A compact substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) filter based on composite right/lefthanded (CRLH) resonator units is implemented in this paper. The filter is composed of two CRLH resonator units serially connected by a SIW transmission line unit. The structure of the filter and equivalent circuit transmission behavior are analyzed, and a novel design method by optimizing the length and width of the interdigital metal slots to decrease the filter operation frequency is proposed. To further demonstrate the design theory and performance of the proposed filter, the filter was designed and fabricated on an RT6010 dielectric material. The measurement results show that the proposed filter works at a center frequency of 5.8 GHz with 200 MHz bandwidth The insertion loss is 2.3 dB, and the filter size is only 10 mm × 7.4 mm.
Background: Peripheral regional block combined with general anesthesia might be a preferable anesthetic regimen for elderly patients receiving total hip arthroplasty. To investigate whether suprainguinal fascia iliaca block accelerates recovery after general anesthesia and relieves early postoperative pain in elderly patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty. Methods: Patients who underwent total hip arthroplasty under general anesthesia in 2015 or 2019 at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University were retrospectively analyzed. The patients were grouped based on whether preoperative suprainguinal fascia iliaca block was performed. The time to tracheal extubation and spent in the post anesthesia care unit (PACU), intraoperative remifentanil dosage, fentanyl consumption in PACU, postoperative cumulative fentanyl consumption within 48 h after operation, visual analog scale (VAS) at rest and during movement on the first and second days after surgery, and adverse reactions were compared.Results: Thirty-one patients were included in the study (block group:16, no-block group: 15). The VAS at rest and during movement on the first and second days were significantly lower in the block group than in the no-block group (all P<0.05). The intraoperative remifentanil dosage, fentanyl consumption given in PACU, and postoperative cumulative fentanyl consumption in 48 h after operation were lower in the block group (all P<0.01). The time to tracheal extubation and the time spent in PACU in the block group were shorter (all P<0.01). Conclusion: Suprainguinal fascia iliaca block led to faster recovery after general anesthesia and early postoperative pain relief in elderly patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty.
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