Comparison of peripheral nerve blockade characteristics between non-diabetic patients and patients suffering from diabetic neuropathy: a prospective cohort study.

abstract：:Implantable cardioverter defibrillator implantation is performed under general anaesthesia. This report describes awareness or recall in two of 33 patients scheduled for implantation. After induction, anaesthesia was maintained using continuous infusions of propofol and atracurium and intermittent boluses of alfentani...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Moerman A,Herregods L,Foubert L,Poelaert J,Jordaens L,D'Hont L,Rolly G

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mortality remains high for patients on the waiting list for organ transplantation. A marked imbalance between the number of available organs and recipients that need to be transplanted persists. Organs from deceased donors are often declined due to perceived and actual suboptimal quality. Adequate donor management off...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Bera KD,Shah A,English MR,Harvey D,Ploeg RJ

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiopulmonary resuscitation en route to hospital is performed by a single-handed operator in many British ambulances. In this study, three emergency ventilation devices, and mouth-to-mouth breathing, were compared for effectiveness in unintubated patients. Seventeen paramedics used each method on a Laerdal manikin i...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Greenslade GL

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with severe Guillain-Barré syndrome responded to treatment with high-dose intravenous immunoglobulins. It is suggested, on the basis of recent case reports, that immunoglobulins may have an important rôle in the future treatment of this immune-mediated disease. ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Rajah A

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postmortem specimens of 10 patients who had received continuous epidural anaesthesia postoperatively (ranging from 2-21 days) were examined. Slight epidural haemorrhage was observed in six patients and a macroscopically visible haematoma in a thrombocytopenic patient. Nonspecific epidural inflammatory reactions were o...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Wulf H,Striepling E

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The organisational state of inpatient pain management in UK hospitals is difficult to determine. We sent an electronic questionnaire to 209 acute pain service leads throughout the UK. Questions were about staffing and service provision. We received 141 responses (67%); 47% of all UK hospitals. Each service was respons...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Rockett M,Vanstone R,Chand J,Waeland D

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article does not attempt to answer all the questions which might arise with the immediate management of a patient with acute renal failure but an effort has been made to lay down some guidelines and discuss some of the points of controversy. It should be remembered that the management of acute renal failure is an...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Rainford DJ

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New anaesthetic agents are continually being developed in an effort to prepare the ideal agent. Isoflurane is the first choice of many anaesthetists, although it clearly falls short of the ideal on a number of counts. The need and place for any new agent depends on comparing the properties of a theoretically ideal age...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Jones RM,Ward PM

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laryngeal mask airway cuff inflation pressures were measured when inflated with the same volume of gas firstly in free space and then in position in the pharynx. A large difference in these pressures was observed and this was related to pharyngeal mucosal perfusion pressure. This study shows that it may be easy to pro...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： O'Kelly SW,Heath KJ,Lawes EG

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of route of administration (extradural as compared with intravenous) of diamorphine 0.5 mg/hour as a supplement to extradural bupivacaine (0.125% at 15 ml/hour) was investigated in two groups of 20 patients who underwent major abdominal gynaecological surgery. Significantly more patients in the intraveno...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Lee A,McKeown D,Brockway M,Bannister J,Wildsmith JA

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case is presented of a mother with unanticipated profound thrombocytopenia who received a continuous epidural anaesthetic for labour. No neurological sequelae or excessive bleeding occurred. It is clear, after a review of the literature, that more information is needed to define the lower limits of platelet count at...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Hew-Wing P,Rolbin SH,Hew E,Amato D

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some short procedures require deep neuromuscular blockade, which needs to be reversed at the end of the procedure. Forty-four patients undergoing elective laryngeal micro-surgery were randomly allocated into two groups: rocuronium 0.45 mg.kg-1 with neostigmine (50 μg.kg-1 with glycopyrrolate 10 μg.kg-1 ) reversal (mod...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Choi ES,Oh AY,Koo BW,Hwang JW,Han JW,Seo KS,Ahn SH,Jeong WJ

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As COVID-19 disease escalates globally, optimising patient outcome during this catastrophic healthcare crisis is the number one priority. The principles of patient blood management are fundamental strategies to improve patient outcomes and should be given high priority in this crisis situation. The aim of this expert ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Baron DM,Franchini M,Goobie SM,Javidroozi M,Klein AA,Lasocki S,Liumbruno GM,Muñoz M,Shander A,Spahn DR,Zacharowski K,Meybohm P

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to evaluate whether the application of cricoid pressure at the time of induction of anaesthesia was associated with a lesser incidence of postoperative nausea or vomiting in the immediate postoperative period compared with a group in which no cricoid pressure was applied, in patients undergoing day ca...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Khan FA,ul Haq A

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of severe respiratory depression complicating epidural diamorphine administration are reported. In both cases, the dura had been punctured. The risk of epidural opiate administration in association with a breach in the dura is reiterated. ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Corke CF,Wheatley RG

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the use of aprotinin in two patients to control life threatening haemorrhage due to coagulopathy when other therapeutic measures had failed. We review the use of aprotinin and give a rationale for its use in acute coagulopathy. ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Valentine S,Williamson P,Sutton D

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred patients (69 female) undergoing surgical excision of three or more wisdom teeth were randomly allocated to receive either thiopentone or propofol for induction of anaesthesia. Other than the induction agent, the anaesthetic regimen was standardised for all cases. All patients were observed for 15 min after...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Singh P,Harwood R,Cartwright DP,Crossley AW

更新日期：1994-11-01 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：:Pregnanolone emulsion, a new steroid anaesthetic agent, was administered intravenously as bolus doses to six young healthy male volunteers in a preliminary pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic study. The plasma concentration-time curves fitted a two-compartment model. The elimination half-life was between 0.9 and 1.4 h...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Carl P,Høgskilde S,Nielsen JW,Sørensen MB,Lindholm M,Karlen B,Bäckstrøm T

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Global Oximetry (GO) is an initiative launched recently in Uganda, India, the Philippines and Vietnam. The overall aims are to promote oximetry utilisation and reduce oximetry costs in lower income countries. Research objectives include studying the feasibility of cost reduction; overcoming non-cost barriers to global...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Thoms GM,McHugh GA,O'Sullivan E

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the attitudes of 96 patients and 163 anaesthetists to the need for obtaining informed consent before specialist airway techniques. Participants were asked to score six questions using a numerical scale, as to whether they thought consent was necessary before specific procedures, particularly in relatio...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Bray JK,Yentis SM

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was conducted with the aims of comparing intravenous tramadol 1, 2 and 3 mg.kg(-1) with pethidine 0.5 mg.kg(-1) for prophylaxis of postanaesthetic shivering and to find a dose of tramadol that could provide the dual advantage of antishivering and analgesic effect in the postoperative period. The stud...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Mohta M,Kumari N,Tyagi A,Sethi AK,Agarwal D,Singh M

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Negatively marked multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are part of the assessment process in both the Primary and Final examinations for the fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthetists. It is said that candidates who guess will lose marks in the MCQ paper. We studied candidates attending a pre-examination revision co...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Hammond EJ,McIndoe AK,Sansome AJ,Spargo PM

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Propofol is the most commonly administered intravenous agent for anaesthesia in children. However, there are concerns that the emulsified preparation may not be safe in children with an allergy to egg, peanut, soybean or other legumes. We conducted a retrospective study of children with immunologically confirmed egg, ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Sommerfield DL,Lucas M,Schilling A,Drake-Brockman TFE,Sommerfield A,Arnold A,von Ungern-Sternberg BS

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Factors that influence the induction of anaesthesia with propofol were investigated in a prospective study of 1000 patients. Pre-operative albumin and urea concentrations correlated with the minimum induction dose of propofol, but less strong correlations were found with haemoglobin, globulin and total protein concent...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： McCleane GJ,Fogarty DF,Watters CH

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with dystrophia myotonica was given dantrolene sodium to try to provide muscle relaxation during a cholecystectomy. Dantrolene was used as it is accepted that the drug has a place in the control of spasticity and also causes muscle relaxation, whereas conventional muscle relaxants are unable to control myoto...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Phillips DC,Ellis FR,Exley KA,Ness MA

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The peri-operative and postoperative effects of propofol given by infusion were compared with halothane as a supplement to nitrous oxide-oxygen anaesthesia for body surface surgery in patients who breathed spontaneously. Anaesthesia was induced after opioid premedication, with either propofol 2.5 mg/kg or thiopentone ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Sear JW,Shaw I,Wolf A,Kay NH

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although epidural analgesia is routinely used in many institutions for patients undergoing hepatic resection, there are unresolved issues regarding its safety and efficacy in this setting. We performed a review of papers published in the area of anaesthesia and analgesia for liver resection surgery and selected four a...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Tzimas P,Prout J,Papadopoulos G,Mallett SV

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a double-blind, randomised controlled cross-over study the effects of perineuronal (perifemoral) injections of morphine were compared with epidural injections with the same amount of morphine in patients after knee surgery. Better pain scores were achieved during treatment with epidural morphine. We have not been a...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Dahl JB,Daugaard JJ,Kristoffersen E,Johannsen HV,Dahl JA

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary shunting (Qs/Qt with the FIO2 = 1) was determined in ten young healthy non-obese patients prior to anaesthesia, 30 min after induction in the supine position and 1 h later during surgery in the prone position. Respiration was spontaneous in awake patients and was controlled following the induction of anaesth...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Stone JG,Khambatta HJ

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00