Case report: anaesthesia in myotonic dystrophy.

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：: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：:The theoretical performance of the Hudson Multivent mask is considered. A method is described of determining the flow-weighted mean inspired oxygen concentration produced by the mask. Using this method, it was found that the inspired oxygen concentration was predictable only at the 24% setting using the recommended fl...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Woolner DF,Larkin J

更新日期：1980-02-01 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：:The clinical use of potent, well-tolerated, broad-spectrum antibiotics has been paralleled by the development of resistance in bacteria, and the prevalence of highly resistant bacteria in some intensive care units is despairingly commonplace. The intensive care community faces the realistic prospect of untreatable nos...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Iredell J,Lipman J

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prophylaxis of acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding by control of gastric pH has been widely advocated for intensive care patients. H2-blockers and antacids have been used and demonstrated to be incompletely effective at maintaining gastric pH above 4. A study of 100 patients measured the efficacy of two-hourly gastr...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Morris RW,Boyle M,Jacobs S,Torda T

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Predicting unexpected intensive care unit (ICU) re-admission and mortality after critical illness is difficult. This study assessed the associations between eosinopenia on the day of ICU discharge and outcomes after critical illness. This retrospective cohort study involved a total of 1446 critically ill patients who ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Yip B,Ho KM

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assessed the performance of Sequential Organ Failure Assessment, Logistic Organ Dysfunction Score and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Score in outcome prediction in severe sepsis. A total of 528 consecutive patients with a diagnosis of severe sepsis were enrolled from two surgical intensive care units of univers...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Wang H,Ye L,Yu L,Xie G,Cheng B,Liu X,Jin Y,Wu S,Zhu T,Chen Q,Fang X

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey was conducted among 259 New Zealand specialist anaesthetists to assess attitudes and practices with regard to epidural or subarachnoid anaesthesia (ESA). Ninety-four per cent replied and virtually all of the respondents indicated that they performed ESA at some time. ESA was used by most anaesthetists for mos...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Rodgers A,Sage D,Futter M,MacMahon S

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma osmolalities were measured in 100 normal, 100 general hospital and 100 intensive care patients, and compared with the osmolalities calculated from the plasma concentrations of sodium, potassium, glucose and urea, using five different published formulae. The mean osmolar gaps in the 100 consecutive intensive car...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Worthley LI,Guerin M,Pain RW

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There were 160 incidents associated with regional anaesthesia amongst the first 2000 incidents reported to the Australian Incident Monitoring Study. They were categorised into 6 groups; epidural anaesthesia (83), spinal anaesthesia (42), brachial plexus blocks (14), intravenous local anaesthesia (4), ocular blocks (3)...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Fox MA,Webb RK,Singleton R,Ludbrook G,Runciman WB

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

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：:Intravenous lipid emulsion is, in some countries, the recommended treatment for local anaesthetic toxicity. Systemic local anaesthetic toxicity results in hypoxaemia and acidosis, and whether this influences the effects of lipid therapy on drug concentrations and cardiovascular recovery is currently unknown. Twenty an...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Heinonen JA,Skrifvars MB,Haasio J,Backman JT,Rosenberg PH,Litonius E

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute right heart failure in a young person is an unusual presentation and drug overdose is a rare cause. A case is described where the patient presented with striking clinical signs of acute pulmonary hypertension and right heart failure, which were confirmed by transthoracic echocardiography. The precipitating event...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Garrett PM

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was performed to assess the changes in pulmonary mechanics before and after tracheostomy in patients with prolonged mechanical ventilation and to detect pre-tracheostomy physiologic factors that predict the outcome of weaning from mechanical ventilation. Pulmonary mechanics were recorded before and after tr...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Lin MC,Huang CC,Yang CT,Tsai YH,Tsao TC

更新日期：1999-12-01 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：: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：:Three cases of severe anaphylaxis to gallamine triethiodide are described. All reported cases of anaphylaxis to gallamine have occurred in women, and all the confirmed cases in Australasia. There is evidnece that women may be exposed to some substance which leaves them sensitive to gallamine triethiodide. ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Fisher MM

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some patients with high cervical spinal cord injury are largely or completely dependent on mechanical ventilator support. Diaphragmatic phrenic nerve pacing is a new technique that offers some patients greater independence from mechanical ventilation. In selected patients, electrodes are placed on the abdominal side o...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Story D,Mariampillai E,Nikfarjam M,Howard M,Nunn A,Onders R

更新日期：2010-07-01 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：: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：: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：:There have been several reports of propofol becoming extrinsically contaminated with bacteria. These reports have usually related to infusions or delays in administration after the ampoule has been opened. This observational study was performed to examine bacterial contamination of propofol during usual practice in th...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Soong WA

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

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：:This report describes anaesthesia for consanguineous siblings with the rare genetic condition hyperekplexia. This condition is also known as 'stiff baby syndrome' or 'startle disease'. Hyperekplexia can present in major and minor forms and is caused by a mutation in chromosome 5 which results in a defect in the alpha-...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Garg R,Ramachandran R,Sharma P

更新日期：2008-03-01 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：:Vancomycin is a commonly used antibiotic due to the high burden of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections. This study aimed to describe the pharmacokinetics (PK) of vancomycin in Australian Indigenous patients with severe sepsis, and advise an optimal dosing strategy. A population PK study was c...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Tsai D,Stewart PC,Hewagama S,Krishnaswamy S,Wallis SC,Lipman J,Roberts JA

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant hyperthermia was an unknown condition in 1960 although there had always been occasional patients who died mysteriously under anaesthesia. The nature of the disease became apparent when a young Melbourne man presented that year with a compound fracture and a family history of deaths under anaesthesia. He surv...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Ball C

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The manner in which elements of clinical history, physical examination and investigations influence subjectively assessed illness severity and outcome prediction is poorly understood. This study investigates the relationship between clinician and objectively assessed illness severity and the factors influencing clinic...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Boots RJ,Lipman J,Bellomo R,Stephens D,Heller RE

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the many critics of autologous blood transfusion, there is virtually no literature to support such an attitude in relation to any form of premeditated autologous blood transfusion. It is only in relation to intraoperative blood scavenging that there have been complications. In contrast, there is considerable l...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Isbister JP

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00