Continuous display of plasma potassium during cardiac surgery.

abstract：:Four cases of severely mentally handicapped young adults requiring day care dental treatment are reported. All had required varying degrees of restraint during previous dental treatments, which had been distressing for the patient, the relatives and the ward staff. In all cases, administration of oral ketamine 10 mg/k...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Petros AJ

更新日期：1991-08-01 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

abstract：:Routine pre-operative chest X-rays have been taken for 22 years. There has been recent criticism of this investigation. 1000 such X-rays taken in 1977 are compared with the same number in 1955. It appears now that routine pre-operative chest X-rays are not necessary under 30 years of age but that they are essential ov...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Loder RE

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Topical anesthesia of the respiratory tract for fibreoptic bronchoscopy was compared, in a single-blind study, inhaled from a simple and inexpensive jet nebuliser, administered by cricothyroid injection or by a 'spray-as-you-go technique'. Each technique was supplemented by spraying lignocaine through the fibrescope a...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Isaac PA,Barry JE,Vaughan RS,Rosen M,Newcombe RG

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood glucose levels were measured immediately after induction of anaesthesia and again intraoperatively in 26 children fasted overnight for operations in the morning and 28 children fasted from 8.00 a.m. for afternoon surgery. The mean post-induction glucose concentration of the afternoon surgery group was significan...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Redfern N,Addison GM,Meakin G

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A debate has emerged in recently published studies about the optimum cardiopulmonary bypass temperature for good neurological outcome - warm vs. cold, i.e. normothermic vs. hypothermic. Although many comparative studies have been performed, the results of these studies are inconclusive and are difficult to interpret. ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Shaaban Ali M,Harmer M,Kirkham F

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain natriuretic peptide has vasodilatory properties and may thus increase splanchnic perfusion and oxygenation. We compared the effects of recombinant brain natriuretic peptide on gastric mucosal microvascular haemoglobin oxygenation (reflectance spectrophotometry) and systemic variables with those of equi-hypotensi...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Schwarte LA,Schwartges I,Scheeren TW,Schober P,Picker O

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the prevalence of novel acronyms in the titles of anaesthetic and related studies and the response of anaesthetists to them. We separately analysed trainee-led research projects in the UK supported by the Research and Audit Federation of Trainees (RAFT), and a 10-year cohort of papers identified using the ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Weale J,Soysa R,Yentis SM

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A postal questionnaire on blood ordering practices and blood availability was sent to 89 randomly selected maternity units within the United Kingdom. The replies demonstrated a wide variation in crossmatching practices. Of those units that replied, 56% crossmatch for elective and 64% for emergency Caesarean section, 5...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Clark VA,Wardall GJ,McGrady EM

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with obstructive sleep apnoea are at increased risk of adverse postoperative outcomes, such as cardiac and respiratory complications. It has been hypothesised that obstructive sleep apnoea also increases the risk for postoperative delirium and acute postoperative pain. We conducted a retrospective, observatio...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Strutz PK,Kronzer V,Tzeng W,Arrington B,McKinnon SL,Ben Abdallah A,Haroutounian S,Avidan MS

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was performed to determine whether preload-adjusted peak power can act as a surrogate for preload-adjusted maximal power in the assessment of left ventricular performance in the clinical setting. Ninety-nine consecutive patients who had undergone elective coronary artery bypass grafting were studied. Fifty-...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Amà R,Claessens T,Roosens C,Segers P,Verdonck P,Poelaert J

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anaesthetic management of patients in haemorrhagic shock is described. The principles are those of initial resuscitation with electrolyte solutions and alleviation of metabolic acidosis, combined with early induction of anaesthesia to permit control of bleeding as soon as possible. The anaesthetic technique depend...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： McGown RG

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A key figure in the development of anaesthesia in Russia was the surgeon Nikolay Ivanovich Pirogov (1810-1881). He experimented with ether and chloroform and organised the general introduction of anaesthesia in Russia for patients undergoing surgery. He was the first to perform systematic research into anaesthesia-rel...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Hendriks IF,Bovill JG,Boer F,Houwaart ES,Hogendoorn PC

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An infant with Pierre Robin anomaly was anaesthetised for cardiac catheterisation. There was cor pulmonale with the pulmonary artery pressure at systemic level, a patent foramen ovale and a persistent ductus arteriosus. The effects of alterations in blood gases on the haemodynamics and intracardiac shunts are consider...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Freeman MK,Manners JM

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Point-of-care coagulation monitoring can be used for the guidance of haemostasis management. However, the influence of time on point-of-care prothrombin time testing following protamine administration after cardiopulmonary bypass has not been investigated. Bland-Altman and error grid analysis were used to analyse the ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Meesters MI,Kuiper G,Vonk AB,Loer SA,Boer C

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A device for maintaining a constant pressure in a pressure infusor is described. ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Houghton IT

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of increasing concentrations of nitrous oxide 30, 50 and 70% on the hepatic circulation and hepatic oxygen consumption were investigated in seven normocapnic greyhounds. Hepatic arterial and portal venous blood flows were measured continuously using electromagnetic flow probes, and mean arterial pressure a...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Thomson IA,Hughes RL,Fitch W,Campbell D

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various methods have been developed to confirm proper intubation of the trachea. This blind, randomised study evaluates some of these quantitatively and qualitatively. Forty patients had both their trachea and oesophagus intubated. A procedure that included auscultation of the upper abdomen and lungs was 100% reliable...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Andersen KH,Hald A

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data were collected from 1057 consecutive patients who received patient-controlled epidural analgesia for postoperative pain relief, using 0.1% bupivacaine with 5 microg x ml(-1) fentanyl in all cases. Prescriptions were not otherwise standardised. On the first postoperative day, 741/801 patients (92.5%) had adequate ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Wigfull J,Welchew E

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This randomised, placebo-controlled study assessed the effects of midazolam premedication on children's postoperative cognition and physical morbidity. In all, 179 children aged 5-10 years were randomly assigned to receive buccal midazolam (0.2 mg x kg(-1)) or placebo before sevoflurane-nitrous oxide anaesthesia for m...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Millar K,Asbury AJ,Bowman AW,Hosey MT,Martin K,Musiello T,Welbury RR

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE) requires extensive hands-on training, and it is for this purpose we have designed EchoComTEE, a simulator for TOE. It consists of a manikin and dummy probe; according to the position of the dummy probe (tracked by an electromagnetic sensor), two-dimensional (2D) images are calcu...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Weidenbach M,Drachsler H,Wild F,Kreutter S,Razek V,Grunst G,Ender J,Berlage T,Janousek J

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitrous oxide concentrations (V/V) at the delivery Rotameters block, nasal mask, pharynx and venous blood, were compared. There was a dilution of approximately 50% of the delivered nitrous oxide at the nasal mask which was further reduced in the pharynx. Venous blood concentrations 10 minutes after inhalation of nitro...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Sher AM,Braude BM,Cleaton-Jones PE,Moyes DG,Mallett J

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pre-operative anaemia is associated with poor outcomes after elective surgery but its relationship with outcomes after emergency surgery is unclear. We analysed National Emergency Laparotomy Audit data from 1 December 2013 to 30 November 2017, excluding laparotomy for haemorrhage. Anaemia was classified as 'mild' 129-...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Boyd-Carson H,Shah A,Sugavanam A,Reid J,Stanworth SJ,Oliver CM

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coagulopathy in patients with traumatic brain injury is associated with an increase in morbidity and mortality. Although timely and aggressive treatment of coagulopathy is of paramount importance, excessive transfusion of blood products has been linked with poor long-term outcomes in patients with traumatic brain inju...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Gratz J,Güting H,Thorn S,Brazinova A,Görlinger K,Schäfer N,Schöchl H,Stanworth S,Maegele M

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred unpremedicated female patients of ASA grade 1 or 2 who underwent laparoscopy as outpatients were allocated randomly to one of four groups. All patients received general anaesthesia with fentanyl, thiopentone, halothane, nitrous oxide and oxygen; suxamethonium was given to facilitate tracheal intubation. In...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Ho RT,Jawan B,Fung ST,Cheung HK,Lee JH

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various methods by which the Cape Minor ventilator may be used in the circle absorber system are described and the problems of the circuits described are considered. A new valve system is described which overcomes most of the problems encountered with other circuits. The economic advantages of an inexpensive ventilato...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： James MF

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are conflicting results with regard to the use of catheter-based techniques for continuous paravertebral block. Local anaesthetic spread within the paravertebral space is limited and the clinical effect is often variable. Discrepancies between needle tip position and final catheter position can also be problemat...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Luyet C,Meyer C,Herrmann G,Hatch GM,Ross S,Eichenberger U

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to validate a device designed to measure activated clotting time in low-range heparin plasma concentrations (ACT-LR) prospectively during the post-operative period of vascular surgery. Measurement of ACT-LR and activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) were performed before heparinisat...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Racioppi L,Quinart A,Biais M,Nouette-Gaulain K,Revel P,Sztark F

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated if adding low-dose ketamine to fentanyl could offer a haemodynamically stable drug combination with little respiratory side-effects. Eight healthy, consenting male volunteers received in a random, cross-over and double-blind fashion both fentanyl 2 micrograms.kg-1 + ketamine 0.25 mg.kg-1 and fenta...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Mildh L,Taittonen M,Leino K,Kirvelä O

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditional methods used to disseminate educational resources to front-line healthcare staff have several limitations. Social media may increase the visibility of these resources among targeted groups and communities. Our project aimed to disseminate key clinical messages from the National Tracheostomy Safety Project ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Ng FK,Wallace S,Coe B,Owen A,Lynch J,Bonvento B,Firn M,McGrath BA

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00