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Morbid Obesity and Tracheal Intubation by Brodsky, Jay B., Lemmens, Harry J. M., Brock-Utne, John G., Vierra, Mark, Saidman, Lawrence J.

“…The tracheas of obese patients may be more difficult to intubate than those of normal-weight patients. We studied 100 morbidly obese patients (body mass index…”
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Intraoperative Fluid Replacement and Postoperative Creatine Phosphokinase Levels in Laparoscopic Bariatric Patients by Wool, Daniel B., Lemmens, Harry J. M., Brodsky, Jay B., Solomon, Houman, Chong, Karen P., Morton, John M.

“…Background Morbid obesity and bariatric surgery are both risk factors for the development of postoperative rhabdomyolysis (RML). RML results from injury to…”
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The Dose of Succinylcholine in Morbid Obesity by Lemmens, Harry J. M., Brodsky, Jay B.

“…The appropriate dose of succinylcholine (SCH) in morbidly obese patients is unknown. We studied 45 morbidly obese (body mass index >40 kg/m2) adults scheduled…”
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Validation of stroke volume and cardiac output by electrical interrogation of the brachial artery in normals: assessment of strengths, limitations, and sources of error by Bernstein, Donald P., Henry, Isaac C., Lemmens, Harry J., Chaltas, Janell L., DeMaria, Anthony N., Moon, James B., Kahn, Andrew M.

“…The goal of this study is to validate a new, continuous, noninvasive stroke volume (SV) method, known as transbrachial electrical bioimpedance velocimetry…”
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Regional anesthesia and obesity by Brodsky, Jay B, Lemmens, Harry J M

“…The potential advantages of regional anesthesia include minimal airway intervention, less cardiopulmonary depression, excellent postoperative analgesia, less…”
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Succinylcholine and Morbid Obesity: The Debate Continues by Brodsky, Jay B., Lemmens, Harry J. M.

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Vancomycin plasma concentrations in cardiac surgery with the use of profound hypothermic circulatory arrest by van der Starre, Pieter J.A., Kolz, Matthew, Lemmens, Harry J.M., Faix, James D., Mitchell, Scott, Miller, Craig

“…Objective: This study was undertaken to compare the effect of deep hypothermic circulatory arrest, compared with moderate hypothermia, on the plasma…”
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Succinylcholine: A Useful Drug in Bariatric Surgery by Brodsky, Jay B., Lemmens, Harry J. M., Morton, John M.

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Plasma cefazolin levels during cardiovascular surgery: Effects of cardiopulmonary bypass and profound hypothermic circulatory arrest by Caffarelli, Anthony D., Holden, Jeff P., Baron, Ellen Jo, Lemmens, Harry J.M., D’Souza, Holly, Yau, Vincent, Olcott, Cornelius, Reitz, Bruce A., Miller, D. Craig, van der Starre, Pieter J.A.

“…We sought to assess the effects of cardiopulmonary bypass and profound hypothermic circulatory arrest on plasma cefazolin levels administered for antimicrobial…”
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Ideal Body Weight Is Not Really Ideal by Brodsky, Jay B, Ingrande, Jerry, Lemmens, Harry J M

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Intra-operative fluid volume influences postoperative nausea and vomiting after laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery by Schuster, Rob, Alami, Ramzi S, Curet, Myriam J, Paulraj, Nirupa, Morton, John M, Brodsky, Jay B, Brock-Utne, John G, Lemmens, Harry J M

“…Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGBP) is a commonly performed operation for morbid obesity. A significant number of patients experience postoperative…”
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Postoperative subcutaneous instillation of low-dose ketorolac but not hydromorphone reduces wound exudate concentrations of interleukin-6 and interleukin-10 and improves analgesia following cesarean delivery by Carvalho, Brendan, Lemmens, Harry J, Ting, Vicki, Angst, Martin S

“…The objectives of this study were to test the effects of low-dose ketorolac and hydromorphone added to continuous local anesthetic wound instillation on…”
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Heat and Moisture Exchange Devices: Are They Doing What They Are Supposed to Do? by Lemmens, Harry J. M., Brock-Utne, John G.

“…Heat and moisture exchangers (HMEs) are used to provide humidification and warming of the inspiratory gases during general anesthesia. The performance…”
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Estimating blood volume in obese and morbidly obese patients by Lemmens, Harry J M, Bernstein, Donald P, Brodsky, Jay B

“…Preoperative assessment of blood volume (BV) is important for patients undergoing surgery. The mean value for indexed blood volume ((In)BV) in normal weight…”
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Laryngoscopy and morbid obesity: a comparison of the "sniff" and "ramped" positions by Collins, Jeremy S, Lemmens, Harry J M, Brodsky, Jay B, Brock-Utne, John G, Levitan, Richard M

“…The effect of patient position on the view obtained during laryngoscopy was investigated. 60 morbidly obese patients undergoing elective bariatric were…”
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Estimating ideal body weight--a new formula by Lemmens, Harry J M, Brodsky, Jay B, Bernstein, Donald P

“…A simple formula for estimating ideal body weight (IBW) in kilograms for both men and women is presented. The equation IBW = 22 x H2, where H is equal to…”
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Patient State Index by Drover, David R., Lemmens, Harry J., Pierce, Eric T., Plourde, Gilles, Loyd, Gary, Ornstein, Eugene, Prichep, Leslie S., Chabot, Robert J., Gugino, Laverne

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The intubating laryngeal mask airway: Rocuronium improves endotracheal intubating conditions and success rate by Sastry, Sunita G., Lemmens, Harry J.M.

“…To assess intubating conditions without neuromuscular blocking drugs, to determine the relation between the dose of rocuronium and the probability of achieving…”
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Tracheal width and left double-lumen tube size: a formula to estimate left-bronchial width by Brodsky, Jay B., Lemmens, Harry J.M.

“…To determine which patient parameters best predict left bronchial width (LBW) when selecting the correct size double-lumen tube (DLT). If LBW is known, a DLT…”
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Anesthetic Considerations for Bariatric Surgery: Proper Positioning is Important for Laryngoscopy by Brodsky, Jay B., Lemmens, Harry J. M., Brock-Utne, John G., Saidman, Lawrence J., Levitan, Richard

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