The differential effects of recombinant brain natriuretic peptide, nitroglycerine and dihydralazine on systemic oxygen delivery and gastric mucosal microvascular oxygenation in dogs.

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

abstract：:The National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) identified practice improvements with regard to epidural injections and infusions and released a patient safety alert on 28th March 2007. Prior to this, the Obstetric Anaesthetists' Association had considered the draft document and wished to assess current compliance in UK obs...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Jones R,Swales HA,Lyons GR

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of central nervous system depression which developed 7 hours after an intrathecal injection of 4 mg of morphine is described. The patient lapsed into coma with bradypnoea and "pin-point' pupils and there was no response to naloxone 0.4 mg. Treatment was continued for 3 hours. No postoperative analgesics were re...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Sidi A,Davidson JT,Behar M,Olshwang D

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduced HLA-DR expression on monocytes has been suggested as a predictive marker of immunosuppression following very high risk surgery, but there are few reports in lower risk surgery. In 32 patients undergoing low to intermediate risk surgery, blood samples were analysed by flow cytometry for HLA-DR expression and nu...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Handy JM,Scott AJ,Cross AM,Sinha P,O'Dea KP,Takata M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Doxacurium was administered to 50 adult patients for determination of potency (n = 10), onset and duration of clinical relaxation (n = 40). Cumulative dose-response showed the ED95 to be 33.24 micrograms.kg-1 (95% confidence limits 27.4-39.3). Doxacurium 33 micrograms.kg-1 was then administered to four groups of 10 pa...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Maddineni VR,Cooper R,Stanley JC,Mirakhur RK,Clarke RS

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two anaesthetic procedures that did not include nitrous oxide were compared in a randomised study of 50 patients for tympanoplasty and tympanoscopy: propofol given for induction and maintenance, and thiopentone-isoflurane given for induction and maintenance, respectively. Induction in the first group was with a bolus ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Ledderose H,Rester P,Carlsson P,Peter K

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred and eight healthy children who were to undergo minor elective surgery during halothane, nitrous oxide, oxygen anaesthesia were studied in a double blind investigation to evaluate the sedative and anticholinergic effects of two rectal premedications. Group I received diazepam 0.75 mg/kg rectally; Group II r...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Haagensen RE

更新日期：1985-10-01 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：:We evaluated a new, ultra-fast response continuous cardiac output monitor in 34 adult patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Cardiac output was measured with the TruCCOMS continuous cardiac output monitor (Aortech International plc, Lanarkshire, UK), using triplicate cold bolus thermodiluti...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Leather HA,Vuylsteke A,Bert C,M'Fam W,Segers P,Sergeant P,Vandermeersch E,Wouters PF

更新日期：2004-04-01 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：:The speed of onset of neuromuscular blockade was measured for increasing doses of vecuronium. Onset times were found to be shorter with larger doses, up to a limit of ED95 X 3 (0.15 mg/kg). Thereafter, increasing the dose, even up to ED95 X 8 (0.4 mg/kg), did not appreciably shorten the time to full neuromuscular bloc...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Casson WR,Jones RM

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of aspiration pneumonia is reported after the use of a laryngeal mask airway in a young woman undergoing an elective cholecystectomy. The case illustrates the hazards of regurgitation with the laryngeal mask airway and the need for further evaluation when used with controlled mechanical ventilation. ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Griffin RM,Hatcher IS

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A critically ill septic patient on haemofiltration for acute renal failure suffered sudden circulatory and respiratory collapse. The cause of the collapse was traced to an interaction between mechanical devices (syringe driver infusion pumps and haemofiltration equipment) connected to two central venous catheters. ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Sundaram R,Dell AE

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 68-year-old woman presented with dyspnoea having undergone a short period of tracheal intubation during an episode of congestive cardiac failure 10 days earlier. On the fourth day of admission, she suddenly developed acute respiratory distress followed by a cardiac arrest and was found to have an enlarging neck mass...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Ooi GC,Irwin MG,Lam LK,Cheng SW

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether magnesium sulphate combined with rocuronium priming shortens the onset of neuromuscular blockade, compared with these methods used alone. Ninety-two patients scheduled for general anaesthesia were randomly allocated to one of four groups: controls were given 0.6 mg.kg(-1) rocuronium; patients i...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Kim MH,Oh AY,Jeon YT,Hwang JW,Do SH

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with obstructive sleep apnoea are at increased risk of adverse postoperative outcomes, such as cardiac and respiratory complications. It has been hypothesised that obstructive sleep apnoea also increases the risk for postoperative delirium and acute postoperative pain. We conducted a retrospective, observatio...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Strutz PK,Kronzer V,Tzeng W,Arrington B,McKinnon SL,Ben Abdallah A,Haroutounian S,Avidan MS

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the administration of anaesthesia to a patient with Angelman syndrome, which is characterised by an abnormality of chromosome 15, where a subunit of the GABA receptor is coded. This has far-reaching anaesthetic implications as many drugs used in anaesthesia are thought to act via GABA receptors. Our patien...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Ramanathan KR,Muthuswamy D,Jenkins BJ

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spread of iohexol in the epidural space was studied using two types of epidural catheter. Twenty pre-menopausal women undergoing hysterectomy received lumbar epidural analgesia via either multi-orifice or single orifice catheters. Twenty-four hours after surgery, iohexol was injected before catheter removal with t...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Magides AD,Sprigg A,Richmond MN

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guidelines recommend restrictive red blood cell transfusion strategies. We conducted an observational study to examine whether the rate of peri-operative red blood cell transfusion in the USA had declined during the period from 01 January 2011 to 31 December 2016. We included 4,273,168 patients from all surgical subsp...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Nordestgaard AT,Rasmussen LS,Sillesen M,Steinmetz J,Eid AI,Meier K,Kaafarani HMA,Velmahos GC

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty patients undergoing elective procedures on the larynx and pharynx were anaesthetised using a propofol infusion and a bolus of vecuronium. High frequency jet ventilation was employed via a 7 French gauge catheter, with a second catheter being used to measure expired carbon dioxide levels. The Bullard laryngoscop...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Mendel P,Bristow A

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred unpremedicated female patients of ASA grade 1 or 2 who underwent laparoscopy as outpatients were allocated randomly to one of four groups. All patients received general anaesthesia with fentanyl, thiopentone, halothane, nitrous oxide and oxygen; suxamethonium was given to facilitate tracheal intubation. In...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Ho RT,Jawan B,Fung ST,Cheung HK,Lee JH

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the efficacy and safety of a remifentanil (0.25 microg x kg(-1) x min(-1)-based balanced anaesthetic technique with a bupivacaine-based regional anaesthetic technique in an open label, multicentre study in 271 ASA physical status 1 or 2 children aged 1-12 years. Subjects requiring major intra-abdominal, ur...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Prys-Roberts C,Lerman J,Murat I,Taivainen T,Lopez T,Lejus C,Spahr-Schopfer I,Splinter W,Kirkham AJ

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prophylactic oxytocin administration at the third stage of labour reduces blood loss and the need for additional uterotonic drugs. Obesity is known to be associated with an increased risk of uterine atony and postpartum haemorrhage. It is unknown whether women with obesity require higher doses of oxytocin in order to ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Peska E,Balki M,Maxwell C,Ye XY,Downey K,Carvalho JCA

更新日期：2020-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：SUMMARY:In a randomised, double-blinded study, we compared boluses of phenylephrine 100 microg with ephedrine 10 mg for treating hypotension (systolic blood pressure < 100 mmHg) in 204 patients having non-elective Caesarean section under spinal anaesthesia. Umbilical arterial (UA) and venous (UV) pH and base excess wer...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Ngan Kee WD,Khaw KS,Lau TK,Ng FF,Chui K,Ng KL

更新日期：2008-12-01 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：: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：:Duration of laryngoscopy must be kept as short as possible to prevent disturbances of oxygenation and ventilation. Because the factors associated with prolonged laryngoscopy are not well known, we studied 1000 patients undergoing tracheal intubation under general anaesthesia to determine the possible effects of their ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Saghaei M,Safavi MR

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a study of 247 patients who had general anaesthesia for dental procedures, the incidence of individual anxieties was noted using a questionnaire completed by the patient. The most common anxieties related to the period before transfer to the operating theatre, intra-operative awareness and postoperative pain. These...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： McCleane GJ,Cooper R

更新日期：1990-02-01 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：: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