Retrosternal block use in the treatment for dyspnoea.

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：:Pethidine (meperidine) is a unique member of the opioid family. In addition to its analgesic activity, it also has significant local anaesthetic activity. This property enables it to be used as the sole agent for spinal anaesthesia. We describe the successful use of intrathecal pethidine 1 mg/kg for an elective lower ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Vassiliadis RM,Taylor PG

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many anaesthetists practising in Australia and New Zealand realise that differences exist in the training of their counterparts in the United States. This review attempts to highlight the differences observed by two anaesthetists who have been involved in both systems. Aspects of the American Board of Anesthesiology e...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Ronai A,Shanks CA

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unselected preoperative coagulation testing is known to have low positive yield. However, no study has specifically evaluated neurosurgical patients. A retrospective study of 1211 patients having neurosurgery over a one-year period was therefore conducted. Preoperative test results (activated partial thromboplastin ti...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Schramm B,Leslie K,Myles PS,Hogan CJ

更新日期：2001-08-01 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：:Normal saline or air is used to identify loss of resistance during identification of the epidural space for combined spinal-epidural analgesia. Following epidural needle placement using air for loss of resistance, up to 80% of parturients move, grimace, vocalise or experience paraesthesia or dysaesthesia during subseq...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： van den Berg AA,Ghatge S,Wang S

更新日期：2010-11-01 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：:Forty intensive care unit patients requiring cardiopulmonary resuscitation were randomised to receive either the standard dose of adrenaline (1 mg every five minutes) or high-dose adrenaline (10 mg every five minutes). In the majority of patients, overwhelming sepsis was the major contributing factor leading to cardia...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Lipman J,Wilson W,Kobilski S,Scribante J,Lee C,Kraus P,Cooper J,Barr J,Moyes D

更新日期：1993-04-01 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：:Pancuronium and a continuous infusion of althesin was used to produce muscular relaxation in a patient with myotonic dystrophy. Excellent muscle relaxation with absence of percussion or surgically induced myotonia was obtained but the EMG was not modified; an intracellular site of action of althesin is postulated. Car...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Muller J,Suppan P

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The air-Q Intubating Laryngeal Airway (ILA) is a newly introduced extraglottic airway device. In this pilot study, we evaluated its use as a routine airway device during positive pressure ventilation. Ease of endotracheal intubation through the device was also assessed. Fifty-nine ASA I and II patients undergoing elec...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Bakker EJ,Valkenburg M,Galvin EM

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypothesis that direct nursing hours correlate with the cost of a patient stay in intensive care was tested. One hundred and thirty-nine patients were studied and the data collected included: (a) direct nursing hours applied to each patient; (b) a daily TISS score: (c) a detailed costing of each patient (all costs...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Havill JH,Caspari M,McConnell H,Alexander M,Montgomery C

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Minimally invasive oesophagectomy is a relatively new procedure that is performed by means of thoracoscopy and laparoscopy. One stage of the procedure involves creation of a peritoneo-pleural communication in the presence of a pneumoperitoneum. In the case presented, severe hypotension occurred at this point. We belie...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： McConkey PP,Moore PG,Nguyen NT

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A theoretical framework for the formulation of a derived variable to be used for the prediction of the net effect of unmeasured charged species present in human extracellular fluid was explored. This new variable was based on contemporary strong ion and classical buffer base theories and tested against the standard ba...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Anstey CM

更新日期：2010-09-01 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：: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：:The objective of this study was to assess the outcome of Jehovah's Witness (JW) patients admitted to a major Australasian ICU and to review the literature regarding the management of critically ill Jehovah's Witness patients. All Jehovah's Witness patients admitted to the ICU between January 1999 and September 2003 we...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： MacLaren G,Anderson M

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports on the causes and preventability of primary anaesthetic deaths in Western Australia between 1985 and 2008. In Western Australia, it is a legal requirement to report all deaths that occur within 48 hours of an anaesthetic and later deaths if an anaesthetic complication is implicated. A committee asse...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Gibbs NM,Rodoreda P

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adhesive tapes are a routine part of every anaesthetic. Until now there has been little clinical data on the efficacy of these tapes. This study compared Micropore Transpore, Leukoplast and Sleek to determine if any significant difference existed between the adhesive properties of these tapes. The tapes were trialled ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Chaffer JE,Moyle E

更新日期：2002-04-01 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：:The synthetic glucocorticoid dexamethasone is administered to many patients receiving a general anaesthetic to reduce the risk of postoperative nausea and vomiting. Dexamethasone is known to suppress the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis; however, the duration of this suppression following the standard anti-emetic i...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Elston MS,Conaglen HM,Hughes C,Tamatea JA,Meyer-Rochow GY,Conaglen JV

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Airway management is one of the core skills of the anaesthetist and various techniques of airway management have developed over many years. Initially, the only view of the glottis that could be obtained was an indirect view (indirect laryngoscopy). Late in the 19th century, a direct view of the glottis was obtained vi...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Pieters BM,Eindhoven GB,Acott C,van Zundert AA

更新日期：2015-07-01 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：:The aim of the study was to compare three anaesthetic agents in patients with ejection fraction below 0.40 subjected to coronary revascularization surgery. Twenty five elective coronary surgical patients with ejection fraction below 0.40 were prospectively studied. Premedication was pethidine 1 mg/kg and induction was...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Urzua J,Serra M,Lema G,Canessa R,Gonzalez R,Meneses G,Irarrazaval M,Moran S

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight patients were studied to determine the changes in pancuronium requirements during hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass. They were anaesthetised with fentanyl as the principal agent, ventilated with oxygen and the neuromuscular junction was monitored using train-of-four stimulation. After a bolus dose of pancuroniu...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Futter ME,Whalley DG,Wynands JE,Bevan DR

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:EMLA cream (Astra Pharmaceuticals) which contains lignocaine and prilocaine, is widely used in a thick layer to reduce the pain associated with venepuncture. Application of smaller amounts of cream lowers cost and may reduce side-effects. The efficacy of a thick layer (using 2.0 ml) and a thin layer (using 0.5 ml) of ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Sims C

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serious complications from tricyclic antidepressant (TCA) overdose are uncommon. We present a case of massive imipramine overdose complicated by ventricular fibrillation and a prolonged period of cardiovascular collapse. A total of 400 mmol of sodium bicarbonate, 5 mg of adrenaline and 80 mg of sotalol were given duri...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Sandeman DJ,Alahakoon TI,Bentley SC

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective double-blind study, single-dose lumbar epidural blockade was administered to 60 healthy patients undergoing lower abdominal surgery, the patients lying in the lateral position only during the time of injection of the local anaesthetic. Solutions used were bupivacaine HCl 0.5%, lignocaine HCl 2% and li...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Seow LT,Lips FJ,Cousins MJ

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this case report, the course of arginine vasopressin and copeptin, the stable C-terminal part of the arginine vasopressin precursor, is described during the period of critical illness in a septic shock patient. Arginine vasopressin and copeptin concentrations were substantially increased during the initial 36 hours...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Jochberger S,Luckner G,Mayr VD,Wenzel V,Morgenthaler NG,Friesenecker BE,Hasibeder WR,Dünser MW

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tracheal extubation can evoke an equally strong haemodyamic stress response as tracheal intubation. We present a patient with myocardial infarction who repeatedly failed tracheal extubation. He developed acute pulmonary oedema following each attempt at tracheal extubation due to sympathetic overactivity. A change of a...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Kulkarni A,Price G,Saxena M,Skowronski G

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00