Minimum alveolar concentration (MAC) of xenon in intubated swine.

abstract：:We have investigated the effect of dopamine and dopexamine on the isolated perfused rat kidney. After an equilibration period of 20 min and two control periods of 10 min, dopexamine 1.0, 2.5 or 4.0 micrograms kg-1 min-1 or dopamine 2.0 micrograms kg-1 min-1 were perfused for a further 40 min in random order. Renal blo...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Kirchhoff K,Leuwer M,Thum P,Bornscheuer A,Piepenbrock S

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new type of intra-arterial oxygen electrode was evaluated. In 14 patients, undergoing one-lung ventilation for thoracic surgery, the electrode was inserted into the radial artery and changes in PaO2 were recorded continuously. Methods of improving PaO2 during one-lung ventilation were demonstrated. ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Armstrong RF,Hutchinson JM,Lincoln C,Ingram D,Soutter L

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concentrations of volatile hydrocarbons were studied in breath samples from patients before and after anaesthesia. In patients to whom halothane was administered, there was a significant increase in the concentration of isobutene (from 0.43 +/- 0.09 to 4.66 +/- 2.22 nmol litre-1). There was no change in the concen...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Hempel V,May R,Frank H,Remmer H,Köster U

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Alaris AEP monitor(TM) (Alaris, UK, version 1.4) is the first commercially available auditory evoked potential (AEP) monitor designed to estimate the depth of anaesthesia. It generates an "Alaris AEP index" (AAI), which is a dimensionless number scaled from 100 (awake) to 0. This study was designed to co...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Kreuer S,Bruhn J,Larsen R,Hoepstein M,Wilhelm W

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In critically ill children, monitoring of cardiac output (CO) is essential to guide haemodynamic management and facilitate cardiovascular therapy. The ultrasound dilution technique (UDT), a novel minimally invasive indicator method, was recently introduced to determine CO. We validated UDT against the 'gold ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Boehne M,Baustert M,Paetzel V,Köditz H,Schoof S,Happel CM,Bertram H

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Postoperative non-cardiac complication rates are as high as 11-28% after high-risk abdominal procedures. Emerging evidence indicates that postoperative cardiac troponin T elevations are associated with adverse outcome in non-cardiac surgery. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between pos...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Noordzij PG,van Geffen O,Dijkstra IM,Boerma D,Meinders AJ,Rettig TC,Eefting FD,van Loon D,van de Garde EM,van Dongen EP

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This editorial looks at some of the various anesthesias used during pregnancy termination. Trichloroethylene, often a popular substitute for halothane, has been subjected to little evaluation. Only clinical study however, can actually establish the significance of myometrial depressant properties in the pregnant pat...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Grant IS

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbon dioxide laser surgery in the airway presents the anaesthetist with new problems. The mode of action of carbon dioxide lasers and its effects on anaesthetic agents and equipment are described. Complications, especially of fire hazards in the airway, and methods of avoiding them are set out in detail. Various ana...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Paes ML

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We defined the nature of the pharmacological interaction after intrathecal co-administration of ginsenosides with clonidine, and clarified the contribution of the α-2 adrenoceptors on the effect of ginsenosides. METHODS:Pain was evoked by injection of a formalin solution (5%, 50 μl) into the hindpaw of male...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Yoon MH,Huang LJ,Choi JI,Lee HG,Kim WM,Kim CM

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Growing evidences indicate that inhalational anaesthetics can enhance the growth and malignant potential of tumour cells and may affect tumour recurrence after surgery. Tumour stem cells play a vital role in tumour recurrence. This study investigates the effect of sevoflurane on glioma stem cells (GSCs) in v...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Shi QY,Zhang SJ,Liu L,Chen QS,Yu LN,Zhang FJ,Yan M

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The physical and pharmacological properties of the structural isomers isoflurane and enflurane differ from each other and from those of other potent inhaled anaesthetics. The minimum alveolar concentration (MAC) for isoflurane (1.15%) is one-and-one-half times that for halothane (0.75%) and two-thirds that for enflura...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Eger EI 2nd

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clonidine is an alpha 2 adrenergic agonist with analgesic properties. This study aimed to see if the addition of clonidine to morphine when given by patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) would improve analgesia beyond the first 12 h after surgery. METHODS:Sixty patients undergoing lower abdominal surgery were ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Jeffs SA,Hall JE,Morris S

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Local reactions after i.v. injection of diazepam, flunitrazepam and isotonic saline were studied in patients who received extradural analgesia or general anaesthesia. The frequency of thrombophlebitis on the 1st, 3rd and 5th days after the injection of diazepam was 2.1%, 17.0% and 14.9% respectively, after flunitrazep...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Mikkelsen H,Hoel TM,Bryne H,Krohn CD

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The isolated rat hepatocyte model has been used to assess the hepatotoxicity of a number of i.v. anaesthetic induction agents. Ketamine, Althesin and CCI 12923 (minaxolone) all inhibited gluconeogenesis and urea formation from alanine. There was also a decrease in the cell ATP concentration, and a dose-related increas...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Sear JW,McGivan JD

更新日期：1979-08-01 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

authors： Palmer JH,Wilson DW,Brown CM

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The haemodynamic effects of diltiazem were studied in six dogs during fentanyl-nitrous oxide (in oxygen) anaesthesia. A bolus of diltiazem 300 micrograms kg-1 was given, followed by infusions at 30, 60 and 90 micrograms kg-1 min-1 which produced plasma diltiazem concentrations of 392 +/- 30, 908 +/- 54 and 1483 +/- 13...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Griffin RM,Dimich I,Jurado R,Kaplan JA

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacokinetics of propofol in a dose of 2.5 mg kg-1 given via a vein in the antecubital fossa were studied in 18 patients. Anaesthesia was maintained with nitrous oxide in oxygen in all patients. The effects of pretreatment with fentanyl (n = 6) and maintenance with halothane (n = 6) on the pharmacokinetics of p...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Cockshott ID,Briggs LP,Douglas EJ,White M

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Summary While complex physiological mechanisms exist to regulate and optimize tissue oxygenation under various conditions, clinical and experimental evidence indicates that anaemia, unchecked, is associated with organ injury and unfavourable outcomes. More data (especially from human studies) are needed to answer ques...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Shander A,Javidroozi M,Ozawa S,Hare GM

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to determine whether dextran, gelatin or hydroxyethyl starch-based colloidal resuscitation fluids (CRF) are inhibitory to T lymphocyte activation and mitogenesis in vitro. Isolated peripheral blood lymphocytes from normal donors were activated with mitogen (PHA) and cultured in up to 50% v:v CR...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Sillett HK,Whicher JT,Trejdosiewicz LK

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The identification of a serum marker to assist in the diagnosis of cerebral injury after cardiac surgery is potentially useful. S100 protein is an early marker of cerebral damage. It is released after cardiac surgery performed under cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). Its level is correlated with the duration of CPB, deep c...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Ali MS,Harmer M,Vaughan R

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The incidence of pain on injection of propofol remains unacceptably high in children, despite various strategies to reduce it. A new drug formulation of propofol has, in adult studies, been reported to cause less injection pain compared with other propofol solutions. The aim of the present prospective random...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Nyman Y,von Hofsten K,Georgiadi A,Eksborg S,Lönnqvist PA

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ketamine, as the sole anaesthetic agent, was assessed in a double-blind study of 135 female patients who underwent laparoscopic sterilization. The patients were allocated randomly to one of four groups according to the type (pentobarbitone or droperidol) and route (i.v. or i.m.) of premedication. In addition all the p...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Figallo EM,Casali H,McKenzie R,Tantisira B,Wadhwa RK,Taylor FH

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is known that propofol can have effects on atrioventricular node conduction. We report a case where administration of propofol was associated with termination of supraventricular tachycardia. Although a similar phenomenon has been reported in children, this is the first such case in an adult. ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Kannan S,Sherwood N

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perioperative risk of death after general surgery is quoted as overall less than 1%. However, each individual's risk varies widely according to many identified factors with some having a significantly increased risk of a worse outcome. The observation that manipulating and targeting certain physiological parameters in...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Tote SP,Grounds RM

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effects of thoracic epidural anaesthesia (TEA) on gastric mucosal microvascular haemoglobin oxygenation (microHbO(2)) are unclear. At the splanchnic level, reduction of sympathetic tone may promote vasodilation and increase microHbO(2). However, these splanchnic effects are counteracted by systemic effec...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Schwarte LA,Picker O,Höhne C,Fournell A,Scheeren TW

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the relationship between the extent of spinal block and occurrence of sedation. In a first series of 43 patients, the distribution of sedation score (measured on the Ramsey scale) was related to the extent of spinal block (pinprick). In a second series of 33 patients, the relationship between seda...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Gentili M,Huu PC,Enel D,Hollande J,Bonnet F

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Buprenorphine 0.3 mg or fentanyl 0.125 mg i.v. were used to supplement nitrous oxide anaesthesia in a double-blind investigation of 40 patients undergoing major abdominal surgery. Initially both narcotics appeared to suppress tachycardia and increased arterial pressure in response to surgery, but 80% of the patients w...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Kay B

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It was hypothesized that xenon would stabilize mean arterial pressure (MAP) in haemorrhagic shock, recovery, and volume resuscitation, because a higher MAP has been observed with xenon, when compared with isoflurane anaesthesia. The responses to haemorrhage and subsequent volume replacement were therefore co...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Baumert JH,Hecker KE,Hein M,Reyle-Hahn SM,Horn NA,Rossaint R

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have undertaken a prospective, randomized study to determine the incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting during intensive care stay after cardiac surgery, and to study the effect of addition of droperidol to an infusion of morphine used for postoperative analgesia. Data from 398 patients were examined. The u...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Grebenik CR,Allman C

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the usefulness of the Gram stain in the early diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), we performed 146 protected specimen brushings (PSB) and bronchoalveolar lavages (BAL) in 118 patients suspected of having nosocomial pneumonia. Gram stain and counts of infected cells were performed in all sampl...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Allaouchiche B,Jaumain H,Chassard D,Boulétreau P

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00