Treatment of pulmonary hypertension in the general adult intensive care unit: a role for oral sildenafil?

abstract：BACKGROUND:After cardiac surgery adequate postoperative analgesia is necessary. We assessed analgesia using intrathecal morphine and clonidine. METHODS:In a double-blind randomized study, 45 patients having coronary artery bypass graft surgery were allocated randomly to receive i.v. patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Lena P,Balarac N,Arnulf JJ,Teboul J,Bonnet F

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Perioperative studies of patients following hip fracture have large heterogeneity within their reported outcomes. This study aimed to develop a core outcome set for use in perioperative studies comparing the types of anaesthesia for hip fracture surgery. METHODS:The consensus process consisted of a systemat...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： O'Donnell CM,Black N,McCourt KC,McBrien ME,Clarke M,Patterson CC,Blackwood B,McAuley DF,Shields MO

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An oxygen consuming lung model was used for evaluation and validation of a technique for metabolic gas exchange measurements during controlled ventilation. The technique comprised a Servo 900 C ventilator (Siemens) and separate oxygen and carbon dioxide analysers (Beckman). Measurements of oxygen consumption and carbo...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Svensson KL,Sonander HG,Stenqvist O

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of the combination of opiates and hypnotics on bispectral index (BIS) is unclear. This double-blind placebo-controlled trial investigated the effect on BIS and sedation of different infusion doses of remifentanil combined with a steady infusion of propofol. Forty patients initially received a target-control...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Strachan AN,Edwards ND

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Restrictive transfusion triggers are safe for most critically ill patients, but doubts exist for patients with ischaemic heart disease (IHD). We investigated the prevalence of reported IHD at admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) and investigated how this influenced red cell transfusion triggers. We als...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Walsh TS,McClelland DB,Lee RJ,Garrioch M,Maciver CR,McArdle F,Crofts SL,Mellor I,ATICS Study Group.

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method for the assessment and management of factors both causing and maintaining a primary metabolic alkalosis is presented. During a 2-year period 65 patients with metabolic alkalosis were treated with saline and potassium chloride infusions. In four patients the alkalosis was refractory and required additional the...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Worthley LI

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Simple methods are described for computing the variables derived from the Siggaard-Andersen nomogram, where the in vitro buffer line is either established by direct measurement or calculated from measurements of pH, Pco2 and haemoglobin. Calculations are performed using the equation of the pH-log Pco2 buffer line, the...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Blackburn JP,Preston TD,Strickland DA

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five hundred and seventeen women in labour receiving extradural analgesia, using bupivacaine plain solution, were randomly allocated to one of three groups. Group A received 6-8ml of 0.5% solution, group B 10-14ml of 0.25% solution, and group C 6-8 ml of 0.25% solution. Spontaneous delivery occurred in 31.7% of patien...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Thorburn J,Moir DD

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several medications have proved to be useful in preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV). However, routine antiemetic prophylaxis is not cost-effective. We evaluated the accuracy and discriminating power of an artificial neural network (ANN) to predict PONV. METHODS:We analysed data from 1086 in-...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Peng SY,Wu KC,Wang JJ,Chuang JH,Peng SK,Lai YH

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the incidence of respiratory complications and hypoxic episodes during inhalation induction with isoflurane in 75 healthy unpremedicated children. Problems occurred less frequently when 4% isoflurane in oxygen was used from the outset than with traditional techniques using nitrous oxide and a gradually...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Warde D,Nagi H,Raftery S

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of diluting propofol in 5% dextrose on the incidence of i.v. injection pain was studied in 100 adult patients. Severe injection pain occurred in 32% (16 patients) who received undiluted propofol, compared with 10% (five patients) who received dilute propofol. We concluded that the dilution of propofol signi...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Stokes DN,Robson N,Hutton P

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report an unusual case of acute upper airway obstruction. Inhalation of a foreign body caused choking in a 5-yr-old child, but subsequent investigations revealed a large anterior mediastinal tumour, externally compressing the trachea and the main bronchi. Such a presentation may be deceptive and is important, as ge...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Akhtar TM,Ridley S,Best CJ

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The diagnosis of abdominal compartment syndrome depends upon the demonstration of an elevated intra-abdominal pressure (IAP). Direct measures of IAP are impractical in the critical care unit; intravesical pressure (IVP) and intragastric pressure (IGP) should represent acceptable surrogate measures. IVP is th...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Turnbull D,Webber S,Hamnegard CH,Mills GH

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Microvascular dysfunction is considered to play an important pathophysiological role in sepsis. We addressed the hypothesis that macrovascular and microvascular flow are uncoupled in early sepsis, using a rodent model with well-characterized haemodynamic and biochemical markers of severity and subsequent mor...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Dyson A,Cone S,Singer M,Ackland GL

更新日期：2012-06-01 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：:Artery-to-muscle (A-M) onset time for five neuromuscular blocking agents was studied in 50 female patients under light endotracheal anaesthesia. Circulation to the right arm was occluded by a tourniquet and released 1 min after the injection i.v. into the left arm of a myoneural blocking drug. Muscle twitches were rec...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Minsaas B,Stovner J

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of fatal cardiac tamponade that occurred in association with a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) inserted from the right antecubital fossa. Migration of the catheter from the right atrium within 24 h of insertion lead to the administration of a potassium-enriched sodium chloride solution ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Orme RM,McSwiney MM,Chamberlain-Webber RF

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have determined the effect of pretreatment with mivacurium on the potency of suxamethonium and the effect of prior administration of suxamethonium on the potency of mivacurium. We studied 100 ASA I or II patients during thiopentone-fentanyl-nitrous oxide-isoflurane anaesthesia. Neuromuscular block was recorded as t...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Naguib M,Abdulatif M,Selim M,al-Ghamdi A

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Short-axis ultrasound-guided placement of central venous catheters (CVCs) is widely accepted as safe practice. However, utilizing the long-axis approach could further improve safety, as it allows for better visualization of the needle as it is advanced to the target vessel. However, the long-axis approach ha...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Ball RD,Scouras NE,Orebaugh S,Wilde J,Sakai T

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dexmedetomidine is an α-2-receptor agonist which might be used as an additive to local anaesthetics for various regional anaesthetic techniques. We therefore designed this prospective, double-blinded, controlled volunteer study to investigate the effects of dexmedetomidine as an adjuvant to ropivacaine on pe...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Marhofer D,Kettner SC,Marhofer P,Pils S,Weber M,Zeitlinger M

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carotid endarterectomy is commonly conducted under regional (deep, superficial, intermediate, or combined) cervical plexus block, but it is not known if complication rates differ. We conducted a systematic review of published papers to assess the complication rate associated with superficial (or intermediate) and deep...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Pandit JJ,Satya-Krishna R,Gration P

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A disposable patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) device was evaluated in 20 children after major abdominal, urological and orthopaedic surgery. All patients were given a high dependency level of nursing care in general wards. Efficacy (as assessed by hourly pain scores) was comparable to that achieved in a matched cont...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Irwin M,Gillespie JA,Morton NS

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early clot amplitudes measured on thromboelastometry (ROTEM®) predict maximum clot firmness (MCF) in adults. In this multicentre, retrospective study, we aimed to confirm the suspected relationship between early ROTEM® variables and MCF, in children undergoing cardiac or non-cardiac surgery. METHODS:4762 RO...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Perez-Ferrer A,Vicente-Sanchez J,Carceles-Baron MD,Van der Linden P,Faraoni D

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aortocaval compression (ACC) can result in haemodynamic disturbances and uteroplacental hypoperfusion in parturients. Its detection is difficult because in most patients, sympathetic compensation results in no signs or symptoms. However, profound hypotension may develop after sympathectomy during regional an...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Lee SW,Khaw KS,Ngan Kee WD,Leung TY,Critchley LA

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemodynamic changes (supraventricular tachycardia, decreases in arterial pressure) were observed during laryngoscopy and intubation of the trachea in a patient receiving nifedipine and verapamil. Before the induced stresses of laryngoscopy and tracheal intubation, these drugs had controlled the patient's arterial pre...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Gorven AM,Cooper GM,Prys-Roberts C

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolated, cultured rat pancreatic islets of Langerhans were incubated in medium containing glucose 2 or 20 mmol litre-1 and with glucose supplemented with midazolam 10, 100 or 1000 ng ml-1. Glucose 20 mmol litre-1 with the addition of noradrenaline 10 mumol litre-1 was used as a control. In contrast with noradrenaline...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Desborough JP,Jones PM,Persaud SJ,Howell SL

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the complications associated with three techniques used to maintain extradural analgesia in labour: midwife top-up doses of 0.25% bupivacaine 10 ml, continuous infusion of 0.125% bupivacaine 10 ml h-1 and patient-controlled extradural analgesia (PCEA) with self-administered 3-ml bolus doses of 0.25% bu...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Tan S,Reid J,Thorburn J

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The protein binding of four non-depolarizing neuromuscular blocking drugs-tubocurarine, fazadinium, pancuronium and Org NC45-was measured, in serum from normal patients and from patients with cirrhosis of the liver, by an ultracentrifugation method. The fraction bound to serum protein in normal patients was 56% for tu...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Duvaldestin P,Henzel D

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new method has been developed to measure end-tidal carbon dioxide partial pressure (PECO2) during high frequency jet ventilation (HFJV). A digital flow controller incorporated in a computerized high frequency jet ventilator was used to deliver either a single deep breath or a series of three deep breaths. On user re...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Sehati S,Young JD,Sykes MK,McLeod CN

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the anaesthetic management of a ventricular arrhythmia-prone patient with a prolonged Q-T interval for closed reduction and wiring of a mandibular fracture. The patient was premedicated with propranolol and anaesthetized with isoflurane (inhalation). Documentation of heart rate v. Q-T interval re...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Medak R,Benumof JL

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00