Comparison of buprenorphine, pethidine and pentazocine for the relief of pain after operation.

abstract：:Moderate to severe arterial oxygen desaturation (SaO2 75-88%) occurred in three of four patients who were given sedation during regional conduction block without the administration of oxygen. No desaturation occurred in six patients given oxygen 2 litre min-1 via a nasal catheter during similar procedures. It is concl...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Smith DC,Crul JF

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are no published data to predict tracheostomy tube size as growth proceeds in children requiring long-term ventilation. METHODS:A retrospective audit was undertaken of children having long-term ventilation, managed from the Southport spinal injuries unit. The dates of step-up in size of tracheostomy t...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Behl S,Watt JW

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increasing numbers of older patients prescribed clopidogrel are presenting for urgent hip fracture surgery. Best practice for the management of clopidogrel therapy is unknown, although delays to surgery are associated with increased mortality. We investigated the influence of perioperative management of clop...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Collyer TC,Reynolds HC,Truyens E,Kilshaw L,Corcoran T

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventeen patients received morphine 0.2 mgkg-1 in a 10% dextrose solution i.m. (n = 5), extradurally (n = 6) and intrathecally (n = 6) for pain after operation. Morphine was measured in plasma by radioimmunoassay. Plasma immunoreactive morphine concentration was significantly less after intrathecal administration aft...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Chauvin M,Samii K,Schermann JM,Sandouk P,Bourdon R,Viars P

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study compared the efficacy of topical anaesthesia with levobupivacaine 0.75% vs lidocaine 2% during cataract surgery by phacoemulsification. METHODS:A prospective, randomized, double-blind study comparing two agents for topical anaesthesia in cataract surgery. Two hundred and forty-six consecutive pat...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Fernández SA,Dios E,Diz JC

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether low-dose erythromycin (200 mg) given as an oral premedicant altered the residual gastric volume and its acidity in fasted patients at induction of anaesthesia in a single-blinded study. Sixty patients were allocated randomly to receive either an erythromycin tablet (200 mg) or nothing with 10 m...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Asai T,Murao K,Shingu K

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An analysis of neuromuscular transmission has been made in phrenic nerve/diaphragm preparations from male rats aged 30 days or 110 days. The amplitude of miniature end-plate potentials was found to decrease with age, being 0.969 +/- SEM 0.058 mV at 30 days and 0.510 +/- SEM 0.031 mV at 110 days. Over the same period, ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Kelly SS,Roberts DV

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Assessments of labour pain focus on pain intensity, not on duration. We aimed to assess the importance labouring women apply to pain intensity and duration before labour and post-delivery. METHODS:Forty healthy women scheduled for labour induction were enrolled in this institutional review board-approved, p...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Carvalho B,Hilton G,Wen L,Weiniger CF

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fresh gas flow rate necessary to prevent rebreathing in T-piece anaesthesia is well established at twice total ventilation. The minimum reservoir volume to avoid air dilution of anaesthetic gases in the alveolus at this flow rate is, however, undecided. A lung model was constructed to represent spontaneous respira...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Naunton A

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) affects ~9-24% of the general population, and 90% remain undiagnosed. Those patients with undiagnosed moderate-to-severe OSA may be associated with an increased risk of perioperative complications. Our objective was to evaluate the proportion of surgical patients with undiagnos...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Singh M,Liao P,Kobah S,Wijeysundera DN,Shapiro C,Chung F

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the prone knee-chest position the spread of plain 0.5% bupivacaine in the cerebrospinal fluid and associated haemodynamic changes may be different compared with the horizontal position. A randomized comparison was performed in 40 ASA I-II patients, aged 24-61 yr, undergoing lumbar disc surgery. Subarachnoid injecti...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Laakso E,Pitkänen M,Kyttä J,Rosenberg PH

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of laudanosine, a metabolite of atracurium, on the behaviour of conscious mice, rats and dogs, and on cardiovascular function in conscious and anaesthetized dogs have been evaluated: EEG studies were performed in anaesthetized dogs. In mice and rats, i.v. bolus doses of laudanosine 10-20 mg kg-1, caused co...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Chapple DJ,Miller AA,Ward JB,Wheatley PL

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aimed to investigate whether reversal of rocuronium-induced neuromuscular blockade with sugammadex reduced the incidence of residual blockade and facilitated operating room discharge readiness. METHODS:Adult patients undergoing abdominal surgery received rocuronium, followed by randomized allocat...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Brueckmann B,Sasaki N,Grobara P,Li MK,Woo T,de Bie J,Maktabi M,Lee J,Kwo J,Pino R,Sabouri AS,McGovern F,Staehr-Rye AK,Eikermann M

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The immobilizing effects of volatile anaesthetics are primarily mediated at the spinal level. A suppression of recurrent spinal responses (F-waves), which reflect spinal excitability, has been shown for propofol. We have assessed the concentration-dependent F-wave suppression by propofol and related it to th...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Baars JH,Tas S,Herold KF,Hadzidiakos DA,Rehberg B

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have measured the n-octanol/water distribution coefficients at 37 degrees C of two steroidal myoneural blockers (pancuronium and vecuronium) and of their 3-hydroxy metabolites over a pH range from 1.5 to 11. Pancuronium was found not to be lipid soluble. The mean distribution coefficient of 3-hydroxy vecuronium at ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Weindlamayr-Goettel M,Gilley H,Sipos E,Steinbereithner K

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is a powerful sodium channel blocker extracted from the puffer fish. The analgesic effects of TTX were investigated in different animal pain models. METHODS:Wistar rats were submitted to the formalin test and to partial ligation of the sciatic nerve (Seltzer's model). Swiss Webster mice w...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Marcil J,Walczak JS,Guindon J,Ngoc AH,Lu S,Beaulieu P

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine if improved postoperative recovery in surgical inpatients receiving intraoperative therapeutic suggestions are applicable in an outpatient population, 70 consenting, unpremedicated adults undergoing elective outpatient hernia repair under general anaesthesia were allocated randomly to either a therapeutic...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Lebovits AH,Twersky R,McEwan B

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have evaluated the effect of delivering nitric oxide using a continuous flow system (CFS) or two commercially available proportional gas injection systems (PGIS), Nodomo (Dräger, Lübeck, Germany) and Pulmonox-Mini (Messer Griesheim Austria, Gumpoldskirchen, Austria) on measured and simulated concentrations of nitri...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Hiesmayr MJ,Neugebauer T,Lassnigg A,Steltzer H,Haider W,Gilly H

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Restrictive transfusion triggers are safe for most critically ill patients, but doubts exist for patients with ischaemic heart disease (IHD). We investigated the prevalence of reported IHD at admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) and investigated how this influenced red cell transfusion triggers. We als...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Walsh TS,McClelland DB,Lee RJ,Garrioch M,Maciver CR,McArdle F,Crofts SL,Mellor I,ATICS Study Group.

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnesium inhibits the release of acetylcholine from the motor nerve terminal and thus potentiates the action of the non-depolarizing neuromuscular blocking drugs. We have examined the possibility that this effect might enhance the speed of onset of non-depolarizing block with pancuronium. Following the administration...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： James MF,Schenk PA,van der Veen BW

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Atelectasis is known to develop during anaesthesia and after operation atelectasis leads to impaired oxygenation. Lung recruitment manoeuvres, positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP), and continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) have been proposed for reduction of atelectasis but their benefits have not be...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Lumb AB,Greenhill SJ,Simpson MP,Stewart J

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy). This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor-in-Chief of British Journal of Anaesthesia. The study is retracted for the following reasons: Statistical analysis suggests t...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Saitoh Y,Kaneda K,Hattori H,Nakajima H,Murakawa M

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared psychomotor recovery after total intravenous anaesthesia (TIVA) with remifentanil/propofol and balanced anaesthesia (BAL) with etomidate/fentanyl/isoflurane in 40 patients, ASA I-III, aged > or =80 yr undergoing elective cataract surgery. Recovery times were recorded and psychomotor recovery was assessed a...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Kubitz J,Epple J,Bach A,Motsch J,Martin E,Schmidt H

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have compared the ability of naïve intubators to intubate the trachea using a laryngoscope and an intubating laryngeal mask airway (ILMA) after receiving basic training, in a randomized, prospective, crossover study in 60 patients. Ventilation of the lungs via the ILMA was also compared with ventilation with a face...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Avidan MS,Harvey A,Chitkara N,Ponte J

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thiopentone 4 mg/kg, Althesin 0.055 ml/kg and ketamine 2 mg/kg were compared in 157 children undergoing minor otolaryngological surgery, mostly adenotonsillectomy. Premedication was with pethidine and atropine and anaesthesia was maintained with nitrous oxide in oxygen and halothane. Tracheal intubation was facilitate...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Saarnivaara L

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the incidence of respiratory complications and hypoxic episodes during inhalation induction with isoflurane in 75 healthy unpremedicated children. Problems occurred less frequently when 4% isoflurane in oxygen was used from the outset than with traditional techniques using nitrous oxide and a gradually...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Warde D,Nagi H,Raftery S

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Some patients have features that indicate possible difficulty with direct laryngoscopy for tracheal intubation. Prediction of the likely outcome and selection of patients for an enhanced management algorithm would reduce the possible harm from failed intubation attempts. METHODS:Adult elective patients were...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Cook F,Lobo D,Martin M,Imbert N,Grati H,Daami N,Cherait C,Saïdi NE,Abbay K,Jaubert J,Younsi K,Bensaid S,Ait-Mamar B,Slavov V,Mounier R,Goater P,Bloc S,Catineau J,Abdelhafidh K,Haouache H,Dhonneur G

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maternal haemorrhage is the leading cause of preventable maternal death worldwide and encompasses antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum bleeding. This review highlights factors that predispose to severe bleeding, its management, and the most recent treatment and guidelines. Advances in obstetric care have provided p...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Walfish M,Neuman A,Wlody D

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have compared iontophoretically and locally applied lidocaine for relief of pain on propofol injection. Pain was assessed on insertion of a 20-gauge i.v. cannula and at 10-s intervals for 30 s after injection of propofol. Pain scores on cannulation were significantly less in the iontophoresis group (median 1.1) tha...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Sadler PJ,Thompson HM,Maslowski P,Liddle A,Rowbotham DJ

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to develop a pharmacokinetic (PK) model to characterize the influence of obesity on propofol PK parameters. METHODS:Nineteen obese ASA II patients undergoing bariatric surgery were studied. Patients received propofol 2 mg kg(-1) bolus dose followed by a 5-20-40-120 min, 10-8-...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Cortínez LI,Anderson BJ,Penna A,Olivares L,Muñoz HR,Holford NH,Struys MM,Sepulveda P

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00