Need for an Updated Overview to Assess the Benefits of Epidurals

Rodgers, Amy; Walker, Natalie; Bennett, Derrick; Schug, Stephan A.

doi:10.1213/01.ane.0000074662.12395.04

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“…6,8 These include peripheral vasodilation, increase in blood flow, lower risk of thrombosis, and less pain severity. 8,9 In a meta-analysis where geriatric patients undergoing different types of surgery were compared, mortality rates, MI and DVT incidences, and blood transfusion rates were lower in patients who received regional anesthesia. 8 The patients who underwent MLEAs were not considered as a subgroup in this study.…”

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“…8,9 In a meta-analysis where geriatric patients undergoing different types of surgery were compared, mortality rates, MI and DVT incidences, and blood transfusion rates were lower in patients who received regional anesthesia. 8 The patients who underwent MLEAs were not considered as a subgroup in this study. In another meta-analysis where patients who had lower extremity revascularization were evaluated, pulmonary complications were lower in the RA group, but there was not sufficient evidence to compare other parameters.…”

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The Type of Anesthesia Technique Does Not Have an Impact on 30-Day Mortality in Geriatric Patients Undergoing Lower Extremity Amputation

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Haliloğlu

Edipoğlu

et al. 2017

International Surgery

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This study aimed to determine the appropriate anesthetic technique for patients who underwent amputation due to peripheral vascular disease. The anesthetic technique to be applied during lower extremity amputations in geriatric patients with limited functional capacity may be important in terms of clinical outcomes and mortality rates. Patients aged older than 65 years who had undergone major lower extremity amputation were retrospectively evaluated. The patients were divided into 2 groups: regional anesthesia (RA) and general anesthesia (GA). Demographic characteristics, comorbidities, medications used, anesthesia technique, the durations of anesthesia and surgery, need for blood transfusion, 30-day mortality, postoperative cardiac and pulmonary complication rates were recorded from the medical records of the patients. Among the 441 patients, 244 had received RA, while 197 had received GA. The average length of stay in the hospital was longer in the GA group (P ¼ 0.001). The use of antiplatelet drugs (P ¼ 0.001) and the number of transfusions were higher (P ¼ 0.045) in the GA group. No

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