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Editorial

Editorial

• Mert Şentürk

Debate

Hydroxyethyl starch: the Paradigm of Eminence-Based Versus Evidence-Based Medicine-1

• Federico Bilotta
• Giovanni Giordano
• Fabrizio Caroletti
• Francesco Pugliese

The European Medicines Agency and the Authorization for Hydroxyethyl starch Containing Solutions–Killing the Cow to Get Rid of Ticks?

• Jakob Wittenstein
• Paolo Pelosi
• Marcelo Gama de Abreu

Review

School Children Save Lives

• Bahar Kuvaki
• Şule Özbilgin

Original Article

Experienced Use of Dexmedetomidine in the Intensive Care Unit: A Report of a Structured Consensus

• Daniela Pasero
• Fabio Sangalli
• Massimo Baiocchi
• laria Blangetti
• Sergio Cattane
• Gianluca Paternoster
• Marco Moltrasio
• Elisabetta Auci
• Patrizia Murrino
• Francesco Forfori
• Ester Forastiere
• Maria Giovanna De Cristofaro
• Giorgio Deste
• Paolo Feltracco
• Flavia Petrini
• Luigi Tritapepe
• Massimo Girardis

Can Pre-Operative HbA1c Values in Coronary Surgery be a Predictor of Mortality?

• Bahar Aydınlı
• Aslı Demir
• Harun Özmen
• Özden Vezir
• Utku Ünal
• Mustafa Özdemir

Comparison of In Vitro Effects of Opioid Analgesics on Spontaneous Proximal and Distal Colon Contractions in Healthy Rats and Rats with Peritonitis

• İdris Erşan
• Sinan Gürsoy
• Onur Avcı
• Ahmet Altun
• İhsan Bağcıvan
• Cevdet Düger
• İclal Özdemir Kol
• Kenan Kaygusuz
• Mehmet Caner Mimaroğlu

Effect of Pre-Emptive Paracetamol Infusion on Postoperative Analgesic Consumption in Children Undergoing Elective Herniorrhaphy

• Ana Cicvaric
• Dalibor Divkovic
• Ozana Katarina Tot
• Slavica Kvolik

Effect of Midazolam and Dexmedetomidine Sedation on the Onset and Duration of Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus Block: A Randomised Comparative Study

• Gunjan Kumar
• Prakash K. Dubey
• Om P. Sanjeev

Comparative Study of the Efficacy of Dexmedetomidine and Fentanyl as Adjuvants to Ropivacaine in Ultrasound-Guided Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus Block

• Pratibha Shivalgond Dharmarao
• Renuka Holyachi

Airway Dimensions in Children with Neurological Disabilities During Dexmedetomidine and Propofol Sedation for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study

• Kamath Sriganesh
• Jitender Saini
• Kaushik Theerth
• Sudhir Venkataramaiah

Complications of Endovascular Aneurysm Repair: Mortality, Myocardial Infarction and Acute Kidney Injury

• Pedro Videira Reis
• Mariana Morgado
• Inês Valdoleiros
• Marina Dias Neto
• Joana Mourão

Effects of Premedication on Heart Rate Variability at Induction of Anaesthesia: Comparison between Midazolam and Hydroxyzine

• Tomoki Nishiyama

Effects of Alprazolam and Melatonin Used for Premedication on Oxidative Stress, Glicocalyx Integrity and Neurocognitive Functions

• Meltem Güner Can
• Halim Ulugöl
• Işın Güneş
• Uğur Aksu
• Melis Tosun
• Gülsüm Karduz
• Kübra Vardar
• Fevzi Toraman

Case Report

Transient Facial Nerve Palsy After the Scalp Block for Burr Hole Evacuation of Subdural Hematoma

• Mehmet Sargın
• Halil Samancıoğlu
• Mehmet Selçuk Uluer

Unilateral Hypoglossal Nerve Palsy After Septoplasty Under General Anaesthesia

• Hande Gurbuz Aytuluk
• Öztürk Aktaş

Letter to the Editor

Re: Quotation of Heart Rate Variability Parameters with Their Normalized Units

• Yuji Kadoi

Quotation of Heart Rate Variability Parameters with Their Normalized Units

• Kenan Erdem
• Ertuğrul Kurtoğlu

Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase Deficiency: Rare but Considerable

• Özlem Turhan
• Zerrin Sungur

RE: Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase Deficiency: Rare but Considerable

• Zeynep Nur Orhon

Comments on ‘Relieving Pain after Arthroscopic Knee Surgery: Ultrasound-Guided Femoral Nerve Block or Adductor Canal Block?’

• Abhijit Nair

Re: Comments on ‘Relieving Pain after Arthroscopic Knee Surgery: Ultrasound-Guided Femoral Nerve Block or Adductor Canal Block?’

• Poupak Rahimzadeh
• Hamid Reza Faiz
• Farnad Imani
• Geoffrey Grant Hobika
• Armaghan Abbasi
• Nader D. Nader