Background Fast‐track cardiac care is a complex intervention involving several components
of care during cardiac anaesthesia and in the postoperative period, with the ultimate aim of …

Background High-dose opioids are conventionally used for cardiac anesthesia, but without
monitoring of nociception. In non-cardiac surgical procedures the intraoperative dose of …

Objective Adjustment in the doses of opioids has been a focus of interest for achieving better
fast-track conditions in cardiac anesthesia, but relatively sparse information exists on the …

Hospital stay and mortality in high-risk patients after noncardiac surgery has been
associated with a triple low anesthesia. However, the association between anesthesia …

Objectives To test the hypothesis that the use of a nonmuscle relaxant anesthetic technique
(NMRT) during thoracotomy would be associated with comparable surgical conditions with …

Introduction Hyperlactatemia, a problem reported in up to 30% of cardiac surgery patients,
results from excessive production of or decreased clearance of lactate. It is typically a …

Objectives Assess different remifentanil effect-site concentrations (Ce) for readiness for
extubation time after cardiac surgery. Design Prospective, randomized, blinded, controlled …

Introducción: los opioides forman parte del manejo anestésico desde tiempos remotos. El
desarrollo de nuevos fármacos a partir del fentanilo dio como resultado opioides más …

Introduction: since ancient times opioids have been part of anesthesia. The development of
new drugs based on the piperidine class prototype fentanyl has resulted in more potent and …

Background Early extubation is a critical procedure for fast-track and enhanced recovery
after surgery (ERAS) in cardiac surgery for adult patients. It might improve patients …