Bacterial contamination in solution aspirated from non-sterile packaged fentanyl ampoules: a laboratory study.

abstract：:A case of acute thyroid swelling is reported following intubation of a young woman with a pre-existing small goitre. The thyroid enlargement then distorted the airway, necessitating an emergency thyroidectomy. The application of cricoid pressure was believed to have caused the intrathyroidal bleeding and the complicat...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Fairweather NL

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Major craniofacial surgery has the potential for very large blood loss, frequently greater than one blood volume. In order that an assessment could be made of any deficiencies of platelet function or coagulation, tests were performed at intervals during the operation. None of the coagulation parameters showed variatio...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Sweeney D,Williams V

更新日期：1987-08-01 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：:One-lung ventilation can be achieved with a double-lumen tube or a bronchial blocker. However, the larger outer diameters of double-lumen or Univent tubes may prevent their passage through an area of subglottic stenosiss. We present five cases of subglottic stenosis in which a Fogarty catheter was used as a bronchial ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Park HP,Bahk JH,Park JH,Oh YS

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is common practice to mix opioids with hyperbaric bupivacaine in a single syringe before intrathecal injection of the mixture. Mixing these drugs may alter the density of the hyperbaric solution, affecting the spread of local anaesthetic and opioid. Forty-eight women having elective caesarean section under spinal a...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Desai S,Lim Y,Tan CH,Sia AT

更新日期：2010-03-01 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：: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：:A questionnaire investigating substance abuse was sent to 128 anaesthetic departments in Australia and New Zealand of which 100 (78%) replied. Forty-four cases of substance abuse were reported. Abusers were more likely to be male, aged between 25 and 35 years and abusing opioids. Death was the eventual outcome in 24% ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Fry RA

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adverse reactions to human plasma proteins range from mild urticaria to fatal anaphylaxis and may occur with virtually any blood product. The most common clinical settings appear to be whole blood transfusion in subjects with no previous history of reactions, or the infusion of fresh frozen plasma or injection of huma...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Wells JV,King MA

更新日期：1980-05-01 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：: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：:Talc is the most frequently used chemical agent to induce pleurodesis and complications after this procedure, usually benign and self-limiting, are resolved easily. Pneumonitis with acute respiratory distress after talc pleurodesis is a rare complication, it requires intensive treatment and may be fatal. We describe a...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Griffo S,Musumeci A,De Luca G,Saccenti A,Grande LM,Stassano P

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:No specific prognostic model has been developed for patients readmitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) during the same hospitalisation. This study assesses the performance of the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II predicted mortality measured at the time of ICU readmission and whether incorpo...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Ho KM,Knuiman M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The history of hypoxia prevention is closely inter-related with high altitude mountain and aviation physiology. One pioneering attempt to overcome low inspired oxygen partial pressures in aviation was the BLB mask-named after the three designers-Walter M Boothby, W Randolph Lovelace II and Arthur H Bulbulian. This mas...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Cooper MG,Street NE

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the study was to investigate the characteristics and outcomes of in-hospital cardiac arrests that occurred outside of the hospital critical care areas. A prospective register of adult in-hospital cardiac arrests occurring in non-critical care areas of Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand, fr...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Smith S,Shipton EA,Wells JE

更新日期：2007-08-01 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：:Epidural opioids provide high quality analgesia with no clinically apparent effect on the circulation or on specific organ blood flow. Little investigative data is available to support these impressions of circulatory stability. Ten patients presenting for thoracotomy were studied at rest preoperatively to determine i...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Beavis RE,Crotty B,Osborne A,Hochmann M

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This randomised, double-blind study was designed to compare the duration of analgesia and adverse effects following intrathecal administration of dexmedetomidine or clonidine, both with bupivacaine, in trauma patients. Ninety adult trauma patients of American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status I-II, schedule...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Solanki SL,Bharti N,Batra YK,Jain A,Kumar P,Nikhar SA

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：: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：:Because the median dose of one vial 'clears the blood of circulating venom', the authors of the Australian Snakebite Project recommend restriction of antivenom to one vial for all envenomated victims. This is neither scientific nor safe. Methodological flaws in the case series include limited detection of venom toxins...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Tibballs J

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 18-year-old man with metastatic femoral osteosarcoma had inadequate pain control with gabapentin, naproxen and intravenous fentanyl. A tunnelled femoral nerve catheter was used to administer a continuous infusion of 0.2% ropivacaine and 4 microg/ml clonidine (10 ml/hour) until his death 88 days later During dischar...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Pacenta HL,Kaddoum RN,Pereiras LA,Chidiac EJ,Burgoyne LL

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed the clinical characteristics, required intervention and short- and long-term outcomes in obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) patients requiring intensive care. A retrospective, single-centre, observational cohort study was undertaken in a multidisciplinary teaching medical and surgical intensive care unit. Adul...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Hang LW,Chen W,Liang SJ,Lin YC,Tu CY,Chen HJ,Chiu KL

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Continuous peripheral nerve blockade is a common technique in the analgesic management for many procedures. Leakage of local anaesthetic from around the nerve catheter insertion site can increase the chance of catheter dislodgement, risks infective complications, and could divert anaesthetic away from the nerve causin...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Edwards RM,Currigan DA,Bradbeer S,Mitchell C

更新日期：2018-09-01 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：:Prolonged intermittent renal replacement therapy (PIRRT) is a recently defined acute modality for critically ill patients, and in theory combines the superior detoxification and haemodynamic stability of continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) with the operational convenience and low cost of intermittent haemodial...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Khanal N,Marshall MR,Ma TM,Pridmore PJ,Williams AB,Rankin AP

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 47-year-old woman with Cushing's syndrome suffered a severe anaphylactic reaction on induction of anaesthesia, resulting in circulatory arrest. A spontaneous cardiac output appeared after 25 minutes of chest compression and she regained consciousness three hours later, with no neurological deficit. A Bispectral Inde...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Kluger MT

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of cricoid pressure to prevent inflation of the stomach during mask ventilation of a patient was studied. Fifty patients were randomly allocated to either have or not have cricoid pressure applied during a three-minute period of standardised mask ventilation. Patients who had had cricoid pressure applied h...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Petito SP,Russell WJ

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A three-month audit of isoflurane consumption at Palmerston North Hospital in 1994 showed an averaged vapour flow rate of approx 85 ml per minute of anaesthesia, equivalent to 1.4% isoflurane at six litres per minute. After purchasing volatile agent analysers, a program encouraging low flow anaesthesia and providing a...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： McKenzie AJ

更新日期：1998-08-01 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