Double-blind randomized controlled trial to determine extent of amnesia with midazolam given immediately before general anaesthesia.

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：BACKGROUND:To determine whether temperature and haematocrit (Hct) alter the relationship between blood flow (BF) and blood flow velocity (BFV). METHODS:Using a transcranial Doppler apparatus, we measured the peak velocity of whole blood cells pumped by a cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) circuit, through a 0.15-cm internal...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Paut O,Bissonnette B

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As 6% hydroxyethyl starch (HES) 130/0.40 or 130/0.42 can originate from different vegetable sources, they might have different clinical effects. The purpose of this prospective, randomized, double-blind controlled trial was to compare two balanced tetrastarch solutions, one maize-derived and one potato-deriv...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Joosten A,Tircoveanu R,Arend S,Wauthy P,Gottignies P,Van der Linden P

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic pain affects ∼20% of the European population and is commoner in women, older people, and with relative deprivation. Its management in the community remains generally unsatisfactory, partly because of lack of evidence for effective interventions. Epidemiological study of chronic pain, through an understanding o...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： van Hecke O,Torrance N,Smith BH

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of an infant receiving orthotopic heart transplantation with over-sized donor heart was reported. Left lower pulmonary venous obstruction after sternotomy closure was detected by transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE) and the decision to delay sternal closure was made and the clinical outcome was very satisfac...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Lin CP,Chan KC,Chou YM,Wang MJ,Tsai SK

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The processed electroencephalogram (pEEG) was monitored in eight patients undergoing gynaecological laparotomy under combined extradural and nitrous oxide-isoflurane anaesthesia. Pre-incisional mean spectral edge frequency 95 percentile (SEF95) and median frequency (MF) were 11.67 (SD 1.63) Hz and 3.74 (0.24) Hz, resp...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Kiyama S,Tsuzaki K

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:LMA CTrach (CT), a modified version of the intubating LMA Fastrach, allows continuous video-endoscopy of the tracheal intubation procedure. We tested the hypothesis that the CT is efficient for tracheal intubation of morbidly obese patients who are at risk of a difficult airway. METHODS:After Ethics' Commit...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Dhonneur G,Ndoko SK,Yavchitz A,Foucrier A,Fessenmeyer C,Pollian C,Combes X,Tual L

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the plasma concentrations (Cp) and pharmacokinetics of sufentanil injected i.v. (IVS), intradurally (IS) or extradurally (ES) under general anaesthesia in 31 patients undergoing major abdominal surgery. Sufentanil appeared in plasma very rapidly and Cpmax was also attained rapidly after both extradural...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Ionescu TI,Taverne RH,Houweling PL,Drost RH,Nuijten S,Van Rossum J

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 38-yr-old woman with an atrial septum defect and Eisenmenger syndrome was scheduled for a lung biopsy via thoracoscopy during one-lung ventilation. Fluids were given to increase central venous pressure to 8 mm Hg, an epidural catheter was inserted at the sixth thoracic intervertebral space and ropivacaine 0.3%, 6 ml...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Heller AR,Litz RJ,Koch T

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The debate on lung-protective ventilation strategies for surgical patients is ongoing. Evidence suggests that the use of low tidal volume VT improves clinical outcomes. However, the optimal levels of PEEP and recruitment manoeuvre (RM) strategies incorporated into low VT ventilation remain unclear. METHODS:...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Deng QW,Tan WC,Zhao BC,Wen SH,Shen JT,Xu M

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transitions into and out of the anaesthetised state exhibit resistance to state transitions known as neural inertia. As a consequence, emergence from anaesthesia occurs at a consistently lower anaesthetic concentration than induction. Motivated by stochastic switching between discrete activity patterns obser...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Proekt A,Hudson AE

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Standard methods for accurate intraoperative measurement of neuromuscular block are either expensive or inconvenient and are not used widely. We have evaluated a new method of monitoring neuromuscular block using a low-frequency microphone. The method is based on the phenomenon of low-frequency sound emission by contr...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Dascalu A,Geller E,Moalem Y,Manoah M,Enav S,Rudick Z

更新日期：1999-09-01 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：BACKGROUND:Cerebral state index (CSI) has recently been introduced as an intra-operative monitor of anaesthetic depth. We compared the performance of the CSI to the bispectral index (BIS) in measuring depth of anaesthesia during target-controlled infusion (TCI) of propofol. METHODS:Twenty Chinese patients undergoing g...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Zhong T,Guo QL,Pang YD,Peng LF,Li CL

更新日期：2005-12-01 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：:The rapid detection and evaluation of patients presenting with perioperative neurological dysfunction is of great clinical relevance. Biomarkers have been defined as biological molecules that can be used as an indicator of new onset or progression of a biological process or effect of treatment. Biomarkers have become ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Cata JP,Abdelmalak B,Farag E

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The arterial to end-tidal PCO2 difference (PaCO2-PE'CO2) was measured in five anaesthetized dogs during controlled ventilation at 0.25 Hz (15 b.p.m.) and during high frequency jet ventilation at 1, 3 and 5 Hz. Because of the slow response of the infra-red carbon dioxide analyser, satisfactory recordings of end-tidal c...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Mortimer AJ,Cannon DP,Sykes MK

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) is widely used to improve oxygenation and prevent alveolar collapse in mechanically ventilated patients with the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Although PEEP improves arterial oxygenation predictably, high-PEEP strategies have demonstrated equivocal improv...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Chikhani M,Das A,Haque M,Wang W,Bates DG,Hardman JG

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The therapeutic potential of cardiac μ-opioid receptors in ischaemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury during opioid-modulating diseases, such as heart failure, is unknown. We aimed to explore the changes of cardiac μ-opioid receptor expression during heart failure, and its role in opioid-induced cardioprotection. M...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： He SF,Jin SY,Yang W,Pan YL,Huang J,Zhang SJ,Zhang L,Zhang Y

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Moderate to severe arterial oxygen desaturation (SaO2 75-88%) occurred in three of four patients who were given sedation during regional conduction block without the administration of oxygen. No desaturation occurred in six patients given oxygen 2 litre min-1 via a nasal catheter during similar procedures. It is concl...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Smith DC,Crul JF

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of doxacurium chloride, a new long-acting non-depolarizing neuromuscular blocking drug, on cardiac performance were studied in 45 patients undergoing high-dose fentanyl-diazepam-oxygen anaesthesia for cardiac surgery. Data were collected at baseline (10 min after tracheal intubation), and at 2, 5 and 10 mi...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Reich DL,Konstadt SN,Thys DM,Hillel Z,Raymond R,Kaplan JA

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tobacco use interventions in surgical patients who smoke could benefit both their short-term outcome and long-term health. Anaesthesiologists and surgeons can play key roles in delivering these interventions. This study determined the practices, attitudes, and beliefs of these physicians regarding tobacco us...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Kai T,Maki T,Takahashi S,Warner DO

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the efficacy of preoxygenation using the Triservice Anaesthetic Apparatus (TSA) in healthy patients and found it to be unsatisfactory. An alternative technique suitable for field use was explored. The Mapleson D system (Bain) was found to be suitable for preoxygenation with a fresh gas flow of only 4 l...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Lowe DM,McFadzean W

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the effect of a bolus injection of atracurium 0.6 mg kg-1 on the cardiovascular system in 16 patients undergoing aortocoronary bypass surgery. H1- and H2-receptor antagonists were administered to eight patients before the neuromuscular blocker. A standard anaesthetic was used comprising fentanyl, ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Adt M,Baumert JH,Reimann HJ

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The ilioinguinal/iliohypogastric nerve block is a popular regional anaesthetic technique for children undergoing inguinal surgery. The success rate is only 70-80% and complications may occur. A prospective randomized double-blinded study was designed to compare the use of ultrasonography with the conventiona...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Willschke H,Marhofer P,Bösenberg A,Johnston S,Wanzel O,Cox SG,Sitzwohl C,Kapral S

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied 13 patients with diabetic nephropathy and 13 patients with uraemia of other origin undergoing renal transplantation, and 12 control patients undergoing general surgery. QTc dispersion and maximum QTc interval were calculated from the 12-lead ECG, and cardiovascular autonomic function tests were perform...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Kirvelä M,Yli-Hankala A,Lindgren L

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methylene blue-treated fresh-frozen plasma (MB-FFP) is mainly used in Europe. The advantage of the methylene blue system is that units can be treated individually. The combined action of methylene blue and illumination is a photodynamic process preventing viral RNA and DNA replication. We report the first immediate al...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Dewachter P,Castro S,Nicaise-Roland P,Chollet-Martin S,Le Beller C,Lillo-le-Louet A,Mouton-Faivre C

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight patients with a history of failed tracheal intubation during pregnancy were investigated by x-ray laryngoscopy after delivery. Partial elevation of the epiglottis with no view of glottic structures was found in five patients who were therefore considered to still present difficulty. In each of these five patient...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Fahy L,Horton WA,Charters P

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Left ventricular (LV) pressure-volume (PV) loops were used to compare the functional effects that accompany the cardioprotection seen with desflurane, sevoflurane, and propofol in a rabbit preparation of coronary ischaemia-reperfusion (IR). METHODS:Male New Zealand White rabbits (n=48) were anaesthetized wi...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Andrews DT,Royse AG,Royse CF

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In a series of ex vivo and in vivo studies we investigated the ability of repetitive ketamine administration to alter the metabolism and anaesthetic effect of propofol and the role of ketamine-mediated P-450 2B induction in rats. METHODS:Male Wistar rats were pretreated with 80 mg kg(-1) ketamine i.p. twice...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Chan WH,Chen TL,Chen RM,Sun WZ,Ueng TH

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00