Evaluation of anatomic landmarks for axillary nerve block in the quadrilateral space.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Age-related differences in the spectral composition of the EEG in induction and emergence times, and in drug consumption during propofol anaesthesia were investigated. METHODS:The EEGs of 60 female patients between 22 and 85 years of age were monitored continuously during standardized induction of anaesthes...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Schultz A,Grouven U,Zander I,Beger FA,Siedenberg M,Schultz B

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The aim of the present multicentre study is to assess health-related quality of life in patients with community-acquired sepsis, severe sepsis, or septic shock (CAS) 6 months after discharge from the intensive care unit (ICU) and to compare the health-related quality of life of the ICU survivors with CAS w...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Orwelius L,Lobo C,Teixeira Pinto A,Carneiro A,Costa-Pereira A,Granja C

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Genetic variability contributes to variable clinical response to opioids. This study emerged from the observation of three Norwegian patients who showed no or extraordinary poor response to very high doses of opioids. We suspected a genetic defect and applied a 'most likely candidate gene' approach to invest...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Skorpen F,von Hofacker S,Bjørngaard M,Skogholt AH,Dale O,Kaasa S,Klepstad P

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many studies demonstrate an association between brain damage and the extracellular release of catecholamines and amino acids during cerebral ischemia. While the clinical value of hypothermia during periods of compromised cerebral blood flow and oxygen delivery is well established, the role of anesthetic agen...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Lesser JB,Koorn R,Vloka JD,Kuroda MM,Thys DM

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-five patients with pain associated with cancer were selected for long-term treatment with epidural morphine. Patients who had more than one type of pain within the same region were specially analysed concerning differential analgesic effects of the treatment, i.e. the patients served as their own control. Twenty...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Arnér S,Arnér B

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A controversy exists over the effectiveness and clinical value of intraperitoneal local anaesthetics for treating pain after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The use of intraperitoneal lidocaine was evaluated in this study. METHODS:At the end of surgery, 200 ml saline containing 200 mg lidocaine, or the same v...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Elhakim M,Elkott M,Ali NM,Tahoun HM

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Myocardial injury after non-cardiac surgery occurs in a high number of patients, resulting in increased mortality in the post-operative period. The use of high inspiratory oxygen concentrations may cause hyperoxia, which is associated with impairment of coronary blood flow. Furthermore, the surgical stress r...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Petersen C,Loft FC,Aasvang EK,Vester-Andersen M,Rasmussen LS,Wetterslev J,Jorgensen LN,Christensen R,Meyhoff CS

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After an intravenous injection of E. coli endotoxin in dogs a decrease in cerebral blood flow (CBF) and an increase in cerebral metabolic rate of oxygen (CMRo2) have been shown to occur. In metabolic acidosis following endotoxin CMRo2 increased with decreasing pH. A possible explanation for the increased CMRo2 after e...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Westerlind A,Larsson LE,Häggendal J,Ekström-Jodal B

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The inhibitory effect of prostaglandin E1 (PGE1) on platelet aggregation is considered an important characteristic of this agent. However, the concentration of PGE1 to inhibit aggregation in vitro is higher than those of clinical use (1 ng/ml). To clarify whether PGE1 at clinically relevant concentrations in...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Koga T,Az-ma T,Yuge O

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The general principles of medical ethics are universally accepted. In practice, however, there is variation on how these principles are interpreted by people with different cultural backgrounds. The aim of this study was to document the views of Scandinavian intensive care physicians on intensive care unit (...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Tallgren M,Klepstad P,Petersson J,Skram U,Hynninen M

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Left ventricular hypertrophy is associated with adverse outcomes, including death, during cardiac surgery. This may be facilitated by an increased oxygen demand and diastolic dysfunction. Levosimendan augments haemodynamics without further oxygen consumption and improves echocardiographic indices of diastoli...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Juhl-Olsen P,Jakobsen CJ,Rasmussen LA,Bhavsar R,Klaaborg KE,Frederiksen CA,Sloth E

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In vitro studies have indicated that stabilizers present in pharmaceutical-grade albumin influence albumin-binding capacity for highly protein bound drugs. METHODS:A randomized study including 40 surgical patients, treated with either albumin or starch solutions, was performed. Volumes of colloids were give...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Reine PA,Kongsgaard UE,Andersen A,Thøgersen AK,Olsen H

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute ischaemic left ventricular failure was induced in closed-chest anaesthetized dogs by injection of 50 microns plastic microspheres into the left main coronary artery. This effected a 33% decrease in cardiac output. Dopamine and high doses of insulin restored cardiac output, and these agents in combination raised ...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Reikerås O,Gunnes P

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in central and coronary haemodynamics and myocardial oxygenation during anaesthesia induction, intubation, skin incision and sternotomy were studied in 24 patients undergoing a coronary artery bypass grafting operation under either high-dose fentanyl or enflurane anaesthesia. The anaesthesia induction caused n...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Heikkilä H,Jalonen J,Arola M,Laaksonen V

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 66-year-old-male patient with a history of depression voluntarily ingested around 400 ml of an insecticide composed of 5% methylparathion, 75% isoparaffin, 8% etoxylated oleic acid, 4% 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene, 6% naphtha, 1% 1,3,5- trimethylbenzene, 0.4% propylbenzene and 0.3% xylene. The patient was conscious and al...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Nogué S,Sanz P,Borondo JC,Picón M,de la Red G,Mestre G

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Critically ill patients at southern latitudes have been shown to have low vitamin D levels that were associated with prolonged hospital stay. To our knowledge no studies have been conducted on vitamin D status amongst critically ill patients at high northern latitudes. Despite the Icelandic population tradit...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Kvaran RB,Sigurdsson MI,Skarphedinsdottir SJ,Sigurdsson GH

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reported incidence of complications after peripheral nerve blocks is generally low and varies from 0% to 5%. The injuries related to brachial plexus block are perhaps more commonly reported, than after peripheral blocks of the lower extremity nerves. Recent reports suggest that expert ultrasound guidance may reduc...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Martínez Navas A,DE LA Tabla González RO

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Incident reporting and fieldwork in operating rooms have shown that some of the errors that arise in anaesthesia relate to inadequate use of non-technical skills. To provide a tool for training and feedback on nurse anaesthetists' non-technical skills, this study aimed to adapt the Anaesthetists' Non-Technic...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Lyk-Jensen HT,Jepsen RM,Spanager L,Dieckmann P,Østergaard D

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During thiopentone-fentanyl-nitrous oxide anaesthesia and using a cumulative design, we studied the dose-response relationship of mivacurium in 8 patients: 7 patients phenotypically homozygous for the atypical plasma cholinesterase gene and 1 patient homozygous for the silent gene. The estimated mean ED50 and ED95 wer...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Ostergaard D,Jensen FS,Skovgaard LT,Viby-Mogensen J

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:In this prospective, consecutive study, 191 patients were interviewed before and after surgery (orthopaedic, gynaecological, abdominal and urological operations) about their attitude to and the quality of received pain relief, respectively. In addition, nurses working in the surgical units involved in the st...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Juhl IU,Christensen BV,Bülow HH,Wilbek H,Dreijer NC,Egelund B

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The question whether some opioids exert less respiratory depression than others has not been answered conclusively. We applied pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PKPD) modeling to obtain an estimate of the C50 for the depression of CO2 elimination as a measure of the respiratory depressant potency of alfentani...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Bouillon T,Garstka G,Stafforst D,Shafer S,Schwilden H,Hoeft A

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Involutional changes of peripheral nervous system occur with aging. The aim of the study was to determine the minimum effective volume of local anesthetic required to offer an effective ultrasound-guided supraclavicular brachial plexus block in 50% of middle-aged (< 50 years) and elderly (> 65 years) patient...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Pavičić Šarić J,Vidjak V,Tomulić K,Zenko J

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Past research has explored patients' expectations about the informed consent process. However, it is currently unknown if the complexity of the surgical procedure influences the type of anesthesia-related risks that patients wish disclosed. This study explored fears of anesthesia-related complications and wh...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Burkle CM,Mann CE,Steege JR,Stokke JS,Jacob AK,Pasternak JJ

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The transillumination of the soft tissues of the neck using lighted stylets has been used as an aid for tracheal intubation. We evaluated the efficacy and safety of a prototype illuminated flexible catheter to facilitate light-guided intubation through the intubating laryngeal mask. METHODS:The illuminated ...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Dimitriou V,Voyagis GS

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of intravenous procaine, 2 mg/kg/min, on the cardiovascular function of nine patients scheduled for cardiac valve replacement was studied under enflurane-pancuronium anaesthesia. Procaine infusion was started after intubation during steady-state anaesthesia, and continued until start of cardiopulmonary by-p...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Waaben J,Sørensen O,Wiberg-Jørgensen F,Flachs H,Skovsted P

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The relevance of tissue oxygenation in the pathogenesis of organ dysfunction during sepsis is controversial. We compared oxygen transport, lactate metabolism, and mitochondrial function in pigs with septic shock, cardiogenic shock, or hypoxic hypoxia. METHODS:Thirty-two anaesthetized, ventilated pigs were...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Regueira T,Djafarzadeh S,Brandt S,Gorrasi J,Borotto E,Porta F,Takala J,Bracht H,Shaw S,Lepper PM,Jakob SM

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most studies on trauma and trauma systems have been conducted in the United States. We aimed to describe the factors predicting mortality in European trauma patients, with focus on triage. METHODS:We prospectively registered all trauma patients in Eastern Denmark over 12 consecutive months. We analysed the ...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Meisler R,Thomsen AB,Abildstrøm H,Guldstad N,Borge P,Rasmussen SW,Rasmussen LS

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new system for continuous measurement of oxygen uptake was tested. The tidal volumes delivered by the system, the accuracy of the oxygen sensor cell, measurement of the oxygen uptake at different inspired oxygen concentrations, and comparative tests of oxygen uptake using the Fick principle were studied. Judging fro...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Behrendt W,Weiland C,Kalff J,Giani G

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial sinusitis is recognized as a complication of prolonged nasotracheal intubation. Verification of the diagnosis, however, requires culture findings from a "true" sample from the maxillary antrum. A "true" antral sample can only be obtained after passing either the nasal or oral mucosae with their rich aerobic ...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Westergren V,Forsum U,Lundgren J

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of changing the volume of cerebro-spinal fluid (CSF) before spinal anaesthesia with 3 ml of isobaric 0.5% bupivacaine was investigated in 60 elderly (58-77 years) orthopaedic or urological patients. The patients were randomly allocated to three groups. They received the spinal anaesthetic either with or wit...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Pitkänen M,Tuominen M,Asantila R,Rosenberg PH

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00