Vasopressin responses during transurethral resection of the prostate.

abstract：:We have studied the effect of tropisetron, a 5-HT3-receptor antagonist, on postoperative nausea, vomiting and pain in 54 patients, aged 50-83 yr, after major hip or knee surgery. The patients were given subarachnoid injection of plain 0.5% bupivacaine, mixed with preservative-free morphine 0.3 mg, for surgical and pos...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Pitkänen MT,Niemi L,Tuominen MK,Rosenberg PH

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of lumbar extradural abscess that presented 9 days after an elective Caesarean section performed under combined spinal-extradural anaesthesia. This was successfully treated conservatively with full recovery. The clinical course included development, and then resolution, of mild paraparesis. Conservati...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Dysart RH,Balakrishnan V

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The low and moderate doses of dexmedetomidine reduce arterial pressure and heart rate (HR), suggesting attenuation of sympathetic activity and dominance of cardiac-vagal activity. These autonomic responses under dexmedetomidine sedation may attenuate cardiovascular reflex responses to temporal reduction in a...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Kato J,Ogawa Y,Kojima W,Aoki K,Ogawa S,Iwasaki K

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although most local anaesthetic drugs are generally regarded as vasodilators at their site of injection, they produce systemic effects characterized by increases in peripheral resistance, cardiac output, arterial pressure heart rate. The direct depressive effects of the drugs are counterbalanced by increased sympathet...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Blair MR

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Day-case anaesthesia requires rapidly eliminated anaesthetics which are relatively expensive. This multinational, multicentre European study assessed the relative costs of propofol or sevoflurane anaesthesia in 211 patients. Anaesthesia was induced and maintained with propofol in group 1, with propofol and sevoflurane...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Smith I,Terhoeve PA,Hennart D,Feiss P,Harmer M,Pourriat JL,Johnson IA

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nausea and vomiting occur commonly during and after Caesarean delivery (CD) performed under neuraxial anaesthesia. Metoclopramide is a prokinetic agent reported to be safe in parturients. This meta-analysis assesses the efficacy of metoclopramide for prophylaxis against intra- and postoperative nausea and vomiting (IO...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Mishriky BM,Habib AS

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the use of intra-vas deferens local anaesthesia in 70 patients undergoing vasectomy as day-case patients. Patients were allocated randomly to either a control or treatment group. In the treatment group, 0.5% bupivacaine 1 ml or 0.9% saline 1 ml was injected into the lumen of the right or left vas defer...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Paxton LD,Huss BK,Loughlin V,Mirakhur RK

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the effects of bilateral ilioinguinal nerve block and wound infiltration with 0.5% bupivacaine on postoperative pain and analgesic requirements in 62 patients undergoing Caesarean section under general anaesthesia. A control group received no local anaesthetic supplementation. Both ilioinguinal block a...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Ganta R,Samra SK,Maddineni VR,Furness G

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Relative humidity of air produced by simple compressors used to drive ventilators was measured at different working pressures. At normal working pressures, a relative humidity of 100% was found and condensation occurred, mainly at the high pressure air/oxygen mixer valve. This resulted in blockages and loss of accurac...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Conely JI,Railton R,MacKenzie AI

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and forty male rats received a cryoinjury to a segment of the exposed sciatic nerve. A variety of temperatures and freeze patterns was used and the recovery of function was monitored. Where obvious nerve freezing occurred, the cryoinjury caused complete loss of function in the limb. The return of motor act...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Evans PJ,Lloyd JW,Green CJ

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to investigate if propofol produced cardiovascular effects by direct actions or by indirect actions secondary to depression of the central nervous system. Experiments were performed on chloralose anaesthetized dogs in which all neurogenic cardiovascular reflexes were abolished by bilateral vago...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Goodchild CS,Serrao JM

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined in 51 healthy patients undergoing body surface surgery the dose requirements for propofol, as part of a total i.v. anaesthesia technique with an alfentanil infusion. After premedication with temazepam, patients received alfentanil 50 micrograms kg-1 followed by an infusion of 50 micrograms kg-1 h-1. Pati...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Richards MJ,Skues MA,Jarvis AP,Prys-Roberts C

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Volume loading with crystalloid solution results in more pronounced haemodilution in patients who develop arterial hypotension during induction of extradural anaesthesia than in those who remain normotensive. The aim of this study was to describe the time course of this increase in haemodilution. Heart rate, systolic ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Drobin D,Hahn RG

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of the intrathecal administration of diamorphine on the hyperglycaemic, adrenocortical and cardiovascular responses to major colonic surgery were investigated, and the results compared with those obtained in a similar group of patients receiving low doses of fentanyl. In the group receiving intrathecal diam...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Child CS,Kaufman L

更新日期：1985-04-01 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：:We have compared bupivacaine 5 mg ml-1, either isobaric in saline 0.9% or hyperbaric in 8% glucose, for spinal anaesthesia in 100 children, aged 2-115 months, in a double-blind, randomized, parallel group, prospective study. Children were premedicated with diazepam 0.5 mg kg-1 orally. Seventy-two children were sedated...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Kokki H,Tuovinen K,Hendolin H

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested the hypothesis that the solvent for etomidate was a factor in the incidence of pain and other side effects after injection, and that these were associated with histamine release. Nine of 10 volunteers who received etomidate in a propylene glycol formulation reported moderate to severe pain on injection; only...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Doenicke AW,Roizen MF,Hoernecke R,Lorenz W,Ostwald P

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Loss of resistance dorsal to the ligamentum flavum was recorded in 10 of 16 patients aged 43--75 yr whilst performing extradural anaesthesia at the L2--3 interspace via the midline approach. Degeneration of the interspinous ligament with cavity formation is observed frequently in the elderly and may account for false ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Sharrock NE

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The therapeutic potential of cardiac μ-opioid receptors in ischaemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury during opioid-modulating diseases, such as heart failure, is unknown. We aimed to explore the changes of cardiac μ-opioid receptor expression during heart failure, and its role in opioid-induced cardioprotection. M...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： He SF,Jin SY,Yang W,Pan YL,Huang J,Zhang SJ,Zhang L,Zhang Y

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In nine patients, undergoing repeat operations because of severe intra-abdominal infection developing after major abdominal surgery, serum potassium concentrations were monitored during induction of anaesthesia. Four patients showed an increase of serum potassium ranging from 2.5 to 3.1 mmol/litre above baseline value...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Kohlschütter B,Baur H,Roth F

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied haemodynamic responses to 0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75 and 1 MAC isoflurane administration in 10 patients during a zero-order propofol infusion and normocapnia. Isoflurane reduced mean arterial pressure (MAP), systemic vascular resistance and left ventricular stroke work in a dose-dependent manner (29%, 38% and ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Verborgh C,Verbessem D,Camu F

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A randomized, double-blind study of 38 patients undergoing total knee replacement was undertaken to compare the efficacy and respiratory effects of low-dose spinal morphine and patient-controlled i.v. morphine against patient-controlled i.v. morphine alone. Patients received either morphine 0.3 mg or saline 0.3 ml wit...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Cole PJ,Craske DA,Wheatley RG

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALRP) is gaining popularity as a less traumatic and minimally invasive alternative to open radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP). The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence and grade of venous gas embolism (VGE) during RALRP compared with those ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Hong JY,Kim JY,Choi YD,Rha KH,Yoon SJ,Kil HK

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of the combination of opiates and hypnotics on bispectral index (BIS) is unclear. This double-blind placebo-controlled trial investigated the effect on BIS and sedation of different infusion doses of remifentanil combined with a steady infusion of propofol. Forty patients initially received a target-control...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Strachan AN,Edwards ND

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report an unusual case of acute upper airway obstruction. Inhalation of a foreign body caused choking in a 5-yr-old child, but subsequent investigations revealed a large anterior mediastinal tumour, externally compressing the trachea and the main bronchi. Such a presentation may be deceptive and is important, as ge...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Akhtar TM,Ridley S,Best CJ

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty patients (age range 60-79 yr) undergoing transurethral surgery were allocated randomly to receive 0.5% plain bupivacaine 4 ml at the L2-3 (n = 20) or L4-5 (n = 20) space. The solution was injected over 30 s with the patient in the sitting position. The patient was kept sitting for 2 min, then placed supine and, ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Olsen KH,Nielsen TH,Kristoffersen E,Husegaard HC,Wernberg M,Dørup J

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and eighty-five patients were allocated at random to receive pethidine with diazepam (in an emulsion), or pethidine with midazolam i.v. as sedation for upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. Sedation and conditions for examination were comparable and satisfactory in both groups. Midazolam produced more amnesia ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Magni VC,Frost RA,Leung JW,Cotton PB

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to determine whether assessment of stroke volume (SV) and measurement of exhaled end-tidal carbon dioxide [Formula: see text] during an end-expiratory occlusion (EEO) test can predict fluid responsiveness in the operating theatre. METHODS:Forty-two subjects monitored by oesop...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Guinot PG,Godart J,de Broca B,Bernard E,Lorne E,Dupont H

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with Ebstein's anomaly undergoing anaesthesia for the operation of hysterectomy is reported. The considerations relating to the risk of an increased right-to-left intracardiac shunt are discussed. The patient was anaesthetized successfully with a combination of nitrous oxide, droperidol and fentanyl. ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Bengtsson IM,Magno R,Wickström I

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dexmedetomidine is an α-2-receptor agonist which might be used as an additive to local anaesthetics for various regional anaesthetic techniques. We therefore designed this prospective, double-blinded, controlled volunteer study to investigate the effects of dexmedetomidine as an adjuvant to ropivacaine on pe...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Marhofer D,Kettner SC,Marhofer P,Pils S,Weber M,Zeitlinger M

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00