Ultrasonographic guidance for sciatic and femoral nerve blocks in children.

abstract：:A possible means of rapid cooling in the emergency treatment of malignant hyperpyrexia, peritoneal dialysis using a cold dialysate, is described. Experimental observations in a young man on a regular peritoneal dialysis regime showed that significant heat extraction can be obtained when either a cool (20 degrees C) or...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Gjessing J,Barsa J,Tomlin PJ

更新日期：1976-05-01 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：Background.:Perioperative administration of cefazolin reduces the incidence of perioperative infections. Intraoperative re-dosing of cefazolin is commonly given between 2 and 5 h after the initial dose. This study was undertaken to determine whether intraoperative continuous infusions of cefazolin achieve better probab...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Naik BI,Roger C,Ikeda K,Todorovic MS,Wallis SC,Lipman J,Roberts JA

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 40 patients anaesthetized with thiopentone, 66% nitrous oxide and 1% halothane, the effects of a single i.v. dose of nalbuphine 4.5, 8, 15, 25 or 50 mg/70 kg or morphine 3, 5, 10 or 17.5 mg/70 kg on total ventilation and end-tidal carbon dioxide concentration have been measured. Depression of respiration occurred w...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Klepper ID,Rosen M,Vickers MD,Mapleson WW

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In theory, setting an infrared multi-gas analyser to measure a volatile anaesthetic different from that in the sampled gas mixture may cause interference with carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide readings. The theory was investigated during evaluation of the Dräger Cicero EM anaesthetic workstation for the Medical Devices...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Wilkes AR,Mapleson WW

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thiopentone 4 mg/kg, Althesin 0.055 ml/kg and ketamine 2 mg/kg were compared in 157 children undergoing minor otolaryngological surgery, mostly adenotonsillectomy. Premedication was with pethidine and atropine and anaesthesia was maintained with nitrous oxide in oxygen and halothane. Tracheal intubation was facilitate...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Saarnivaara L

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined changes in plasma concentrations of calcium in seven anaesthetized pigs during i.v. infusion of irrigating fluid containing 1.5% glycine. Volumes infused were 875 ml at 20 min (22 ml kg-1), 1475 ml at 40 min and 2075 ml at 60 min (75 ml kg-1). Plasma concentrations of sodium decreased from 134.5 (SD 3...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Chassard D,Berrada K,Tournadre JP,Boulétreau P

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pain on injection of propofol is unpleasant. We hypothesized that propofol infusion pain might be prevented by infusing remifentanil before starting the propofol infusion in a clinical setting where target-controlled infusions (TCI) of both drugs were used. A prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-co...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Lee JR,Jung CW,Lee YH

更新日期：2007-12-01 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：BACKGROUND:Increasing fresh gas flow (FGF) to a circle breathing system reduces carbon dioxide (CO2) absorbent consumption. We assessed the environmental and economic impacts of this trade-off between gas flow and absorbent consumption when no inhalational anaesthetic agent is used. METHODS:A test lung with fixed CO2 ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Zhong G,Abbas A,Jones J,Kong S,McCulloch T

更新日期：2020-11-01 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：:An investigation was carried out into the relationship between the inflation pressures of normally compliant lungs and the airways pressure necessary to produce the insufflation of gas to the stomach. This relationship was examined during manual ventilation with a mask, using a rapid sequence induction technique. In t...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Lawes EG,Campbell I,Mercer D

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:None of the currently available hypnosis monitoring systems have evaluated balanced xenon anaesthesia. We investigated the performance of the bispectral index (BIS) and the composite A-line autoregressive index (cAAI) while comparing balanced xenon with sevoflurane anaesthesia. METHODS:Sixty patients underg...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Fahlenkamp AV,Peters D,Biener IA,Billoet C,Apfel CC,Rossaint R,Coburn M

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect on intervillous blood flow of lumbar extradural analgesia for Caesarean section was studied in nine healthy women using xenon-133. Extradural anaesthesia was performed with lignocaine 1 1/2% 16--20 ml with adrenaline 5 microgram ml-1. Impairment of placental blood flow during the block was observed in seven...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Jouppila R,Jouppila P,Kuikka J,Hollmén A

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood concentrations of nitrous oxide were measured in anaesthetists, surgeons and theatre nurses. Comparison of anaesthetists and surgeons working in the same theatre showed that in ENT surgeons concentrations were greater (P < 0.01), while in general surgeons they were smaller (P < 0.003). Blood concentrations of ni...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Krapez JR,Saloojee Y,Hinds CJ,Hackett GH,Cole PV

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We previously demonstrated that i.v. emulsified isoflurane induces general anaesthesia in animals. In this study, we compared the pharmacokinetics of emulsified isoflurane given as i.v. bolus and as infusion in beagle dogs. METHODS:Sixteen beagle dogs were assigned randomly to a bolus group comprising three...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Yang XL,Zhang WS,Liu J,Yang ZB,Jiang XH

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

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：:Healthcare litigation in the UK continues to grow at an alarming rate, with claims against anaesthetists and critical care physicians increasing each year. This has led to a huge financial burden for the taxpayer and a sharp increase in professional indemnity fees for individual doctors. Although such litigation shoul...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Adams JP,Bell MD,Bodenham AR

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have compared the antagonism of neuromuscular block produced by pipecuronium with pancuronium in 80 anaesthetized surgical patients using mechanomyography and electromyography. Pancuronium 0.1 mg kg-1 or pipecuronium 0.07 mg kg-1 was given after induction of anaesthesia and neuromuscular block was adjusted to 75% t...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Gyermek L,Cantley EM,Lee C

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent research into memory formation under sedation has generated conflicting results. We investigated explicit and implicit memory in ICU patients during moderate to deep propofol sedation following cardiac surgery. METHODS:Two different methods of memory testing were used; (1). free-association (F-A) wor...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Clark J,Voss L,Barnard J,Sleigh J

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Severely obese parturients have increased 'cannot intubate, cannot oxygenate' risk during Caesarean section under general anaesthesia. Front-of-neck access (FONA) at the cricothyroid membrane (CTM) is definitive management; however, attempted FONA can fail. Point-of-care ultrasonography may provide useful in...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Gadd K,Wills K,Harle R,Terblanche N

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied 16 healthy volunteers whose lungs were preoxygenated six times each in order to assess the amount of room air entrained during tidal volume preoxygenation if a good seal is not maintained between the face mask and the face. With a fresh gas flow of 10 litre min-1, we found that using gravity alone to h...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： McGowan P,Skinner A

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Interscalene brachial plexus block (ISBPB) is an effective nerve block for shoulder surgery. However, a 100% incidence of phrenic nerve palsy limits the application of ISBPB for patients with limited pulmonary reserve. We examined the incidence of phrenic nerve palsy with a low-volume ISBPB compared with a s...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Riazi S,Carmichael N,Awad I,Holtby RM,McCartney CJ

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The second gas effect (SGE) is considered to be significant only during periods of large volume N(2)O uptake (VN(2)O); however, the SGE of small VN(2)O has not been studied. We hypothesized that the SGE of N(2)O on sevoflurane would become less pronounced when sevoflurane administration is started 60 min aft...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Hendrickx JF,Carette R,Lemmens HJ,De Wolf AM

更新日期：2006-03-01 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：:A modification of an i.v. regional anaesthesia (IVRA) technique is described in which the arm is re-exsanguinated before surgery (re-IVRA). IVRA and re-IVRA were compared for quality of operative field, sensory and motor block, quality of analgesia and blood concentrations of prilocaine, lignocaine and mepivacaine in ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Rawal N,Hallén J,Amilon A,Hellstrand P

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plasma-free volume replacement in haemorrhage often results in dilutional coagulopathy. Prothrombin time index (PTI) and activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) are used for monitoring haemostasis but have not yet been clinically evaluated. Our aim was to investigate the effects of haemodilution on the ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Weiss G,Lison S,Spannagl M,Heindl B

更新日期：2010-10-01 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:Arterial catheterization is painful and is associated with patient stress and anxiety. Analgesia is usually provided by subcutaneous injection of local anaesthetic. An alternative is topical anaesthesia, such as Rapydan which is a novel topical anaesthetic patch containing 70 mg each of lidocaine and tetraca...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Ruetzler K,Sima B,Mayer L,Golescu A,Dunkler D,Jaeger W,Hoeferl M,You J,Sessler DI,Grubhofer G,Hutschala D

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is considerable evidence that the use of tidal volumes <6 ml kg(-1) predicted body weight (PBW) reduces mortality in mechanically ventilated patients. We evaluated the effectiveness of using a large screen displaying delivered tidal volume in ml kg(-1) (PBW) for reducing tidal volumes. METHODS:We asse...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Bourdeaux CP,Birnie K,Trickey A,Thomas MJ,Sterne J,Donovan JL,Benger J,Brandling J,Gould TH

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00