A national survey of obstetric early warning systems in the United Kingdom: five years on.

abstract：:We report the findings of a study on exposure of operating room staff to sevoflurane, halothane and nitrous oxide during induction and maintenance of anaesthesia in children. Concentrations of anaesthetic agents in the operating theatre were measured directly by highly sensitive, photoacoustic infrared spectrometer du...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Hoerauf K,Funk W,Harth M,Hobbhahn J

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We measured the illumination generated by all 30 Macintosh size 3 laryngoscopes in our department with a lux-meter and a standardised laryngoscope holding tube. We found a large range in illumination generated (65-3130 lx). We then measured the effect on the illumination for each laryngoscope by covering the blade wit...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Anderson KJ,Bhandal N

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of the laryngeal mask is widely accepted, but there is a lack of consensus on the best insertion method and on the use of the mask for certain surgical procedures. We sent a questionnaire to all anaesthetists in Wales to discover the frequency of use of the laryngeal mask and the preferred insertion metho...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Dingley J,Asai T

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence severity, and degree of relief obtained from treatment has been estimated and evaluated in 117 patients suffering from terminal cancer. ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Hardy TK,Pritchard RI

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaesthetists require a good knowledge of the excretion of drugs in breast milk and the potential hazards to suckling infants of drug ingestion via breast milk. A brief account of the physiology of lactation is given. The mechanisms of drug passage into breast milk are discussed followed by a review of the excretion i...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Lee JJ,Rubin AP

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a screening questionnaire to be used by nurses to decide which patients should see an anaesthetist for further evaluation before the day of surgery. Our objective was to measure the accuracy of responses to the questionnaire. Agreement between questionnaire responses and the anaesthetist's assessment was ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Hilditch WG,Asbury AJ,Jack E,McGrane S

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and fifty women in labour provided with extradural analgesia were monitored and an incidence of Horner's syndrome of 1.33% was noted. Fifty women undergoing Caesarean section under extradural analgesia were also monitored and an incidence of Horner's syndrome of 4% was noted. From the results we found it i...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Clayton KC

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripherally inserted central catheters are often positioned blindly in the central circulation, and this may result in high malposition rates, especially in critically ill patients. Recently, a new technology has been introduced (Sherlock 3CG Tip Positioning System) that uses an electro-magnetic system to guide posit...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Johnston AJ,Holder A,Bishop SM,See TC,Streater CT

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to examine the attitudes of intensivists and haematologists to the use of blood and blood products using a scenario-based postal questionnaire. One hundred and sixty-two intensivists and 77 haematologists responded to the survey. In four scenarios, the baseline haemoglobin thresholds for red cell tran...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Boraless H,Rao MP,Morgan C,Soni N,Goldhill DR,Brett SJ,Boralessi H,Contreras M

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Fontan procedure is performed for patients with a hypoplastic right ventricle, and pregnancies following this palliative surgery are likely to increase. We present a parturient with the Fontan physiology who successfully underwent two consecutive caesarean deliveries; the first under general anaesthesia for emerge...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Eid L,Ginosar Y,Elchalal U,Pollak A,Weiniger CF

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Reverend Doctor Robert Laws (1851-1934) followed in the footsteps of David Livingstone to Central Africa. At the beginning of a long and distinguished career as a medical missionary in Christian service to the country that has since become the Republic of Malawi, he was a prime mover in the setting up of a mission...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Conacher ID

更新日期：1985-11-01 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：:A 53-year-old man with hypopharyngeal stenosis following curative chemoradiotherapy for a tongue base tumour presented three years later for an attempt at pharyngeal dilatation. The first attempt 6 months previously was abandoned when awake fibreoptic intubation failed due to partial airway obstruction and desaturatio...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Paton L,Gupta S,Blacoe D

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isotonic saline is a widely-used infusion fluid, although the associated chloride load may cause metabolic acidosis and impair kidney function in young, healthy volunteers. We wished to examine whether these effects also occurred in the elderly, and conducted a crossover study in 13 men with a mean age of 73 years (ra...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Hahn RG,Isacson MN,Fagerström T,Rosvall J,Nyman CR

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The stability of propofol emulsion following the addition of various amounts of lignocaine solution was investigated. The investigations used were macroscopic and microscopic observations and electroacoustic determination of both droplet size and zeta potential. Evidence of emulsion instability was present following t...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Lilley EM,Isert PR,Carasso ML,Kennedy RA

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaesthetic procedures for successful separation of pygopagus twins are described. A bony union in the sacral region and communication of the subarachnoid space in this region were the main abnormalities. Various anaesthetic problems during the operation and in the immediate postoperative period are discussed. ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Roy M

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-spinal hypotension remains a common and clinically-important problem during caesarean section, and accurate pre-operative prediction of this complication might enhance clinical management. We conducted a prospective, single-centre, observational study of heart rate variability in 102 patients undergoing elective ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Bishop DG,Cairns C,Grobbelaar M,Rodseth RN

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A safety block is described which protects the patient from expiratory obstruction when using scavenging systems, and provides the anaesthetist with a visual and auditory check on the functioning of the system. ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Bethune DW,Collis JM,Latimer RD

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report three deaths following percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy in a series of 1187 procedures undertaken in a single intensive care unit over a 13-year period. All deaths were due to severe haemorrhage. The first patient died during the procedure from uncontrollable haemorrhage from the innominate vein. Delay...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： McCormick B,Manara AR

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biocompatibility of minimal extracorporeal circuits has improved; however, anticoagulation is still required. We compared standard high-dose anticoagulation with a low-dose heparin regimen in a retrospective study of patients who underwent coronary bypass surgery using minimal cardiopulmonary bypass. One hundred p...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Fromes Y,Daghildjian K,Caumartin L,Fischer M,Rouquette I,Deleuze P,Bical OM

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac output (CO) determination based on partial CO(2) rebreathing has recently been introduced into clinical practice. The determination of flow is crucial for exact CO readings and the physical properties of xenon, i.e. high density and viscosity, may influence flow readings. This study compared echocardiography-d...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Bein B,Hanne P,Hanss R,Renner J,Weber B,Steinfath M,Scholz J,Tonner PH

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clonidine has proved to be a clinically useful adjunct in clinical anaesthetic practice as well as in chronic pain therapy because it has both anaesthetic and analgesic-sparing activity. The more selective alpha-2 adrenoceptor agonists, dexmedetomidine and mivazerol, may also have a role in providing haemodynamic stab...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Khan ZP,Ferguson CN,Jones RM

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and spectroscopy provide important information in patients with acute head injury. However, optimal patient management requires intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring. There are few reports on the use of ICP sensors in an MR environment. We tested the Ventrix parenchymal intracranial pr...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Coles JP,Steiner LA,Martin J,Donovan T,Hutchinson PJ,Carpenter TA,Menon DK

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Continuous epidural analgesia may be complicated by intravascular or subarachnoid injection of local analgesic, with disastrous consequences. One of the techniques described to prevent these complications is the aspiration test. It is the current standard of practice to employ a micropore bacterial filter for epidural...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Charlton GA,Lawes EG

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We prospectively assessed common clinical endpoints for their usefulness in avoiding hyperinflation of the cuffs of laryngeal mask airways (slight outward movement) and tracheal tubes (disappearance of an audible leak around the cuff during manual ventilation < 20 cm H(2)O) in 640 children. Cuff pressures were measure...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Ong M,Chambers NA,Hullet B,Erb TO,von Ungern-Sternberg BS

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective, randomised, controlled clinical study was performed to compare the incidence and severity of postoperative peripheral venous thrombophlebitis associated with a single intravenous cannula used for both intra-operative and postoperative purposes, and two cannulae, one used intra-operatively and the other ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Panadero A,Iohom G,Taj J,Mackay N,Shorten G

更新日期：2002-09-01 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：:Artificial nasopharyngeal airway position and performance were assessed in 120 anaesthetised adult patients. Using a fibreoptic laryngoscope mean distances from nares to larynx were measured at 209 mm (SD 11) in males and 180 mm (SD 11) in females; those from nares to epiglottis were 159 mm (SD 12) in males and 140 mm...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Stoneham MD

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper and the one that preceded it1 have traced the development of the design and use of negative pressure ventilators from their origins in the early nineteenth century to the present day. Their maximum use was in the nineteen-forties and the early fifties after which they were quite rapidly replaced in the trea...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Woollam CH

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of intravenous ketanserin on the pressor response to sternotomy was studied in 36 patients undergoing coronary artery surgery. Two doses of the drug (10 mg and 20 mg) were compared with a placebo injection of saline. After induction of anaesthesia, haemodynamic variables were measured until the institution ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Cashman JN,Thompson MA,Bennett A

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00