Sublingual buprenorphine for premedication and postoperative pain relief in orthopaedic surgery.

abstract：BACKGROUND:In vitro studies have indicated that stabilizers present in pharmaceutical-grade albumin influence albumin-binding capacity for highly protein bound drugs. METHODS:A randomized study including 40 surgical patients, treated with either albumin or starch solutions, was performed. Volumes of colloids were give...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Reine PA,Kongsgaard UE,Andersen A,Thøgersen AK,Olsen H

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sedation strategies and practice for patients on controlled ventilation is variable from place to place as well as over time. Less sedation results in shorter ventilation time and new ventilatory modes permit more awake patients. Previous works estimated sedative and analgesic use in Nordic ICUs some years a...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Guldbrand P,Berggren L,Brattebö G,Mälstam J,Rönholm E,Winsö O,Scandinavian Critical Care Trials Group.

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gas exchange is regularly impaired during general anaesthesia with mechanical ventilation. A major cause of this disorder appears to be atelectasis and consequently pulmonary shunt. After re-expansion, atelectasis reappears very slowly if 30% oxygen in nitrogen is used, but much faster if 100% oxygen is used...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Rothen HU,Sporre B,Engberg G,Wegenius G,Reber A,Hedenstierna G

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In acute lung injury (ALI), where pulmonary microvascular permeability is increased, transvascular fluid filtration depends mainly on the hydrostatic capillary pressure. In the presence of intrapulmonary vasoconstriction pulmonary capillary pressure (PCP) may increase thereby promoting transvascular fluid filtration a...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Benzing A,Geiger K

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transient radicular irritation (TRI) is common after spinal anesthesia induced with hyperbaric lidocaine 50 mg/ml. The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence of TRI after spinal anesthesia with hyperbaric lidocaine 50 mg/ml diluted with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) 1:1 and hyperbaric mepivacaine 4...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Salmela L,Aromaa U

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Critically ill patients at southern latitudes have been shown to have low vitamin D levels that were associated with prolonged hospital stay. To our knowledge no studies have been conducted on vitamin D status amongst critically ill patients at high northern latitudes. Despite the Icelandic population tradit...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Kvaran RB,Sigurdsson MI,Skarphedinsdottir SJ,Sigurdsson GH

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of propofol administration (2 mg.kg-1 i.v.) on the airways resistances and respiratory mechanics of patients affected by COPD exacerbation, requiring mechanical ventilation. Twenty patients required anaesthesia for diagnostic or therapeutic procedures. Fourteen consecu...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Conti G,Dell'Utri D,Vilardi V,De Blasi RA,Pelaia P,Antonelli M,Bufi M,Rosa G,Gasparetto A

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bystander first aid and basic life support can likely improve victim survival in trauma. In contrast to bystander first aid and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, little is known about the role of bystanders in trauma response. Our aim was to determine how frequently first aid is given to trauma victims by byst...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Bakke HK,Steinvik T,Eidissen SI,Gilbert M,Wisborg T

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large and important group of acid-base disturbances are the metabolic acidoses. In general, every type of metabolic acidosis can be treated with infusion of base when the underlying cause of the disturbances is removed. In our medical centers, the use of tris and bicarbonate is common. For a long time they were comp...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Rothe KF,Diedler J

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report an accidental injection of epinephrine before spinal anaesthesia in a 20-year-old patient who subsequently developed immediate myocardial ischemia and global left ventricular dysfunction (ejection fraction of 20%). Hemodynamic status dramatically improved after nitroglycerin, calcium antagonists, acetyl sali...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Meaudre E,Barbou F,Sallaberry M,Cantais E,Petit D,Palmier B

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hemodynamic effects of vecuronium 0.2 mg/kg were investigated in 11 patients with coronary artery disease. Vecuronium, at a dose double the ED90, produced 90% neuromuscular block in a mean time of 163 +/- 7 s, and was not associated with any significant hemodynamic changes. The results suggest that vecuronium can ...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Baraka A,Chaya L

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It has been shown that spinal reflexes such as the H-reflex predict motor responses to painful stimuli better than cortical parameters derived from the EEG. The precise concentration-dependence of H-reflex suppression by anaesthetics, however, is not known. Here we investigated this concentration-response re...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Rehberg B,Bouillon T,Gruenewald M,Schneider J,Baars J,Urban BW,Kox WJ

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1973, a Cholinesterase Research Unit was established in Denmark (DCRU). The primary aim was to provide a central service for determining genotypes and activity of plasma cholinesterase (BChE) in patients showing abnormal response after succinylcholine. The purpose of the present study was, on the basis of 20 years ...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Jensen FS,Skovgaard LT,Viby-Mogensen J

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inhibition of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) has been claimed to be beneficial in septic shock. We investigated the overall and regional effects of a NOS-inhibitor on perfusion and metabolism during severe endotoxic shock. METHODS:Nineteen anaesthetised pigs were catheterised and ultrasonic flow-probes were pl...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Dahm PL,Thörne J,Myhre E,Grins E,Mårtensson L,Blomquist S

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infusion of endotoxin elicits granulocytopenia followed by increased numbers of granulocytes in peripheral blood. The purpose of this study was to investigate the redistribution and sequestration of granulocytes in the tissues following E. coli endotoxin induced sepsis. From 16 rabbits granulocytes were isolated, labe...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Toft P,Lillevang ST,Tønnesen E,Nielsen CH,Rasmussen JW

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypophosphatemia has been associated with prolonged duration of respiratory failure and increased mortality in critically ill patients, but there is very limited evidence supporting the negative effects of low phosphate. We examined the association between hypophosphatemia at ICU admission and time to succes...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Federspiel CK,Itenov TS,Thormar K,Liu KD,Bestle MH

更新日期：2018-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gender modifies immunologic responses caused by severe trauma or critical illness. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of gender on hospital mortality, length of intensive care unit (ICU) stay, and intensity of care of patients treated in ICUs. METHODS:Data on 24,341 ICU patients were collec...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Reinikainen M,Niskanen M,Uusaro A,Ruokonen E

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Capnoperitoneum provides a ventilatory challenge due to reduction in end-expiratory lung volume and peritoneal carbon dioxide absorption in both children and adults. The primary aim of this controlled interventional trial was to determine the positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) level needed to ensure for...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Karlsson J,Fodor GH,Dos Santos Rocha A,Lin N,Habre W,Wallin M,Hallbäck M,Peták F,Lönnqvist PA

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To identify parturients at risk of inability to extend labor epidural analgesia in whom alternative methods of anesthesia should be considered for Cesarean section (CS). METHODS:For 6 months, we prospectively studied women undergoing CS with a functioning epidural catheter in place from the delivery ward. All part...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Orbach-Zinger S,Friedman L,Avramovich A,Ilgiaeva N,Orvieto R,Sulkes J,Eidelman LA

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of three concentrations of halothane or ketamine were investigated on isolated rabbit hearts, which were perfused with hydralazine, clonidine, propranolol or methyldopa. In hearts not subjected to the influence of an anaesthetic, clonidine was the only drug stimulating myocardial function. In those perfuse...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Kaukinen S

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To compare the incidence of postural post-dural puncture headache (PPDPH) after spinal anaesthesia using two different 0.40 mm O.D. (27 g) spinal needles: pencil-point needle and Quincke needle. In addition, a meta-analysis of studies comparing small bore spinal needles with regard to development of PPDPH wa...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Flaatten H,Felthaus J,Kuwelker M,Wisborg T

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In recent years it has become increasingly clear that a cross-talk between the inflammatory response and blood coagulation exists, although many of the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. In the present study we investigated the potential anti-inflammatory properties of two different anticoagulant compound...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Olanders K,Börjesson A,Zhao X,Andersson R

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine whether the bispectral index (BIS) can be monitored to predict and indicate an awareness reaction to laryngeal mask airway-Fastrach (LMA-Fastrach) insertion and intubation at BIS values between 40 and 60. METHODS:Fifty-one American Society of Anesthesiologists' (ASA) class I or II status patients aged...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Kocaman Akbay B,Demiraran Y,Yalcin Sezen G,Akcali G,Somunkiran A

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Further characterization of the post-cardiac arrest syndrome (PCAS) is essential to better understand the mechanisms resulting in injury and death. We investigated serial serum concentrations of the stress hormone c-terminal provasopressin (CT-proAVP or copeptin), the cardiac biomarker MR-proANP and a biomar...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Annborn M,Dankiewicz J,Nielsen N,Rundgren M,Smith JG,Hertel S,Struck J,Friberg H

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) responses to the hypoglycaemic stimulus and to operation (laparotomy) are compared. The studies were carried out in eight patients who were subjected to insulin-induced hypoglycaemia on the day before elective abdominal surgery. Plasma corticotrophin (ACTH) and plasma co...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Blichert-Toft M,Christiansen C,Engquist A,Kehlet H,Lindholm J,Hummer L,Dinesen B

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bone cementation may cause pulmonary vasoconstriction and ventilation/perfusion abnormalities in patients undergoing cemented hip hemiarthroplasty. In this randomised trial, we tested the hypothesis that intra-operative inhalation of prostacyclin could attenuate the increase in pulmonary vascular resistance ...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Hård Af Segerstad M,Olsen F,Houltz E,Nellgård B,Ricksten SE

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Accidental dural puncture frequency among pregnant women is about 1.5%, while approximately 60% of these women will suffer from post-dural puncture headache (PDPH) that may be debilitating. METHODS:Following IRB approval, we conducted a national survey of the lead anesthesiologist in 23 labor and delivery r...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Ioscovich A,Giladi Y,Fuica RL,Weiniger CF,Orbach-Zinger S,Gozal Y,Shatalin D

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patient-controlled sedation (PCS) with propofol accompanied by a bedside nurse anaesthetist is an alternative sedation method for endoscopic procedures compared with midazolam administered by a nurse or endoscopist. Increasing costs in health care demands an economic perspective when introducing alternative ...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Grossmann B,Nilsson A,Sjöberg F,Bernfort L,Nilsson L

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ropivacaine is the first S-enantiomer aminoamide local anaesthetic in clinical use, and has been found to be less toxic than bupivacaine. Caudal ropivacine has been shown to cause less motor blockade and longer duration of analgesia in the postoperative period than bupivacaine in children. Plasma levels of r...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Ala-Kokko TI,Partanen A,Karinen J,Kiviluoma K,Alahuhta S

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study describes the design of a hypnosis closed-loop control system with propofol. The controller used a proportional-integral (PI) algorithm with the bispectral index (BIS) as the feedback signal. Our hypothesis was that a PI closed-loop control could be applied in clinical practice safely keeping the ...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Reboso JA,Méndez JA,Reboso HJ,León AM

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00