Can the "sympatho-galvanic reflex" (skin conductance response) be used to evaluate the extent of sympathetic block in spinal analgesia?

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:Reliable assessment of nursing workload is necessary for the quantitative approach to staffing of intensive care units. The Nursing Care Recording System (NCR11) scores both the nursing contribution to patient care and those related to medical procedures. The purpose of the present work was to compare NCR11 ...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Walther SM,Jonasson U,Karlsson S,Nordlund P,Johansson A,Mälstam J,south-Eastern Intensive Care Network Of Sweden.

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of an intraoperative MgSO4 infusion on arterial oxygenation and lung mechanics in patients with moderate COPD undergoing cancer larynx surgery under general anesthesia (GA). Our primary outcome was arterial oxygenation determined by the PaO2 and PaO2 /FiO2...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Ahmed A,Sayed AH,Elkholy J,Elshal S,Badwy A,Abdelhamid B,Ollaek M

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Axillary perivascular injection of 50 ml blue-stained gelatine was made in 20 cadavers, and a total dissection of the axilla was performed. The distribution of injected gelatine and the contact between nerves and gelatine were examined on cross-sections of the neurovascular bundle. The spread of gelatine was character...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Vester-Andersen T,Broby-Johansen U,Bro-Rasmussen F

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Stroke volume variation (SVV)--as measured by the pulse contour cardiac output (PiCCO) system--predicts the cardiac output response to a fluid challenge in patients on controlled ventilation. Whether this applies to patients on pressure support ventilation is unknown. METHODS:Thirty consecutive patients wit...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Perner A,Faber T

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effectiveness of clonidine or lignocaine in reducing the cardiostimulatory effects of ketamine was studied. A double-blind, randomized design was used in three groups of 20 patients each, of ASA grade 1 or 2 presenting for minor elective surgery. The clonidine group received 0.3 mg clonidine orally with the premed...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Munro HM,Sleigh JW,Paxton LD

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to antagonize immediate postoperative somnolence, 24 surgical patients were given a two-rate infusion of physostigmine, aiming at a constant plasma concentration in the range of 1 to 10 ng/ml. Plasma concentrations of physostigmine were determined during infusion and after infusion and the effects of physosti...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Hartvig P,Lindström B,Pettersson E,Wiklund L

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Cirrhosis of the liver is associated with an increased susceptibility to bacterial infections capable of causing septic shock and with a basal hyperdynamic circulatory state. The primary objective of this study was to delineate the echocardiographic characteristics and outcomes of septic shock in patients wi...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Thierry S,Giroux Leprieur E,Lecuyer L,Brocas E,Van de Louw A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It has been reported that less postoperative morphine is required following liver transplantation than is required following open cholecystectomy. This may be attributable to endogenous factors rather than to altered morphine pharmacokinetics. We measured the plasma concentrations of two endogenous neuropept...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Donovan KL,Janicki PK,Franks WT,Striepe VI,Pinson CW

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Apoptosis (programmed cell death) occurs in various physiological and pathological conditions, exhibits a characteristic mechanism of intracellular sequential reaction and may be involved in determining clinical outcome. The antioxidant activity of propofol (2,6-diisopropylphenol) together with the stimulati...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Tsuchiya M,Asada A,Arita K,Utsumi T,Yoshida T,Sato EF,Utsumi K,Inoue M

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of propofol on right ventricular function were studied in 11 ICU patients who needed sedation for acute respiratory failure or neurological diseases. Right ventricular function was studied using a thermodilution method at patients' bedside. Right ventricular ejection fraction (RVEF), cardiac output (CO), r...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Martin C,Perrin G,Saux P,Papazian L,Albanese J,Gouin F

更新日期：1994-04-01 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：BACKGROUND:A low dose solution of adrenaline 2 microg x ml(-1), fentanyl 2 microg x ml(-1) and bupivacaine 1 mg x ml(-1) has been reported to give superior pain control when used for epidural analgesia after major surgery. The present paper describes the compounding and chemical stability of this triple-component solut...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Kjønniksen I,Brustugun J,Niemi G,Breivik H,Anderssen E,Klem W

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increase in day surgery has challenged preoperative anaesthesia with need to identify a few high-risk patients requiring detailed preoperative intervention. We aimed to assess if a nurse-administered Preoperative Patient-centred Anaesthesia System (Pre-PAS) could identify high-risk patients, defined as ASA s...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Molin C,Rovsing ML,Meyhoff CS

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this retrospective study was to determine the risk factors for acute kidney injury (AKI), including albumin, in children who underwent cardiac surgery. In addition, we evaluated the association between preoperative serum albumin level and postoperative AKI in these patients. METHODS:This re...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Lee JH,Jung JY,Park SW,Song IK,Kim EH,Kim HS,Kim JT

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:R/T-wave amplitude ratio of electrocardiogram (ECG), heart rate (HR) and systolic arterial pressure (SAP) were recorded in 15 patients awake, at 1 minimal alveolar concentration of isoflurane before and during surgery, and in deep anaesthesia (electroencephalogram burst suppression) during surgery. R/T-wave amplitude ...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Annila P,Jäntti V,Lindgren L,Yli-Hankala A

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is known that the duration of rocuronium action can be prolonged in elderly patients and that such action shows important interindividual variability. We report a case of prolonged neuromuscular block lasting 11 h, in a woman subjected to kidney transplantation. The possible causes of such prolonged action, inheren...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Morales Martín AC,Vaquero Roncero LM,Muriel Villoria C

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six voltage waveforms were devised to simulate pressure curves of varying configuration for use in artificial ventilation. These waveforms were subjected to Fourier analysis and terms of the resulting series applied to a simple two-branch resistive-capacitive circuit intended to represent a lung analog using computer ...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Bergman NA

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This prospective, non-randomized study compared post-void residual volume in laboring and postpartum women with or without epidural analgesia. METHODS:The study was conducted over 1 year with institutional review board approval. Parturients were recruited in early labor and self-selected to either the study...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Weiniger CF,Wand S,Nadjari M,Elchalal U,Mankuta D,Ginosar Y,Matot I

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Naloxone, an opioid antagonist, has a cardiovascular pressor effect and has been used in various types of shock states. The aim was to determine the non-opioid effect on direct cardiac muscle contractility and explore the mechanism using guinea pig right ventricular papillary muscles. METHODS:With instituti...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Kim KJ,Chung NS,Park WK

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypertonic-hyperoncotic solutions (HHS) have attracted a lot of interest in the treatment of various forms of hypovolaemic conditions during the last decade. It has been speculated that HHS might even be of therapeutic value in normo- and hypervolaemic conditions by mobilising extravascular fluid. METHODS:W...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Wickerts CJ,Berg B,Blomqvist H

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, clinical reports have suggested a relationship between the occurrence of hyperalgesia, allodynia and/or myoclonus and treatment with high doses of morphine in humans. Although few clinical descriptions of these phenomena are available, experimental work supports the notion that high doses of morphi...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Sjøgren P,Thunedborg LP,Christrup L,Hansen SH,Franks J

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of enflurane anaesthesia on central circulation, total oxygen uptake, splanchnic circulation and splanchnic oxygen uptake were studied in 10 artifically ventilated dogs, basally anaesthetized with thiopental and nitrous oxide. Hepatic arterial, superior mesenteric arterial and portal venous blood flows wer...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Irestedt L,Andreen M

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Femoral nerve blocks have been the gold standard approach for post-operative analgesia following total knee arthroplasty; however, the adductor canal block has recently gained popularity due to less block-induced motor weakness. The primary aim of this time-series analysis was to identify whether regional an...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Masaracchia MM,Herrick MD,Barrington MJ,Hartmann PR,Sites BD

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirteen patients submitted to total hip replacement surgery by the Charnley technique were studied. Operations were performed under epidural analgesia with the patients awake and breathing air. During the surgical procedure, the magnitude of tissue-thromboplastic activity, the amount of fat globules, the presence of ...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Modig J,Busch C,Olerud S,Saldeen T,Waernbaum G

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Infrarenal aortic cross-clamping causes renal vasoconstriction. Magnesium may protect against renal deterioration through its vasodilatory properties. METHODS:Thirty patients with normal preoperative renal function undergoing infrarenal aortic cross-clamping for elective aortic surgery received magnesium (4...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Bäcklund M,Pere P,Lepäntalo M,Lehtola A,Lindgren L

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Stroke volume (SV) maximization with a colloid infusion, referred to as individualized goal-directed therapy, improves outcome in high-risk surgery. The fraction of patients who need intravascular volume to establish a maximal SV has, however, not been evaluated, and there are only limited data on the volume...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Bundgaard-Nielsen M,Jørgensen CC,Secher NH,Kehlet H

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Erythropoietin (EPO) is a cytokine with organ-protective properties. We hypothesized that EPO could attenuate acute renal dysfunction and inflammation in a porcine model of ischemia-reperfusion (IR). Furthermore, we aimed to characterize the impact of EPO on systemic and renal hemodynamics, and renal oxygen ...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Sølling C,Christensen AT,Krag S,Frøkiaer J,Wogensen L,Krog J,Tønnesen EK

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Data on the incidence of neuropathic pain (NeP) in Austria, its general characteristics and consequences for the quality of life (QOL) are still lacking. The prevalence in the United Kingdom is 8%. METHODS:A representative survey (n=7707) was carried out. Patients with NeP were identified using previously v...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Gustorff B,Dorner T,Likar R,Grisold W,Lawrence K,Schwarz F,Rieder A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A randomized, prospective study was performed to compare recovery characteristics in 41 ASA physical status I-II patients scheduled for ambulatory surgery with either propofol or thiopentone-isoflurane anaesthesia. Particular attention was focused on the recovery time needed to meet discharge criteria. The propofol gr...

journal_title：Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

authors： Korttila K,Ostman P,Faure E,Apfelbaum JL,Prunskis J,Ekdawi M,Roizen MF

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00