Facilitation of laryngeal mask airway insertion: effects of remifentanil administered before induction with target-controlled propofol infusion.

abstract：:Implantable cardioverter defibrillator implantation is performed under general anaesthesia. This report describes awareness or recall in two of 33 patients scheduled for implantation. After induction, anaesthesia was maintained using continuous infusions of propofol and atracurium and intermittent boluses of alfentani...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Moerman A,Herregods L,Foubert L,Poelaert J,Jordaens L,D'Hont L,Rolly G

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ninety-seven parturients undergoing elective Caesarean section were allocated randomly to have their legs elevated to approximately 30 degrees on pillows or elevated and wrapped with elasticated Esmarch bandages or neither (controls) following spinal anaesthesia. All patients received intravenous crystalloid (20 ml.kg...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Rout CC,Rocke DA,Gouws E

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extent of airborne environmental bacterial contamination which occurs following tracheal suction has been investigated in patients undergoing intermittent positive pressure ventilation in the intensive therapy unit. Two methods of performing suction, one using a conventional open technique and one using a closed s...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Cobley M,Atkins M,Jones PL

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We measured the illumination generated by all 30 Macintosh size 3 laryngoscopes in our department with a lux-meter and a standardised laryngoscope holding tube. We found a large range in illumination generated (65-3130 lx). We then measured the effect on the illumination for each laryngoscope by covering the blade wit...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Anderson KJ,Bhandal N

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dr Nathan Cooley Keep (1800-1875) was a Boston dentist and doctor who carried our pioneering work in both dentistry and anaesthesia. He worked with William Morton before the first public demonstration of ether anaesthesia, formed the world's first anaesthetic partnership with Morton but parted company with him and lat...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Keep P

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A double-blind, randomised study was conducted to examine the efficacy of a single bolus dose of esmolol in treating surgically-induced tachycardia. Anaesthetic technique was identical in all patients, and consisted of premedication with midazolam and glycopyrronium, induction with thiopentone followed by suxamethoniu...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Whirley-Diaz J,Gold MI,Helfman SM,deLisser EA

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prophylactic oxytocin administration at the third stage of labour reduces blood loss and the need for additional uterotonic drugs. Obesity is known to be associated with an increased risk of uterine atony and postpartum haemorrhage. It is unknown whether women with obesity require higher doses of oxytocin in order to ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Peska E,Balki M,Maxwell C,Ye XY,Downey K,Carvalho JCA

更新日期：2020-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:In a study of 247 patients who had general anaesthesia for dental procedures, the incidence of individual anxieties was noted using a questionnaire completed by the patient. The most common anxieties related to the period before transfer to the operating theatre, intra-operative awareness and postoperative pain. These...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： McCleane GJ,Cooper R

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-two children were randomly allocated to receive, during inhalational anaesthesia with isoflurane and nitrous oxide, either 1.0 microg x kg(-1) remifentanil (n = 33) or saline (n = 29) just before the tunnelling phase of ventriculoperitoneal shunt insertion, in a double-blind study. The remifentanil group showed ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Chambers N,Lopez T,Thomas J,James MF

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to examine the attitudes of intensivists and haematologists to the use of blood and blood products using a scenario-based postal questionnaire. One hundred and sixty-two intensivists and 77 haematologists responded to the survey. In four scenarios, the baseline haemoglobin thresholds for red cell tran...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Boraless H,Rao MP,Morgan C,Soni N,Goldhill DR,Brett SJ,Boralessi H,Contreras M

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amide local anaesthetics impair blood clotting in a concentration-dependent manner by inhibition of platelet function and enhanced fibrinolysis. We hypothesised that the presence of ropivacaine in the epidural space could decrease the efficacy of an epidural blood patch, as this technique requires that the injected bl...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Porter J,Crowe B,Cahill M,Shorten G

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Summary The aim of this study was to compare the accuracy of pulse dye densitometry with that of bolus thermodilution cardiac output measurement in patients before and after elective coronary artery bypass grafting. Twenty-eight patients were studied. Agreement between mean thermodilution and pulse dye densitometry ca...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Baulig W,Bernhard EO,Bettex D,Schmidlin D,Schmid ER

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 11-year-old boy suffered an inadvertent dural puncture during placement of an epidural catheter for postoperative analgesia. He developed symptoms of mild headache only, but severe and protracted orthostatic nausea and dizziness, which eventually resolved completely following epidural blood patch. His symptoms were...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： McHale J,O'Donovan FC

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with obstructive sleep apnoea are at increased risk of adverse postoperative outcomes, such as cardiac and respiratory complications. It has been hypothesised that obstructive sleep apnoea also increases the risk for postoperative delirium and acute postoperative pain. We conducted a retrospective, observatio...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Strutz PK,Kronzer V,Tzeng W,Arrington B,McKinnon SL,Ben Abdallah A,Haroutounian S,Avidan MS

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective study of 51 young male outpatients given spinal anaesthesia through a 25-gauge needle, we found a 37.2% incidence of postdural puncture headache. In addition, 54.9% complained of backache after surgery. Occurrence of headache significantly prolonged the sick-leave from work. General anaesthesia would ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Flaatten H,Raeder J

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to determine if using the EndoFlex tracheal tube on the first intubation attempt provided improved placement times and intubation success compared with a standard-type tracheal tube in 50 patients undergoing gynaecological surgery in a prospective, randomised, cross-over trial. We found that using the EndoFle...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Teoh WH,Sia AT,Fun WL

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laryngeal mask airway cuff inflation pressures were measured when inflated with the same volume of gas firstly in free space and then in position in the pharynx. A large difference in these pressures was observed and this was related to pharyngeal mucosal perfusion pressure. This study shows that it may be easy to pro...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： O'Kelly SW,Heath KJ,Lawes EG

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaesthetic equipment was studied to determine whether the accuracy was improved and failure rate decreased by routine maintenance and calibration by a biomedical technician. Each piece was evaluated, and then repaired and rechecked at intervals by the same technician. Equipment failures were divided into three types:...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Holley HS,Carroll JS

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The blood concentrations of disoprofol (Diprivan) after single intravenous doses of 1, 2 or 3 mg/kg have been examined in a subpopulation from previously reported clinical studies. The linear relationship between sleep time and dose could be explained by the linearity of the pharmacokinetics at these doses. After a si...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Adam HK,Kay B,Douglas EJ

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 2.5 kg male infant developed respiratory distress in the neonatal period. A diagnosis of idiopathic hyaline membrane disease was made and he was treated accordingly. At 24 hours of age he required intubation, and the immediate and dramatic improvement in his condition suggested that the original diagnosis was incorr...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Cahill JF

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular biology has expanded the horizons of anaesthesia during the last 20 years and has led to an increase of basic science articles that are published in the specialised anaesthetic journals or originate in anaesthetic institutions. We searched for and analysed the specific features, such as year of publication, ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Schreiber K,Girard T,Kindler CH

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have designed an automatic detector system for noninvasive monitoring of irrigating fluid absorption during transurethral resection of the prostate. Ethanol, which is used as a tracer for the fluid, is measured in the expired breath of the patient. The breath ethanol monitor can be used both in the awake patient an...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Hahn RG,Larsson H,Ribbe T

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis secondary to viral infection is an unusual but well recognised cause of bone marrow dysfunction and multiple organ failure in young patients. Two 18 year-old patients were admitted to a tertiary liver unit with features of acute liver failure, cardio-respiratory collapse and pancyto...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Berry PA,Bernal W,Pagliuca A,Sizer E,Salisbury JR,Wendon JA,Auzinger G

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of neostigmine on neuromuscular function was examined after spontaneous recovery from an atracurium-induced neuromuscular blockade, which reached a train-of-four ratio of either 0.5 or 0.9. Two doses of neostigmine 2.5 mg were given 5 minutes apart. Neuromuscular recovery was assessed with train-of-four and...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Goldhill DR,Wainwright AP,Stuart CS,Flynn PJ

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the use of sevoflurane and propofol with three different doses of rocuronium for modified rapid-sequence induction of anaesthesia. One hundred and forty adult patients were randomly allocated to have a rapid-sequence intravenous induction with propofol 2-3 mg.kg-1 (group P) or an inhalational induction wit...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Lowry DW,Carroll MT,Mirakhur RK,Hayes A,Hughes D,O'Hare R

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A randomized, double-blind study was undertaken to investigate the suitability of intranasally administered fentanyl for postoperative pain management under routine conditions in an unselected population. For postoperative pain relief, patients received either 0.027 mg fentanyl intranasally and sodium chloride 0.9% in...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Striebel HW,Pommerening J,Rieger A

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and eighty-three patients were studied to examine the role of a number of risk factors in the development of silent ischaemia after general anaesthesia for general and vascular surgery. We collected evidence of cardiovascular risk factors using a binary questionnaire. The patients were monitored pre- and p...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Howell SJ,Hemming AE,Allman KG,Glover L,Sear JW,Foëx P

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of unexpected high spinal anaesthesia following failed extradural anaesthesia for Caesarean section are described. In both cases rapid and unexpected advance of blockade, after the subarachnoid injection of moderate doses of local anaesthetic, required tracheal intubation. In one of the cases 15 ml of 0.9% s...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Beck GN,Griffiths AG

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The duration of sleep following intravenous administration of three doses of disoprofol (1.2 and 3 mg/kg) was compared with that following methohexione 1 or 2 mg/kg. Disoprofol and methohexitone were shown to be approximately equipotent. Side-effects were dose-related for both drugs, but the incidence was significantl...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Kay B,Stephenson DK

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies of patients have shown that anaesthesia with nitrous oxide (N2O) increases the plasma levels of total homocysteine. In a randomised, controlled trial we measured the plasma total homocysteine levels in patients undergoing general surgery before and after anaesthesia with and without N2O. Plasma total ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Foschi D,Rizzi A,Zighetti ML,Bissi M,Corsi F,Trabucchi E,Mezzetti M,Cattaneo M

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00