Improving the efficiency of the drawover anaesthetic breathing system.

abstract：:Speed of injection of bupivacaine was assessed in 73 women who received epidural analgesia in labour. Rapid injection was shown to produce quicker onset of epidural block and more reliable perineal anaesthesia than slow injection, but there was no difference in the final extent of the block. ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Griffiths RB,Horton WA,Jones IG,Blake D

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Administration of vasopressors or inotropes during liver transplant surgery is almost universal, as this procedure is often accompanied by massive haemorrhage, acid-base imbalance, and cardiovascular instability. However, the actual agents that should be used and the choice between a vasopressor and an inotrope strate...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Hong SH,Park CS,Jung HS,Choi H,Lee SR,Lee J,Choi JH

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of neostigmine on neuromuscular function was examined after spontaneous recovery from an atracurium-induced neuromuscular blockade, which reached a train-of-four ratio of either 0.5 or 0.9. Two doses of neostigmine 2.5 mg were given 5 minutes apart. Neuromuscular recovery was assessed with train-of-four and...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Goldhill DR,Wainwright AP,Stuart CS,Flynn PJ

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a randomised controlled trial to compare the efficacy of forced-air warming (Bair Hugger(trade mark), Augustine Medical model 500/OR, Prairie, MN) with that of an electric heating pad (Operatherm 202, KanMed, Sweden) for maintenance of intra-operative body temperature in 60 patients undergoing total knee ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Ng V,Lai A,Ho V

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred adult patients who required mechanical ventilation after open heart surgery for coronary revascularisation were studied. All received a standard premedication and a high dose opioid anaesthetic. On arrival in the intensive care unit they were allocated randomly to receive either propofol or midazolam to ma...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： McMurray TJ,Collier PS,Carson IW,Lyons SM,Elliott P

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goals for ambulatory surgery are rapid recovery with minimal side effects, adequate postoperative pain control, rapid patient discharge and overall cost containment. The addition of regional anaesthetic techniques has been shown to decrease nausea, postoperative pain scores and the need for post-anaesthesia care u...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Kopp SL,Horlocker TT

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemodynamic instability is a recognised phenomenon in critically ill patients undergoing hyperbaric therapy. Instability may result from the effects of ambient pressure on the cardiovascular system, devices involved in infusion of drugs and fluids, or a combination of the two. The effect of hyperbaric pressure on air...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Hopson AS,Greenstein A

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fazadinium was administered as an intravenous bolus of 0.5 or 1 mg/kg to nine patients during neurolept-anaesthesia. Continuous recording of neuromuscular activity and serial collection of blood samples for drug assay allowed the relationship between neuromuscular blockade and plasma fazadinium concentration to be stu...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Bevan DR,D'Souza J,Rouse JM,Caldwell J,Smith RL

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vecuronium was administered to patients in doses of 100, 150, 200 and 250 micrograms/kg and the duration of action recorded by noting the time to recovery of the first twitch in a train-of-four to 10% of the control twitch. The recovery times ranged from a mean of 28.4 minutes (100 micrograms/kg) to 72.4 minutes (250 ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Feldman SA,Liban JB

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and eighty-three patients were studied to examine the role of a number of risk factors in the development of silent ischaemia after general anaesthesia for general and vascular surgery. We collected evidence of cardiovascular risk factors using a binary questionnaire. The patients were monitored pre- and p...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Howell SJ,Hemming AE,Allman KG,Glover L,Sear JW,Foëx P

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty patients scheduled for routine eye surgery were randomly allocated to receive either diazepam 0.2 mg/kg or ascorbic acid 100 mg orally 90 minutes pre-operatively in a double-blind fashion. Diazepam caused no significant change in intra-ocular pressure. ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Trew CT,Manus NJ,Jackson DM

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The peri-operative and postoperative effects of propofol given by infusion were compared with halothane as a supplement to nitrous oxide-oxygen anaesthesia for body surface surgery in patients who breathed spontaneously. Anaesthesia was induced after opioid premedication, with either propofol 2.5 mg/kg or thiopentone ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Sear JW,Shaw I,Wolf A,Kay NH

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A decision by a society to sanction assisted dying in any form should logically go hand-in-hand with defining the acceptable method(s). Assisted dying is legal in several countries and we have reviewed the methods commonly used, contrasting these with an analysis of capital punishment in the USA. We expected that, sin...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Sinmyee S,Pandit VJ,Pascual JM,Dahan A,Heidegger T,Kreienbühl G,Lubarsky DA,Pandit JJ

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extradural analgesia is well established for relief of pain but in certain cases unusual difficulties may be encountered. We report our experiences of a patient with congenital ichthyosis who required extradural analgesia for the relief of pain in labour. ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Smart G,Bradshaw EG

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Target controlled infusions of propofol use a pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic model to calculate an effect site concentration of the drug. We assessed the cardiovascular stability of 10 healthy patients using non-invasive thoracic bioimpedance and their 'depth' of anaesthesia using the Bispectral index after they had ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Jack ES,Shaw M,Harten JM,Anderson K,Kinsella J

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a well-defined fast-track setup for total hip and knee arthroplasty, with a multimodal analgesic regimen consisting of intra-operative local anaesthetic infiltration and oral celecoxib, gabapentin and paracetamol for 6 days postoperatively, we conducted a prospective, consecutive, observational study. The purpose w...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Andersen LØ,Gaarn-Larsen L,Kristensen BB,Husted H,Otte KS,Kehlet H

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A high frequency oscillator and its interface with the Siemens 900C ventilator form a combined high frequency oscillator and intermittent positive pressure ventilator. This combined high frequency ventilator is designed for use in selected cases of refractory hypoxaemia. ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Raphael JH,Atkinson I,Bexton MD

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite numerous guidelines on the management of anaemia in surgical patients, there is no pragmatic guidance for the diagnosis and management of anaemia and iron deficiency in the postoperative period. A number of experienced researchers and clinicians took part in a two-day expert workshop and developed the followin...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Muñoz M,Acheson AG,Bisbe E,Butcher A,Gómez-Ramírez S,Khalafallah AA,Kehlet H,Kietaibl S,Liumbruno GM,Meybohm P,Rao Baikady R,Shander A,So-Osman C,Spahn DR,Klein AA

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated if adding low-dose ketamine to fentanyl could offer a haemodynamically stable drug combination with little respiratory side-effects. Eight healthy, consenting male volunteers received in a random, cross-over and double-blind fashion both fentanyl 2 micrograms.kg-1 + ketamine 0.25 mg.kg-1 and fenta...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Mildh L,Taittonen M,Leino K,Kirvelä O

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated whether pretreatment with glycopyrronium can attenuate the hypotension caused by anaesthesia of the elderly with propofol. Twenty elderly patients (77.1 +/- 2.44 years, mean +/- SEM) of ASA physical status 2 or 3 scheduled for elective urological procedures were given glycopyrronium 0 (n = 10) ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Sneyd JR,Mayall R

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various methods have been developed to confirm proper intubation of the trachea. This blind, randomised study evaluates some of these quantitatively and qualitatively. Forty patients had both their trachea and oesophagus intubated. A procedure that included auscultation of the upper abdomen and lungs was 100% reliable...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Andersen KH,Hald A

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the use of a questionnaire to define the difficulties in providing anaesthesia in Uganda. The results show that 23% of anaesthetists have the facilities to deliver safe anaesthesia to an adult, 13% to deliver safe anaesthesia to a child and 6% to deliver safe anaesthesia for a Caesarean section. The questi...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Hodges SC,Mijumbi C,Okello M,McCormick BA,Walker IA,Wilson IH

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 2-year-old boy with symptoms of a minor upper respiratory tract infection developed Haemophilus influenzae pneumonia that presented as hypoxaemia under anaesthesia for minor emergency surgery. The patient required 72 hours of mechanical ventilation in an intensive care unit after the anaesthetic and thereafter made ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Campbell NN

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The emergency treatment of serious disorders of cardiac rhythm, left heart failure, cardiogenic shock, and cyanotic attacks is discussed. The article is intended for medical practitioners without special cardiological experience. ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Chamberlain DA,Williams JH

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirteen patients were monitored for nocturnal body position (supine vs. side) and arterial oxygen saturation pre-operatively and on the second postoperative night after major abdominal surgery. The number of positional changes were significantly decreased after operation (p < 0.05) with a trend towards more time spen...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Rosenberg-Adamsen S,Stausholm K,Edvardsen L,Zwarts M,Kehlet H,Rosenberg J

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten patients, with a range of illness severity, received a continuous 8-hour infusion of undiluted propofol for sedation while undergoing mechanical ventilation in a general intensive care unit. The level of sedation was assessed hourly and measurements were made of haemodynamic, respiratory, haematological and bioche...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Newman LH,McDonald JC,Wallace PG,Ledingham IM

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various antacid or antisecretory agents are used to reduce the risk to patients of aspiration of gastric contents during general anaesthesia and a trial of the gastric proton pump inhibitor, omeprazole, is reported here. Twenty women admitted for elective Caesarean section under general anaesthesia received a single 8...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Moore J,Flynn RJ,Sampaio M,Wilson CM,Gillon KR

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to compare the cardiorespiratory effects of high frequency jet ventilation at 150 breaths/minute with and without added positive and expiratory pressure, with conventional intermittent positive pressure ventilation in 20 patients following aortocoronary bypass graft surgery. On comparison with ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Normandale J,Patrick M,Sherry KM,Feneck RO

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a 14-year-old girl who deliberately ingested 8-9 g of dapsone and presented with severe methaemoglobinaemia and altered mental status. Prompt treatment with repeated doses of methylene blue and organ support brought about control of the methaemoglobinaemia and averted organ failure. ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Ferguson AJ,Lavery GG

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eleven brain-dead organ donors were studied during surgery. Plasma levels of adrenaline and noradrenaline were measured before and after skin incision, upon sternotomy and 15, 30 and 45 min thereafter. Haemodynamic changes were measured continuously throughout the observation period. Blood pressure and heart rate incr...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Fitzgerald RD,Dechtyar I,Templ E,Fridrich P,Lackner FX

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00