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A comparison of minidose lidocaine-fentanyl and conventional-dose lidocaine spinal anesthesiaB Ben-David
Department of Anesthesia, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15212, USA
Anesth Analg 91:865-70. 2000..The incidence of TNS after spinal lidocaine 20 mg + fentanyl 25 microg was significantly less than that after spinal lidocaine 50 mg...
A comparison of minidose lidocaine-fentanyl spinal anesthesia and local anesthesia/propofol infusion for outpatient knee arthroscopyB Ben-David
Department of Anesthesiology, Allegheny General Hospital, 320 East North Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, USA
Anesth Analg 93:319-25, 2nd contents page. 2001....
Minidose bupivacaine-fentanyl spinal anesthesia for surgical repair of hip fracture in the agedB Ben-David
Department of Anesthesia, Western Galilee Hospital, Nahariya, Israel
Anesthesiology 92:6-10. 2000..The synergism between intrathecal opioids and local anesthetics may make it possible to achieve reliable spinal anesthesia with minimal hypotension using a minidose of local anesthetic...
Low-dose bupivacaine-fentanyl spinal anesthesia for cesarean deliveryB Ben-David
Department of Anesthesia, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15212, USA
Reg Anesth Pain Med 25:235-9. 2000..We hypothesized that this phenomenon could be used to provide spinal anesthesia for cesarean delivery while incurring less frequent hypotension...
Intrathecal fentanyl with small-dose dilute bupivacaine: better anesthesia without prolonging recoveryB Ben-David
Department of Anesthesia, Herzlia Haifa Horev Medical Center, Israel
Anesth Analg 85:560-5. 1997..We studied 50 patients undergoing ambulatory surgical arthroscopy and found that although small-dose bupivacaine alone is inadequate for this procedure, the addition of fentanyl makes it reliable...
Using rate-based events to improve clinical practiceL A Gaitini
Department of Anesthesiology, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
J Healthc Qual 22:4-9. 2000..This CQI program detected a high incidence of intraoperative hypertension, indicated major causal factors, suggested a set of corrective measures, and allowed for measurement of their efficacy...
Fiberoptic-guided airway exchange of the esophageal-tracheal Combitube in spontaneously breathing versus mechanically ventilated patientsL A Gaitini
Department of Anesthesiology, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
Anesth Analg 88:193-6. 1999..The performance of this technique was facilitated by spontaneous ventilation compared with mechanical ventilation...
Catastrophic complication of an interscalene catheter for continuous peripheral nerve block analgesiaB Yanovski
Department of Anaesthesiology, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
Anaesthesia 67:1166-9. 2012..The patient was next assessed 6.5 h later when he was found dead in his bed. A postmortem CT scan revealed the catheter to be sited intrathecally, presumably the result of dural sleeve penetration...
The Combitube in elective surgery: a report of 200 casesL A Gaitini
Department of Anesthesiology, B nai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
Anesthesiology 94:79-82. 2001..The Combitube has proved to be a valuable device for securing the airway in cases of difficult intubation. This study investigated the effectiveness of the Combitube in elective surgery during both mechanical and spontaneous ventilation...
Acute renal failure following laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a case reportB Ben-David
Department of Anesthesia, Western Galilee Hospital, Nahariya, Israel
J Clin Anesth 11:486-9. 1999..The potential seriousness of the physiologic insult of conventional CO2 pneumoperitoneum suggests that "minimal access" surgery is not necessarily "minimally invasive."..
A retrospective study of the incidence of neurological injury after axillary brachial plexus blockB Ben-David
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Centers, Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Pain Pract 6:119-23. 2006..Nevertheless, the findings suggest that the conduct of axillary block under general anesthesia in pediatric patients holds a greater potential for nerve injury than when the block is performed under sedation in adults...
