Propofol is a 'safe' anaesthetic agent in malignant hyperthermia susceptible patients.

abstract：:Latex allergy has become increasingly common amongst health care workers. The prevalence of latex allergy in 102 theatre personnel at Princess Alexandra Hospital was determined by the results of a standardized questionnaire and a latex specific IgE radioallergosorbent test (RAST). Volunteers had their forced expirator...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Hack ME

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertension after cardiac surgery is common and requires accurate control by carefully regulated infusions of drugs such as sodium nitroprusside. A microprocessor-based controller has been designed to close the loop between the blood pressure response and the infusion rate of a hypotensive drug. This system has been ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Rosenfeldt FL,Chang V,Grigg M,Parker S,Cearns R,Rabinov M,Xu WG

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that a model of anaesthetic uptake and distribution, developed for use as a teaching tool, is able to predict end-tidal isoflurane and sevoflurane concentrations at least as well as commonly used propofol models predict blood levels of propofol. Models with good predictive performance may be u...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Kennedy R

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reviews the state of the art in Australia of manually operated, self-inflating bag resuscitators, including the Laerdal, Air Viva and Ambu; manually operated bags dependent upon an oxygen supply, including Mapleson B, C, E and F, the CIG Medishield Oxy-Saver and modified Oxy-Viva Resuscitator 3, and the Kom...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Phillips GD,Skowronski GA

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cystic fibrosis is an autosomal recessive disorder which affects one in 2500 live births. It is a multisystem disease and has a variety of presentations. The major clinical features affect the gastrointestinal and respiratory tracts. Severe respiratory disease, diabetes and gastroesophageal reflux are common features ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Weeks AM,Buckland MR

更新日期：1995-06-01 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：:There is little consensus on the definition or optimal constituents of fluid bolus therapy (FBT), and there is uncertainty regarding its physiological effects. The aims of this study were to determine clinician-reported definitions of FBT and to explore the physiological responses clinicians expect from such FBT. In J...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Glassford NJ,Jones SL,Martensson J,Eastwoods GM,Bailey M,Cross AM,Taylor DM,Bellomo R

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid storm is a rare but life-threatening condition manifesting with several clinical presentations. Atypical thyroid storm should be part of the differential diagnosis in patients with multiple organ dysfunction of unknown aetiology. In this case report, delayed recognition of thyroid storm in a young female who p...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Karanikolas M,Velissaris D,Karamouzos V,Filos KS

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is currently a shortage of organ donors to meet the demands of transplantation waiting lists. In recent years there has been renewed interest in donation after cardiac death in order to increase the pool of potential donors. The Organ and Tissue Authority has recently developed a national policy for donation aft...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Sidiropoulos S,McEvoy L,Steel S,Silvester W,Warrillow S,Bolch S,Jones D

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to describe the epidemiology of Rapid Response Team (RRT) activation in New Zealand public hospitals. We undertook a prospective multicentre observational study of RRT activations in 11 hospitals for consecutive 14-day periods during October-December 2014. A standardised case report form was used to collect d...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Psirides AJ,Hill J,Jones D

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prone positioning to improve oxygenation in acute lung injury was first reported over 20 years ago. Although this and several subsequent studies have shown that prone positioning improved oxygenation in the majority of patients, it has failed to become common practice in intensive care units. This paper reviews the me...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Tobin A,Kelly W

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the use of peripheral veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV ECMO) and high-flow nasal oxygen as procedural support in a patient undergoing debulking of a malignant tumour of the lower airway. Due to the significant risk of complete airway obstruction upon induction of anaesthesia, ECMO was es...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Fung R,Stellios J,Bannon PG,Ananda A,Forrest P

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analgesia below the knee can be achieved by blocking the tibial nerve and the common peroneal nerve in the popliteal fossa, and the saphenous nerve adjacent to the knee. The anatomy and technique of nerve block in the popliteal fossa is described, the nerve being located prior to blockade using a peripheral nerve stim...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Kempthorne PM,Brown TC

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unplanned intensive care unit admission within 24 hours of a procedure with an anaesthetist in attendance (UIA) is a recommended clinical indicator It is designed to identify preventable iatrogenic complications. Often understood as a specific anaesthetic outcome, its value has been repeatedly questioned. Iatrogeni...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Haller G,Myles PS,Langley M,Stoelwinder J,McNeil J

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There were 160 incidents associated with regional anaesthesia amongst the first 2000 incidents reported to the Australian Incident Monitoring Study. They were categorised into 6 groups; epidural anaesthesia (83), spinal anaesthesia (42), brachial plexus blocks (14), intravenous local anaesthesia (4), ocular blocks (3)...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Fox MA,Webb RK,Singleton R,Ludbrook G,Runciman WB

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This trial prospectively compares two methods of percutaneous tracheostomy, both routinely used in ICU: the Ciaglia progressive dilational tracheostomy and the Griggs forceps dilational tracheostomy. One hundred patients were randomized using a single-blinded envelope method to receive progressive or forceps percutane...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Kaiser E,Cantais E,Goutorbe P,Salinier L,Palmier B

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes four neonates having abdominal procedures with intraoperative and early postoperative analgesia provided by a transversus abdominis plane regional block. Analgesia for neonatal upper and mid-abdominal surgery usually involves regional anaesthesia and/or systemic opioid. All these analgesia techniq...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Fredrickson MJ,Seal P

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to assess whether eosinopenia was a reliable diagnostic marker of bloodstream infection in hospitalised adult and paediatric patients. The design was a case-control study, set in a tertiary adult and paediatric hospital. A total of 157 adult and 85 paediatric patients with bloodstream i...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Wibrow BA,Ho KM,Flexman JP,Keil AD,Kohrs DL

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An elevated serum lactate level is associated with morbidity and mortality in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock. In patients with hepatic dysfunction, however an elevated serum lactate level may be due to either impaired lactate clearance or excessive production. Thus, we evaluated whether the initial serum...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Kang YR,Um SW,Koh WJ,Suh GY,Chung MP,Kim H,Kwon OJ,Jeon K

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sepsis and respiratory dysfunction leading to multiple system organ failure remains the leading cause of postoperative morbidity and mortality following major surgical procedures. It has been suggested the oxygen free radicals might play a pivotal role in this process. The aim of this study was to investigate whether ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Szakmany T,Marton S,Molnar Z

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of summary answers to a question as an aid to introducing and guiding a tutorial is described using as an example a question about the physiological changes associated with pyrexia. It illustrates a method that involves all the students and develops a logical comprehensive answer that can also be helpful to st...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Brown TC

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Defects in the genes coding for the skeletal muscle ryanodine receptor (RYR1) and alpha 1 subunit of the dihydropyridine receptor (CACNA1S) have been identified as causative for malignant hyperthermia (MH). Sixty-two MH susceptible individuals presenting to the same diagnostic centre had copy deoxyribonucleic acid, de...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Gillies RL,Bjorksten AR,Du Sart D,Hockey BM

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A randomised prospective controlled study was conducted during a one-year period on patients scheduled for oesophagectomy via a right thoracotomy approach. Twenty-two patients received one-lung ventilation (OLV group) and twenty patients received high frequency positive pressure ventilation (HFPPV group). Episodic hyp...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Tsui SL,Chan CS,Chan AS,Wong SJ,Lam CS,Jones RD

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a survey of Australian specialist anaesthetists about their practice of sedation for elective and emergency gastroscopy, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), and colonoscopy. A 24-item survey was emailed to 1,000 anaesthetists in August 2015. Responses were received from 409 anaesthetist...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Leslie K,Allen ML,Hessian E,Lee AY

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Organic insecticide poisoning continues to be a major health problem not only in the developing communities but also in the Western population. The insecticides commonly used are the organophosphates, organocarbamates, organochlorides and pyrethroids. Patients with organic insecticide poisoning present with a spectrum...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Peter JV,Cherian AM

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and fifty-nine adult patients undergoing elective colonoscopy in a major regional hospital were surveyed regarding their perceptions and expectations of sedation/anaesthesia for this procedure. The survey was undertaken on the day of the procedure, but before their assessment by the anaesthetist. Most of o...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Chatman N,Sutherland JR,van der Zwan R,Abraham N

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This retrospective casenote audit involving 374 patients requiring intubation for an anaesthetic found that when the availability of sugammadex became unrestricted, its use increased from 7.1 to 65.3% (P <0.0001) of all muscle relaxant reversals, while neostigmine use decreased from 59.6 to 12.5%. Rocuronium use decre...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Watts RW,London JA,van Wijk RM,Lui YL

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three cases of severe anaphylaxis to gallamine triethiodide are described. All reported cases of anaphylaxis to gallamine have occurred in women, and all the confirmed cases in Australasia. There is evidnece that women may be exposed to some substance which leaves them sensitive to gallamine triethiodide. ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Fisher MM

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ALI / ARDS) is the most serious pulmonary complication after lung resection. This study investigated the incidence and outcome of patients with ALI / ARDS who required mechanical ventilation within one week of undergoing pneumonectomy for primary lung cancer and a...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Jeon K,Yoon JW,Suh GY,Kim J,Kim K,Yang M,Kim H,Kwon OJ,Shim YM

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential transmission of disease by anaesthetic and ventilator breathing circuits has resulted in the widespread use of filters. Convincing scientific evidence of their complete efficacy is lacking particularly in regard to viruses. In the past, practical difficulties precluded the use of new or autoclavable equi...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Komesaroff D

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00