Peri-operative anaesthetic management of cytoreductive surgery with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy.

abstract：:A randomised, double-blind placebo controlled study was undertaken to assess the analgesic efficacy of diclofenac. Following major abdominal surgery and 12 hours later, patients received either placebo or diclofenac 75 mg intramuscularly and their cumulative morphine requirements administered by a patient-controlled s...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Hodsman NB,Burns J,Blyth A,Kenny GN,McArdle CS,Rotman H

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reviews the current literature on the management of hypotension during subarachnoid block in the elderly. Hypotension results from blockade of the sympathetic nervous system, which causes decreases in both systemic vascular resistance and cardiac output. Abolition of normal cardiovascular reflexes is also...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Critchley LA

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

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：:We conducted a randomised controlled trial comparing the laryngeal mask airway Supreme(™) with the laryngeal mask airway Unique(™) in children. Fifty children presenting for elective surgery were randomly assigned to receive either the laryngeal mask airway Supreme or laryngeal mask airway Unique. The outcomes measure...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Jagannathan N,Sohn LE,Sawardekar A,Chang E,Langen KE,Anderson K

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of patients requiring tracheal intubation rose dramatically in March and April 2020 with the COVID-19 outbreak. Our thoracic surgery department has seen an increased incidence of severe pneumomediastinum referred for surgical opinion in intubated patients with COVID-19 pneumonitis. Here we present a series ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Wali A,Rizzo V,Bille A,Routledge T,Chambers AJ

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nerve stimulation is considered by many to be the current 'gold standard' for locating peripheral nerves. Thirteen nerve stimulators were subjected to a battery of tests performed by two independent observers under standardised conditions using a digital oscilloscope, a calibrated resistance and a novel scoring system...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Jochum D,Iohom G,Diarra DP,Loughnane F,Dupré LJ,Bouaziz H

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Vital View laryngoscope (Vital Signs, NJ, USA) consists of a plastic disposable blade containing a fibrelight and a non-disposable handle; there is therefore no need to sterilise the blade and no concern about disintegration of the fibrelight. In a random cross-over design, we compared the Vital View laryngoscope ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Asai T,Uchiyama Y,Yamamoto K,Johmura S,Shingu K

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A non-invasive technique of measuring cardiac output changes is described and studies of its accuracy and reproducibility are reviewed. Cardiac output changes in 11 patients undergoing Caesarean section under general anaesthesia were measured with this technique. Increases in cardiac output after induction and commenc...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Newman B

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Minaxolone has been used to induce anaesthesia, and in incremental doses to supplement nitrous oxide, in 100 patients undergoing minor surgical procedures. Half the patients received a small dose of fentanyl before induction. Minaxolone proved to be a satisfactory induction agent. The commonest complications were an i...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Punchihewa VG,Morgan M,Lumley J,Whitwam JG

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of thiopentone and propofol on delayed hypersensitivity reactions and T lymphocyte proliferation were studied in nine healthy volunteers (five women and four men). Thiopentone 5 mg.kg-1 and propofol 2.5 mg kg-1 were given as a 10 min infusion on two separate occasions. The volunteers were exposed to a skin...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Devlin EG,Clarke RS,Mirakhur RK,McNeill TA

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the respiratory effects of 5 and 10 cmH2O pressure support ventilation during anaesthesia with 1.5% end-tidal concentration of isoflurane in nine healthy, spontaneously breathing, adult patients. Some of the patients demonstrated an irregular respiratory pattern with periods of apnoea and we therefore ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Bhatt SB,Chui PT,Gin T,Tam YH,Oh TE

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey of nurses and anaesthetists in a 500-bed teaching hospital set out to discover how they located a drug container in order to read its label and verify its contents. Members of each group assessed the value of seven factors thought to help in this location and answered questions on personal errors in drug admi...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Smellie GD,Lees NW,Smith EM

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Animal studies have shown that injection pressures > 75 kPa indicate probable intrafascicular needle tip position. This study describes the flow/pressure characteristics of seven common needle systems. A syringe pump delivered flow rates of 5, 6.67, 10, 13.3, 15 and 20 ml.min(-1) through these needle systems, while ke...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Patil JJ,Ford S,Egeler C,Williams DJ

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-four patients scheduled for routine gynaecological surgery through a Pfannenstiel incision were given either nalbuphine or papaveretum as premedication, with hyoscine. Respiratory depression was measured by carbon dioxide rebreathing before and one hour after premedication. Both combinations produced significant...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Rutter GG,Aveling W,Tusiewicz K

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional capacity is an integral component of the pre-operative evaluation of the cardiac patient for non-cardiac surgery. Stair climbing capacity has peri-operative prognostic importance. It may predict survival after lung resection and complications after major non-cardiac surgery. However, stair climbing cannot d...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Biccard BM

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case is presented of a patient who ingested a potentially fatal dose of phenylbutazone. Her clinical condition deteriorated despite adequate supportive therapy and the use of charcoal haemoperfusion proved life-saving. ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Strong JE,Wilson J,Douglas JF,Coppel DL

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the attitudes of 96 patients and 163 anaesthetists to the need for obtaining informed consent before specialist airway techniques. Participants were asked to score six questions using a numerical scale, as to whether they thought consent was necessary before specific procedures, particularly in relatio...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Bray JK,Yentis SM

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Claims notified to the NHS Litigation Authority in England between 1995 and 2007 and filed under anaesthesia were analysed to explore patterns of injury and cost related to airway or respiratory events. Of 841 interpretable claims the final dataset contained 96 claims of dental damage, 67 airway-related claims and 24 ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Cook TM,Scott S,Mihai R

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data were collected from 1057 consecutive patients who received patient-controlled epidural analgesia for postoperative pain relief, using 0.1% bupivacaine with 5 microg x ml(-1) fentanyl in all cases. Prescriptions were not otherwise standardised. On the first postoperative day, 741/801 patients (92.5%) had adequate ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Wigfull J,Welchew E

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular sieves are used in industry to 'scrub' industrial gases. We examined, during simulated low-flow closed system anaesthesia, (1) the carbon dioxide adsorbing potential of molecular sieves and (2) the reactivity of the sieves compared to soda lime using sevoflurane as an indicator. A low-flow anaesthetic system...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Fee JP,Murray JM,Luney SR

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To date, anaesthesia-related mortality, morbidity and risk factors have almost exclusively been studied qualitatively rather than quantitatively. Therefore, knowledge of the relative risk associated with many anaesthesia-related factors is still lacking. Recently, a quantitative study of the determinants and preventio...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Arbous MS,Grobbee DE,van Kleef JW,Meursing AE

更新日期：1998-02-01 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：:We conducted a double blind, prospective, controlled trial comparing intubating conditions after induction with a propofol-ephedrine combination or propofol alone, followed by rocuronium. One hundred adult patients were randomly assigned to receive either propofol 2.5 mg x kg(-1) and ephedrine 15 mg in combination or ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Tan CH,Onisong MK,Chiu WK

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A newly designed 4 FG double-lumen catheter with the second port located either 5 or 7 cm proximal to the tip was tested in five children undergoing open heart surgery. The catheter was inserted percutaneously and initially positioned in the superior vena cava, right atrium or inferior vena cava. During cardiopulmonar...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Fukutome T,Kohjiro M,Sese A,Ueno Y

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peri-operative risk estimation has traditionally focused on assessing the likelihood of postoperative morbidity and mortality using pre-operative functional assessment. Although this strategy is currently recommended by most major society guidelines, contemporary evidence suggests that cardiac biomarker measurement ha...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Ruzycki SM,Prystajecky M,Driedger MR,Kachra R

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Undetected defects in the inner tube of the Bain coaxial anaesthetic breathing system may result in a greatly increased apparatus deadspace. Several authorities have advocated tests intended to detect inner tube problems; however, the efficacy of these tests has never been validated. In this study none of the tests we...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Heath PJ,Marks LF

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have designed an automatic detector system for noninvasive monitoring of irrigating fluid absorption during transurethral resection of the prostate. Ethanol, which is used as a tracer for the fluid, is measured in the expired breath of the patient. The breath ethanol monitor can be used both in the awake patient an...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Hahn RG,Larsson H,Ribbe T

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A ketamine, midazolam and vecuronium infusion was used for total intravenous anesthesia in a patient with Down's syndrome, a ventricular septal defect and pulmonary hypertension. A mixture of ketamine 200 mg, midazolam 5 mg and vecuronium 12 mg in 50 ml of normal saline was infused at 0.5 ml/kg/hour. This simple techn...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Riley DP,McBride LJ

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this bench-top study was to determine the subatmospheric tracheal pressures that could be generated by different sizes of suction catheters when placed into the different sizes of tracheal tubes encountered in adult anaesthetic practice. Five sizes of suction catheter were studied from 8 to 16 Fr and fi...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Vanner R,Bick E

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty fit patients presenting for elective total hip replacement were randomly allocated to receive a premedication of 60 or 90 mg controlled-release oral morphine or 15 mg intramuscular morphine. Postoperative analgesia was assessed using on-demand intravenous pethidine supplementation requirements. In 15 patients f...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Slowey HF,Reynolds AD,Mapleson WW,Vickers MD

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00