Hypophosphataemia and its consequences in patients following open heart surgery.

abstract：:The C-MAC comprises a Macintosh blade connected to a video unit. The familiarity of the Macintosh blade, and the ability to use the C-MAC as a direct or indirect laryngoscope, may be advantageous. We wished to compare the C-MAC with Macintosh, Glidescope and Airtraq laryngoscopes in easy and simulated difficult laryng...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： McElwain J,Malik MA,Harte BH,Flynn NM,Laffey JG

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death guidelines for urgent surgery recommend a fully staffed emergency operating theatre and restriction of 'after-midnight' operating to immediate life-, limb- or organ-threatening conditions. Audit performed in our institution demonstrated significant decreases...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Cosgrove JF,Gaughan M,Snowden CP,Lees T

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of intra-operative Doppler oesophageal probes provides continuous monitoring of cardiac output. This enables optimisation of intravascular volume and tissue perfusion in major abdominal surgery, which is thought to reduce postoperative complications and shorten hospital stay. Medline and EMBASE were searched u...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Abbas SM,Hill AG

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hallervorden-Spatz disease is a rare autosomal recessive disorder in which dopaminergic deficiency in the substantia nigra and its nigrostriatal projection has been identified. It is characterised by a slow but progressive course culminating in death. This case report describes a 13-year-old male, with a clinical diag...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Hayashi K,Chihara E,Sawa T,Tanaka Y

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six patients undergoing paravertebral blocks for chronically painful conditions of the chest wall were thermographically imaged so that the extent of cutaneous vasodilatation and hence sympathetic block could be correlated with the distribution of the somatic block. All blocks were performed by a single experienced op...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Cheema SP,Ilsley D,Richardson J,Sabanathan S

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vecuronium 0.1 mg/kg, pancuronium 0.1 mg/kg, vecuronium 0.075 mg/kg + pancuronium 0.025 mg/kg, vecuronium + pancuronium 0.05 mg/kg each and vecuronium 0.025 mg/kg + pancuronium 0.075 mg/kg were compared with respect to time taken to onset of effect, duration of clinical relaxation and intubation conditions in five gro...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Pandit SK,Ferres CJ,Gibson FM,Mirakhur RK

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The TOF-Guard neuromuscular monitor uses an accelerometer to measure the response to nerve stimulation. In this study, we have compared it to a standard mechanomyographic monitor, the Myograph 2000, for neuromuscular monitoring in 28 subjects. A train-of-four mode of stimulation was used in both cases. The times taken...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Loan PB,Paxton LD,Mirakhur RK,Connolly FM,McCoy EP

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mortality remains high for patients on the waiting list for organ transplantation. A marked imbalance between the number of available organs and recipients that need to be transplanted persists. Organs from deceased donors are often declined due to perceived and actual suboptimal quality. Adequate donor management off...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Bera KD,Shah A,English MR,Harvey D,Ploeg RJ

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Free radical species are ubiquitous in plant and animal life. This article describes briefly the formation of certain oxygen-centred free radicals which are essential for aerobic metabolism and host defences in humans. The mechanism of cytotoxicity of excess or inappropriate free radical production is described. The p...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Royston D

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although bedside screening tests are routinely used to identify people at high risk of having a difficult airway, their clinical utility is unclear. We estimated the diagnostic accuracy of commonly used bedside examination tests for assessing the airway in adult patients without apparent anatomical abnormalities sched...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Roth D,Pace NL,Lee A,Hovhannisyan K,Warenits AM,Arrich J,Herkner H

更新日期：2019-07-01 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：:Twenty five patients were treated with an epidural blood patch for persistent headache, following a known or suspected dural puncture. Fifteen to 20 ml blood was injected into the epidural space through a catheter inserted one space away from the dural puncture. The catheter technique was useful in confirming the clin...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Shah JL,Veness AM

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the ability of prehospital providers who had no previous training in intubation, to use an Airtraq laryngoscope to intubate a manikin model of a Cormack and Lehane grade III/IV view. Volunteers attending the Australian College of Ambulance Professionals conference, Adelaide, in November 2006 recei...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Woollard M,Mannion W,Lighton D,Johns I,O'meara P,Cotton C,Smyth M

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have prospectively assessed pain and anxiety of spinal puncture in 180 adult patients randomly allocated to one of three equal groups. On the morning of surgery group 1 had an EMLA patch, whereas group 2 and 3 had placebo patches. Group 2 also had infiltration analgesia with 2 ml lignocaine 2% with adrenaline, imme...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Koscielniak-Nielsen Z,Hesselbjerg L,Brushøj J,Jensen MB,Pedersen HS

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dose response curves were constructed for edrophonium and neostigmine when used to antagonise pancuronium, 0.07 mg/kg during thiopentone-nitrous oxide-halothane anaesthesia. The antagonist was given when 10% twitch height had been restored and the effect was measured 10 minutes later. Recoveries to 50% and 90% twitch ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Breen PJ,Doherty WG,Donati F,Bevan DR

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of fluid-warming systems is recommended for infusion rates > 500 ml.h-1 to avoid peri-operative hypothermia. Some fluid-warming devices use disposable aluminium-heated plates for heat transfer, but there is no protective coating to separate the fluid from the heated aluminium surface. It is unknown if this cou...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Perl T,Kunze-Szikszay N,Bräuer A,Quintel M,Röhrig AL,Kerpen K,Telgheder U

更新日期：2019-06-01 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 short-term objective of the DHSS of a 1:1 consultant: junior ratio by 1988 is compatible with current trends in consultant expansion and implies no reduction in registrars before then. The target of doubling the number of consultants in 15 years cannot be met in anaesthesia without a fairly sharp, and relatively s...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Vickers MD

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaesthesia for fetal surgery is described as used for thirteen procedures in seven patients. Analgesia was accomplished by local infiltration of lignocaine 1% by the surgeons and small incremental doses of intravenous medication by the anaesthetist as needed to make the mother comfortable and reduce fetal movement. T...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Spielman FJ,Seeds JW,Corke BC

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A postoperative cardiac surgical patient developed ventricular fibrillation immediately after accidental pericardial injection of bupivacaine at room temperature. The possible causes, which include systemic toxicity, local vasoconstriction with myocardial ischaemia, local toxic effect of bupivacaine or local hypotherm...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Even BJ,De Jongh RF,De Hert SG

更新日期：1992-12-01 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：:A new approach to the internal jugular vein is described which keeps the head and neck in the neutral position and uses bony and cartilaginous landmarks for guidelines. Venous puncture is made along an axial line drawn superiorly from the lateral edge of the bony depression caused by the insertion of the sternocleidom...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Willeford KL,Reitan JA

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the ability of palpating the radial arterial pulse and observing the oximeter trace to estimate the automated non-invasive systolic pressure reading in 20 healthy female volunteers and 20 parturients undergoing spinal anaesthesia for elective caesarean section. Using real-time values of cuff pressure durin...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Sabharwal A,Strickland T,Yentis SM

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:The principles of fluidic technology are outlined and applied in the description of a fluidic controlled ventilator. The device is compact, easy to operate and practically fail-safe since it has no moving parts. There is a sensor which prevents any increase in airway pressure above the preset level. ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Klain M,Smith RB

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia, also called right ventricular cardiomyopathy, is a genetically determined heart muscle disease, characterised by life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias in apparently healthy young people. The primary myocardial pathology is that the myocardium of the right ventricular free...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Alexoudis AK,Spyridonidou AG,Vogiatzaki TD,Iatrou CA

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A two-stage propofol infusion combined with fentanyl was used to maintain anaesthesia during coronary artery surgery in patients with good ventricular function. Whole blood propofol concentrations were measured at frequent intervals; plasma protein binding was measured before, during and after cardiopulmonary bypass. ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Russell GN,Wright EL,Fox MA,Douglas EJ,Cockshott ID

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiopulmonary resuscitation en route to hospital is performed by a single-handed operator in many British ambulances. In this study, three emergency ventilation devices, and mouth-to-mouth breathing, were compared for effectiveness in unintubated patients. Seventeen paramedics used each method on a Laerdal manikin i...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Greenslade GL

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-five operative procedures were performed in 32 patients with Down's syndrome at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Sydney in a single year recently. Atropine premedication was administered to 25 patients with Down's syndrome on 38 occasions. Three dosage regimes of atropine were used: 20 micrograms/kg, 1...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Wark HJ,Overton JH,Marian P

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serratus anterior plane and pectoral nerves blocks are recently described alternatives to established regional anaesthesia techniques in cardiac surgery, thoracic surgery and trauma. We performed a systematic review to establish the current state of evidence for the analgesic role of these fascial plane blocks in thes...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Jack JM,McLellan E,Versyck B,Englesakis MF,Chin KJ

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00