingu and Kiichi Hirota

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2016 16:104

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  23. It has been observed that patients with liver dysfunction need lower dose anesthetic compared patients with normal liver function. The minimum amount of volatile anesthetic to achieve an optimal depth of anest...

    Authors: Yan Yin, Hong Xiao, Jirimutuya Han, Weiyi Zhang, Jianguo Cheng and Tao Zhu

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2016 16:98

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  25. Clonidine effectively decreases perioperative mortality by reducing sympathetic tone. However, application of clonidine might also restrict anaemia tolerance due to impairment of compensatory mechanisms. There...

    Authors: Patrick Lauscher, Harry Kertscho, Malte Krömker, Barbara Haberichter, Kai Zacharowski, Peter Rosenberger and Jens Meier

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2016 16:93

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  26. Activation of NMDA receptors play an important role in the development of remifentanil-induced hyperalgesia. We hypothesized that in addition to ketamine, intrathecal MgSO4 could also relieve thermal and mechanic...

    Authors: Jiehao Sun, Hai Lin, Xiaona Feng, Jiaojiao Dong, Emmanuel Ansong and Xuzhong Xu

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2016 16:74

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  27. We conducted a prospective, randomized, multicenter study to evaluate the differences in the blocking effect of different doses of rocuronium between sevoflurane- or propofol-remifentanil anesthesia in an Asia...

    Authors: Sangseok Lee, Young Jin Ro, Won Uk Koh, Tomoki Nishiyama and Hong-seuk Yang

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2016 16:65

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  28. Class II phosphoinositide 3-kinase α-isoform (PI3K-C2α) is involved in regulating KCl-induced vascular smooth muscle contraction. The current study was to investigate the effects of sevoflurane (SEVO) and isof...

    Authors: Shaozhong Yang, Qi Wu, Shanshan Huang, Zi Wang and Feng Qi

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2016 16:63

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  29. Ramosetron is a relatively new 5-hydroxytryptamine three receptor antagonist with higher binding affinity and more prolonged duration of action compared to ondansetron. The present study was performed to evalu...

    Authors: Tae Kyong Kim, Youn Joung Cho, Chae-won Lim, Jeong Jin Min, Eue-Keun Choi, Deok Man Hong and Yunseok Jeon

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2016 16:56

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  31. Ketamine is a commonly used clinical anesthetic and a popular recreational drug. However, with the exception of studies about the nervous system, studies about the effect of early ketamine exposure on embryos ...

    Authors: Ran Guo, Guangjian Liu, Min Du, Yu Shi, Pu Jiang, Xiaoli Liu, Lan Liu, Jianxia Liu and Ying Xu

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2016 16:23

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  32. Temozolomide (TMZ) induces a G2/M cell cycle arrest and is used for treatment of paediatric tumours, especially neuroblastomas. Patients treated with TMZ frequently receive midazolam for sedation prior to surg...

    Authors: Sebastian Braun, Inge Bauer, Benedikt Pannen and Robert Werdehausen

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2015 15:151

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  33. Epinephrine is a first-line drug for cardiopulmonary resuscitation, but its efficacy in the treatment of bupivacaine-induced cardiac toxicity is still in question. We hypothesized that epinephrine can reverse ...

    Authors: Fuli Liu, Bingjing Wu, Yongjun Du, Yiquan Wu, Hongfei Chen, Fangfang Xia, Zhousheng Jin and Xuzhong Xu

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2015 15:66

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  34. JM-1232(-) is a novel anesthetic agent which acts through gamma-aminobutyric acid receptors. Cerebral pial vascular effects of JM-1232(-) are unknown. We thus evaluated topical and intravenous effects of JM-12...

    Authors: Kodai Ikemoto, Tadahiko Ishiyama, Noriyuki Shintani, Nobumasa Asano, Daniel I Sessler and Takashi Matsukawa

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2015 15:37

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  35. In this study, the individual and combined inhibitory effects of dexmedetomidine and lidocaine on the conduction group of isolated nerve were investigated by determining conduction velocity distribution (CVD) ...

    Authors: Nizamettin Dalkilic, Seckin Tuncer and Ilksen Burat

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2015 15:24

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  36. Dexmedetomidine (DMT), a highly selective α2-adrenoceptor agonist, has been used safely as a sedative in patients under regional anesthesia. The purpose of this study was to determine the 50% effective dose (ED50

    Authors: Jeongmin Kim, Won Oak Kim, Hye-Bin Kim and Hae Keum Kil

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2015 15:17

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  37. Mild hypothermia may be frequently induced due to cool environments in the operating room. The study analyzed patient recovery time and response to sugammadex after a prolonged rocuronium-induced deep neuromus...

    Authors: Hee Jong Lee, Kyo Sang Kim, Ji Seon Jeong, Kyu Nam Kim and Byeong Chan Lee

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2015 15:7

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  38. Even extremely high-doses of the potent opioid, sufentanil, cannot reliably suppress stress responses to intense surgical stimuli such as sternotomy. The chemically related opioid remifentanil with its differe...

    Authors: Ingo Bergmann, Torsten Szabanowski, Anselm Bräuer, Thomas A Crozier, Martin Bauer and José Maria Hinz

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2015 15:3

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  39. Pharmacokinetic estimates for intravenous paracetamol in individual adult cohorts are different to a certain extent, and understanding the covariates of these differences may guide dose individualization. In o...

    Authors: Karel Allegaert, Klaus T Olkkola, Katie H Owens, Marc Van de Velde, Monique M de Maat and Brian J Anderson

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2014 14:77

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  40. The reversal efficacy of 2% lipid emulsion in cardiac asystole induced by different concentrations of bupivacaine is poorly defined and needs to be determined.

    Authors: Hongfei Chen, Yun Xia, Binbin Zhu, Xiawei Hu, Shihao Xu, Limei Chen, Thomas J Papadimos, Wantie Wang, Quanguang Wang and Xuzhong Xu

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2014 14:60

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  41. This study compared efficacy and safety of the selective relaxant binding agent sugammadex (2 mg/kg) with neostigmine (50 μg/kg) for neuromuscular blockade (NMB) reversal in Chinese and Caucasian subjects.

    Authors: Xinmin Wu, Helle Oerding, Jin Liu, Bernard Vanacker, Shanglong Yao, Vegard Dahl, Lize Xiong, Casper Claudius, Yun Yue, Yuguang Huang, Esther Abels, Henk Rietbergen and Tiffany Woo

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2014 14:53

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  42. The volatile anesthetic isoflurane protects the heart from hypoxia/reperfusion (H/R) injury. However, it is still incompletely understood whether isoflurane exerts its protective role through preventing mitoch...

    Authors: Wanjun Wu, Xianju Zhou, Ping Liu, Weidong Fei, Li Li and Huifang Yun

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2014 14:17

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  43. While the impact of volatile anaesthetics to induce malignant hyperthermia (MH) is abundantly clear, the role of succinylcholine still remains controversial. To evaluate the influence of succinylcholine on por...

    Authors: Frank Schuster, Stephan Johannsen, Susanne Moegele, Thomas Metterlein, Norbert Roewer and Martin Anetseder

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2014 14:14

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  44. Propofol is a safe and effective intravenous anesthetic that is widely used for the induction and maintenance of anesthesia during surgery. However, the mechanism by which propofol exerts its anesthetic effect...

    Authors: Jing Tang, Qiong Xue, Hong Ding, Zaisheng Qin, Jinfang Xiao, Chunshui Lin, Youtan Liu and Tao Tao

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2014 14:3

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  45. The use of vasoconstrictor can affect the dynamic indices to predict fluid responsiveness. We investigate the effects of an increase of vascular tone on dynamic variables of fluid responsiveness in a rabbit mo...

    Authors: Juan P Bouchacourt, Juan A Riva and Juan C Grignola

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2013 13:41

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  46. The α2-adrenoceptor agonist xylazine as an anesthetic has been widely used either alone or in combination with other anesthetics, such as ketamine, in veterinary clinic and research. In the last decade xylazine h...

    Authors: Yong-Fu Xiao, Bingdi Wang, Xiaoli Wang, Fenglai Du, Michael Benzinou and Yi-Xin Jim Wang

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2013 13:33

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  47. Over the last few decades intensive studies have been carried out on the molecular targets mediating general anesthesia as well as the effects of general anesthetics. The γ-aminobutyric acid type A receptor (GABA

    Authors: Changhong Dong, Anmin Hu, Yang Ni, Yunxia Zuo and Guo Hua Li

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2013 13:32

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  48. Accidental intravenous exposure to bupivacaine is highly cardiotoxic and may lead to death. Positive inotropic agents are usually utilized in resuscitative efforts. We have compared the efficacy of levosimenda...

    Authors: Ulku Kandemir, Fikret Maltepe, Baran Ugurlu, Necati Gokmen and Asli Celik

    Citation: BMC Anesthesiology 2013 13:28

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