The use of the Penlon Nuffield 200 in a monoplace hyperbaric oxygen chamber. An evaluation of its use and a clinical report in two patients requiring ventilation for carbon monoxide poisoning.

abstract：:Alkalinisation of local anaesthetic drugs is a controversial technique for improving regional blockade. Forty-two patients scheduled for upper limb surgery received axillary brachial plexus anaesthesia using a cannula technique. Patients were randomly allocated to receive either lignocaine 1.5% with 1 in 200,000 adren...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Gormley WP,Hill DA,Murray JM,Fee JP

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute risk change has been described as the difference in calculated mortality risk between the pre-operative and postoperative periods of cardiac surgery. We aimed to assess whether this was associated with long-term survival after cardiac surgery. We retrospectively analysed 22,570 cardiac surgical patients, with mi...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Coulson TG,Bailey M,Reid CM,Tran L,Mullany DV,Smith JA,Pilcher D

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to evaluate postoperative nutrition in women who have undergone Caesarean section, we conducted a national survey. Questionnaires were sent to 100 randomly selected obstetric units in the UK, and were completed and returned by senior midwives. We found that that only 21.5% of units had a departmental policy c...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Worthington LM,Mulcahy AJ,White S,Flynn PJ

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case is described of an extensive block and hypotension which occurred after inadvertent dural puncture and subsequent epidural injection of bupivacaine. The subarachnoid spread of solution from the extradural space was confirmed radiologically. ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Leach A,Smith GB

更新日期：1988-08-01 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：:The optimum time interval for 10 ml boluses of bupivacaine 0.0625% + fentanyl 2 μg.ml-1 as part of a programmed intermittent epidural bolus regimen has been found to be 40 min. This regimen was shown to be effective without the use of supplementary patient-controlled epidural analgesia boluses in 90% of women during t...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Zakus P,Arzola C,Bittencourt R,Downey K,Ye XY,Carvalho JC

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a review of glycopyrrolate whose function in clinical practice is compared with that of atropine. ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Mirakhur RK,Dundee JW

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of a number of drugs to abolish the emergence delirium and unpleasant dreams which follow anaesthesia induced with 2 mg/kg ketamine was studied. These included three benzodiazepines, droperidol and 'neurolept' combinations and four commonly-used premedicants. When given intravenously 10 min before inductio...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Lilburn JK,Dundee JW,Nair SG,Fee JP,Johnston HM

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 5-year-old girl with Noonan's syndrome and a hypertrophic cardiomyopathy presented for myelography and subsequently, laminectomy. The anaesthetic management of the patient is described and the potential problems of the facial, cardiovascular and skeletal abnormalities associated with the condition are discussed. ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Campbell AM,Bousfield JD

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pain on injection of propofol is a common problem, the cause of which remains unknown. The chemical properties and preparation of propofol, proposed mechanisms for the cause of the pain and clinical strategies to prevent pain on injection of propofol are reviewed in the hope of shedding some light on the subject. ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Tan CH,Onsiong MK

更新日期：1998-05-01 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：:The possibility exists that agents used in anaesthesia may have adverse teratogenic effects on staff, patients, and developing fetuses. It has been shown that a range of neurotropic drugs, when injected into pregnant mice on the 9th day of gestation, produce a characteristic group of central nervous system malformatio...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Martin LV,Jurand A

更新日期：1992-06-01 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：:We aimed to determine if using the EndoFlex tracheal tube on the first intubation attempt provided improved placement times and intubation success compared with a standard-type tracheal tube in 50 patients undergoing gynaecological surgery in a prospective, randomised, cross-over trial. We found that using the EndoFle...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Teoh WH,Sia AT,Fun WL

更新日期：2009-11-01 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：:The effects of pre-anaesthetic medication on target propofol concentration, induction dose, time to induction, and discomfort on infusion were studied in 45 female patients undergoing ambulatory gynaecological procedures using 'Diprifusor' target controlled infusion of propofol. The patients were randomly allocated to...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Struys M,Versichelen L,Rolly G

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this, the second of two articles covering specific medical emergencies, we discuss the definitions, epidemiology, pathophysiology, acute and chronic management of pulmonary embolus and acute severe asthma. ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Somasundaram K,Ball J

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred and ten obstetric anaesthetists completed a questionnaire assessing how they would perform a rapid sequence induction of anaesthesia for a Caesarean section and their continued management during a failed tracheal intubation. The survey revealed considerable variation in the timing and application of cricoi...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Thwaites AJ,Rice CP,Smith I

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the prevalence of novel acronyms in the titles of anaesthetic and related studies and the response of anaesthetists to them. We separately analysed trainee-led research projects in the UK supported by the Research and Audit Federation of Trainees (RAFT), and a 10-year cohort of papers identified using the ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Weale J,Soysa R,Yentis SM

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is currently no consensus regarding how to intervene in anaesthetic-induced hypotension. Whether or not the balance between cerebral oxygen supply and demand is maintained lacks adequate elucidation. It is thus intriguing to explore how cerebral tissue oxygen saturation is affected by anaesthetic-induced hypoten...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Meng L,Gelb AW,McDonagh DL

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Triservice anaesthetic apparatus is a draw-over using ambient air as the primary carrier gas. Its modules are a self-inflating bag, a vaporiser, a supplementary oxygen regulator and a ventilator; each is described. The outputs of halothane and trichloroethylene were measured with changes of temperature, continuous...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Houghton IT

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An elderly female patient presenting for phaco-emulsification and intra-ocular lens implant under local anaesthesia developed pulmonary oedema after surgery and underwent emergency tracheal intubation. The pulmonary oedema may have been caused by her omission of routine oral diuretic medication before surgery and havi...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Taylor I,Watters M

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of sufentanil on intracranial pressure, mean arterial pressure, cerebral perfusion pressure and heart rate were studied in 20 neurosurgical intensive care unit patients. Epidural intracranial pressure probes were implanted in patients who suffered head injury, intracerebral haemorrhage or underwent tumour ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Weinstabl C,Mayer N,Richling B,Czech T,Spiss CK

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases are described and discussed in which penicillin powder applied to the theca at the end of laminectomy caused delayed convulsions. ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Bordbar A,Beheshti M

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrophysiological monitoring of selected neural pathways of the brain, brainstem, spinal cord and peripheral nervous system has become mandatory in some surgery of the nervous system where preventable neural injury can occur. Evoked potentials are relatively simple methods of testing the integrity of various aspect...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Kumar A,Bhattacharya A,Makhija N

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pruritus associated with intrathecal opioid administration is particularly common in pregnancy. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) can reduce the severity of this pruritus but have undesirable side effects. The recent development of drugs that can specifically inhibit the cyclooxygenase 2 isoenzyme have bec...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Lee LH,Irwin MG,Lim J,Wong CK

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:'Lissive anaesthesia', the administration of a small dose of a non-depolarising muscle relaxant to a patient breathing nitrous oxide, oxygen and an anaesthetic vapour, is a technique popularly employed for minor procedures. In this study, the effects of intravenous gallamine triethiodide (40 mg) on the blood-gas statu...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Macfarlane DW,Downing JW,Mahomedy MC

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated modifications to the reservoir tube usually used in drawover anaesthetic breathing systems as a method of improving its efficiency and performance. The resulting oxygen concentration was recorded at different oxygen flow rates whilst an artificial lung was being ventilated over a range of minute volume...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Eales M,Rowe P,Tully R

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant obstructive jaundice is associated with poor aerobic capacity. We measured oxygen consumption and oxygen extraction (arterial-venous oxygen content) in the legs of nine patients during cardiopulmonary exercise testing before pancreaticoduodenectomy. The median (IQR [range]) peak oxygen consumption was 67 (49...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Junejo MA,Siriwardena AK,Parker MJ

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An anaesthetic technique for unpremedicated patients undergoing minor surgery is described. After the administration of atropine and fentanyl, anaesthesia was induced with methohexitone and maintained with nitrous oxide supplemented when necessary by further small doses of methohexitone. This technique provided good o...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Goroszeniuk T,Whitwam JG,Morgan M

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00