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Author(s): Koichi Suehiro [sup.1] Author Affiliations: (1) Department of Anesthesiology, Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Medicine, , 1-5-7 Asahimachi, Abenoku, 545-8586, Osaka City, Osaka, Japan Introduction Fluid administration is [...]

To assess the relationship between the addition of advanced monitoring variables and changes in clinical decision-making. A 15-questions survey was anonymously emailed to international experts and physician members of five anesthesia societies which focused on assessing treatment decisions of clinicians during three realistic clinical scenarios measured at two distinct time points. The first is when typical case information and basic monitoring (T1) were provided, and then once again after the addition of advanced monitoring variables (T2). We hypothesized that the addition of advanced variables would increase the incidence of an optimal therapeutic decision (a priori defined as the answer with the highest percentage of expert agreement) and decrease the variability among the physician's suggested treatments. The survey was completed by 18 experts and 839 physicians. Overall, adding advanced monitoring did not significantly increase physician response accuracy, with the least substantial changes noted on questions related to volume expansion or vasopressor administration. Moreover, advanced monitoring data did not significantly decrease the high level of initial practice variability in physician suggested treatments (P = 0.13), in contrast to the low variability observed within the expert group (P = 0.039). Additionally, 5-10 years of practice (P

On Mar 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared coronavirus disease (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), a pandemic. Because COVID-19 has a pre-symptomatic period of up to 2 weeks, SARS-CoV-2 infection has continued to spread. Some individuals with SARS-CoV-2 infection have a severe clinical course, while most individuals have mild or moderate symptoms. Because SARS-CoV-2 is transmitted via droplets and secretions, anesthesiologists have higher risks of infection, especially during airway management. Therefore, general anesthesia requiring airway management can be a challenging procedure for anesthesiologists. During the pandemic, many elective surgeries have been postponed or cancelled in most affected countries. Recently, the number of elective surgeries is gradually recovering from the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, and hence, safe clinical practice and protocols to prevent SARS-CoV-2 transmission to medical staff should be established. This mini-review focuses on the preoperative assessment and decision with regard to scheduling surgery in elective and emergency cases during the COVID-19 pandemic. A standardized questionnaire and algorithm regarding COVID-19 should be used to assess surgical patients preoperatively as it increases the reproducibility and accuracy of the decision whether to proceed with surgery., Author(s): Koichi Suehiro [sup.1] Author Affiliations: (1) grid.261445.0, 0000 0001 1009 6411, Department of Anesthesiology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, , 1-5-7 Asahimachi, Abenoku, 545-8586, Osaka, Osaka, Japan [...]

Purpose Invasive arterial blood pressure (IAP) and noninvasive blood pressure (NIBP) measurements are both common methods. Recently, a new method of error grid analysis was proposed to compare blood pressure obtained using two measurement methods. This study aimed to compare IAP and NIBP measurements using the error grid analysis and investigate potential confounding factors affecting the discrepancies between IAP and NIBP. Methods Adult patients who underwent general anesthesia in the supine position with both IAP and NIBP measurements were retrospectively investigated. The error grid analyses were performed to compare IAP and NIBP. In the error grid analysis, the clinical relevance of the discrepancies between IAP and NIBP was evaluated and classified into five zones from no risk (A) to dangerous risk (E). Results Overall, data of 1934 IAP/NIBP measurement pairs from 100 patients were collected. The error grid analysis revealed that the proportions of zones A-E for systolic blood pressure were 96.4%, 3.5%, 0.05%, 0%, and 0%, respectively. In contrast, the proportions for mean blood pressure were 82.5%, 16.7%, 0.8%, 0%, and 0%, respectively. The multiple regression analysis revealed that continuous phenylephrine administration (p = 0.016) and age (p = 0.044) were the significant factors of an increased clinical risk of the differences in mean blood pressure. Conclusions The error grid analysis indicated that the differences between IAP and NIBP for mean blood pressure were not clinically acceptable and had the risk of leading to unnecessary treatments. Continuous phenylephrine administration and age were the significant factors of an increased clinical risk of the discrepancies between IAP and NIBP., Author(s): Takashi Juri [sup.1], Koichi Suehiro [sup.1], Akihiro Uchimoto [sup.1], Hirofumi Go [sup.2], Yohei Fujimoto [sup.1], Takashi Mori [sup.1], Kiyonobu Nishikawa [sup.1] Author Affiliations: (1) grid.261445.0, 0000 0001 1009 6411, [...]

Author(s): Koichi Suehiro [sup.1] Author Affiliations: (1) grid.261445.0, 0000 0001 1009 6411, Department of Anesthesiology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, , 1-5-7 Asahimachi, Abenoku, 545-8586, Osaka City, Osaka, [...]

Purpose This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of the ClearSight[TM] system (Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, CA) for reducing the incidence of hypotension compared with the traditional oscillometric blood pressure monitoring in cesarean delivery under spinal anesthesia. Methods Forty patients undergoing cesarean delivery under spinal anesthesia were enrolled. The patients were randomly divided into two groups (Control and ClearSight groups). All patients received spinal anesthesia using 0.5% hyperbaric bupivacaine (11.5 mg) and fentanyl (10 [micro]g). Blood pressure was managed with the same protocol using the ClearSight[TM] system (ClearSight group) and oscillometric blood pressure monitoring (Control group). Furthermore, we compared the accuracy of the ClearSight[TM] system with the traditional oscillometric monitoring for blood pressure measurement using Bland-Altman, four-quadrant plot, and polar plot analyses. Results The incidence of hypotension was significantly lower in the ClearSight group from induction to delivery (45% vs. 0%, p < 0.001) and to the end of surgery (50% vs. 20%, p = 0.049). Intraoperative nausea occurred more frequently in the Control group (45% vs. 10%, p = 0.012). The ClearSight[TM] system demonstrated acceptable accuracy with a bias of - 4.3 ± 11.7 mmHg throughout the procedure. Four-quadrant analysis revealed an excellent trending ability of the ClearSight[TM] system with a concordance rate of approximately 95%. In the polar plot analysis, the angular bias and concordance rate were - 13.5° ± 19.0° and 76.9%, respectively. Conclusions The accuracy and trending ability of the ClearSight[TM] system for blood pressure measurement was clinically acceptable in cesarean delivery under spinal anesthesia, leading to reductions in maternal hypotension and nausea., Author(s): Takashi Juri [sup.1] , Koichi Suehiro [sup.1] , Aya Kimura [sup.1] , Akira Mukai [sup.1] , Katsuaki Tanaka [sup.1] , Tokuhiro Yamada [sup.1] , Takashi Mori [sup.1] , Kiyonobu [...]

Purpose Hypotension and decreased cardiac output (CO) are common adverse effects during anesthesia induction depending on the patient's pre-anesthetic cardiac condition. The aim of this study was to assess the ability of hydroxyethyl starch (HES) 130/0.4 to prevent hypotension and decreased CO during the induction of general anesthesia. Methods Ninety patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery were randomly divided into a HES group and a crystalloid group. Following the insertion of an intravenous line, fluid was administered to each patient at a rate of 25 ml/min using either crystalloid or HES 130/0.4. Five minutes after the initiation of fluid loading, anesthesia was induced using propofol (1.5 mg/kg), rocuronium (0.9 mg/kg), and remifentanil (0.3 mcg/kg/min). Tracheal intubation was performed 5 min after the induction of anesthesia. Following tracheal intubation, general anesthesia was maintained using remifentanil and sevoflurane. Non-invasive blood pressure (BP) level was measured at 1-min intervals and CO was measured continuously using electrical cardiometry from the start of fluid loading until 5 min after tracheal intubation. Results The number of patients with hypotension (systolic BP < 90 mmHg or 80% of baseline) was significantly lower in the HES group (p < 0.001) than in the crystalloid group. Patients in the HES group showed smaller CO decreases than did patients in the crystalloid group (p < 0.001). The Kaplan-Meier method showed a lower incidence and significantly slower onset of hypotension in the HES group (p = 0.009). Multivariate logistic regression models indicated that the use of HES is an independent factor for the prevention of both hypotension and decreased CO (below 85% of baseline; p < 0.005 for both). Conclusions Co-loading using HES 130/0.4 prevented hypotension and decreased CO during general anesthesia induction., Author(s): Takashi Juri [sup.1] , Koichi Suehiro [sup.1] , Shigemune Kuwata [sup.1] , Sayaka Tsujimoto [sup.1] , Akira Mukai [sup.1] , Katsuaki Tanaka [sup.1] , Tokuhiro Yamada [sup.1] , Takashi [...]

The aim of this study was to assess the current practices of hemodynamic management in high-risk surgical patients among Japanese anesthesiologists. An invitation letter to the survey, which included 35 questions related to hemodynamic monitoring in high-risk surgery, was mailed to every hospital approved by the Japanese Society of Anesthesiologists (JSA) (1260 hospitals). Of the 692 JSA respondents, 573 completed the survey. Despite reporting a high rate of cardiac output (CO) and stroke volume variation (SVV) monitoring in JSA members (70 and 74 %, respectively), fluid goal-directed therapy was poorly implemented in high-risk surgery (7.4 %). Also, 47 % of the JSA respondents did not consistently perform CO optimization. SVV was more commonly used (76 %) as an indicator of volume expansion among JSA respondents, while central venous pressure was less frequently used (48 %). Despite a broader use of advanced hemodynamic monitoring, optimization of CO is still poorly protocolized and applied in Japan. The development of guidelines and protocols for hemodynamic management, including the establishment of strong evidence aimed at improving clinical outcomes, is needed to assist anesthesiologists in more universal adoption of perioperative CO optimization., Author(s): Koichi Suehiro[sup.1] [sup.2] , Katsuaki Tanaka[sup.1] , Akira Mukai[sup.1] , Alexandre Joosten[sup.3] , Olivier Desebbe[sup.2] [sup.4] , Brenton Alexander[sup.5] , Maxime Cannesson[sup.6] , Kiyonobu Nishikawa[sup.1] Author Affiliations: (1) Department [...]