Haemodynamic disturbances during anaesthesia in a patient receiving calcium channel blockers.

abstract：:The study of rare families with inherited pain insensitivity can identify new human-validated analgesic drug targets. Here, a 66-yr-old female presented with nil requirement for postoperative analgesia after a normally painful orthopaedic hand surgery (trapeziectomy). Further investigations revealed a lifelong history...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Habib AM,Okorokov AL,Hill MN,Bras JT,Lee MC,Li S,Gossage SJ,van Drimmelen M,Morena M,Houlden H,Ramirez JD,Bennett DLH,Srivastava D,Cox JJ

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity of a new i.v. anesthetic agent ICI 35 868, a compound unrelated to currently used barbiturate, eugenol or steroid agents, has been examined in a range of animal species. Some of the properties of ICI 35 868 resemble those of thiopentone in that it is a rapidly acting agent which produces anaesthesia of sh...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Glen JB

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Delirium commonly manifests in the postoperative period as a clinical syndrome resulting from acute brain dysfunction or encephalopathy. Delirium is characterized by acute and often fluctuating changes in attention and cognition. Emergence delirium typically presents and resolves within minutes to hours after terminat...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Palanca BJA,Wildes TS,Ju YS,Ching S,Avidan MS

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study was undertaken to compare the effects of general anaesthesia (GA) and spinal anaesthesia (SA) on the need for postoperative hospitalization and early postoperative comfort in patients undergoing fast-track total knee arthroplasty (TKA). METHODS:One hundred and twenty subjects were randomly alloca...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Harsten A,Kehlet H,Toksvig-Larsen S

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood samples were obtained from a radial artery cannula in a 60-yr-old man during coronary artery surgery. Serum potassium concentrations of 9.3, 8.4, and 7.4 mmol litre(-1) were obtained. A simultaneous venous blood sample gave a serum potassium concentration of 4.4 mmol litre(-1). The ECG was unchanged. After the a...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Mehta V,Ahmed Z

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with a tracheostomy and an iatrogenic tracheo-oesophageal fistula presented for diagnostic bronchoscopy and right upper lobectomy. The anaesthetic management is discussed with reference to the options available and, in particular, the use of a Brompton Pallister single lumen endobronchial tube. ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Buchanan CC,Vaughan RS,Verdi I

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For 6 months after renal transplant serum cholinesterase concentrations were measured in 10 patients. The value decreased in the first 15 days after operation, but was normal thereafter. Liver function tests were normal throughout the study; the cholinesterase changes were independent of immunosuppressive therapy. ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Ryan DW

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the effects of anaesthesia on dynamic nitric oxide production, concentrations of tetrahydrobiopterin and the accumulation of cyclic GMP (cGMP) in the rat central nervous system (CNS). Rats were assigned to anaesthesia with halothane, isoflurane, pentobarbital, diazepam, ketamine or xenon (n=6 per group...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Galley HF,Le Cras AE,Logan SD,Webster NR

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the postoperative period fifty-six healthy patients undergoing cholecystectomy or operations for duodenal ulcer, received, in a randomized order, i.m., "high-level" or "low-level" extradural morphine. Thirty-five per cent in the i.m. group, 33% in the high-level group and 50% in the low-level group suffered urinary...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Petersen TK,Husted SE,Rybro L,Schurizek BA,Wernberg M

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pulse pressure variation (PPV) and stroke volume variation (SVV) are robust indicators of fluid responsiveness in mechanically ventilated supine patients. The aim of the study was to evaluate the ability of PPV and SVV to predict fluid responsiveness in mechanically ventilated patients in the prone position ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Biais M,Bernard O,Ha JC,Degryse C,Sztark F

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with Munchausen's syndrome often undergo multiple surgical operations under general anaesthesia. They tend to have multiple exposures to routinely used anaesthetic agents. A patient with Munchausen's syndrome who developed an anaphylactoid reaction to thiopentone is described and the importance of obtaining p...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Frater RA,Lew JK

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the pharmacokinetics of lignocaine in children after local infiltration for cleft palate surgery. After induction of anaesthesia, lignocaine 2.5 mg kg-1 with adrenaline 1:200,000 was injected into the palate. Blood samples were collected before and at 2, 5, 10, 15, 20, 30, 60 and 120 min after infiltra...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Michael S,Barker I,Henderson P,Griffiths RW,Reilly CS

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Muscle fasciculations and pain following the administration of suxamethonium were assessed in a group of patients who performed a series of stretch exercises approximately 1 h before operation. Comparison was made with a group who received suxamethonium but no pretreatment. Fasciculations were significantly reduced in...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Magee DA,Robinson RJ

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:During normothermic cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), the effect on propofol pharmacokinetics of changes in its binding to plasma proteins is consistent with the predictions of the well-stirred model of hepatic elimination for nonrestrictively cleared drug. However, whether changes in binding lead to clinically ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Takizawa E,Hiraoka H,Takizawa D,Goto F

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have compared, in a randomized, double-blind study, the pharmacokinetics of ropivacaine and bupivacaine during labour. Total and free plasma concentrations of ropivacaine and bupivacaine were measured after the first of two extradural doses. The main dose was 20 mg (test dose) and 30 mg, with a top-up dose of 25 mg...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： McCrae AF,Westerling P,McClure JH

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute pulmonary embolism (APE) is an important clinical problem in patients after major surgery and often remains a difficult diagnosis because of unspecific clinical symptoms. Therefore, we investigated the role of N-terminal prohormone of brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) for the detection of APE. MET...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Winkler BE,Schuetz W,Froeba G,Muth CM

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An oxygen consuming lung model was used for evaluation and validation of a technique for metabolic gas exchange measurements during controlled ventilation. The technique comprised a Servo 900 C ventilator (Siemens) and separate oxygen and carbon dioxide analysers (Beckman). Measurements of oxygen consumption and carbo...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Svensson KL,Sonander HG,Stenqvist O

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of core temperature monitoring during general anesthesia indicates that this can be introduced as a routine procedure in order to reduce mortality from malignant hyperpyrexia. The temperature profiles of 2410 patients are presented. Both mean rectal and mean oesophageal temperatures decreased during general an...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Crocker BD,Okumura F,McCuaig DI,Denborough MA

更新日期：1980-12-01 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：BACKGROUND:Arousal after sevoflurane anaesthesia has been detectable by monitoring changes in skin conductance (SC) with similar accuracy as monitoring Bispectral Index (BIS). As SC monitoring detects changes in sympathetic tone, the measurements might be confounded by the sympatholytic properties of propofol, a compon...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Ledowski T,Bromilow J,Paech MJ,Storm H,Hacking R,Schug SA

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 15 patients (ASA I-II) undergoing intraabdominal gynaecological surgery, muscle paralysis for tracheal intubation and surgery was achieved by a combined bolus and demand infusion of vecuronium. The initial loading dose of 67 micrograms kg-1 and the rate of subsequent infusion were determined by evaluation of the ta...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Haraldsted VY,Nielsen JW,Joensen F,Dilling-Hansen B,Hasselstrøm L

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiac output (CO) monitoring by uncalibrated arterial pressure waveform analysis (APCO) using the FloTrac/Vigileo™ is feasible in patients with intracranial haemorrhage, but the results of validation studies are contradictory. The aim of the present study was to analyse the clinical agreement between the i...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Junttila EK,Koskenkari JK,Ohtonen PP,Ala-Kokko TI

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy-two adult surgical patients were studied to compare neuromuscular and cardiovascular effects of mivacurium chloride during nitrous oxide-fentanyl-thiopentone (BAL group) or nitrous oxide-halothane (HAL group) anaesthesia. Eighteen patients in the BAL group received an initial bolus of mivacurium, either the ED...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： From RP,Pearson KS,Choi WW,Abou-Donia M,Sokoll MD

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transtracheal jet ventilation (TTJV) is recommended in several airway guidelines as a potentially life-saving procedure during the 'Can't Intubate Can't Oxygenate' (CICO) emergency. Some studies have questioned its effectiveness. METHODS:Our goal was to determine the complication rates of TTJV in the CICO e...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Duggan LV,Ballantyne Scott B,Law JA,Morris IR,Murphy MF,Griesdale DE

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Whether exposure to a single general anaesthetic (GA) in early childhood causes long-term neurodevelopmental problems remains unclear. METHODS:PubMed/MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, Web of Science, and the Cochrane Library were searched from inception to October 2019. Studies evaluating neurodevelopmental outcomes...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Ing C,Jackson WM,Zaccariello MJ,Goldberg TE,McCann ME,Grobler A,Davidson A,Sun L,Li G,Warner DO

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the effect of volatile anaesthetics on protein synthesis and secretion in Hartley male guinea pig liver slices. The slices (250-300 microns thick) were incubated in sealed roller vials containing Krebs-Henseleit buffer at 37 degrees C under 95% oxygen. Volatile anaesthetics were vaporized in the v...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Ghantous HN,Fernando JL,Keith RL,Gandolfi AJ,Brendel K

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The revised cardiac risk index (RCRI) is associated strongly with increased cardiac ischaemic risk and perioperative death. Associations with non-cardiac morbidity in non-cardiac surgery have not been explored. In the elective orthopaedic surgical population, morbidity is common but preoperative predictors a...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Ackland GL,Harris S,Ziabari Y,Grocott M,Mythen M,SOuRCe Investigators.

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple method of adapting a pressure-cycled ventilator of the flow generator type to ventilate patients on a circle-absorber anaesthetic system is described. Standard lengths of corrugated black rubber tubing are placed between the ventilator and the circle-absorber is deadspace, replacing the reservoir bag. The per...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Jeal DE

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The goal of the study was to determine activated thrombelastographic (TEG(R)) parameters with the rotational TEG(R) (ROTEG or ROTEM) device (Pentapharm GmbH, Munich, Germany) in neonates and infants <1 yr with complex congenital heart disease (CCHD) and to compare them with those of healthy children. METHOD...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Haizinger B,Gombotz H,Rehak P,Geiselseder G,Mair R

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although opioids are widely used as analgesics in general anaesthesia, they have unpleasant side-effects and can delay postoperative recovery. Acupuncture and related techniques are effective for acute and chronic pain, and reduces some side-effects. We assessed the effect of transcutaneous electric acupoint...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Wang H,Xie Y,Zhang Q,Xu N,Zhong H,Dong H,Liu L,Jiang T,Wang Q,Xiong L

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00