A simple method for computing acid-base state.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Abnormal serum sodium concentrations are common in patients presenting for surgery. It remains unclear whether these abnormalities are independent risk factors for postoperative mortality. METHODS:This is a secondary analysis of the European Surgical Outcome Study (EuSOS) that provided data describing 46 53...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Cecconi M,Hochrieser H,Chew M,Grocott M,Hoeft A,Hoste A,Jammer I,Posch M,Metnitz P,Pelosi P,Moreno R,Pearse RM,Vincent JL,Rhodes A,European Surgical Outcomes Study (EuSOS) group for the Trials groups of the European Society o

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malposition of tracheostomy tubes is difficult to detect at the bedside and may contribute to eventual device misplacement. Endoscopic examination can be undertaken via tracheoscopic (T-view) or trans-laryngeal (L-view) approach, offering more precise detail regarding positioning within the airway. The aims ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： McGrath BA,Lynch K,Templeton R,Webster K,Simpson W,Alexander P,Columb MO

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Perioperative warming is recommended for surgery under anaesthesia, however its role during Caesarean delivery remains unclear. This meta-analysis aimed to determine the efficacy of active warming on outcomes after elective Caesarean delivery. METHODS:We searched databases for randomized controlled trials u...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Sultan P,Habib AS,Cho Y,Carvalho B

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Treprostinil sodium improves haemodynamics and symptoms in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) patients, but its subcutaneous (s.c.) administration can produce severe local site pain, and lead to discontinuation of vital treatment. Treprostinil is a prostacyclin analogue which stimulates prostacyclin recep...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Libri V,Gibbs JS,Pinato DJ,Iddamalgoda T,Khengar RH,Gin-Sing W,Huson L,Anand P

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Paradoxical excitement response during sedation consists of loss of affective control and abnormal movements. Chronic alcohol abuse has been proposed as a predisposing factor despite lack of supporting evidence. Because alcohol and propofol have a common site of action, we postulated that paradoxical excitem...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Jeong S,Lee HG,Kim WM,Jeong CW,Lee SH,Yoon MH,Choi JI

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inconsistent and poorly coordinated systems of tracheostomy care commonly result in frustrations, delays, and harm. Quality improvement strategies described by exemplar hospitals of the Global Tracheostomy Collaborative have potential to mitigate such problems. This 3 yr guided implementation programme inves...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： McGrath BA,Wallace S,Lynch J,Bonvento B,Coe B,Owen A,Firn M,Brenner MJ,Edwards E,Finch TL,Cameron T,Narula A,Roberson DW

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The new emulsion formulation of di-isopropyl phenol (propofol) was compared with methohexitone and thiopentone for induction of anaesthesia in day cases. Propofol produced significantly smoother induction of anaesthesia, but caused more cardiovascular and respiratory depression. Pain on injection was significantly les...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Mackenzie N,Grant IS

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tracheal tube tip and cuff positions of different cuffed paediatric tracheal tube brands in the trachea can vary with design. METHODS:Data from three clinical studies with measured tracheal lengths were pooled in a database including 422 children aged from birth to 16 yr. Dimensional data of seven cuffed pa...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Kemper M,Imach S,Buehler PK,Thomas J,Dave M,Weiss M

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sedation of 50 children aged 6 months to 9 years who had undergone open heart surgery was studied. During artificial ventilation a midazolam infusion was used in conjunction with the administration of morphine (and tubocurarine). Sedation for patients breathing spontaneously with positive airway pressure was conti...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Booker PD,Beechey A,Lloyd-Thomas AR

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Near-infrared spectroscopy non-invasively measures regional cerebral oxygen saturation. Intraoperative cerebral desaturations have been associated with worse neurological outcomes. We investigated whether perioperative cerebral desaturations are associated with postoperative delirium in older patients after ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Eertmans W,De Deyne C,Genbrugge C,Marcus B,Bouneb S,Beran M,Fret T,Gutermann H,Boer W,Vander Laenen M,Heylen R,Mesotten D,Vanelderen P,Jans F

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe three histaminoid reactions occurring on induction of anaesthesia. The patients were all resuscitated successfully and subsequent skin testing suggested sensitivity to rocuronium. In this hospital, the incidence of such reactions is of the order of 1 in 3000. This may be coincidental but suggests that ther...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Neal SM,Manthri PR,Gadiyar V,Wildsmith JA

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied in eight rabbits the cardiovascular effects of midazolam, propofol and alfentanil with graded hypoxia. Central blood volume was reduced progressively by gradual inflation of a thoracic vena cava cuff so that cardiac index (CI) decreased at a constant rate. Under control conditions the haemodynamic resp...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Blake DW,Van Leeuwen AF,Petring OU,Ludbrook J,Ventura S

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have measured the n-octanol/water distribution coefficients at 37 degrees C of two steroidal myoneural blockers (pancuronium and vecuronium) and of their 3-hydroxy metabolites over a pH range from 1.5 to 11. Pancuronium was found not to be lipid soluble. The mean distribution coefficient of 3-hydroxy vecuronium at ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Weindlamayr-Goettel M,Gilley H,Sipos E,Steinbereithner K

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We used an automated bispectral index (BIS)-guided dual-loop controller to determine propofol and remifentanil requirements during general anaesthesia in obese and lean surgical patients. METHODS:Obese patients, BMI>35 kg m(-2), and lean patients (<25 kg m(-2)) having laparoscopic procedures were prospectiv...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Liu N,Lory C,Assenzo V,Cocard V,Chazot T,Le Guen M,Sessler DI,Journois D,Fischler M

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertensive patients were monitored for myocardial ischaemia during anaesthesia and surgery with the V5 lead of a standard electrocardiograph. Myocardial ischaemia was detected in 11 of 39 untreated hypertensive patients and in four of seven receiving therapy with a diuretic, but in none of 44 receiving atenolol. Fou...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Stone JG,Foëx P,Sear JW,Johnson LL,Khambatta HJ,Triner L

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transtracheal jet ventilation (TTJV) is recommended in several airway guidelines as a potentially life-saving procedure during the 'Can't Intubate Can't Oxygenate' (CICO) emergency. Some studies have questioned its effectiveness. METHODS:Our goal was to determine the complication rates of TTJV in the CICO e...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Duggan LV,Ballantyne Scott B,Law JA,Morris IR,Murphy MF,Griesdale DE

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic pain is no longer an effective warning system, but a syndrome with co-morbidities and many causes, needing a careful evaluation. Questions remain about the pain behaviour of chronic pain patients compared with patients with acute pain, or healthy subjects that we investigated. METHODS:We compared th...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Tuna T,Van Obbergh L,Van Cutsem N,Engelman E

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Muscle biopsy and in vitro contracture tests for diagnosis of susceptibility to malignant hyperthermia (MH) were performed in two patients who had developed fever and severe myolysis during exercise. MH susceptibility was confirmed in one patient, but in the other, exercise-induced heat stroke proved to be the correct...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Hackl W,Winkler M,Mauritz W,Sporn P,Steinbereithner K

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The cuff pressures may be different in oesophageal and tracheal intubations. We conducted a study to evaluate if cuff pressures of endotracheal tubes (ETTs) could provide information to distinguish tracheal or oesophageal intubations in a pig trachea-oesophagus model. METHODS:In each preparation of pig trac...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Lin HJ,Chen KT,Foo NP,Hsu CC,Guo HR

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To understand the sequential response of the autonomic nervous system to pregnancy, we studied heart rate variability in 23 first trimester, 23 second trimester and 21 third trimester pregnant women. Twenty non-pregnant women were recruited as controls. Time and frequency domain measures of heart rate variability in t...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Kuo CD,Chen GY,Yang MJ,Lo HM,Tsai YS

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:LMA CTrach (CT), a modified version of the intubating LMA Fastrach, allows continuous video-endoscopy of the tracheal intubation procedure. We tested the hypothesis that the CT is efficient for tracheal intubation of morbidly obese patients who are at risk of a difficult airway. METHODS:After Ethics' Commit...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Dhonneur G,Ndoko SK,Yavchitz A,Foucrier A,Fessenmeyer C,Pollian C,Combes X,Tual L

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All 484 candidates for the 1988 Fellowship in Anaesthesia (Part Three) were surveyed to investigate any differences between successful and unsuccessful candidates in study techniques, work and domestic factors, and examination history that might lead to better guidance to those preparing for the examination and an imp...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： David AC,Elton RA,Spence AA,Hatch DJ

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied 52 adults undergoing elective craniotomy, allocated randomly to one of three opioid treatments: alfentanil 50 micrograms kg-1 followed by 0.833 microgram kg-1 min-1 until dural closure (group Alf.); alfentanil 50 micrograms kg-1 followed by 0.833 microgram kg-1 min-1 for 2 h, then remifentanil 0.25 microgra...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Sneyd JR,Whaley A,Dimpel HL,Andrews CJ

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A pulmonary hypertensive crisis (PHC) can be a life-threatening condition. We established a PHC model by exposing rats with monocrotaline (MCT)-induced pulmonary hypertension to acute hypoxia, and investigated the effects of vasopressin, phenylephrine, and norepinephrine on the PHC. METHODS:Four weeks after...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Sugawara Y,Mizuno Y,Oku S,Goto T

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal anaesthesia is the preferred anaesthetic technique for elective Caesarean deliveries. Hypotension is the most common side-effect and has both maternal and neonatal consequences. Different strategies have been attempted to prevent spinal-induced hypotension, including the use of low-dose bupivacaine. We conducte...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Arzola C,Wieczorek PM

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Propofol can scavenge free radicals because it has a chemical structure similar to antioxidants. METHODS:We examined if free radical scavenging occurs with propofol during CABG operations. We studied 24 patients undergoing CABG surgery for triple vessel disease, randomized into two groups. After induction o...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Sayin MM,Ozatamer O,Taşöz R,Kilinç K,Unal N

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new prototype of the laryngeal mask airway (LMA), the intubating laryngeal mask airway (ILMA), was used to facilitate tracheal intubation in 100 fasted patients presenting for elective surgery. Alignment of the ILMA with the larynx was assessed fibreoptically before intubation without the investigator performing the...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Kapila A,Addy EV,Verghese C,Brain AI

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We gave either midazolam or propofol for induction of anaesthesia to 140 ASA I or II female patients (18-60 yr). ED50 values were obtained by probit analysis for three clinical end-points: loss of response to command; loss of eyelash reflex; failure to respond to application of an anaesthetic face mask delivering 1% i...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： McClune S,McKay AC,Wright PM,Patterson CC,Clarke RS

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetazolamide, a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor, may cause significant disturbances in carbon dioxide transport and elimination. In this study, end-tidal carbon dioxide monitoring has been used to study the correlation between arterial carbon dioxide (PaCO2) and end-tidal carbon dioxide partial pressure (PE'CO2) in rabb...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Lee TS

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Midlatency auditory evoked potentials (MLAEP) are a promising tool for monitoring suppression of sensory processing during anaesthesia and might help to avoid awareness. MLAEP in children are different to those in adults and the exact changes during general anaesthesia are unknown. METHODS:In 49 children of...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Daunderer M,Feuerecker MS,Scheller B,Pape NB,Schwender D,Kuhnle GE

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00