Thiopentone cerebral protection under EEG control during carotid endarterectomy.

abstract：:Inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) can reduce pulmonary arterial hypertension and improve oxygenation in some patients with severe respiratory or heart failure. Despite this, iNO has not been found to improve survival. This study aimed to perform a local practice audit to assess the mortality predictors of critically ill pati...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Rolley L,Bandeshe H,Boots RJ

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current donor management practices target macrohaemodynamic parameters, but it is unclear if this leads to improvements in microvascular perfusion and tissue oxygenation; the latter may have more impact on organ status. In a recent preclinical study we determined that brain death impaired tissue perfusion and oxygen u...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Perez-Protto SE,Reynolds JD,Nazemian R,You J,Hata JS,Latifi SQ,Lebovitz DJ

更新日期：2018-11-01 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：:A longitudinal study of one hundred consecutive admissions to the Royal Adelaide Hospital for carbon monoxide poisoning was conducted from 1986 to 1989. Twenty-five patients left hospital with persistent symptoms and signs of this poisoning. Five subsequently recovered. Twenty-four other patients, who were well when t...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Gorman DF,Clayton D,Gilligan JE,Webb RK

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In conscious subjects breathing spontaneously the performance of the Lack semi-closed system resembled the Magill attachment in that rebreathing was only detected at fresh gas flows of less than resting minute volume. With the Bain semi-closed system rebreathing was detectable at fresh gas flows of the order of 2.5 ti...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Nott MR,Walters FJ,Norman J

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amethocaine has recently been introduced as a topical local anaesthetic preparation. Following sporadic reports of severe local adverse effects, we conducted an audit of 372 children attending our hospital for day surgery. We conclude that 4% amethocaine cream is a safe and effective topical anaesthetic and that the i...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Wongprasartsuk P,Main BJ

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cervical spine is frequently involved in rheumatoid arthritis and yet there exists no consensus on the need to screen for cervical spine subluxations preoperatively. We reviewed retrospectively 77 patients who underwent 132 operations under general or regional anaesthesia over a 44-month period. We found that whil...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Kwek TK,Lew TW,Thoo FL

更新日期：1998-12-01 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：:Using multiple correlation and linear regression approaches, we investigated the association between the amount of mediastinal drainage for the first 24 postoperative hours and clinical variables as well as multiple haematological tests performed at three time points: before anaesthesia induction, 10 minutes after pro...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Liu G,McNicol PL,McCall PR,Bellomo R,Connellan J,McInnes F,Przybylowski GM,Bowkett J,Choo F,Thurlow PJ

更新日期：2000-08-01 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：:The clinical effects of high-volume spinal anaesthesia with bupivacaine 0.125% were studied in 30 patients presenting for postpartum sterilisation. Group A, B and C patients received 6, 8 and 10 ml of bupivacaine 0.125% respectively. Onset, duration and regression of sensory block and motor blockade, haemodynamic para...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Tay DH,Tay SM,Thomas E

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emergency chest reopen of the post cardiac surgical patient in the intensive care unit is a high-stakes but infrequent procedure which requires a high-level team response and a unique skill set. We evaluated the impact on knowledge and confidence of team-based chest reopen training using a patient simulator compared w...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Nunnink L,Welsh AM,Abbey M,Buschel C

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：:Prompted by an actual case of potentially life-threatening infusion pump malfunction, we investigated the effects of wire breakage(s) within the syringe size sensor circuit in a Graseby 3400 infusion pump. The circuit wires within the sensor were systematically broken. The syringe sizes recognised by the sabotaged cir...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Derrick JL,Ho AM,Cho AM

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immediate management of inadvertent dural puncture during insertion of an epidural needle during labour is controversial and evidence to guide clinical practice is limited. We surveyed Australian obstetric anaesthetists by anonymous postal questionnaire. Of the 671 surveys sent, 417 (62%) were returned. Following dura...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Newman MJ,Cyna AM

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：:The transmuscular quadratus lumborum (TQL) block is one of the recently evolved myofascial blocks utilised in abdominal surgery. It involves injecting local anaesthetic into the fascial plane anterior to the thoracolumbar fascia. This block has previously been described with a transverse oblique paramedian approach at...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Kadam VR,Van Wijk RM,Ludbrook GL,Thiruvenkatarajan V

更新日期：2019-03-01 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：: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：:Neuromuscular blocking agents are often avoided in anticipated difficult airway scenarios. However to facilitate jet ventilation, muscle relaxants are useful. We report a case of a potentially threatened airway in a 21-year-old with a large infraglottic pedunculated polyp. In this case rocuronium was used on induction...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： McTernan CN,Rapeport DA,Ledowski T

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Self-assessment and audit in anaesthesia require a systematic approach to postoperative data collection. The increasing prevalence of mobile internet technology offers a new data collection method for anaesthetists. In this paper, a system for mobile internet data collection is described and the preliminary experience...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Belavy D

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of Jehovah's Witnesses refuse blood product transfusion, even when it can be lifesaving. Treatment with recombinant human erythropoietin (RHuEPO) is a valuable adjunct in Jehovah's Witness patients undergoing surgery. A number of additional strategies, including acute normovolaemic haemodilution, intra-op...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Charles A,Purtill M,Napolitano LM

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy-five consecutive patients referred to an anaesthetic allergy clinic were intradermally tested with atracurium and cisatracurium. With the exception of one patient the results were identical, suggesting that allergy to either drug is associated with allergy to the stereoisomer. For skin testing for allergy to n...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Fisher MM

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 40-item questionnaire (the QoR-40) had been previously developed to measure five dimensions of quality of recovery after anaesthesia and surgery. Each of the 40 items is rated on a scale of 1 to 5, with a maximum score of 200. In this study we compared patient self-administered with investigator-administered QoR-40....

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Gower ST,Quigg CA,Hunt JO,Wallace SK,Myles PS

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is no consensus that hyperglycaemia is an independent predictor of morbidity-mortality in children. This retrospective observational study aimed to assess the association between abnormal perioperative glucose levels and adverse outcomes in infants receiving open-heart surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass. The re...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Huang XZ,Wang H,Xu HZ,Ye M,Jiang P,Xu Y

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Standard clinical practice recommends minimal doses of vasoactive drugs during weaning of patients from mechanical ventilation. However there are currently no clinical data to inform clinicians about whether the use of noradrenaline during weaning predisposes to weaning failure. The objective of this study was to eval...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Teixeira C,Frederico Tonietto T,Cadaval Gonçalves S,Viegas Cremonese R,Pinheiro de Oliveira R,Savi A,Silvestre Oliveira E,André Cardona Alves F,Fernando Monteiro Brodt S,Hervê Diel Barth J,Santana Machado A,de Campos Balzano P,Ga

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to describe the epidemiology of Rapid Response Team (RRT) activation in New Zealand public hospitals. We undertook a prospective multicentre observational study of RRT activations in 11 hospitals for consecutive 14-day periods during October-December 2014. A standardised case report form was used to collect d...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Psirides AJ,Hill J,Jones D

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients presenting for elective surgery in the Bay of Plenty area in New Zealand are increasingly elderly with significant medical comorbidities. For these patients the risk-benefit balance of undergoing surgery can be complex. We recognised the need for a robust shared decision-making pathway within our perioperativ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Omundsen HC,Franklin RL,Higson VL,Omundsen MS,Rossaak JI

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although penetrating abdominal trauma is on the increase in Australia, blunt trauma continues to account for the majority of cases and usually presents a more challenging problem than the former. Diagnosis has been greatly facilitated by the widespread use of peritoneal lavage and computerised tomography. Conservative...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Webster VJ

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between superior vena cava (SVC) diameter, collapsibility and central venous pressure (CVP) in cardiac surgical patients. SVC maximum and minimum diameters, plus collapsibility with ventilation, were measured with transoesophageal echocardiography in the mid-oesopha...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Cowie BS,Kluger R,Rex S,Missant C

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00