Analysis of the entire ryanodine receptor type 1 and alpha 1 subunit of the dihydropyridine receptor (CACNA1S) coding regions for variants associated with malignant hyperthermia in Australian families.

abstract：:Rupture of the oesophagus (Boerhaave's syndrome) is a rare complication of forceful or suppressed vomiting. Postoperative nausea and vomiting is common but does not usually lead to life-threatening complications. A case of oesophageal rupture in a man who experienced postoperative nausea and vomiting after an uncompli...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Baric A

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of halothane (0.5-2%) and enflurane (1-4%) on two Transoxode transcutaneous oxygen (TcPO2) electrodes (Hellige Servomed Oxymonitor SM.361 system) were serially tested in atmospheres of nitrogen, air and 50% nitrous oxide in oxygen. Both TcPO2 electrodes reduced and "read" halothane but no enflurane. Calibr...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Downing JW,Mankowitz M,Brock-Utne JG,Holloway AM

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ultrasound software package Enhanced Needle Visualization (ENV) has been reported to provide improved ultrasound imaging of needles even at steep insertion angles. ENV has three settings: shallow, medium and steep. However, the angles are unknown. We examined the advantages and indications of ENV in an in vitro st...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Takatani J,Takeshima N,Okuda K,Uchino T,Hagiwara S,Noguchi T

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identification of the epidural space is often performed using the loss of resistance technique to either air or saline. We sought to investigate if the medium used affected the quality of analgesia obtained by parturients who received labour epidurals. We conducted a retrospective audit of labour epidurals performed o...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Leo S,Lim Y,Sia AT

更新日期：2008-09-01 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：:An anaesthetic technique for laryngeal microsurgery is described and evaluated using intravenous propofol infusion and topical lignocaine with the patient breathing spontaneously without an endotracheal tube. Eighty adult patients divided into two groups according to their ASA status (Group A; 58 ASA I and II; Group B...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Aun CS,Houghton IT,So HY,Van Hasselt CA,Oh TE

更新日期：1990-11-01 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：:Not many centres measure intracranial pressure during an endoscopic procedure. However, if the irrigation fluid during endoscopy is not simultaneously drained, then some rise in intracranial pressure can be anticipated. This study was carried out to measure and monitor changes in intracranial pressure during the irrig...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Prabhakar H,Rath GP,Bithal PK,Suri A,Dash H

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case report describes the perioperative management of a child presenting with acute intestinal obstruction secondary to bowel malrotation after a recent intracranial haemorrhage associated with an intracranial arteriovenous malformation. We discuss the anaesthesia planning for this case, where the 'optimal' manag...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Scarth EJ,White MC

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-two cases of diaphragmatic hernia, presenting from 1978 to 1982, were reviewed. Sixteen patients presented before 24 hours of life, of whom nine survived (56%). Six were late presenters who all did well. Seven babies had ten documented episodes of persistent foetal circulation (PFC) occurring as early as three ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Fong LV,Pemberton PJ

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in local cerebral blood flow during sodium nitroprusside hypotension were measured using the hydrogen electrode technique. At mean arterial pressures from 90% to 50% of control values, local cerebral blood flow showed a significant decrease by 20%. When blood pressure was reduced below 50%, the local cerebral ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Miller CL,Lampard DG,Griffiths RI,Brown WA

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few authors have addressed the topic of graphic data presentation. The purpose of our study was to combine several guidelines in order to evaluate three anaesthesiology journals listed in Index Medicus (Australian, American and Italian) in terms of the appropriateness and the quality of presentation of graphs. Our ana...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： De Amici D,Klersy C,Tinelli C

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 26-year-old woman with a history of intravenous drug use was admitted to hospital with worsening pain in the right buttock radiating to the lateral part of the thigh and to the calf with no suspicion of cauda equina compression. Eventually, a diagnosis of sacroiliitis was made and appropriate antibiotics were admini...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Graham JM,Evans B

更新日期：2005-12-01 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：: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：:The objective of this study was to evaluate a non-volitional measurement to assess diaphragmatic function in intubated and mechanically ventilated patients in a prospective pilot interventional clinical trial. The study was conducted in an 18-bed postoperative intensive care unit based at a university hospital. Patien...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Buscher H,Valta P,Boie T,Hinz J,Moerer O,Sydow M,Mudaliar MY,Burchardi H

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Costing data for intensive care admissions is important, not only for unit funding, but also for cost outcome analysis of new therapies. This paper presents an intensive care episode costing methodology using the example of a cost-benefit analysis of mask CPAP for severe cardiogenic pulmonary oedema (CPO). This analys...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Holt AW,Bersten AD,Fuller S,Piper RK,Worthley LI,Vedig AE

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A medium sized minicomputer system is presented as an attractive way of balancing the cost of computing equipment with that of programme development. A versatile circuit has been coupled to a computer system and programmes have been developed to control the functions of this circuit. With such a system it is possible ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Crankshaw DP,Hall BR

更新日期：1977-11-01 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：:Patients with a presumptive diagnosis of an acute anaphylactoid reaction to anaesthesia were investigated to determine the cause of the reaction and the drug responsible by intradermal testing, patch and prick testing, sequential complement measurement, passive transfer testing and challenge. The most valuable informa...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Fisher MM

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modern near-infrared spectroscopy technology is increasingly adopted to measure cerebral tissue oxygen saturation. However, the normal range of cerebral tissue oxygen saturation in adults with such technology is unknown. We sought to measure cerebral tissue oxygen saturation in healthy volunteers using the novel O3 Re...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Eyeington CT,Ancona P,Osawa EA,Cutuli SL,Eastwood GM,Bellomo R

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

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：:During the transfer of intubated patients, endotracheal tube security is paramount. This study aims to compare two methods of securing an endotracheal tube in adults: tying with a cloth tape versus the Thomas Endotracheal Tube Holder (Laerdal). A manikin-based study was performed using paramedics and critical care doc...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Murdoch E,Holdgate A

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bilateral quadratus lumborum blockade (QLB) using ultrasound guidance has been introduced as an abdominal truncal block to improve postoperative analgesia and quality of recovery (QoR) after abdominal surgery, but efficacy remains controversial. The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of posterior Q...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Fujimoto H,Irie T,Mihara T,Mizuno Y,Nomura T,Goto T

更新日期：2019-03-01 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：:Despite the increasing use of a variety of different analgesic strategies, opioids continue as the mainstay for management of moderate to severe acute pain. However concerns remain about their potential adverse effects on ventilation. The most commonly used term, respiratory depression, only describes part of that ris...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Macintyre PE,Loadsman JA,Scott DA

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Competency-Based Training program in Intensive Care Medicine in Europe identified 12 competency domains. Professionalism was given a prominence equal to technical ability. However, little information pertaining to fellows' views on professionalism is available. A nationwide qualitative study was performed. The mod...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： van Mook WN,De Grave WS,Gorter SL,Zwaveling JH,Schuwirth LW,van der Vleuten PM

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：: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：: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