High-volume spinal anaesthesia. A dose-response study of bupivacaine 0.125%.

abstract：:We describe an outbreak of hepatitis A that occurred in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in a regional hospital in North Queensland. Seven people were infected including two patients, two close contacts of the index patient and three ICU nursing staff. The index case was admitted with an overdose and multiple trauma; he w...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Hanna JN,Loewenthal MR,Negel P,Wenck DJ

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of hypothermia on the action of d-tubocurarine (d-TC) was studied under carefully controlled experimental conditions. It was found that with computer controlled infusion, 60% less d-TC was required to sustain 75% muscle paralysis in cats, during steady-state, in vivo, when the temperature was changed from 3...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Lam HS,Brown TC,Lampard DG

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Homologous, and to a significantly lesser extent, autologous blood transfusion is associated with definable and potentially serious risk. The increasing professional and public awareness has led to a critical evaluation of transfusion practices and a change in transfusion philosophy towards optimising transfusion ther...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Nicholls MD

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma catecholamine concentrations in blood obtained simultaneously from the pulmonary and radial arteries of ten critically ill patients have been measured. The mean mixed venous concentrations of noradrenaline, adrenaline and dopamine were extremely high, noradrenaline 11.3 pmol/ml (SD 11.6), adrenaline 2.7 pmol/ml...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Russell WJ,Frewin DB,Jonsson JR

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study comparing the efficacy of wire-conducted intravascular ECG (IVECG) signal and signal from the port with a sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3) flushed catheter to correctly place a catheter tip was carried out in 100 patients. The correct position of the catheter tip was confirmed as follows: with technique...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Cheng KI,Chu KS,Chen LT,Tang CS

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colloid infusions can cause metabolic acidosis. Mechanisms and relative severity with different colloids are incompletely understood. We compared haemodilution acid-base effects of 4% albumin, 3.5% polygeline, 4% succinylated gelatin (all weak acid colloids, strong ion difference 12 mEq/l, 17.6 mEq/l and 34 mEq/l resp...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Morgan TJ,Vellaichamy M,Cowley DM,Weier SL,Venkatesh B,Jones MA

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 74-year-old man with cardiac failure and renal impairment was admitted to the cardiothoracic intensive care unit with metformin-induced lactic acidosis and shock. He was successfully treated with high-dose (80 ml/kg/hour) continuous venovenous haemodiafiltration. Lactic acidosis is a known complication of metformin ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Pan LT,MacLaren G

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Manipulation of the shoulder to facilitate passage of J-wires past the clavicle during external jugular vein catheterization was tested prospectively in 111 adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery. On 10 of 25 occasions when the wire would not pass into the thorax, manipulation of the shoulder then allowed the wire ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Sparks CJ,McSkimming I,George L

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Administration of suxamethonium to patients with critical illness polyneuropathy may produce life-threatening hyperkalaemia. A questionnaire to assess the awareness of this problem was sent to all UK intensive care units. A clinical scenario suggestive of critical illness polyneuropathy was accompanied by a list of po...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Hughes M,Grant IS,Biccard B,Nimmo G

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A nationwide survey (70% response) documented anaesthetists' hours of work, their perceptions about safety limits and their recollection of fatigue-related errors in clinical practice. In the preceding six months, 71% of trainees and 58% of specialists had exceeded their self-defined safety limits for continuous anaes...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Gander PH,Merry A,Millar MM,Weller J

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral perfusion was evaluated in twelve patients undergoing elective infra-renal abdominal aortic aneurysmectomy by transcranial Doppler ultrasonography-determined middle cerebral artery mean flow velocity, near-infrared spectroscopy-assessed cerebral oxygen saturation and systemic haemodynamic variables. The middl...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Liu G,Burcev I,Pott F,Ide K,Horn A,Secher NH

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuromuscular blocking actions of diazepam and its interaction with some myoneural blocking agents were studied in dogs and in humans undergoing surgery under general anaesthesia. Diazepam alone had no effect on the response of tibialis anterior muscle to indirect stimulation in dogs. Again, diazepam in a bolus dose o...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Jain PD,Pandey K,De M

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes a new model for the oxygen-haemoglobin dissociation curve in humans. The model is based on the known structural alterations that occur in the quaternary haemoglobin molecule during oxygenation and deoxygenation. The two alternative structures, tense and relaxed, are described using hyperbolic tang...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Anstey C

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In May 1863 the British surgeon, Henry Thompson, departed for Belgium to attend Leopold, King of the Belgians. The King was in agony: he had suffered with bladder stones for months and multiple procedures, without anaesthesia, had failed to relieve his symptoms. Henry Thompson was therefore consulted about the possibi...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Ball C

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) has not been extensively studied in patients with sepsis. A prospective study was performed in a single university hospital. The incidences of DIC at day 1 (<24 hours post-sepsis diagnosis) and day 3 (48 to 72 hours) were investigated among patients with sepsis....

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Park JY,Park S,Park SY,Sim YS,Kim JH,Hwang YI,Jang SH,Jung KS

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A six-year-old boy with oesophageal strictures secondary to neonatal repair of oesophageal atresia and requiring six to eight weekly oesophageal dilatations by bouginage developed anticipatory nausea and vomiting. This was effectively managed by a course of preoperative hypnotherapy over four sessions. Resolution of a...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Mackenzie A,Frawley GP

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients presenting for elective surgery in the Bay of Plenty area in New Zealand are increasingly elderly with significant medical comorbidities. For these patients the risk-benefit balance of undergoing surgery can be complex. We recognised the need for a robust shared decision-making pathway within our perioperativ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Omundsen HC,Franklin RL,Higson VL,Omundsen MS,Rossaak JI

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prophylaxis of acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding by control of gastric pH has been widely advocated for intensive care patients. H2-blockers and antacids have been used and demonstrated to be incompletely effective at maintaining gastric pH above 4. A study of 100 patients measured the efficacy of two-hourly gastr...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Morris RW,Boyle M,Jacobs S,Torda T

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the anaesthesia care of an enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) program for patients having abdominal surgical in Victorian hospitals. The main outcome measure was the number of ERAS items implemented following introduction of the ERAS program. Secondary endpoints included proce...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Thompson EG,Gower ST,Beilby DS,Wallace S,Tomlinson S,Guest GD,Cade R,Serpell JS,Myles PS

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nineteen adult patients of either gender received intravenous infusions of propofol, scaled to estimated lean body mass (LBM), for 150 minutes as part of a balanced anaesthetic. Arterial blood was assayed for whole blood propofol. The first subject received propofol at a fixed rate of 0.058 mg x min(-1) x kg(LBM)(-1)....

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Crankshaw DP,Brown MJ,Bjorksten AR

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The value of propranolol in relieving infundibular spasm is illustrated. The pathophysiology of infundibular spasm in Fallot's tetralogy and its management in anaesthesia is reviewed. ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Kam CA

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a fatal case of the propofol infusion syndrome in an adult patient being sedated for a closed head injury using high doses of propofol. The features of circulatory collapse, metabolic acidosis, mild rhabdomyolysis and renal impairment are consistent with the syndrome and not readily attributable ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Ernest D,French C

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic cryotherapy is a relatively new technique, currently employed in the treatment of unresectable liver malignancy, which involves direct freezing of tumour deposits with liquid nitrogen. In a review of 26 patients undergoing this procedure, the anaesthetic considerations are defined. The total operation time ran...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Goodie DB,Horton MD,Morris RW,Nagy LS,Morris DL

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether there was an association between recombinant activated factor VII (rFVIIa) use in cardiac surgery and thromboembolic events by comparing cases in two medical registries. The incidence of thromboembolic events in patients undergoing cardiac surgery (except isolated coronary artery bypass grafts)...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Mitra B,Phillips L,Cameron PA,Billah B,Reid C

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The provision of optimal analgesia after caesarean section remains a challenge as satisfactory pain relief must be combined with patient satisfaction, including the ability to care for the newborn. In a prospective study of 132 patients, we have compared epidural analgesia with intravenous patient-controlled analgesia...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Cade L,Ashley J

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For a six-month period, all airway options used for non-emergent patients undergoing thoracic surgery requiring one-lung ventilation at a single institution were assessed after introduction of the VivaSight™ double-lumen endotracheal tube (VivaSight-DL), a novel double-lumen tube with an integrated camera. This device...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Rapchuk IL,Kunju S,Smith IJ,Faulke DJ

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Awareness is the spontaneous recall of an event(s) that occurred during general anaesthesia and surgery. The incidence of awareness is approximately 0.2% of cases where neuromuscular blockers are used and half that where they are omitted. The majority of data relating to awareness is from anaesthetic practice. We repo...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Gibson J,Flabouris A

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a series of patients who suffered severe histamine mediated reactions to induction agents and muscle relaxants, intradermal testing enabled the drug involved to be distinguished. The correct use of intradermal testing to give reliable results is discussed and a protocol described. Prausnitz Kustner testing was of l...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Fisher MM

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-surgical opioid prescribing intended for the short-term management of acute pain may lead to long-term opioid use. This study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of persistent post-surgical opioid use and patient-related factors associated with post-surgical opioid use. One thousand and thirteen opioid-naï...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Stark N,Kerr S,Stevens J

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At therapeutic concentrations, parecoxib selectively inhibits the cyclo-oxygenase-2 enzyme. We investigated the impact of a single preoperative dose of parecoxib on pain relief following minor gynaecological surgery. Ninety women undergoing uterine dilatation and curettage, with or without hysteroscopy, were randomise...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Luscombe KS,McDonnell NJ,Muchatuta NA,Paech MJ,Nathan EA

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00