Rapid pressure compensation by automated cuff pressure controllers worsens sealing in tracheal tubes.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Multiple studies have shown that cerebral tissue oxygen saturation (Sct(O(2))) is decreased after phenylephrine treatment. We hypothesized that the negative impact of phenylephrine administration on Sct(O(2)) is affected by arterial blood carbon dioxide partial pressure (Pa(CO(2))) because CO(2) is a powerfu...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Meng L,Gelb AW,Alexander BS,Cerussi AE,Tromberg BJ,Yu Z,Mantulin WW

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT) is associated with a number of life-threatening complications. We present a case of massive and fatal arterial haemorrhage that occurred in the intensive care unit during an elective PDT on an 86-year-old woman following earlier evacuation of a traumatic subdural haematoma....

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Shlugman D,Satya-Krishna R,Loh L

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six patients with airway stenosis were submitted to bronchoscopy under general anaesthesia. Each was ventilated with a gas mixture of 50% oxygen and nitrogen using successively manual jet insufflation (JV) using the Sanders technique at 20 b.p.m., and high frequency jet ventilation (HFJV) at rates of 150, 300 and 500 ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Vourc'h G,Fischler M,Michon F,Melchior JC,Seigneur F

更新日期：1983-10-01 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：: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：:The problems of selection of tracheal tubes, and the need for a rationale, are outlined. Tracheal tubes of 7.5 mm and 8.5 mm i.d. are recommended for female and male patients, respectively. Tracheal size was determined using high pressure-low volume cuffs as measuring devices. The average diameter of the cuff at seal ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Chandler M,Crawley BE

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The central venous catheter (CVC) is associated with numerous complications more so during the process of insertion. We report for the first time how an indwelling catheter was entrapped by a replacement catheter on the same side, after being speared by the introducer needle and guidewire. The diagnosis was made when ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Dhanani J,Senthuran S,Olivotto R,Boots RJ,Lipman J

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Delirium commonly manifests in the postoperative period as a clinical syndrome resulting from acute brain dysfunction or encephalopathy. Delirium is characterized by acute and often fluctuating changes in attention and cognition. Emergence delirium typically presents and resolves within minutes to hours after terminat...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Palanca BJA,Wildes TS,Ju YS,Ching S,Avidan MS

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The analgesic efficacy of a 150-mg meptazinol suppository was compared with that of morphine 10 mg i.m. in the treatment of moderate postoperative pain. Two groups of 15 female patients took part in a 4-h, randomized double-blind, double-dummy study on the first day after elective abdominal hysterectomy. Meptazinol di...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Moores MA,Frater R,Parry P,Hanning CD

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intrathecal midazolam causes antinociception by combining with spinal cord benzodiazepine receptors. This effect is reversible with doses of naloxone, suggesting involvement of spinal kappa or delta but not mu opioid receptors. The antinociceptive effects of intrathecally administered drugs in the spinal cord were dem...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Goodchild CS,Guo Z,Musgreave A,Gent JP

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have compared the viability criteria of muscle bundles used in the in vitro contracture test for susceptibility to malignant hyperthermia (MH) in a group of 28 patients with various neuromuscular diseases (NMD) and 93 MH-related family patients. In the patients with NMD, this standard test gave one positive, six eq...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Adnet PJ,Krivosic-Horber RM,Krivosic I,Haudecoeur G,Reyford HG,Adamantidis MM,Medahoui H

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fast inactivation of sodium channel function is modified by anaesthetics. Its quantitative contribution to the overall anaesthetic effect is assessed by removing the fast inactivation mechanism enzymatically. Sodium channels from human brain cortex were incorporated into planar lipid bilayers. After incorporation, cha...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Wartenberg HC,Urban BW,Duch DS

更新日期：1999-01-01 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：:Human error poses significant risk for hospitalized patients causing an estimated 100,000 to 400,000 deaths in the USA annually. Medication errors contribute, with error occurring in 5.3% of medication administrations during surgery. In this study 70.3% of medication errors were deemed preventable. Given the paucity o...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Wahr JA,Abernathy JH 3rd,Lazarra EH,Keebler JR,Wall MH,Lynch I,Wolfe R,Cooper RL

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of the combination of opiates and hypnotics on bispectral index (BIS) is unclear. This double-blind placebo-controlled trial investigated the effect on BIS and sedation of different infusion doses of remifentanil combined with a steady infusion of propofol. Forty patients initially received a target-control...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Strachan AN,Edwards ND

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied 325 patients undergoing elective noncardiac surgery who had preoperative ambulatory ECG monitoring performed for a duration of 5130 h (range 8-24 h; mean 15.8 h). Sixty-four subjects (20%) had one or more episodes of ST segment depression consistent with myocardial ischaemia. Of all preoperative cardiovascu...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Allman KG,Muir A,Howell SJ,Hemming AE,Sear JW,Foëx P

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have compared bispectral index (BIS), 95% spectral edge frequency (SEF) and approximate entropy (ApEn) in 37 patients during induction and recovery from a short general anaesthetic. Heart rate variability (HRV) was also compared during induction only. These indices were noted at the start of induction, when a syrin...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Sleigh JW,Donovan J

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Raised intracranial pressure (ICP) and low cerebral blood flow (CBF) are associated with ischaemia and poor outcome after brain injury. Therefore, many management protocols target these parameters. This overview summarizes the technical aspects of ICP and CBF monitoring, and their role in the clinical management of br...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Steiner LA,Andrews PJ

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypothermia during prolonged surgery may be prevented by active and passive warming methods. We have compared randomly two types of occlusive body wraps in groups of 20 patients. One wrap had additional reflective properties which, by reducing radiative in addition to convective and evaporative heat loss, was expected...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Deacock S,Holdcroft A

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute pulmonary embolism (APE) is an important clinical problem in patients after major surgery and often remains a difficult diagnosis because of unspecific clinical symptoms. Therefore, we investigated the role of N-terminal prohormone of brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) for the detection of APE. MET...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Winkler BE,Schuetz W,Froeba G,Muth CM

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maternal haemorrhage is the leading cause of preventable maternal death worldwide and encompasses antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum bleeding. This review highlights factors that predispose to severe bleeding, its management, and the most recent treatment and guidelines. Advances in obstetric care have provided p...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Walfish M,Neuman A,Wlody D

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One explanation for diminished opioid analgesic efficacy is opioid-induced hyperalgesia (OIH). We report a case of OIH in an infant with gastroschisis, requiring multiple surgical interventions and prolonged sedation for ventilation. This is the first report of OIH in an infant. On day 41 of life after nine separate s...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Hallett BR,Chalkiadis GA

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined the effects of sedation with midazolam 0.1 mg kg-1 and reversal with flumazenil 0.5 mg on beat-to-beat heart rate (HR) variability (HRV), systolic arterial pressure (SAP), finger photoplethysmograph amplitude (PLA) and impedence pneumography in eight volunteers. With the onset of sedation there was a ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Galletly DC,Williams TB,Robinson BJ

更新日期：1996-04-01 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：:A new method has been developed to measure end-tidal carbon dioxide partial pressure (PECO2) during high frequency jet ventilation (HFJV). A digital flow controller incorporated in a computerized high frequency jet ventilator was used to deliver either a single deep breath or a series of three deep breaths. On user re...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Sehati S,Young JD,Sykes MK,McLeod CN

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ischaemia is one of the causative mechanisms of peripheral nerve injury, a documented complication of regional anaesthesia. Local anaesthetics per se and/or vasopressor adjuvants may account for changes in peripheral nerve blood flow. The aim of this study was to test the effects of levobupivacaine and ropiv...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Bouaziz H,Iohom G,Estèbe JP,Campana WM,Myers RR

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between maternal FIO2 and umbilical venous PO2, PCO2, pH and neonatal Apgar and TSR (time to sustained respiration) scores was studied in 35 patients undergoing Caesarean section under general anaesthesia. Patients were allocated randomly to breathe an FIO2 of either 0.5 or 0.33. Umbilical venous bloo...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Lawes EG,Newman B,Campbell MJ,Irwin M,Dolenska S,Thomas TA

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dose-duration relationships for vecuronium were determined and the duration of action produced by vecuronium 0.3 mg kg-1 shown to equal that of pancuronium 0.1 mg kg-1. Using these doses, the neuromuscular blocking properties and cardiovascular effects of the two drugs were compared. With large dose administration of ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Rørvik K,Husby P,Gramstad L,Vamnes JS,Bitsch-Larsen L,Koller ME

更新日期：1988-08-01 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：:By analysing the EEG, reticular multi-unit activity and behavioural changes, we have classified general anaesthetics into three groups: central nervous system (CNS) depressant, CNS excitant and epileptogenic agents. Changes in CNS neural activity are associated with alteration in transmitter release. We have attempted...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Shichino T,Murakawa M,Adachi T,Arai T,Miyazaki Y,Mori K

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00