Dexamethasone as adjuvant for femoral nerve block following knee arthroplasty: a randomized, controlled study.

abstract：:The effect of intranasally administered nitroglycerin (NTG) on the cardiovascular response to laryngoscopy and intubation was studied. Thirty patients scheduled to undergo coronary artery by-pass surgery under thiopentone, enflurane and pancuronium anaesthesia were randomly divided into three groups. Group I received ...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Dich-Nielsen J,Hole P,Lang-Jensen T,Owen-Falkenberg A,Skovsted P

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The mechanism behind indomethacin-induced cerebral vasoconstriction is incompletely understood. We tested the hypothesis that the mixed endothelin-1 receptor antagonist bosentan would modify or prevent indomethacin-induced reduction of CBF in the anaesthetized pig. Furthermore, we investigated the effect of ...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Rasmussen M,Poulsen PH,Treiber A,Delahaye S,Tankisi A,Cold GE,Therkelsen K,Gjedde A,Astrup J

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of graduated compression elastic stockings to prevent hypotension during elective epidural caesarean section was evaluated. Twenty women were randomly assigned to two groups of ten, one group being fitted with the stockings. The incidence and degree of hypotension were the same in both groups. Graduated co...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Lee A,McKeown D,Wilson J

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A questionnaire was sent to the first 371 patients investigated for MH susceptibility at the Danish MH Register, in order to assess sequelae from the muscle biopsy and possible subsequent anaesthetic complications. The purpose was to evaluate both the safety of anaesthetizing MH-susceptible (MHS) patients without the ...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Ording H,Hedengran AM,Skovgaard LT

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Further characterization of the post-cardiac arrest syndrome (PCAS) is essential to better understand the mechanisms resulting in injury and death. We investigated serial serum concentrations of the stress hormone c-terminal provasopressin (CT-proAVP or copeptin), the cardiac biomarker MR-proANP and a biomar...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Annborn M,Dankiewicz J,Nielsen N,Rundgren M,Smith JG,Hertel S,Struck J,Friberg H

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intramuscular scopolamine plus morphine premedication is traditionally used when prominent sedative or antisialogogue effect is needed. Knowledge of the pharmacokinetics of scopolamine is limited due to low plasma concentrations found after therapeutic doses. This investigation compares the pharmacokinetics ...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Kentala E,Scheinin H,Kaila T,Seppälä T,Kanto J

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:: In critically ill patients, severe infection and systemic inflammation due to non-infectious causes produce very similar clinical presentations, and traditional infection markers do not always differentiate these two conditions. Both procalcitonin and neopterin have been suggested to aid in the early diagn...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Ruokonen E,Ilkka L,Niskanen M,Takala J

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regional microcirculatory differences in the superficial renal cortex were studied before and during 4 h following 60 min of renal ischaemia in seven pigs under continuous intravenous chlormethiazole-pancuronium anaesthesia. Superficial renal cortical blood flow (Qsrc) was measured by laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF) in ...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Sandin R,Feuk U,Modig J

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty children, aged 1-12 years, were investigated with regard to gastric pH and volume before general anaesthesia. Thirty children (group D) received diazepam 0.75 mg/kg b.w. rectally 1 h before anaesthesia. Thirty children (group L) received a "lytic cocktail" (pethidine 28 mg, promethazine 7 mg, chlorpromazine 7 mg...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Blom H,Schmidt JF,Rytlander M

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of aminophylline on BIS as well as clinical recovery in patients anesthetized with sevoflurane. METHODS:Sixty patients with status of ASA I-II scheduled for elective surgery were enrolled in this study. Anesthesia was induced by 2 mg kg(-1) of prop...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Turan A,Memiş D,Karamanlýodthlu B,Pamukçu Z,Süt N

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The larger size of the first sacral nerve root has been reported to be an unfavorable factor leading to sacral sparing in epidural anesthesia. Previous studies have shown that an adequate analgesic effect of the epidural block was achieved with the catheter placement in the caudal direction. In this study, t...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Chou WY,Hsu CJ,Cheng JT,Yang LC,Lin CR,Chia YY,Yu SW,Tan PH

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Drug-induced nausea and vomiting, both post-operatively and following chemotherapy, is often distressing for the patients. Our clinical impression is that certain patients are not prone to but instead protected against both post-operative and chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV). If support for th...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Oddby-Muhrbeck E,Öbrink E,Eksborg S,Rotstein S,Lönnqvist PA

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It can be shown that the assumption of an arbitrary value for VDphys/VT during IPPV can lead to unacceptable degrees of hypo- or hyperventilation. We investigated 33 adult patients scheduled for major non-thoracic surgery, to see if any simple tests could be used to predict VDphys/VT during anaesthesia/IPPV. Fifteen w...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Fletcher R,Jonson B

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ketamine sometimes produces posthypnotic emergency reactions, such as prolonged hallucination or delirium. In a previous paper, we showed that physostigmine, an anticholinesterase agent, counteracts the manifestation of effects of ketamine at some doses. In the present study, we investigated the mechanism of the antag...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Mimura M,Namiki A,Kishi R,Ikeda T,Miyake H,Iwasaki H

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects th groups the changes in CO and SV were due mainly to a reduced demand of oxygen transport and expected changes in sympatho-adrenergic tone rather than to myocardial depression. ...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Komatsu T,Shingu K,Tomemori N,Urabe N,Mori K

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCAB) can be associated with severe cardiovascular changes, thus requiring advanced haemodynamic monitoring. Our aim was to investigate the feasibility of transpulmonary single thermodilution (STD) combined with pulse-contour analysis, a newly introduced method for ...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Kirov MY,Lenkin AI,Kuzkov VV,Suborov EV,Slastilin VY,Borodin VV,Chernov II,Shonbin AN,Bjertnaes LJ

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have evaluated the high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) combined with intermittent mandatory ventilation (IMV) in critically ill neonates and infants using the Babylog 8000 SW 4.0. We used HFOV combined with IMV as a rescue mode in 10 neonates and infants aged 1 day to 17 months, who were receiving maximal...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Murthy BV,Petros AJ

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In a previous study, we showed that oxygenation was impaired for up to 5 day after conventional coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). As cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) may have a detrimental effect on pulmonary function, we hypothesized that coronary revascularization grafting without the use of CPB (OPCAB) ...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Rasmussen BS,Laugesen H,Sollid J,Grønlund J,Rees SE,Toft E,Gjedsted J,Dethlefsen C,Tønnesen E

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:R/T-wave amplitude ratio of electrocardiogram (ECG), heart rate (HR) and systolic arterial pressure (SAP) were recorded in 15 patients awake, at 1 minimal alveolar concentration of isoflurane before and during surgery, and in deep anaesthesia (electroencephalogram burst suppression) during surgery. R/T-wave amplitude ...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Annila P,Jäntti V,Lindgren L,Yli-Hankala A

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance to mucociliary transport (MCT) and the condition of the mucus of using a heat and moisture exchanger (HME) was investigated. A high tracheotomy was performed on 10 young pigs. The animals were ventilated using a non-breathing system. In five animals an HME was used; the other five were connected directl...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Eckerbom B,Lindholm CE,Mannting F

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dispatching centres were fused into one of the 112 entity, which caused concerns regarding whether the medical calls could be processed effectively also in the new centre. We evaluated the effects of the reform on key performance criteria in medical calls. METHODS:This observational study in the Helsinki Di...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Määttä T,Kuisma M,Väyrynen T,Nousila-Wiik M,Porthan K,Boyd J,Kuosmanen J,Räsänen P

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypothermia is shown to be beneficial for the outcome after a transient global brain ischaemia through its neuroprotective effect. Whether this is also the case after focal ischaemia, such as following a severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), has been investigated in numerous studies, some of which have shown a tendency...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Grände PO,Reinstrup P,Romner B

更新日期：2009-11-01 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：BACKGROUND:The effects of an epidural opioid and a local anesthetic on the perioperative stress responses have not been fully investigated in elderly patients undergoing cancer surgery. We hypothesized that the stress response after a radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP) would be attenuated by epidural ropivacaine an...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Hong JY,Yang SC,Yi J,Kil HK

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bloodless field is an integral part of orthopedic surgery. Use of tourniquet is associated with a risk of skeletal muscle ischemia and reperfusion injury. The purpose of this prospective, open-randomized study was to determine if the use of a tourniquet system using low pressure, with a wide, curved cuff con...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Kokki H,Väätäinen U,Penttilä I

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:During the last two decades, epidural analgesia has become 'a gold standard' for labour pain in most Western countries. Newer short-acting opioids given systemically represent an alternative for adequate pain relief without using regional techniques. With this survey, we wish to explore how Norwegian hospita...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Tveit TO,Halvorsen A,Rosland JH

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal anaesthesia with bupivacaine (22.5 mg) or with a glucose-containing solution of bupivacaine (20 mg) or tetracaine (15 mg) was given to 21 patients allocated randomly to these three groups. A urodynamic study was performed by CO2 cystometry. It consisted of recording of first sensation of bladder filling, sensat...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Axelsson K,Möllefors K,Olsson JO,Lingårdh G,Widman B

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of nitroglycerin (TNG) infusion during ventilation with FIO2 = 1.0 on central haemodynamics and the distribution of ventilation-perfusion (VA/Q) were studied with the multiple inert gas elimination technique in eight patients after coronary bypass surgery. Administration of TNG resulted in a significant de...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Anjou-Lindskog E,Broman L,Broman M,Holmgren A

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intraoperative awareness with explicit recall may be followed by long-lasting mental symptoms. However, the average risk for developing mental sequelae after awareness, and the average severity and the duration of symptoms has not previously been illustrated in a consecutive series of awareness cases. METHO...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Lennmarken C,Bildfors K,Enlund G,Samuelsson P,Sandin R

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patient-controlled epidural analgesia (PCEA) with a moderate to high concentration of bupivacaine in obstetrics has been shown to give comparable analgesia and even higher level of satisfaction compared to continuous epidural infusion. We hypothesised that the use of a very low concentration technique (ropiv...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Smedvig JP,Soreide E,Gjessing L

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00