Abstract:
:Abnormal oxygen use and organ failure in the critically ill may result from 'poisoning' of mitochondrial function. Measurement of arterial ketone body ratio (AKBR) has been proposed to reflect mitochondrial redox state and may provide a useful marker to monitor mitochondrial function in the critically ill. We measured AKBR (acetoacetate to beta-hydroxybutyrate) and plasma lactate concentrations in 20 critically ill patients, on 3 consecutive days after admission to the intensive care unit. Nine (45%) patients died (five with sepsis) within the 30-day follow-up period. AKBR increased significantly over the 3 days of the study in patients who died (P = 0.034) and decreased in those who survived (P < 0.0001). In addition, there was a significant difference between survivors and non-survivors (P = 0.015). We conclude that serial AKBR measurement may be useful in the management of septic patients.
journal_name
Br J Anaesthjournal_title
British journal of anaesthesiaauthors
Yassen KA,Galley HF,Lee A,Webster NRdoi
10.1093/bja/83.2.325subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1999-08-01 00:00:00pages
325-7issue
2eissn
0007-0912issn
1471-6771pii
S0007-0912(17)38399-Xjournal_volume
83pub_type
杂志文章abstract:BACKGROUND:Overt stroke after non-cardiac surgery has a substantial impact on the duration and quality of life. Covert stroke in the non-surgical setting is much more common than overt stroke and is associated with an increased risk of cognitive decline and dementia. Little is known about covert stroke after non-cardia...
journal_title:British journal of anaesthesia
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1093/bja/aew179
更新日期:2016-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Serum concentrations of the cytokine, interleukin-6 (IL-6), increase after surgical trauma. IL-6 mediates the synthesis of acute phase proteins and stimulates secretion of pituitary hormones. We have examined the time course of circulating IL-6, and cortisol and growth hormone responses in patients undergoing hysterec...
journal_title:British journal of anaesthesia
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1093/bja/72.3.272
更新日期:1994-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::To determine if improved postoperative recovery in surgical inpatients receiving intraoperative therapeutic suggestions are applicable in an outpatient population, 70 consenting, unpremedicated adults undergoing elective outpatient hernia repair under general anaesthesia were allocated randomly to either a therapeutic...
journal_title:British journal of anaesthesia
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1093/bja/82.6.861
更新日期:1999-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::We conducted a prospective, randomized, double-blind study to compare analgesia obtained by wound infiltration using 29 ml of 0.25% bupivacaine alone, or with the addition of clonidine hydrochloride 150 micrograms. A third group received bupivacaine wound infiltration with clonidine 150 micrograms i.m. to control for ...
journal_title:British journal of anaesthesia
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1093/bja/79.4.446
更新日期:1997-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Anaesthetic and sedative drugs transiently disrupt normal neural activity to facilitate healthcare procedures in children, but they can also cause long-term brain injury in experimental animal models. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently advised that repeated or lengthy exposures to anaesthetic and s...
journal_title:British journal of anaesthesia
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1093/bja/aex141
更新日期:2017-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::A 55-yr-old man received a left supraclavicular brachial plexus block with 0.42% bupivacaine; he had profound motor and sensory block 26 h after injection; complete recovery occurred at 40 h. ...
journal_title:British journal of anaesthesia
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/bja/63.5.604
更新日期:1989-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Muscle biopsy and in vitro contracture tests for diagnosis of susceptibility to malignant hyperthermia (MH) were performed in two patients who had developed fever and severe myolysis during exercise. MH susceptibility was confirmed in one patient, but in the other, exercise-induced heat stroke proved to be the correct...
journal_title:British journal of anaesthesia
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/bja/66.1.138
更新日期:1991-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::This study tests the hypothesis that naloxone, but not its quarternary salt, naloxone methiodide (which does not enter the central nervous system), improves recovery from myocardial stunning in conscious dogs. Twenty dogs were chronically instrumented for measurement of heart rate, left atrial, aortic and left ventric...
journal_title:British journal of anaesthesia
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/bja/86.4.545
更新日期:2001-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::We describe three histaminoid reactions occurring on induction of anaesthesia. The patients were all resuscitated successfully and subsequent skin testing suggested sensitivity to rocuronium. In this hospital, the incidence of such reactions is of the order of 1 in 3000. This may be coincidental but suggests that ther...
journal_title:British journal of anaesthesia
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.bja.a013365
更新日期:2000-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:An important cause of coagulopathy in cardiac surgery is impaired thrombin generation. While plasma is often used to correct this element of the coagulopathy, studies in vitro suggest that prothrombin complex concentrates (PCCs) might be more effective. Comparative data, however, are scant. METHODS:We compa...
journal_title:British journal of anaesthesia
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.bja.2018.02.017
更新日期:2018-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::We describe the anaesthetic management of a patient undergoing lobectomy for cavitating lung abscess complicated by haemoptysis. Surgery for lung abscess is one of the absolute indications for the use of a double-lumen tube (DLT). Because pus or blood could impede fibreoptic-assisted DLT placement, a traditional, blin...
journal_title:British journal of anaesthesia
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/bja/85.5.791
更新日期:2000-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:Background:Experimental studies suggest that mechanical cell washing to remove pro-inflammatory components that accumulate in the supernatant of stored donor red blood cells (RBCs) might reduce inflammation and organ injury in transfused patients. Methods:Cardiac surgery patients at increased risk of large-volume RBC ...
journal_title:British journal of anaesthesia
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
doi:10.1093/bja/aex083
更新日期:2017-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:During normothermic cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), the effect on propofol pharmacokinetics of changes in its binding to plasma proteins is consistent with the predictions of the well-stirred model of hepatic elimination for nonrestrictively cleared drug. However, whether changes in binding lead to clinically ...
journal_title:British journal of anaesthesia
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1093/bja/aei293
更新日期:2006-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Cyclic redistribution of air within the cuff during respiratory pressure changes creates a self-sealing mechanism which allows tracheal sealing, despite tracheal airway pressure being above baseline cuff inflation pressure. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of continuous automated cu...
journal_title:British journal of anaesthesia
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/bja/aen355
更新日期:2009-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Skills related to driving, the ability to discriminate the fusion of flickering light, and hand and foot proprioception, were measured double-blind in 34 healthy volunteers before and after three doses of i.v. diazepam. The effects of diazepam were most harmful to co-ordination. With 0.15 mg/kg, 0.30 mg/kg and 0.45 mg...
journal_title:British journal of anaesthesia
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1093/bja/47.4.457
更新日期:1975-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Ischaemia is one of the causative mechanisms of peripheral nerve injury, a documented complication of regional anaesthesia. Local anaesthetics per se and/or vasopressor adjuvants may account for changes in peripheral nerve blood flow. The aim of this study was to test the effects of levobupivacaine and ropiv...
journal_title:British journal of anaesthesia
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/bja/aei242
更新日期:2005-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Single-lung ventilation in infants and small children is challenging because suitable sizes of double-lumen cuffed tracheal tubes are not available. A 6-yr-old child required pulmonary saline washout for primary alveolar proteinosis, and therefore needed sequential single-lung ventilation in order to achieve...
journal_title:British journal of anaesthesia
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/bja/aev305
更新日期:2015-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::We have recently reported that continuous administration of butorphanol into the brachial plexus neurovascular sheath provided superior analgesia compared with that obtained with continuous i.v. administration. Furthermore, we found that analgesia was most pronounced when a mixture of mepivacaine and butorphanol was g...
journal_title:British journal of anaesthesia
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1093/bja/78.1.83
更新日期:1997-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::We present a case where rocuronium 80 mg (3 x ED95) was used in a rapid sequence induction in a 80-kg pregnant patient with an open eye injury. The patient was also receiving magnesium 2 g h-1 i.v. for preterm labour. The expected duration for neuromuscular block of rocuronium in the absence of magnesium would be appr...
journal_title:British journal of anaesthesia
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/bja/77.5.669
更新日期:1996-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::We describe an obstetric patient who developed incapacitating headache after inadvertent dural tap and was treated with repeated blood patching. She subsequently developed severe lumbar back pain which, after exclusion of suspected extradural abscess, was treated successfully with simple analgesics and physiotherapy. ...
journal_title:British journal of anaesthesia
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/bja/78.3.334
更新日期:1997-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Blood loss and the frequency of vomiting were assessed at 88 spontaneous vertex deliveries. An i.v. injection of oxytocin 10 u was as effective as ergometrine 0.5 mg in controlling bleeding from the uterus after delivery. The continuous infusion of a dilute solution of oxytocin in the first stage of labour was not fol...
journal_title:British journal of anaesthesia
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1093/bja/51.2.113
更新日期:1979-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Alfentanil 700 micrograms and fentanyl 100 micrograms were compared as anaesthetic adjuvants in 90 patients undergoing short duration gynaecological procedures. The results show that, at the chosen dose ratio, alfentanil causes a higher frequency of post-induction apnoea, but thereafter the respiratory effects of the ...
journal_title:British journal of anaesthesia
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1983-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::The case histories are reported of one patient who developed evidence of extradural infection 16 days postpartum, and another who spontaneously developed an extradural haematoma. Several points of interest and concern raised by these case histories are discussed. ...
journal_title:British journal of anaesthesia
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/bja/47.3.412
更新日期:1975-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::The auditory steady state response (ASSR) is a sinusoidal evoked potential elicited by rapidly repeated auditory stimuli. The ASSR was recorded in eight patients during high-dose sufentanil anaesthesia for cardiac surgery in order to assess its usefulness as a measure of the level of consciousness. The electroencephal...
journal_title:British journal of anaesthesia
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/bja/66.6.683
更新日期:1991-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::We have studied in eight rabbits the cardiovascular effects of midazolam, propofol and alfentanil with graded hypoxia. Central blood volume was reduced progressively by gradual inflation of a thoracic vena cava cuff so that cardiac index (CI) decreased at a constant rate. Under control conditions the haemodynamic resp...
journal_title:British journal of anaesthesia
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/bja/75.5.610
更新日期:1995-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::The in vitro halothane and caffeine contracture tests have been performed on muscle tissue from six survivors of the neuroleptic malignant syndrome. The results, which are expressed in accordance with the criteria of the European MH Group, defined five of the subjects as MHN and one patient as MHE. It is concluded tha...
journal_title:British journal of anaesthesia
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/bja/59.12.1554
更新日期:1987-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::In 15 patients (ASA I-II) undergoing intraabdominal gynaecological surgery, muscle paralysis for tracheal intubation and surgery was achieved by a combined bolus and demand infusion of vecuronium. The initial loading dose of 67 micrograms kg-1 and the rate of subsequent infusion were determined by evaluation of the ta...
journal_title:British journal of anaesthesia
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/bja/61.4.479
更新日期:1988-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Effects of ageing were studied on the neural blockade and the pharmacokinetics after subarachnoid administration of 0.5% bupivacaine 3 ml in 8% glucose in two groups of 15 male patients, between 20 and 55 yr and older than 55 yr, respectively. The blockade was performed with the patient in the sitting position. Two mi...
journal_title:British journal of anaesthesia
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/bja/60.2.187
更新日期:1988-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::We have measured the partial pressure of isoflurane simultaneously in inspired gas (PIiso), end-expired gas (PE'iso), mixed-expired gas (PEiso), arterial (Paiso) and mixed venous blood (Pviso) in six patients (aged 57-79 yr) anaesthetized with nitrous oxide, oxygen and isoflurane before surgery and after PE'iso had be...
journal_title:British journal of anaesthesia
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/bja/70.6.605
更新日期:1993-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::We describe an obstetric patient who presented for removal of a retained placenta. After insertion of the spinal anaesthetic, she developed a severe headache, and a subarachnoid haemorrhage was diagnosed. We discuss the differential diagnosis of the headache, the occurrence of intracranial haemorrhages after dural pun...
journal_title:British journal of anaesthesia
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/bja/86.3.442
更新日期:2001-03-01 00:00:00