Anaesthesia for resection of lesions of the trachea and main bronchi using the neodymium yttrium aluminium garnet (Nd YAG) laser. A report of 75 treatments in 52 patients.

abstract：:In this study we investigated in vitro and in vivo effects of propofol in malignant hyperthermia susceptible (MHS) patients in order to assess the safety of propofol infusion as a non-triggering anaesthetic technique for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. In vitro, human MHS muscle samples were exposed to propofol...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： McKenzie AJ,Couchman KG,Pollock N

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chemical structure of drug molecules determines their fundamental pharmacological properties by 'fit' to the receptor, but the physicochemical properties, particularly lipid solubility and fraction un-ionised, dominate in determining distribution in the body and the rate of access to the biophase containing the dr...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Mather LE

更新日期：1987-02-01 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：:Thirty healthy parturients, having given informed consent, were randomly allocated in a double-blind study to receive an intramuscular injection of either 0.9% sodium chloride (control), ephedrine 25 mg, or ephedrine 50 mg, 30 minutes prior to general anaesthesia for caesarean section. Nine patients (90%) in the 50 mg...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Rout CC,Rocke DA,Brijball R,Koovarjee RV

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey was conducted to investigate the attitudes of anaesthetists and nurses to anaesthetic pollution. In order that the results could be viewed in context, attitudes to other possible occupational hazards, including radiation exposure and work-related stress, were also investigated. Four hundred (66%) completed qu...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Plummer JL,Sandison CH,Ilsley AH,Cousins MJ

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A technique of subclavian vein catheterization is described, tailored to the individual patient, to reduce the risk of right atrial placement with central venous catheter (CVC) insertion. Using data gathered retrospectively for Quality Improvement purposes, CVC tip location was assessed. The standard technique used in...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Chalkiadis GA,Goucke CR

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of severe rigidity during emergence from general anaesthesia in a 64-year-old man who had suffered from Parkinson's disease for nine years. Controversy still exists over how to optimally manage these patients perioperatively. We successfully managed his Parkinsonism with administration of crushed Sin...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Stagg P,Grice T

更新日期：2011-11-01 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：:An inexpensive and convenient method of collecting waste gases from the open-tailed bag of a T-piece system is described. ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Keneally JP,Overton JH

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Perioperative Service has recently been introduced at liverpool hospital, a 460-bed university teaching hospital. This provides a co-ordinated system for managing all elective surgical patients from the time an admission booked until hospital discharge. This paper describes the patient assessment, structure and staf...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Kerridge R,Lee A,Latchford E,Beehan SJ,Hillman KM

更新日期：1995-10-01 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：: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：:Hydrogen peroxide solutions are found in almost every operating theatre and are used by many surgical specialties, often with little knowledge of their inherent risk. We reviewed the literature and evidence related to the use of hydrogen peroxide in surgery. We found little evidence supporting the use of hydrogen pero...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Reid CJ,Alcock M,Penn D

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first 2000 incidents reported to the Australian Incident Monitoring study (AIMS) were examined to identify those incidents which occurred preoperatively (defined as occurring prior to the commencement of general or regional anaesthesia). The 35 incidents, representing 1.7% of the total, which occurred in this time...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Ludbrook GL,Webb RK,Fox MA,Singleton RJ

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was performed to assess the changes in pulmonary mechanics before and after tracheostomy in patients with prolonged mechanical ventilation and to detect pre-tracheostomy physiologic factors that predict the outcome of weaning from mechanical ventilation. Pulmonary mechanics were recorded before and after tr...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Lin MC,Huang CC,Yang CT,Tsai YH,Tsao TC

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to review and describe indications for intraaortic balloon counterpulsation (IABP) use and identify the impact these have on outcomes at an Australian cardiothoracic tertiary referral hospital. A secondary aim was comparison of the Australian practice with a large multinational IABP data regi...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Lewis PA,Mullany DV,Townsend S,Johnson J,Wood L,Courtney M,Joseph D,Walters DL

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concept of a Medical Emergency Team was developed in order to rapidly identify and manage seriously ill patients at risk of cardiopulmonary arrest and other high-risk conditions. The aim of this study was to describe the utilization and outcome of Medical Emergency Team interventions over a one-year period at a te...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Lee A,Bishop G,Hillman KM,Daffurn K

更新日期：1995-04-01 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：:We present a patient with congenital complete heart block who underwent multiple anaesthetic exposures for eye examination and bilateral cataract surgery. The diagnosis was made during the first general anaesthetic. Various complications encountered during the multiple exposures are discussed. ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Mohan VK,Naik AK,Bharti N,Shende D

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children undergoing anaesthesia are prone to hypothermia. Perioperative monitoring of patient temperature is, therefore, standard practice. Postoperative temperature is regarded as a key anaesthetic performance indicator in Australian hospitals. Many different methods and sites of temperature measurement are used peri...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Drake-Brockman TF,Hegarty M,Chambers NA,von Ungern-Sternberg BS

更新日期：2014-05-01 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：:Eighty-two patients presenting for major abdominal surgery were divided into five groups, and received intravenous ketamine, muscle relaxation and controlled ventilation with oxygen-enriched air. For maintenance of anaesthesia patients were given a single intravenous dose of either droperidol 5 mg, diazepam 5 mg, prom...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Houlton PJ,Downing JW,Brock-Utne JG

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sub-Tenon's technique uses blunt dissection and a blunt probe to inject local anaesthetic into the posterior sub-Tenon's space. This avoids the potentially catastrophic complications which result from passing a sharp needle blindly into the orbit and retrobulbar space. The anatomy of Tenon's capsule and the block ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Guise PA

更新日期：1996-04-01 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：:The Western Australian Anaesthetic Mortality Committee has collected data since 1980. During this time, reporting of anaesthesia mortality has been mandatory in Western Australia, confidentiality and legal protection have been ensured, consistent definitions and classifications have been used, and reasonable estimates...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Gibbs N,Rodoreda P

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied prospectively 49 patients being treated in an intensive care unit with aminoglycosides for gram-negative sepsis. Pharmacokinetic data were calculated from three post-dose serum levels using a one-compartment model. Doses required to achieve peak levels between 5 and 10 mg/l with trough levels approximately ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Beckhouse MJ,Whyte IM,Byth PL,Napier JC,Smith AJ

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effect of rapid sequence induction of anaesthesia on intraocular pressure in physically fit, ASA class I or II patients using combinations of sufentanil (1 microgram/kg), or fentanyl (5 micrograms/kg) and vecuronium (0.2 mg/kg) or atracurium (1.0 mg/kg). All patients received thiopentone (5 mg/kg), foll...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Stirt JA,Chiu GJ

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although intraoperative transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE) has an established role in the management of some cardiac surgical procedures, there is little data on its impact on coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) cases that are stratified for clinical risk. This is a retrospective review of the surgical impact of ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Forrest AP,Lovelock ND,Hu JM,Fletcher SN

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Difficulties in positioning Robertshaw tubes have been reviewed in a retrospective and a prospective series. Pre-operative cheat X-rays did not help in predicting difficulties. The performance of the Robertshaw tube was carefully recorded for each malposition in the prospective series, and the relationship of the malp...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Black AM,Harrison GA

更新日期：1975-11-01 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