Rectal premedication in children. Comparison of diazepam with a mixture of morphine, scopolamine and diazepam.

abstract：:The emergency treatment of serious disorders of cardiac rhythm, left heart failure, cardiogenic shock, and cyanotic attacks is discussed. The article is intended for medical practitioners without special cardiological experience. ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Chamberlain DA,Williams JH

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective trial was designed to assess the effectiveness of three different concentrations of bupivacaine (Marcain) for use in obstetric epidural analgesia. The purpose of the study was to see if reduction of the concentration of bupivacaine to 0.125% would reduce the total dose of the drug given without reducing ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Stainthorp SF,Bradshaw EG,Challen PD,Tobias MA

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper and the one that preceded it1 have traced the development of the design and use of negative pressure ventilators from their origins in the early nineteenth century to the present day. Their maximum use was in the nineteen-forties and the early fifties after which they were quite rapidly replaced in the trea...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Woollam CH

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is now apparent that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) will remain endemic for some time. Improved therapeutics and a vaccine may shorten this period, but both are far from certain. Plans must be put in place on the assumption that the virus and its...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Cook TM,McGuire B,Mushambi M,Misra U,Carey C,Lucas N,O'Sullivan E,Harrop-Griffiths W

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-two children were randomly allocated to receive, during inhalational anaesthesia with isoflurane and nitrous oxide, either 1.0 microg x kg(-1) remifentanil (n = 33) or saline (n = 29) just before the tunnelling phase of ventriculoperitoneal shunt insertion, in a double-blind study. The remifentanil group showed ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Chambers N,Lopez T,Thomas J,James MF

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sympathetic blockade after stellate ganglion block with bupivacaine was assessed by liquid crystal thermography. The minimum concentration of bupivacaine required for successful block was between 325 and 406 mumol/litre. Further study of bupivacaine in a solution that contained potassium 5 mmol/litre showed that this ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Hardy PA

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Triservice anaesthetic apparatus is a draw-over using ambient air as the primary carrier gas. Its modules are a self-inflating bag, a vaporiser, a supplementary oxygen regulator and a ventilator; each is described. The outputs of halothane and trichloroethylene were measured with changes of temperature, continuous...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Houghton IT

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a patient who sustained fractures of the scapula and proximal humeral head as a result of cardioversion during cardiopulmonary resuscitation. It is postulated that the fractures were the result of tetanic muscular contractions involving the proximal humeral heads and the shoulder girdles. This appears to be ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Kam AC,Kam PC

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence severity, and degree of relief obtained from treatment has been estimated and evaluated in 117 patients suffering from terminal cancer. ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Hardy TK,Pritchard RI

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted this study to determine if placement of infraclavicular catheters guided by ultrasound is quicker than placement guided by nerve stimulation. Infraclavicular brachial plexus catheters were inserted in 210 randomly allocated patients who were scheduled for elective hand or elbow surgery. Needle and cathete...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Dhir S,Armstrong K,Armstrong P,Bouzari A,Mall J,Yu J,Ganapathy S,King G

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the use of intravenous remifentanil for the insertion of the laryngeal mask airway in 10 healthy awake volunteers, a technique primarily developed to facilitate functional magnetic resonance imaging studies of anaesthesia. Each volunteer received 200 microg glycopyrronium intravenously. Topical airway anae...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Lee MC,Absalom AR,Menon DK,Smith HL

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to develop an audit tool to identify prospectively all peri-operative adverse events during airway management in a cost-effective and reproducible way. All patients at VU University Medical Center who required general anaesthesia for elective and emergency surgical procedures were included du...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Huitink JM,Lie PP,Heideman I,Jansma EP,Greif R,van Schagen N,Schauer A

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whilst conducting a randomised controlled trial into the effects of combination anti-emetics, we endeavoured to confirm that our patient groups were matched using the predictive scoring systems for postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) and postoperative vomiting (POV) reported in the literature. One hundred and sev...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Thomas R,Jones NA,Strike P

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple lead electrocardiographic recordings from 20 patients were studied before, during and after a period of induced hypotension with sodium nitroprusside. Although small changes in ST segment and T wave were observed in 9 patients, none of these persisted into the postoperative period. Other significant changes w...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Simpson P,Bellamy D,Cole P

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Capnography (ETCO2 ) is routinely used as a non-invasive estimate of arterial carbon dioxide (PaCO2 ) levels in order to modify ventilatory settings, whereby it is assumed that there is a positive gap between PaCO2 and ETCO2 of approximately 0.5 kPa. However, negative values (ETCO2 > PaCO2 ) can be observed. We retros...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Onodi C,Bühler PK,Thomas J,Schmitz A,Weiss M

更新日期：2017-11-01 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：:Plasma phosphate concentration (Pi), red cell 2,3-diphosphoglycerate (2,3-DPG) and adenosine triphosphate (ATP) concentrations were measured pre-operatively and at intervals after operation for 30 h in twelve patients (nine males and three females, 44--61 years of age), who underwent open heart surgery. All patients r...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Swaminathan R,Morgan DB,Ionescu M,Hill GL

更新日期：1978-07-01 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：:Forty-seven children aged between four and 11 years received temazepam 0.5 mg/kg in a novel fast dispensing dosage form. The preparation was well accepted and associated with few side-effects. Satisfactory sedation and anxiolysis was obtained in over 93% of patients. The relative merits of a variety of routes of admin...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Smith GB,Hughes DG,Kumar V

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An anaesthetic technique for unpremedicated patients undergoing minor surgery is described. After the administration of atropine and fentanyl, anaesthesia was induced with methohexitone and maintained with nitrous oxide supplemented when necessary by further small doses of methohexitone. This technique provided good o...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Goroszeniuk T,Whitwam JG,Morgan M

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anaesthetic conditions, recovery and side effects for 48 hours postoperatively were compared after anaesthesia for day surgery using propofol or thiopentone-enflurane with and without alfentanil. Propofol provided good conditions for surgery with faster immediate recovery (p less than 0.001); patients who received...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Millar JM,Jewkes CF

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 38-year-old woman developed symptoms of anaphylactic shock after intravenous atropine and required adrenaline to maintain perfusion pressure. A strongly positive response was obtained on intradermal testing. The Prausnitz-Kuestner test was also positive, which indicated the presence of drug specific IgE antibodies. ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Aguilera L,Martinez-Bourio R,Cid C,Arino JJ,Saez de Eguilaz JL,Arizaga A

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The various ways in which an anaesthetist may come into contact with the process of the criminal and civil law have been discussed. Some comparisons have been made between the English Law and that of other countries. The need for vigilance by professional bodies representing medical practitioners in monitoring and mak...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Havard JD

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Smoking is a risk factor for complications during and after surgery, but most smokers are unable to quit before elective surgery. We tested the efficacy of bupropion in improving smoking cessation rates in this setting by enrolling 47 patients from the elective surgery waiting list in a double-blind randomised control...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Myles PS,Leslie K,Angliss M,Mezzavia P,Lee L

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The LiDCO plus monitor (LiDCO Ltd, Cambridge, UK) uses pulse contour analysis of the arterial pressure waveform to indicate changes in stroke volume and cardiac output. Calibration against a lithium indicator dilution method is required to permit display of absolute values in addition to trends. The effect of haemodyn...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Beattie C,Moores C,Thomson AJ,Nimmo AF

更新日期：2010-12-01 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：:We thought that delirium might be less frequent after transcatheter aortic valve implantation via the femoral artery compared with via the cardiac apex. We reviewed 210 patients who underwent transcatheter aortic valve implantation between January 2009 and October 2014. The proportion (95% CI) of patients who suffered...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Sharma V,Katznelson R,Horlick E,Osten M,Styra R,Cusimano RJ,Carroll J,Djaiani G

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A long-forgotten chloroform inhaler, probably the first accurately calibrated, temperature compensatable, plenum vaporizer, is described. Its place in the dosimetric movement at the beginning of the 20th century is considered, together with a brief account of the life of its designer. ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Zuck D

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighty day patients for the vaginal termination of pregnancy were randomly allocated to receive thiopentone, propofol, methohexitone or etomidate as intravenous induction agents. The same anaesthetist administered the anaesthesia and all the observers were blind to the agents used. The results show that thiopentone an...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Heath PJ,Kennedy DJ,Ogg TW,Dunling C,Gilks WR

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to determine whether a single oral dose of omeprazole 40 mg is effective in increasing the pH of gastric residue above 2.5 at the time of anaesthetic induction in adult patients scheduled for elective gynaecological surgery. The patients were allocated to receive either chlorazepate dipotassiu...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Ng Wingtin L,Glomaud D,Hardy F,Phil S

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00