Combination of oral tramadol and midazolam vs midazolam alone as a premedication in children undergoing adenotonsillectomy

The aim of this study was to compare the combination of oral tramadol and midazolam to oral midazolam alone, in children undergoing adenotonsillectomy, as an oral premedication, regarding also sedation and postoperative pain relief. Sixty children selected for elective adenotonsillectomy were enrolled in this randomized, controlled prospective study. Patients were randomly allocated into two groups. Group M (n=30) received 0.5 mg.kg-1 oral midazolam and group MT (n=30) received 0.2 mg.kg-1 oral midazolam with 1 mg.kg-1 oral tramadol as a premedication 30min preoperatively. Standard general anesthesia technique was used.

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Category: 2014, 2014b, Clinical Studies
Keywords: Children, midazolam, premedication, tramadol
Authors (a/b order): Chatziioakimidis Ch., Isaakidis A., Kostoglou Ch., Ntritsou V., Papagiannopoulou P., Vrigga M., Zachariadou Ch.

Comparison of systemic hemodynamics after subarachnoid administration of either levobupivacaine or ropivacaine to elderly hypertensive patients

This study compares the cardiovascular effects of spinal levobubivacaine or ropivacaine, in equipotent doses, for endoscopic urologic surgery. Eighty elderly, hypertensive patients, with physical status ASA I-III, scheduled to undergo transurethral procedures, were randomly allocated to receive spinal anesthesia with either 15 mg of levobupivacaine or 22.5mg of ropivacaine, in hyperbaric solutions.

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Category: 2011
Keywords: elderly, hypertensive patients, levovupivacaine, ropivacaine, subarachnoid blockade, transurethral surgery
Authors (a/b order): Chatziioakimidis Ch., Donas G., Gorgias N., Iordanidou S., Konstantinidis D., Papadopoulos V., Papalexi H., Pourzitaki Ch., Veroniki F.

Clinical study of conventional or video-laryngoscope use. A comparison of the laryngoscopy views

The aim of our study was to compare video laryngoscopy and direct laryngoscopy views, and the resultant intubation conditions as well, provided by video or conventional laryngoscope respectively, in patients receiving general anaesthesia for elective surgery. One hundred patients, with no expected difficult airway, were randomly allocated to undergo tracheal intubation with the Macintosh video laryngoscope or a conventional Macintosh laryngoscope.

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Category: 2009, Clinical Studies
Keywords: Macintosh video laryngoscope, διασωλήνωση τραχείας, λαρυγγοσκόπηση
Authors (a/b order): Amaniti A., Chatziioakimidis Ch., Gorgias N., Iordanidou S., Konstantinidis D., Ntonas G., Papalexi E., Pourzitaki Ch.

Manoeuvres performed to facilitate fibreoptic orotracheal intubation under general anesthesia. Could be any of them considered as more effective?

Our study compared the effectiveness between two of the proposed as rescue manoeuvres to overcome difficulty, in advancing a tracheal tube, during railroading over the fibreoptic bronchoscope. A ninety degrees anti-clockwise rotation (90ΑCWR) of the tube or cricoid cartilage pressure application (CCPA) was randomly performed in eighty patients undergoing fibreoptic orotracheal intubation under general anaesthesia, in whom first attempt to railroad the tracheal tube had failed.

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