Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine

An Open Access, Peer Reviewed Journal
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Online ISSN: 2059-0512

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Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine

Online ISSN: 2059-0512

Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine is being discontinued as of 2019 and will not accept any further submissions.

Kentaro Ouchi


Kentaro Ouchi, Ph. D, at present he is a Professor for Anesthesia and Critical Care Center, Kyushu University Medical and Dental Hospital. His Research interesrt includes General anesthesia, Non-intubated general intravenous anesthesia, Local anesthesia. Dr. Kentaro Ouchi, involved in many Scientific activites like as Chief Ward Physician, Shimane University Hospital from 2011-2012, as a Risk Manager, Kagoshima University Medical and Dental Hospital from 2012- 2015, as a Medical insurance Examiner, Kagoshima University Medical and Dental Hospital from 2012- 2015, as a Chief of second opinion for anesthesia, Kagoshima University Medical and Dental during the time 2012- 2015

Currelntly Dr. Kentaro Ouchi involved in scientific activity as a Chief of second opinion for anesthesia, Kagoshima University Medical and Dental since 2015.

Editorial Board.


Reto Stocker

Professor of Surgical Intensive Care Medicine
Specialist in Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine
University of Zurich

Dario Galante

Professor
Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care
University Hospital Ospedali Riuniti of Foggia

Youri Vater

Associate Professor
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
University of Washington


Raymond F. Sekula

Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery
Director, Cranial Nerve Disorders Program
University of Pittsburgh

Talal Khan

Associate Professor and Chair
Director, Chronic and Interventional Pain Clinic
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
University of Kansas Medical Center

John Patrick F. Bebawy

Assistant Professor
Anesthesiology & Neurological Surgery
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine


Georg Mols

Department Head
Department of Anaesthesia and
Critical Care Medicine
Hospital Lahr-Ettenheim

Alberto E. Ardon

Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Florida College of Medicine
Jacksonville

Michael C. Lewis

Professor and Chair
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Florida College of Medicine
Jacksonville


George Williams

Director of Critical Care
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Texas Medical School Houston

Joseph R. Shiber

Associate Professor
Departments of Emergency Medicine and
Surgical Critical Care
University of Florida College of Medicine
Jacksonville

Michelle Daryanani

Assistant Professor
Director of Education Anesthesia and Critical Care
University of Texas
Houston


John Pirris

Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
University of Florida College of Medicine
Jacksonville

Marco Caruselli

President
Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care
Children’s Hospital La Timone

Paul G. Loubser

Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
The University of Texas
Health Science Center at Houstan


Shunsuke Takaki

Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Yokohama City University

Roby Sebastian

Departments of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine,
Nationwide Children’s Hospital,
Ohio State University

Yuhong Shi

Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery
University of Maryland School of Medicine


Kal Sorour

Assistant Professor of Anesthesia and Medicine
TUFTS School of Medicine
Director of the Critical Care Unit
Brockton Hospital

Miguel Carreira

Professor of Surgery I & II
Department of Clinics
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
University of Lisbon

Cinnamon L Sullivan

Assistant Professor Anesthesiology and
Critical Care Medicine
Director of Transplant Anesthesia
Emory University Hospital


Claude Abdallah

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and
Pediatrics Children’s National,
George Washington University

Carlo Bellieni

Department of Pediatrics
Obstetrics and Reproduction Medicine
University of Siena

Ouchi Kentaro

Department of Anesthesiology
Kyushu University


Jon Ver Halen

Associate Professor
Division of Plastic Surgery
Baylor Scott & White Healthcare
Texas A&M School of Medicine, USA

Dr. Hassaan Tohid

Visiting Neuroscientist
University of California, USA

In Press


Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine is being discontinued as of 2019 and continued as Anaesthesia and Anaesthetics. We would like to express our sincere thanks to the authors, referees, and editors who contributed to the journal over past years.

Current Issue


Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine is being discontinued as of 2019 and continued as Anaesthesia and Anaesthetics. We would like to express our sincere thanks to the authors, referees, and editors who contributed to the journal over past years.

Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine discontinued as of 2018 and Continued as Anaesthesia and Anaesthetics. We would like to express our sincere thanks to the authors, referees, and editors who contributed to the journal over past years.


Archive

Volume 4

Emergent needle decompression for tension pneumothorax resulting in life threatening intercostal artery injury

John David Gatz Thomas Grissom Ravi Chauhan

Case Report-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

May 24, 2018


Laryngeal injury from a horse bite to the neck

Susan C. Lee Elizabeth Rossmann Beel Jaime Ortiz Frances Karam Cena Suman Rajagopalan

Case Report-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

May 24, 2018


Psychiatric disorders and low Glasgow Coma Scale score - a case series

Muhammad Ajmal

Research Article-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

August 07, 2018


Volume 3

Use of Transesophageal Echocardiography during Cesarean Section in a Parturient with Inferior Vena Cava Thrombosis

Huynh PM Rayan H Huh M Tran Q Kakazu C

Case Report-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

November 03, 2017


Characteristics of Critically Ill Elderly Patients Admitted to a Tertiary Intensive Care Unit in Nigeria and Outcome of Management

Tobi KU Ndokwu EO Edomwonyi NP

Research Article-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

November 04, 2017


Dehiscence of a bioprosthetic mitral valve without endocarditis: A case report

Loren Francis Eric Nelson

case report-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

November 17, 2017


Analysis of anesthesia effects of pharmacological drugs combinations for regional anesthesia in dentistry

N. Nasibyants G. Ilukevich T. Yuraga Zh. Hladkova O. Tikhonovich

Research Article-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

November 22, 2017


Volume 2

Ambulatory surgery in a pediatric patient with polycythemia Vera

Claude Abdallah

Case Report-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

July 21, 2016


Delivery of pain education through picture-telephone videoconferencing for veterans with chronic, non-cancer pain

Beom Jin Oh, MD Hong Park, MD

Case Report-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

August 08, 2016


Comparing the washout profiles of desflurane in various anesthesia workstations

Yusuke Yamashita Shinsuke Hamaguchi Makoto Komatsuzaki Yoshiyuki Takahashi Toshihumi Takasusuki

Research Article-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

August 13, 2016


Anaesthesia for paediatric emergency in a very sick child in a low resource setting: A case report

Yvonne Omieipirisa Buowari

Case Report-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

September 09, 2016


Reasoning for adherence to aseptic practices in the operating room

Aholaakko Teija-Kaisa Metsälä Eija

Research Article-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

September 28, 2016


Perioperative fluids for pediatrics

Kentaro Ouchi

Case report-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

May 25, 2016


Comparison of epidural and spinal analgesia for patients undergoing laparoscopic ventral rectopexy within fast-track care

A. Ehrlich M. Kairaluoma B. Wagner I. Kellokumpu

Review Article-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

May 31, 2016


Preemptive versus postincision gabapentin for postoperative pain: systematic review and meta-analysis

B. Doleman J. N. Lund J. P. Williams

Review Article-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

May 31, 2016


Systemic hemodynamic parameters for intravascular volume assessment during liver transplantation: central venous pressure versus stroke volume variation

Jong Hae Kim

Short Communication-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

June 17, 2016


The influence of estrogen on sex-related differences in pain perception using dog as an animal model

L. Miguel Carreira Pedro Azevedo

Research Article-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

June 27, 2016


Anesthetic implications of the anomalous origin of coronary artery (AOCA)

Rahul Shabadi Nasser Al-Kemyani Salman Siddiqui Ramnarayan Rao Tarek Alameddine

Review Article-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

July 13, 2016


Observational study of three different methods of implementing the WHO surgical safety checklist in Guinea

Michelle C. White Fara S. Millimouno

Research Article-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

April 09, 2016


Ultrasound-guided bilateral transversus abdominis plane block versus spinal morphine for pain relief after caesarean section

Sofiene Ben Marzouk Laidi Bennasr Imen cherni Arbia Shili Maha Touaibia Hayen Maghrebi

Research Article-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

April 12, 2016


Intravenous sedation accompanied with fentanyl is effective for intramaxillary fixation in trauma patients

Kentaro Ouchi

Research Article-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

April 25, 2016


Influence of Hypophysectomy, Ovariectomy and Gonadectomy on Postoperative Hypersensitivity in Rats

Armen N. Akopian Dustin P. Green Mayur J. Patil

Research Article-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

May 20, 2016


Don’t ignore the tanned woman

Vikrant Parihar

Case report-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

May 23, 2016


Undiagnosed kinking of advanced venous access

Monish S. Raut Arun Maheshwari

Case report-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

May 23, 2016


Dexmedetomidine as additive agent for local anesthetics

Kentaro Ouchi

Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

January 16, 2016


Post-surgical analgesic outcomes in relation to surgical site infections in case of monofilament (polydioxanon) versus polyfilament (polyglactin) suture in contaminated emergency laparotomy

Faruquzzaman Hossain SM Mazumder SK

Research Article-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

January 20, 2016


Comparison of midazolam and dexmedetomidine as an adjuvant for proseal laryngeal mask airway insertion: A randomized control trial

Satveer Singh Gurjar Babita Kamlesh Kumar Sharma RoncallBhim Raju BhupendraSingh RakeshKarnawat

Research Article-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

January 22, 2016


Morphine before hydromorphone – results of a quality improvement

Paul Arnstein Katharine Koury Hang Lee Padma Gulur

Research Article-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

January 29, 2016


Psychiatric illnesses in bariatric surgical patients: a common problem in the surgical world

Hassaan Tohid

Review Article-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

February 08, 2016


Volume 1

Changes of hematological characteristics of greenling (Hexagrammos otakii Jordan and Starks) by anaesthetics

I.-S. Park H. W. Gil J. W. Hur

Research Article-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

September 18, 2015


Transoral robotic surgery in dilated cardiomyopathy patients: Anaesthetic considerations

Anita Kulkarni Uma Hariharan Ajay Kumar Bhargava

Case Report-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

October28, 2015


A comparative clinical study of perineural administration of 0.75% ropivacaine with and without dexmedetomidinein upper limb surgery by ultrasound guided single injection supraclavicular brachial plexus block

Prashant Tiwari Manish Jain Bhawana Rastogi Salony aggarwal Kumkum Gupta VP Singh

Research Article-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

November 3, 2015


L5/S1Neuraxial space access

Charles H Ripp

Commentary-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

November20, 2015


Anesthesia for outpatient spine surgery: a commentary

Dustin H. Massel Krishna D. Modi William W. Long Kern Singh

Commentary-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

November24, 2015


Determination of tracheal tube insertion depth for dental procedure and oral and maxillofacial surgery

Kentaro Ouchi

Editorial-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

November30, 2015


A comparison of two doses of tranexamic acid to reduce blood loss during cesarean delivery

Ben Marzouk Sofiene Hannachi Zied Ben Nasr Laidi Marzougui Yahya Maghrebi Hayen

Research Article-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

July 21, 2015


Propofol and perioperative inflammation-the Intralipid® solvent may play a role

Oliver Bandschapp Catherine Chenaud Ihsan Inan Bernard Walder Paolo Merlani Anne Weber Pascale Roux-Lombard Bara Ricou

Research Article-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

August 10, 2015


Erroneous tidal volume measurement due to malfunctioned spirolog flow sensor

Amit Lehavi David Yona Ghantous Costandi Avi Weissman Yeshayahu (Shai) Katz

Short Communication-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

August 10, 2015


Perioperative anxiety: A short review

Dr. Shailendra Sigdel

Short Communication-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

August 17, 2015


Comparison between ultrasonography and computed tomography images for planning and neuronavigation in brain surgeries in dogs as an animal model

L. Miguel Carreira

Research Article-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

August 24, 2015


Anesthetic management of a known case of Raynaud’s phenomenon posted for breast conservative surgery- a case report

Kalpajit Dutta Shalini Saini Sushma Bhatnagar S.V.S. Deo

Research Article-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

August 28, 2015


The use of rocuronium 20 minutes after sugammadex administration - a case report

Cátia Real Jorge Silva Simão Esteves Humberto S Machado

Research Article-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

September 02, 2015


A survey of trainees’ perspectives on epidural training in the United Kingdom

R. Isaacs MYK. Wee VN. Dubey N. Vaughan

Research Article-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

September 11, 2015


Hyaluronidase revisited: A comparison of axillary plexus block with and without recombinant human hyaluronidase

Annelot C Krediet Nizar Moayeri Gerbrand J Groen Aaron Hess Paul E Bigeleisen

Research Article-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

June 07, 2015


Controversies in the anesthetic management of lumbar drains for endovascular aortic surgery

Sarah Marie Cardillo Wendy K. Bernstein

Commentry-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

June 10, 2015


Hip fracture in centenarians: Retrospective analysis of an orthogeriatric unit reveals the limitations of the current research

Paolo Mazzola Sabrina Perego Domenico Picone Maurizio Corsi Eleni Tsiantouli Francesco De Filippi Giuseppe Castoldi Giuseppe Bellelli Giovanni Zatti Giorgio Annon

Review Article-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

June 12, 2015


A dislodged tooth remained hidden in a Zenker’s Diverticulum: A case report

Yoshikazu Yamaguchi Gaku Inagawa Ayako Asakura Saiko Fujimoto Shunsuke Takaki Takahisa Goto

Review Article-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

June 13, 2015


Lung recruitment in trauma patients

Marcin Karcz David Schwaiberger Jack Haitsma Peter Papadakos

Review Article-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

June 15, 2015


Effect of ondansetron on postoperative shivering after craniotomy

Houman Teymourian Parisa Bagheri Seyed Amir Mohajerani Davood Ommi Alireza Zali

Research Article-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

June 18, 2015


Anesthesia, cytokines and cancer recurrence

Yuji Kitamura Iolanda Di Biaso Pablo Mauricio Ingelmo Gianluca Bertolizio

Review Article-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

July 03, 2015


The portable glostavent: Speed of assembly and successful ventilation for naive operators

Jacob Benrud Shannon Grap Allison Weinstock Julie Vuong

Research Article-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

May 01, 2015


The anesthetic challenges of a diagnostic biopsy of a large posterior mediastinal mass causing severe obstruction at the carinal level- Case report

Christopher W. Liu Eileen Y Sim Shah Shital Kumar Sharad

Case Report-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

May 01, 2015


Comparative evaluation of hemodynamic response with intubating laryngeal mask airway and intubation with Macintosh Blade- A prospective study

Bhawana Rastogi Singh VP Alok Gandhi Manish Jain Kumkum Gupta Meetu Singh Waris Majid Deepak Sharma

Prospective Study-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM

May 05, 2015


Levosimendan and organic protection

Escalona-Belmonte Juan J Rodriguez-Capitán MJ Guerrero-OrriachJose L Ramirez-Fernandez A Ramirez Aliaga M Toledo- Medina C Malo-Manso A Rubio Navarro M Cruz Mañas J

Review Article-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

May 06, 2015


Management of an accidental superior vena caval transection during a right pneumonectomy- A case report and assessment of different management options with review of literature

Kallol Dasbaksi Pinaki Majumdar Siddharth Pahwa Mohammad Zahid Hossain Suranjan Haldar Kaushik Mukherjee Plaban Mukherjee

Case Report-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

May 08, 2015


Clonidine versus butorphanol as adjuvant to 0.5% hyperbaric bupivacaine to enhance the onset and duration of subarachnoid blockade with postoperative analgesia during orthopaedic surgeries-A randomized study

Kumkum Gupta Manish Jain Prashant K Gupta Shikha Agarwal K S Bhatia VP Singh Bhawana Rastogi Meetu Singh

Research Article-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

May 10, 2015


Preoperative dexamethasone reduce postoperative pain and analgesic consumption in patient undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Archana Har Ananya Biswas Suman Chatterjee Dilip Kumar Bhowmik Santi Bhattacharya Biswanath Biswas

Research Article-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

May 10, 2015


Delayed presentation of malignant hyperthermia with a novel genetic mutation

Promil Kukreja Benjamin Sutlive Nyamkhishig Sambuughin Sheila Muldoon Seth Richardson Somsak Sittitavornwong Gwendolyn L Boyd

Case Report-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

May 15, 2015


Anesthetic management of a parturient with active tuberculous meningitis

Suman Rajagopalan Raja R Palvadi C. LaToya Mason

Case Report-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

March 22, 2015


Surgical airway education among anesthesia trainees: a cohort study

Russel Kahmke Matthew G Crowson Suraj Yalamuri Bryant W Stolp Liana Puscas Charles R Woodard

Case Report-Global-Anesthesia-and-Perioperative-Medicine-GAPM.php

March 23, 2015


Thrombocytopenia in critically ill patients: prognostic marker in postoperative ICU

Domingos Dias Cicarelli Victor Dantas Luiz Marcelo Sá Malbouisson João Manuel da Silva Júnior Maria José Carvalho Carmona

Research Article-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

March 24, 2015


Patient’s perspective during surgical and/or diagnostic procedures performed in day surgery in breast cancer patient. Psychological implications and care pathway quality assessment with a specific questionnaire and a quality score

Marco Cascella Maurizio Del Giudice Maria Rosaria Muzio Francesco Portinaio Daniela Viscardi Massimiliano D’Aiuto Giuseppe Laurelli Stefano Greggi Arturo Cuomo

Research Article-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

March 26, 2015


Anesthetic management of a pregnant patient with significant post-burn scars and contractures

Suman Rajagopalan Jaime Ortiz Shobana Chandrasekhar

Case Study-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

March 27, 2015


Dexmedetomidine as an adjuvant to epidural 0.75% ropivacaine in patients undergoing infraumbilical surgery: a clinical study

Bhawana Rastogi Singh VP Deepti Mangla Kumkum Gupta Manish Jain MN Pandey

Research Article-Global Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (GAPM)

March 29, 2015


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