Toxic shock syndrome -- some new features.

abstract：:Thrombelastography® is a monitor of coagulation and fibrinolytic status, with point-of-care applications in managing haemorrhaging patients. Advocates have suggested a possible role in managing obstetric haemorrhage. This study aims to develop a pregnancy-specific thrombelastography-guided transfusion algorithm, which...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Hill JS,Devenie G,Powell M

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of rupture of the left main bronchus in a female patient with oesophageal carcinoma, who had received thoracic radiotherapy preoperatively. Endotracheal intubation was achieved with a left-sided double-lumen tube. After almost three hours of intubation and one and half hours of one-lung ventilation, b...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Jha RR,Mishra S,Bhatnagar S

更新日期：2004-02-01 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：:Hepatic cryotherapy is a relatively new technique, currently employed in the treatment of unresectable liver malignancy, which involves direct freezing of tumour deposits with liquid nitrogen. In a review of 26 patients undergoing this procedure, the anaesthetic considerations are defined. The total operation time ran...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Goodie DB,Horton MD,Morris RW,Nagy LS,Morris DL

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy patients who underwent a total of 77 consecutive carotid endarterectomies were given thiopentone (mean dose 19 mg/kg) under EEG control for cerebral protection during the period of carotid clamping. This technique was used instead of elective insertion of a temporary bypass shunt in response to adverse EEG cha...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Hicks RG,Kerr DR,Horton DA

更新日期：1986-02-01 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：:Administration of suxamethonium to patients with critical illness polyneuropathy may produce life-threatening hyperkalaemia. A questionnaire to assess the awareness of this problem was sent to all UK intensive care units. A clinical scenario suggestive of critical illness polyneuropathy was accompanied by a list of po...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Hughes M,Grant IS,Biccard B,Nimmo G

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A computer-based data storage and analysis system has been used to examine data obtained from 1257 patients admitted to an intensive care unit. The system readily provides administrative and clinical information which can be used to assess the workload, therapeutic efficiency and cost-effectiveness of such a unit. As ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Pybus DA,Gatt S,Torda TA

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The provision of anaesthesia for emergency caesarean section is a major part of the workload of obstetric anaesthetists and the urgency often dictates the mode of anaesthesia that can be provided. We have audited the provision of anaesthesia for 'immediate' caesarean sections over a four-year period following the intr...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Popham P,Buettner A,Mendola M

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report three cases of anaphylaxis during anaesthesia confirmed on intradermal testing to be related to patent blue V dye (Guerbet - Chemical Abstract Service 3536-49-0). All three cases were associated with moderate to severe hypotension. Two cases had delayed onset, and two were associated with a rash. None of the...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Howard JD,Moo V,Sivalingam P

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the use of peripheral veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV ECMO) and high-flow nasal oxygen as procedural support in a patient undergoing debulking of a malignant tumour of the lower airway. Due to the significant risk of complete airway obstruction upon induction of anaesthesia, ECMO was es...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Fung R,Stellios J,Bannon PG,Ananda A,Forrest P

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The safety and efficacy of prolonged infusion of alphaxalone/alphadolone (Alfathesin: Glaxo) was assessed in 20 critically ill patients needing sedation during intermittent positive pressure ventilation in a general intensive care unit. The mean dose of Alfathesin infused was 1542 ml (range: 225 to 4820 ml) over 6.9 d...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Stewart GO,Dobb GJ,Craib IA

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to quantify the animate source provided by the patients using the concept of "absolute carriage" by multiplying the carrier rate by the level of carriage; and to compare the impact of a low and high dose of an oropharyngeal vancomycin gel on the absolute MRSA carriage and infection. In all, 265 patien...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Viviani M,van Saene HK,Dezzoni R,Silvestri L,Di Lenarda R,Berlot G,Gullo A

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study on five upright (head above thorax) anaesthetised sheep demonstrated a statistically significant increase in central venous pressure and decrease in pulmonary artery occlusion pressure, following the injection of air 2 ml per kg into the pulmonary artery. In two out of the five sheep after air embolism, right-...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Pfitzner J,McLean AG

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective study in coronary artery bypass graft patients was undertaken to assess the effect of gentamicin and a bypass prime with a high calcium on the incidence of renal failure. Patients who received both Haemaccel (polygeline, Hoechst Marion Roussel) (calcium concentration 6.25 mmol/l) in the bypass prime an...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Schneider M,Valentine S,Clarke GM,Newman MA,Peacock J

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies which suggest the existence of an endogenous neural substrate of pain inhibition are reviewed. Electrical stimulation of some areas of the medial brain stem in laboratory rats has produced a dramatic degree of analgesia. Such stimulation-produced analgesia is partially blocked by an opiate antagonist dr...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Liebeskind JC,Sherman JE,Cannon T

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac output (CO) is a key determinant of major organ blood flow and solute delivery to drug eliminating organs. As such, CO assessment is a key covariate in understanding altered drug handling in the critically ill. Newer minimally-invasive devices are providing unique platforms for such an application, although co...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Udy AA,Altukroni M,Jarrett P,Roberts JA,Lipman J

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three volatile anaesthetic agent monitors (Datex Normac Anesthetic Agent Monitor, Engstrom Emma Multigas Monitor and Penlon Halothane Meter) were evaluated for the effects of nitrous oxide or water vapour, and for their linearity, stability, and rate of response to a change in concentration of various anaesthetic agen...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Ilsley AH,Plummer JL,Runciman WB,Cousins MJ

更新日期：1986-11-01 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：: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：:A randomized, controlled clinical trial was conducted on 72 patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery to compare patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) to nurse-titrated infusion of morphine. Pain and nausea scores were assessed at 5, 20, 32 and 44 hours after cardiopulmonary bypass. Serum cortisol estimations were per...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Myles PS,Buckland MR,Cannon GB,Bujor MA,Langley M,Breaden A,Salamonsen RF,Davis BB

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and thirty-nine patients undergoing routine surgical procedures over a five-day period at Royal Brisbane Hospital were interviewed after operation. 66.2% of patients were aware that an anaesthetist needed a medical qualification. 76% expected their anaesthetic to be without complications. 80% were seen pre...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Burrow BJ

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is unclear whether increases to overnight junior medical staffing levels can improve ICU patient outcomes. We conducted a retrospective cohort study before and after the introduction of a third overnight ICU registrar at a 24-bed metropolitan ICU in February 2012. We hypothesised that this change would be associate...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Durie ML,Darvall JN,Rechnitzer T,Tacey MA

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sepsis and respiratory dysfunction leading to multiple system organ failure remains the leading cause of postoperative morbidity and mortality following major surgical procedures. It has been suggested the oxygen free radicals might play a pivotal role in this process. The aim of this study was to investigate whether ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Szakmany T,Marton S,Molnar Z

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of an academic department of anaesthesia over its first ten years at McMaster Medical School in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, is described. The organisation and goals of the department are described within the context of the regional organisation of health care delivery and of the functions of the faculty...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Rigg JR

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prone positioning to improve oxygenation in acute lung injury was first reported over 20 years ago. Although this and several subsequent studies have shown that prone positioning improved oxygenation in the majority of patients, it has failed to become common practice in intensive care units. This paper reviews the me...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Tobin A,Kelly W

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inotrope-dependent patients may become haemodynamically unstable during treatment in the hyperbaric chamber. One possible cause is altered performance of infusion devices. We tested six Atom 235 syringe infusion pumps under hyperbaric conditions of 2.8 atmospheres absolute in a multiplace chamber using a gravimetric m...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Story DA,Houston JJ,Millar IL

更新日期：1998-04-01 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：:We present the first reported case involving the peripartum anaesthetic management of dopamine beta-hydroxylase deficiency in a 22-year-old primigravida with high-grade placenta praevia. Elective caesarean section was performed at 36 weeks gestation with a combined spinal-epidural regional anaesthetic technique. Exten...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Scurrah NJ,Ross AW,Solly M

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inflammatory reactions and tissue response after oesophagectomy are leading causes of postoperative morbidity and mortality. We evaluated the effects of intraoperative infusion of prostaglandin E1 (PGE1) on interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels, (A-a) DO2, pulmonary function and complications. This randomised double-blind c...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Farrokhnia E,Makarem J,Khan ZH,Mohagheghi M,Maghsoudlou M,Abdollahi A

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00