1.Ultrasound-guided sternal bone marrow aspiration.
Yusuke ASAKURA ; Maho KINOSHITA ; Yusuke KASUYA ; Shiori SAKUMA ; Makoto OZAKI
Blood Research 2017;52(2):148-150
No abstract available.
Bone Marrow*
2.Icodextrin and spurious hyperglycemia in peritoneal dialysis patients: a hospital-wide attempt to prevent such errors.
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology 2017;70(4):479-479
No abstract available.
Humans
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Hyperglycemia*
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Peritoneal Dialysis*
3.Just think about pyogenic spondylodiscitis before performing the epidural steroid injection for low back pain.
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology 2018;71(2):161-162
No abstract available.
Discitis*
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Low Back Pain*
4.Unidentifiable object in the right atrium.
Yusuke ASAKURA ; Yuka NAKAMICHI-ITOH ; Kikuko MORI
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology 2018;71(6):488-488
No abstract available.
Heart Atria*
5.Reduction of the incidence of development of venous thromboembolism by ultrasound-guided femoral nerve block in total knee arthroplasty.
Yusuke ASAKURA ; Hiroki TSUCHIYA ; Hisatake MORI ; Takashi YANO ; Yasuhide KANAYAMA ; Hideki TAKAGI
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology 2011;61(5):382-387
BACKGROUND: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) and the subsequent development of pulmonary embolism (PE) is a major cause of post-operative mortality in total knee arthroplasty (TKA). We evaluated whether the addition of an ultrasound-guided femoral nerve block with general anesthesia affected the incidence in the development of VTE following TKA. METHODS: This was a retrospective non-randomized comparative study with patients assigned to groups based on the surgery date (pre-femoral nerve block versus post-femoral nerve block periods). All anesthesia and medical records of the patients who had undergone computer-navigated TKA in our facility between January 2009 and March 2010 were retrospectively reviewed. RESULTS: Forty patients were identified; 15 patients underwent computer-navigated TKA under general anesthesia alone (Group G) and 25 patients underwent surgery under general anesthesia combined with ultrasound-guided femoral nerve block (Group F). The incidence of development of VTE post-operatively was significantly lower in Group F (P = 0.037). Logistic regression analysis identified the use of a femoral nerve block as the most significant variable correlating with the incidence of post-operative development of VTE, and the odds ratio for VTE development in Group G was 3.12 (95% CI, 0.57-20.56). CONCLUSIONS: We suggest the possibility that the addition of a femoral nerve block on general anesthesia may reduce the incidence of the development of VTE following TKA.
Anesthesia
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Anesthesia, General
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Arthroplasty
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Femoral Nerve
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Humans
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Incidence
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Knee
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Logistic Models
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Medical Records
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Nerve Block
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Odds Ratio
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Pulmonary Embolism
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Retrospective Studies
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Venous Thromboembolism