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abstract：:Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy is a rare form of muscular dystrophy associated with cardiac implications such as cardiomyopathy and arrhythmias leading to sudden death. We describe the anesthetic management of a patient with Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy who presented for orthopaedic surgery and discuss the dis...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Shende D,Agarwal R

更新日期：2002-06-01 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：:We compared the perioperative profiles of patients undergoing unilateral phaeochromocytoma resection performed by open adrenalectomy with those performed by laparoscopic adrenalectomy. Data was collected prospectively on 24 patients (12 open, 12 laparoscopic). All patients underwent extensive preoperative medical prep...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Davies MJ,McGlade DP,Banting SW

更新日期：2004-04-01 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：:The efficacy of the McCoy laryngoscope, external laryngeal pressure, and their combination to improve the laryngoscopic view was evaluated in 219 patients and compared with the Macintosh laryngoscope. An experienced laryngoscopist performed laryngoscopy twice using the Macintosh laryngoscope and the McCoy laryngoscope...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Harioka T,Nomura K,Mukaida K,Hosoi S,Nakao S

更新日期：2000-10-01 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：:Breathing through an endotracheal tube, connector, and ventilator demand valve imposes an added load on the respiratory muscles. As respiratory muscle fatigue is thought to be a frequent cause of ventilator dependence, we sought to examine the efficacy of five different ventilators in reducing this imposed work throug...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Bersten AD,Rutten AJ,Vedig AE

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measurements of atmospheric nitrous oxide concentrations were made in eight hospitals, using 30 anaesthetic machines and locations, during 41 anaesthetic administrations or simulations. All areas were air conditioned, two by laminar flow devices. All anaesthetic machines and ventilators were fitted with commercially a...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Torda TA,Jones R,Englert J

更新日期：1978-08-01 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：: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：: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：:Two hundred and seventy-two ketamine anesthetics have been given to sixteen children undergoing radiotherapy. Satisfactory conditions were provided in every case and the incidence of complications was low. At the present time ketamine would appear to be the most satisfactory agent in thos children who require sedation...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Edge WG,Morgan M

更新日期：1977-05-01 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：: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：: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：: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：:The purpose of this study was to compare the effect of propofol versus thiopentone on haemodynamics during electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), as estimated by echocardiography. Twenty-eight ASA 1 or 2 patients scheduled for ECT were randomly divided into two groups, to receive propofol 1 mg/kg (propofol group, n = 14) or...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Kadoi Y,Saito S,Ide M,Toda H,Sekimoto K,Seki S,Takahashi K,Goto F

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The value of propranolol in relieving infundibular spasm is illustrated. The pathophysiology of infundibular spasm in Fallot's tetralogy and its management in anaesthesia is reviewed. ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Kam CA

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review of the medical records from two public hospitals in Sydney was undertaken to determine the incidence of this uncommon complication. Twenty-seven cases of uterine rupture were reported out of 31,115 deliveries with an incidence of 0.086% (versus 0.05% in the current literature). The incidence associated with p...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Lynch JC,Pardy JP

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A postal survey of anaesthetists practising in New Zealand assessed practices with regard to the preparation of pre-drawn syringes of emergency drugs in theatre, and attitudes towards the drawing up of drugs by non-medically qualified assistants. Opinion and practice varied widely; a quarter of respondents routinely d...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Ducat CM,Merry AF,Webster CS

更新日期：2000-12-01 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：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the anaesthesia care of an enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) program for patients having abdominal surgical in Victorian hospitals. The main outcome measure was the number of ERAS items implemented following introduction of the ERAS program. Secondary endpoints included proce...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Thompson EG,Gower ST,Beilby DS,Wallace S,Tomlinson S,Guest GD,Cade R,Serpell JS,Myles PS

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This narrative review aims to describe the role of peripheral and central immune responses to tissue and nerve damage in animal models, and to discuss the use of immunomodulatory agents in clinical practice and their perioperative implications. Animal models of pain have demonstrated that nerve injury activates immune...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Lim JS,Kam PC

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper was commissioned to cover the beginning of anaesthesia: the transition from surgical operations with pain to those without. It reviews some previous pre-anaesthetic histories (Part I): it focuses upon attitudes to pain; and it seeks evidence from the one hundred years before the discovery of anaesthesia. Fi...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Smith WD

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty women were given a bolus induction of propofol 2.0 mg.kg-1 for elective caesarean section. Induction to delivery times ranged from five to fourteen minutes. At delivery the maternal venous (MV) concentrations of propofol ranged from 0.53 to 1.48 micrograms.ml-1 umbilical vein (UV) 0.39 to 1.4 micrograms.ml-1 an...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Gin T,Gregory MA,Chan K,Oh TE

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Manipulation of the shoulder to facilitate passage of J-wires past the clavicle during external jugular vein catheterization was tested prospectively in 111 adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery. On 10 of 25 occasions when the wire would not pass into the thorax, manipulation of the shoulder then allowed the wire ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Sparks CJ,McSkimming I,George L

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progressive challenge was used to investigate twenty-seven patients with a history of an adverse response to local anaesthesia. True allergy was detected in only one patient. The method does not exclude reactions to additives and preservatives in local anaesthetics. If preservative-free local anaesthetics are used for...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Fisher MM,Graham R

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Posthypoxic myoclonus is a rare and devastating complication of near-fatal cardiopulmonary arrest. Despite treatment with available anti-myoclonic agents, some patients may recover cognitively but remain completely disabled by severe myoclonus. We report a 16-year-old patient with severe treatment-refractory posthypox...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Arpesella R,Dallocchio C,Arbasino C,Imberti R,Martinotti R,Frucht SJ

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myasthenia gravis, a rare disease in children, occurs in a variety of forms. The aetiology and clinical presentations are reviewed. Eight patients who were studied with electromyography are presented. The results show that, in general, patients with the usual pattern of disease are resistant to suxamethonium (ED95 3-4...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Brown TC,Gebert R,Meretoja OA,Shield LK

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many deceased by neurologic criteria donors are administered inhalational agents during organ recovery surgery-a process that is characterised by warm and cold ischaemia followed by warm reperfusion. In certain settings, volatile anaesthetics (VA) are known to precondition organs to protect them from subsequent ischae...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Perez-Protto S,Nazemian R,Matta M,Patel P,Wagner KJ,Latifi SQ,Lebovitz DJ,Reynolds JD

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00