Incidence of lower thoracic ligamentum flavum midline gaps.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to test if intraoperative administration of N(2)O during propofol-remifentanil anaesthesia prevented the onset of postoperative opioid-induced hyperalgesia (OIH). METHODS:Fifty adult ASA I-II patients undergoing elective open septorhinoplasty under general anaesthesia were studied....

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Echevarría G,Elgueta F,Fierro C,Bugedo D,Faba G,Iñiguez-Cuadra R,Muñoz HR,Cortínez LI

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied post-tetanic count (PTC) and single twitch height at the onset of reflex movement to carinal stimulation after administration of vecuronium with five different types of anaesthesia. Seventy-five adult patients were allocated randomly to five groups of 15 patients each, to receive one of the following a...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Saitoh Y,Kaneda K,Toyooka H,Amaha K

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both the performance of breathing systems and recommendations for the fresh gas flows to be used in patients breathing spontaneously can be expressed in ml kg-1 min-1 or fresh gas: total ventilation ratio (VF:VE). We have examined the relationship between these two descriptions. The data of 106 subjects (awake volunte...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Soni N,Ooi R

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Profound postoperative respiratory depression after larger doses of fentanyl was partially reversed by 4-aminopyridine. This reversal was independent of FIO2' suggesting that the response was not dependent upon peripheral chemoreceptor-mediated drive. Similar reversal of fentanyl-induced depression by 4-aminopyridine ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Sia RL,Zandstra DF

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three hundred and twenty adults (ASA grade I, both sexes), received diazepam 10 mg by mouth (50% received atropine 7 micrograms kg-1 in addition) i.m. 45 min before operation. Patients were then allocated randomly to undergo general anaesthesia with either a nitrous oxide-neurolept technique or nitrous oxide-halothane...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Wierda JM,Maestrone E,Bencini AF,Boyer A,Rashkovsky OM,Lip H,Karliczek R,Ket JM,Agoston S

更新日期：1989-02-01 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：:We report a case of lumbar extradural abscess that presented 9 days after an elective Caesarean section performed under combined spinal-extradural anaesthesia. This was successfully treated conservatively with full recovery. The clinical course included development, and then resolution, of mild paraparesis. Conservati...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Dysart RH,Balakrishnan V

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Muscle biopsy and in vitro contracture tests for diagnosis of susceptibility to malignant hyperthermia (MH) were performed in two patients who had developed fever and severe myolysis during exercise. MH susceptibility was confirmed in one patient, but in the other, exercise-induced heat stroke proved to be the correct...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Hackl W,Winkler M,Mauritz W,Sporn P,Steinbereithner K

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malposition of tracheostomy tubes is difficult to detect at the bedside and may contribute to eventual device misplacement. Endoscopic examination can be undertaken via tracheoscopic (T-view) or trans-laryngeal (L-view) approach, offering more precise detail regarding positioning within the airway. The aims ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： McGrath BA,Lynch K,Templeton R,Webster K,Simpson W,Alexander P,Columb MO

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gliding characteristics were evaluated of 10-ml plastic syringes used to identify the extradural space by "loss of resistance" techniques. This was undertaken quantitatively, by measuring the force necessary to depress syringe plungers, and qualitatively, by examining travel characteristics in terms of the force a...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Bricker SR,Coleman P

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined the influence of electrical stimulation on caffeine-induced tension generation during contracture testing used to diagnose malignant hyperthermia. The cumulative contracture response to caffeine was compared in pairs of morphologically comparable muscle bundles obtained from the same patient. Only one...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Heytens L,Martin JJ,Bossaert LL

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Psychological factors are thought to drive inter-patient variations in anaesthetic and analgesic requirements. This cross-sectional study investigated whether preoperative psychological factors can predict anaesthetic requirements and postoperative pain. METHODS:Before total thyroidectomy, 100 consecutive w...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Kil HK,Kim WO,Chung WY,Kim GH,Seo H,Hong JY

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the effect of sevoflurane anaesthesia on hepatocellular integrity, we measured plasma concentrations of glutathione S-transferase (GST) before anaesthesia and 1, 3, 6 and 24 h after the end of anaesthesia in 41 healthy, Japanese patients undergoing elective, body surface surgery. Sevoflurane (approximately 1...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Ray DC,Bomont R,Mizushima A,Kugimiya T,Forbes Howie A,Beckett GJ

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of 443 spinal anaesthetics is described. The procedures included operative vaginal delivery, removal of retained placenta and a miscellaneous group common to most obstetric units. Failure to provide effective relief of pain occurred in 5.2% of patients. There was one potentially serious complication, but with...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Crawford JS

更新日期：1979-06-01 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

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：:In a double-blind, placebo-controlled three-way cross over study, the efficacy of Ro 15-1788 200 mg, a new benzodiazepine antagonist, in blocking the amnesic, cognitive, psychomotor and subjective effects of diazepam 20 mg, was investigated in a group of six healthy male volunteers. The amnesic effects of diazepam wer...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： O'Boyle C,Lambe R,Darragh A,Taffe W,Brick I,Kenny M

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We prospectively studied spontaneous recovery from cisatracurium-induced neuromuscular block in 18 patients scheduled for cardiac surgery, and its suitability for fast-track cardiac surgery. Neuromuscular block was induced by an i.v. bolus (range 0.15-0.3 mg kg(-1)) and maintained by a continuous infusion (range 1.1-3...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Ouattara A,Richard L,Charrière JM,Lanquetot H,Corbi P,Debaene B

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of age on the dose of Org NC 45 were studied in 24 healthy, anaesthetized patients using an on-demand infusion of the drug which produced a stable twitch height of 10% of its initial value. The patients were allocated as follows: group I = age less than 40 yr; group II = 40-60 yr and group III = age greate...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： d'Hollander A,Massaux F,Nevelsteen M,Agoston S

更新日期：1982-06-01 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：:We describe the management of a patient with Eisenmenger's syndrome presenting for laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Of prime concern was maintenance of systemic vascular resistance and this was achieved using infusion of noradrenaline started before induction of anaesthesia and continued after operation. Avoidance of oth...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Sammut MS,Paes ML

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gas injection systems used in several techniques of ventilation cause increases in airway pressure and physiological changes which are frequently overlooked. The momentum flux theory describes such phenomena most appropriately. We have defined and measured the characteristics of such increases in airway pressure, usin...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Isabey D,Boussignac G,Harf A

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bupivacaine 2.5 mg kg-1 (0.5 ml kg-1 of 0.5% solution), with or without adrenaline 5 micrograms ml-1, was administered by interpleural injection to 12 patients after elective cholecystectomy. Noncompartmental analysis indicated that the addition of adrenaline had no effect on total body clearance, apparent volume of d...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Gin T,Chan K,Kan AF,Gregory MA,Wong YC,Oh TE

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this retrospective study was to compare the failure rates and the frequency of anaesthesia-related complications of two different methods of regional anaesthesia used for carotid endarterectomy--cervical epidural (CE) anaesthesia and cervical plexus block (CPB). METHODS:The study included 1828 ca...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Hakl M,Michalek P,Sevcík P,Pavlíková J,Stern M

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The circulating blood volume (CBV) of critically ill patients may be difficult to estimate on the basis of history and physical examination. The aim of this study was to evaluate the ability of seven clinical signs and central venous pressure (CVP) to predict CBV in critically ill patients; CBV was evaluated with the ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Stéphan F,Flahault A,Dieudonné N,Hollande J,Paillard F,Bonnet F

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have compared the postoperative morphine requirements and analgesic efficacy of four doses of i.m. ketorolac 30 mg administered 6-hourly with placebo in a double-blind study of patients undergoing major or minor orthopaedic surgery. During the 24-h postoperative study period which began at the end of surgery, patie...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Kinsella J,Moffat AC,Patrick JA,Prentice JW,McArdle CS,Kenny GN

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two groups of six patients were studied during light general anaesthesia using 2% enflurane and 66% nitrous oxide in oxygen, combined with regional anaesthesia, for hernia and varicose vein surgery. The effects of 3% enflurane were compared with those of fentanyl 0.3 microgram kg-1 i.v., by measuring inspired flow, ti...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Drummond GB

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anterograde, but not retrograde, amnesia has been demonstrated following midazolam administration. However, there have been no studies investigating whether or not immediate retrograde amnesia can be produced with midazolam. METHODS:After ethics committee approval and consent, 40 adult patients undergoing s...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Bulach R,Myles PS,Russnak M

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) require mechanical ventilation. This support provides time for the lungs to heal, but the adverse effects of mechanical ventilation significantly influence patient outcome. Traditionally, these were ascribed to mechanical effects, such as haemody...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Moloney ED,Griffiths MJ

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with Munchausen's syndrome often undergo multiple surgical operations under general anaesthesia. They tend to have multiple exposures to routinely used anaesthetic agents. A patient with Munchausen's syndrome who developed an anaphylactoid reaction to thiopentone is described and the importance of obtaining p...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Frater RA,Lew JK

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00