A national survey of safe practice with epidural analgesia in obstetric units.

abstract：:Crude delivery rate is used to calculate requirements for consultant anaesthetic sessions in the UK, but this calculation is arbitrary and ignores differences in case-mix between units. The term 'epidural rate' is commonly used to indicate regional anaesthetic activity but has never been defined. We challenge both the...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Yentis SM,Robinson PN

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Laryngeal Tube S and the LMA-ProSeal are supraglottic instruments with an improved airway seal and a drainage tube to protect against regurgitation and to facilitate passage of a gastric tube. We compared the feasibility of these two instruments in a randomised, controlled clinical trial. One hundred and sixty pat...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Klaver NS,Kuizenga K,Ballast A,Fidler V

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the Nottingham Physiology Simulator, we investigated the effects on pre-oxygenation and apnoea during rapid sequence induction of labour, obesity, sepsis, pre-eclampsia, maternal haemorrhage and multiple pregnancy in term pregnancy. Pre-oxygenation with 100% oxygen was followed by simulated rapid sequence induct...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： McClelland SH,Bogod DG,Hardman JG

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective trial was designed to assess the effectiveness of three different concentrations of bupivacaine (Marcain) for use in obstetric epidural analgesia. The purpose of the study was to see if reduction of the concentration of bupivacaine to 0.125% would reduce the total dose of the drug given without reducing ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Stainthorp SF,Bradshaw EG,Challen PD,Tobias MA

更新日期：1978-01-01 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：:A new, rigid intubating fibrescope, the Upsherscope, was evaluated in clinical practice. Intubation was attempted in 200 adult patients and was successful in 191, with a median intubation time of 38 s, range 14-154 s. Intubation was straightforward in just under half of the patients. Difficulties were encountered in p...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Pearce AC,Shaw S,Macklin S

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing numbers of elderly patients with severe co-existing medical diseases undergo major surgery. With these patients there is also an accompanying risk of age-related cardiovascular complications such as life-threatening myocardial ischaemia. We present a patient who suffered a myocardial infarction after a hemi...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Obal D,Kindgen-Milles D,Schoebel F,Schlack W

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared haemoglobin concentration values obtained using a portable haemoglobinometer, the HemoCue, in the operating theatre with the results obtained by the Coulter Max-M in the laboratory. Haemoglobin concentrations were measured on 52 arterial blood samples obtained from 13 patients during aortic surgery, in the...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Lardi AM,Hirst C,Mortimer AJ,McCollum CN

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a period of one year, 119 patients with chronic pain received injections of opioids via a catheter inserted in the lumbar epidural space. Twenty-three patients (19%) showed evidence of tolerance and were given droperidol 1.25-5.0 mg epidurally. In 20 patients in this study, there was a significant reduction in ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Bach V,Carl P,Ravlo O,Crawford ME,Werner M

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey was conducted on 100 consecutive patients who underwent spinal anaesthesia in our urology operating theatres. Details of the spinal technique were recorded in the operating theatre. In 25% of patients, more than one attempt at subarachnoid puncture was required and 16% of this group went on to require general...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Harrison DA,Langham BT

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have compared a rapid sequence induction of anaesthesia using propofol 2 mg.kg-1 and alfentanil 50 micrograms.kg-1, with a standard technique using thiopentone 5 mg.kg-1 and suxamethonium 1 mg.kg-1. The incidence of complications, and the quality of conditions for intubation, were similar in both groups. The patien...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Beck GN,Masterson GR,Richards J,Bunting P

更新日期：1993-10-01 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：:The triggering of phantom limb pain by subarachnoid or epidural anaesthesia has been well described leading to the suggestion that neuraxial regional anaesthesia is relatively contraindicated in lower limb amputees. We report our experience of the provision of anaesthesia for repeat Caesarean section on two occasions ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Uncles DR,Glynn CJ,Carrie LE

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To date, the dosing of sugammadex is based on real body weight without taking fat content into account. We compared the reversal of profound rocuronium-induced neuromuscular blockade in morbidly obese patients using doses of sugammadex based on four different weight corrections. One hundred morbidly obese patients, sc...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Van Lancker P,Dillemans B,Bogaert T,Mulier JP,De Kock M,Haspeslagh M

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this double-blind, randomised study was to assess the effects of the addition of 0.5 mg of vecuronium bromide to a standard local anaesthetic mixture used for peribulbar anaesthesia. We studied 60 patients undergoing regional anaesthesia for intra-ocular surgery and were primarily interested in the quality ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Reah G,Bodenham AR,Braithwaite P,Esmond J,Menage MJ

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anaesthetic conditions, recovery and side effects for 48 hours postoperatively were compared after anaesthesia for day surgery using propofol or thiopentone-enflurane with and without alfentanil. Propofol provided good conditions for surgery with faster immediate recovery (p less than 0.001); patients who received...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Millar JM,Jewkes CF

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients who had undergone emergency tracheal intubation developed signs of aspiration of ingested food. Nasendoscopy demonstrated supraglottic anaesthesia which recovered from the laryngeal margins in towards the vocal cords. It is assumed that this was caused by a neuropraxia of the internal branch of the superi...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Aucott W,Prinsley P,Madden G

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of a portable generator which liberates oxygen from hydrogen peroxide solutions has been investigated in veterinary anaesthesia to assess its potential as an alternative to conventional oxygen supplies both in emergency situations and in the event of failure of cylinder systems. The reliability of the supply a...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Hall LW,Kellagher RE,Fleet KJ

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple modification to an existing adult ventilator has been designed to permit mechanical ventilation of neonates and small children with the Ayre's T-piece circuit. The Nuffield Anaesthesia Ventilator Series 200 has been modified by replacing the piston in the patient valve with a fixed leak. This arrangement avoi...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Newton NI,Hillman KM,Varley JG

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia, also called right ventricular cardiomyopathy, is a genetically determined heart muscle disease, characterised by life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias in apparently healthy young people. The primary myocardial pathology is that the myocardium of the right ventricular free...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Alexoudis AK,Spyridonidou AG,Vogiatzaki TD,Iatrou CA

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：:The anaesthetic management of patients undergoing tracheal resection for tracheal stenosis and the advantage of the maintenance of spontaneous respiration without intubation of the distal tracheal segment is discussed. The case reports of two such patients using a continuous intravenous infusion of Althesin with maint...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Vyas AB,Lyons SM,Dundee JW

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pre-operative radionuclide angiography, a non-invasive technique for evaluating ventricular function, was performed on 34 consecutive patients undergoing aortobifemoral bypass grafting for abdominal aortic occlusive disease, to determine whether pre-existing coronary artery disease causes significant modification of c...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Commin P,Coriat P,Fauchet M,Kural S,Menasche P,Romary D,Echter E

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to evaluate whether the application of cricoid pressure at the time of induction of anaesthesia was associated with a lesser incidence of postoperative nausea or vomiting in the immediate postoperative period compared with a group in which no cricoid pressure was applied, in patients undergoing day ca...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Khan FA,ul Haq A

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Only two cases of deliberate self-poisoning with metformin have been described in the literature. We report the management of three cases, all of which presented with severe lactic acidosis. Two cases had a fatal outcome. The options for treatment and previous cases reported in the literature are reviewed. Recommendat...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Teale KF,Devine A,Stewart H,Harper NJ

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recovery is an abstract quantity the definition of which varies according to the pre-dilection of individual institutions, clinicians or patients. While traditionally focused on immediate postoperative restitution of function and readiness for discharge, recovery assessment has progressively expanded its focus to incl...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Bowyer AJ,Royse CF

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we compared urinary bladder and oesophageal temperatures with the core temperature obtained from a pulmonary artery catheter in patients undergoing orthotopic liver transplantation. The bladder temperature was a closer approximation to pulmonary artery temperature in this group of patients than the oesop...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Russell SH,Freeman JW

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allogeneic red cell transfusion is a commonly used treatment to improve the oxygen carrying capacity of blood during the peri-operative period. Increasing arterial oxygen content by increasing haemoglobin does not necessarily increase tissue oxygen delivery or uptake. Although the evidence-base for red cell transfusio...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Shah A,Stanworth SJ,McKechnie S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:X-radiation has been shown to produce nitric oxide (NO) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in the presence of nitrous oxide (N2O). The purpose of the present study was to confirm how much NO and NO2 was produced when constant amounts of nitrous oxide were exposed to constant X-radiation. Twenty polyethylene bottles (capacity ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Yanagida H,Nakajima M

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mortality remains high for patients on the waiting list for organ transplantation. A marked imbalance between the number of available organs and recipients that need to be transplanted persists. Organs from deceased donors are often declined due to perceived and actual suboptimal quality. Adequate donor management off...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Bera KD,Shah A,English MR,Harvey D,Ploeg RJ

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00