Convulsions following axillary brachial plexus blockade with levobupivacaine.

abstract：:We describe the management and recovery of a 28-year-old man following a history of overdose by nasal inhalation of cocaine. The patient was presented in a comatose state suffering from seizures and marked cardiovascularly instability. Intravenous lipid emulsion was administered following initial resuscitation and tra...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Jakkala-Saibaba R,Morgan PG,Morton GL

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previously fit 58-year-old man underwent lumbar laminectomy following a myelogram. Postoperatively convulsions occurred. He was successfully treated and made a complete recovery. Large quantities of intracranial iophendylate (Myodil) were seen on postoperative skull X-rays. In the absence of other likely causes, a d...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Jones DF

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both the American Society of Anesthesiologists and the UK NAP4 project recommend that an unspecified pre-operative airway assessment be made. However, the choice of assessment is ultimately at the discretion of the individual anaesthesiologist. We retrieved a cohort of 188 064 cases from the Danish Anaesthesia Databas...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Nørskov AK,Rosenstock CV,Wetterslev J,Astrup G,Afshari A,Lundstrøm LH

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report 13 cases of presumed rocuronium-induced anaphylaxis in which sugammadex was administered with the intention of reversing the immunological reaction. Of these 13 cases, eight (62%) were later confirmed to be type-1 hypersensitivity reactions to rocuronium, three (23%) were triggered by an antibiotic and two (...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Platt PR,Clarke RC,Johnson GH,Sadleir PH

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Viral gastroenteritis is usually a mild, self-limiting illness. We report a case of a previously well 74-year-old woman who suffered a grave complication of this common condition, and caused a significant outbreak of illness amongst staff involved in her care. This case highlights the risks of Hospital Acquired Infect...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Appelboam R,Hammond E

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have prospectively assessed pain and anxiety of spinal puncture in 180 adult patients randomly allocated to one of three equal groups. On the morning of surgery group 1 had an EMLA patch, whereas group 2 and 3 had placebo patches. Group 2 also had infiltration analgesia with 2 ml lignocaine 2% with adrenaline, imme...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Koscielniak-Nielsen Z,Hesselbjerg L,Brushøj J,Jensen MB,Pedersen HS

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-seven patients with a wide range of illnesses were studied during mechanical ventilation of the lungs in an intensive care unit. Fifteen were sedated with a continuous propofol infusion, with analgesia provided by bolus doses of papaveretum. Twelve received a continuous infusion of papaveretum, supplemented by ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Harris CE,Grounds RM,Murray AM,Lumley J,Royston D,Morgan M

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this prospective observational study we investigated the changes in cardiac index and mean arterial pressure in children when positioned prone for scoliosis correction surgery. Thirty children (ASA 1-2, aged 13-18 years) undergoing primary, idiopathic scoliosis repair were recruited. The cardiac index and mean arte...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Brown ZE,Görges M,Cooke E,Malherbe S,Dumont GA,Ansermino JM

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A key figure in the development of anaesthesia in Russia was the surgeon Nikolay Ivanovich Pirogov (1810-1881). He experimented with ether and chloroform and organised the general introduction of anaesthesia in Russia for patients undergoing surgery. He was the first to perform systematic research into anaesthesia-rel...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Hendriks IF,Bovill JG,Boer F,Houwaart ES,Hogendoorn PC

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The applications of a pulse oximeter were studied in dental day case surgery using nasal mask anaesthesia. Changes in arterial oxygen saturation were sensitively and rapidly detected, in the absence of cyanosis. Impaired oxygenation can be detected before cyanosis develops. ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Clapham MC,Mackie AM

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac output can be measured accurately by transpulmonary arterial thermodilution using the PiCCO (Pulsion Medical Systems, Munich, Germany) system with a femoral artery catheter. We have investigated the accuracy of a new 50 cm 4 French gauge radial artery catheter and the ability to use the system with a shorter r...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Orme RM,Pigott DW,Mihm FG

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular sieves are used in industry to 'scrub' industrial gases. We examined, during simulated low-flow closed system anaesthesia, (1) the carbon dioxide adsorbing potential of molecular sieves and (2) the reactivity of the sieves compared to soda lime using sevoflurane as an indicator. A low-flow anaesthetic system...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Fee JP,Murray JM,Luney SR

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We thought that delirium might be less frequent after transcatheter aortic valve implantation via the femoral artery compared with via the cardiac apex. We reviewed 210 patients who underwent transcatheter aortic valve implantation between January 2009 and October 2014. The proportion (95% CI) of patients who suffered...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Sharma V,Katznelson R,Horlick E,Osten M,Styra R,Cusimano RJ,Carroll J,Djaiani G

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a randomised, double-blinded, two-centre trial we evaluated the effect of a microbiological filter (Supor, Pall Life Sciences) on propofol injection pain. We studied 336 unpremedicated adult patients, who graded pain experienced during induction of anaesthesia with propofol on a 4-point verbal rating scale. Use of ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Davies AF,Vadodaria B,Hopwood B,Dexter T,Conn D

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deep venous thrombosis is a recognised complication of trauma to the leg and may lead to pulmonary thrombo-embolism, but paradoxical thrombo-embolism is rare. A case of fatal paradoxical thrombo-embolism which followed a leg injury in a previously fit 36-year-old male is presented and contributory factors are reviewed...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Coleman SA,Wilson-MacDonald J

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 2001 Report of the National Confidential Enquiry into Perioperative Deaths recommended that an echocardiogram should be performed on patients with aortic stenosis prior to anaesthesia. In this study we present the patient details, management and outcome of the 272 hip fracture patients with a previously undiagnose...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： McBrien ME,Heyburn G,Stevenson M,McDonald S,Johnston NJ,Elliott JR,Beringer TR

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The M1 air crash provided an enormous challenge to the anaesthetic and intensive care services of the hospitals which admitted the survivors, many of whom had serious injuries. This account describes some of the problems which were encountered in two of the hospitals, details the workload imposed on the anaesthetists ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Coad NR,Jones MJ,Byrne AJ,Pepperman ML

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From March 1975 until September 1978, seventy patients were referred for intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation for cardiogenic shock complicating acute myocardial infarction or for the treatment of low cardiac output states following cardiopulmonary bypass. Sixty of these received adequate intra-aortic balloon pump ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Tobias MA,Challen PD,Franklin CB,Phillips G,Varley EM

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve volunteers known to have airways that responded adversely to 2.0 MAC desflurane were recruited. Each volunteer inhaled three single breaths of each of 0.5, 1.0 and 2.0 MAC of sevoflurane, halothane, isoflurane, desflurane and balance air, with breaths of air between, whilst breathing nasally through a face mask...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Wilkes AR,Raj N,Hall JE

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Airtraq laryngoscope is a single-use laryngoscope designed to facilitate tracheal intubation in patients with either normal or difficult airways. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to compare the Airtraq with the conventional Macintosh laryngoscope. Data were retrieved from Medline, Embase, th...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Lu Y,Jiang H,Zhu YS

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the prevalence of novel acronyms in the titles of anaesthetic and related studies and the response of anaesthetists to them. We separately analysed trainee-led research projects in the UK supported by the Research and Audit Federation of Trainees (RAFT), and a 10-year cohort of papers identified using the ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Weale J,Soysa R,Yentis SM

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There have been few published studies on changes in cerebral oxygenation during paediatric cardiac surgery as measured by conventional near-infrared spectroscopy. We studied changes in cerebral oxygenation in 16 children undergoing surgical repair of ventricular septal defects. Fifteen of the patients showed similar p...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Morimoto Y,Niida Y,Hisano K,Hua Y,Kemmotsu O,Murashita T,Yasuda K

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of the Transit-time Ultrasonic Breath Analyser (TUBA, GHG Medical Electronics GMBH, Zürich, Switzerland) to measure peak flow and tidal volume in the laboratory was tested using a variety of flow and pressure conditions, chosen to simulate the respiratory patterns of patients receiving mechanical ventilato...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Williams EM,Burrough SL,McPeak H

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is not known whether dexamethasone increases the effectiveness of anti-emetics when given to treat postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV). In a randomised study, 242 patients who were experiencing PONV received dolasetron and placebo, haloperidol and placebo, dolasetron and dexamethasone, or haloperidol and dexam...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Rüsch D,Arndt C,Martin H,Kranke P

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Harold King was an analytical chemist of distinction, who worked with Sir Henry Dale and his colleagues in the Medical Research Institute, later the Medical Research Council. He helped to quash the theory that the anaesthetic action of ether was attributable to its impurities. Interest in alkaloids led to the elucidat...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Gray TC

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fit 27-year-old man presented with severe facial trauma following an industrial accident. Initial assessment showed severe swelling around the lower jaw and haemorrhage from the mouth, nose, scalp and left ear. The patient was conscious with a Glasgow Coma Score of 13 but in respiratory distress. Following adoption ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Neal MR,Groves J,Gell IR

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of the revised cardiac risk index in risk stratification has recently been challenged by studies reporting on the superior predictive ability of pre-operative B-type natriuretic peptides. We found that in 850 vascular surgical patients initially risk stratified using B-type natriuretic peptides, reclassificat...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Biccard BM,Lurati Buse GA,Burkhart C,Cuthbertson BH,Filipovic M,Gibson SC,Mahla E,Leibowitz DW,Rodseth RN

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two anaesthetic procedures that did not include nitrous oxide were compared in a randomised study of 50 patients for tympanoplasty and tympanoscopy: propofol given for induction and maintenance, and thiopentone-isoflurane given for induction and maintenance, respectively. Induction in the first group was with a bolus ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Ledderose H,Rester P,Carlsson P,Peter K

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared breastfeeding initiation and duration in 1054 nulliaparae randomised to bupivacaine Control epidural, Combined Spinal Epidural or Low Dose Infusion and 351 matched non-epidural comparisons. Women were interviewed after delivery and completed a postal questionnaire at 12 months. Regression analysis determin...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Wilson MJ,MacArthur C,Cooper GM,Bick D,Moore PA,Shennan A,COMET Study Group UK.

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the predictive performance of the existing Diprifusor and Schnider models, used for target-controlled infusion of propofol, with a new modification of the Diprifusor model (White) incorporating age and sex covariates. The bias and inaccuracy (precision) of each model were determined using computer simulati...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Glen JB,White M

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00