Perioperative plasma endothelin-1 concentrations and vasoconstriction during prolonged plastic surgical procedures.

abstract：:The auditory steady state response (ASSR) is a sinusoidal evoked potential elicited by rapidly repeated auditory stimuli. The ASSR was recorded in eight patients during high-dose sufentanil anaesthesia for cardiac surgery in order to assess its usefulness as a measure of the level of consciousness. The electroencephal...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Plourde G,Boylan JF

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nociceptin/orphanin FQ, N/OFQ, and its receptor NOP represent a non-opioid branch of the opioid superfamily that were first studied for their effects on pain responses. Both N/OFQ and NOP are involved in a wide range of 'non-pain' responses including immunomodulation and cardiovascular control. There is now growing in...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Serrano-Gomez A,Thompson JP,Lambert DG

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tracheal tube tip and cuff positions of different cuffed paediatric tracheal tube brands in the trachea can vary with design. METHODS:Data from three clinical studies with measured tracheal lengths were pooled in a database including 422 children aged from birth to 16 yr. Dimensional data of seven cuffed pa...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Kemper M,Imach S,Buehler PK,Thomas J,Dave M,Weiss M

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In a series of ex vivo and in vivo studies we investigated the ability of repetitive ketamine administration to alter the metabolism and anaesthetic effect of propofol and the role of ketamine-mediated P-450 2B induction in rats. METHODS:Male Wistar rats were pretreated with 80 mg kg(-1) ketamine i.p. twice...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Chan WH,Chen TL,Chen RM,Sun WZ,Ueng TH

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The minimum alveolar concentration (MAC) is a traditional index of the hypnotic potency of an inhalational anaesthetic. To investigate the anaesthetic as well as the unwanted effects of xenon (Xe) in a swine model, it is useful to know MAC(Xe). METHODS:The study was performed using ten swine (weight 27.8-35...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Hecker KE,Horn N,Baumert JH,Reyle-Hahn SM,Heussen N,Rossaint R

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Data on contributors to between-individual variability in overall tramadol clearance and O-demethyl tramadol (M1) formation in preterm neonates and young infants are limited. METHODS:A population pharmacokinetic analysis of tramadol and M1 was undertaken using non-linear mixed effects model. Covariate analy...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Allegaert K,van den Anker JN,de Hoon JN,van Schaik RH,Debeer A,Tibboel D,Naulaers G,Anderson BJ

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Risks and costs of allogeneic blood transfusions mandate strategies to reduce blood loss in surgery. The objective of this study was to assess the efficacy of antifibrinolytic treatment in reducing perioperative blood loss during total knee replacement. METHODS:A double-blind, randomized and placebo-control...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Camarasa MA,Ollé G,Serra-Prat M,Martín A,Sánchez M,Ricós P,Pérez A,Opisso L

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have compared bispectral index (BIS), 95% spectral edge frequency (SEF) and approximate entropy (ApEn) in 37 patients during induction and recovery from a short general anaesthetic. Heart rate variability (HRV) was also compared during induction only. These indices were noted at the start of induction, when a syrin...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Sleigh JW,Donovan J

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following antagonism of tubocurarine block with a mixture of atropine 20 microgram/kg and neostigmine 50 microgram/kg in 20 children, heart rate decreased from a control value of 110.4 beat/min to 90.1 at 5 min and 89.2 at 6 min (P less than 0.02). Stroke volume index did not change during the first 5 min from a contr...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Salem MR,Toyama T,Wong AY,Jacobs HK,Bennett EJ

更新日期：1977-09-01 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：:Transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE) is valuable for perioperative monitoring in patients at risk from haemodynamic disturbance. However, its use is not practicable in patients undergoing surgical procedures under regional anaesthesia. We describe two cases showing that transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) has the ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Filipovic M,Seeberger MD,Schneider MC,Schmid M,Pargger H,Hunziker P,Skarvan K

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is growing interest in the effect of postoperative analgesics on oncological outcomes after cancer surgery. We investigated the impact of tramadol after breast cancer surgery on recurrence and mortality and explored the mechanism by which tramadol affects cultured breast cancer cells in vitro. METHODS...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Kim MH,Oh JE,Park S,Kim JH,Lee KY,Bai SJ,Song H,Hwang HJ,Kim DW,Yoo YC

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies of the accuracy of partial rebreathing measurements of pulmonary blood flow (PBF) in patients with abnormal lungs have not fully explained the sources of error. METHODS:We used computer models of emphysema and pulmonary embolism incorporating both ventilation-perfusion (V/Q) and ventilation-volume (...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Yem JS,Turner MJ,Baker AB

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyridostigmine 0.143 mg kg-1 (maximum 10 mg) and atropine 0.0143 mg kg-1 (maximum 1 mg) were administered i.v. to six healthy male volunteers. Peripheral venous blood samples were drawn for measurement of serum cholinesterase activity. Maximum inhibition of the enzyme was found 5 min after injection with a decrease to...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Feldt-Rasmussen BF,Gefke K,Mosbech H,Hanel HK

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytokine synthesis and release is an essential component of the innate immune system, but inappropriate, excessive production results in a generalized systemic inflammatory response which damages distant organs. Recent research has identified an immunomodulatory function of the vagus nerve whereby activation of the ef...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Johnston GR,Webster NR

更新日期：2009-04-01 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：:We have determined the influence of 0.1 minimum alveolar concentration (MAC) of sevoflurane on ventilation, the acute ventilatory response to a step change in end-tidal carbon dioxide and the ventilatory response to sustained hypercapnia in 10 healthy adult volunteers. Subjects undertook a preliminary 10-min period of...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Pandit JJ,Manning-Fox J,Dorrington KL,Robbins PA

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single dose-response curves were determined for suxamethonium in neonates, infants and children during thiopentone-fentanyl-nitrous oxide anaesthesia. During onset of neuromuscular block, suxamethonium produced an increase in muscle tone which was greatest in neonates and infants. The dose-response curves for the thre...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Meakin G,McKiernan EP,Morris P,Baker RD

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this prospective study was to assess the blood-sparing effect, the quality of analgesia, and the incidence of side-effects of a low-dose regime of intrathecal opioids (ITO) when compared with those of a high-dose regime in scoliosis surgery in children. METHODS:Forty-six children were randoml...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Eschertzhuber S,Hohlrieder M,Keller C,Oswald E,Kuehbacher G,Innerhofer P

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty patients for elective lower segment Caesarean section were randomly divided into two groups. One group received 50 mulitre/kg of Althesin for induction of anaesthesia and the other, 100 mulitre/kg. The two maternal groups were similar. There was no significant difference in the clinical or biochemical status of...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Holdcroft A,Morgan M,Gordon H,Whitwam JG,White Y

更新日期：1975-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have compared mivacurium and succinylcholine in 27 paediatric patients with mild (Child's A) to moderate (Child's B) liver disease undergoing oesophagogastroduodenoscopy (OGD) and injection of oesophageal varices, with 10 healthy children receiving mivacurium for ENT procedures. With mivacurium 0.2 mg kg-1, the sev...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Green DW,Fisher M,Sockalingham I

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review describes the laboratory evidence and microvascular mechanisms responsible for the beneficial effects of statins in sepsis. During sepsis, changes occur within the microcirculation including alterations in arteriolar tone influencing blood pressure, adaptations to endothelial cell integrity causing leakage...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： McGown CC,Brookes ZL

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the effect of P6 acupuncture on postoperative vomiting in 45 children undergoing tonsillectomy. After induction of anaesthesia and before the start of surgery, 50% of the patients received P6 acupuncture (in the middle of the ventral surface of the wrist) for 5 min. There was no difference in the incid...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Yentis SM,Bissonnette B

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) was established in 2005 as a Special Health Authority when the National Blood Authority and UK Transplant merged. This helped to bring tissue banking and organ transplantation services under one umbrella organization. This merger means that ~!95% of all deceased donors (whether tissue,...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Gaum L,Reynolds I,Jones MN,Clarkson AJ,Gillan HL,Kaye SB

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of the intrathecal administration of diamorphine on the hyperglycaemic, adrenocortical and cardiovascular responses to major colonic surgery were investigated, and the results compared with those obtained in a similar group of patients receiving low doses of fentanyl. In the group receiving intrathecal diam...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Child CS,Kaufman L

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resperatory compliance and resistance were measured during positive pressure ventilation in anaesthtized, paralysed dogs. Airway pressures measured during constant-flow inspiration allowed the calculation of pulmonary and chest-wall resistances, and static and non-static compliances. Contiguous studies of dynamic comp...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Shanks CA,Campbell DI,Telford H

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolated, cultured rat pancreatic islets of Langerhans were incubated in medium containing glucose 2 or 20 mmol litre-1 and with glucose supplemented with midazolam 10, 100 or 1000 ng ml-1. Glucose 20 mmol litre-1 with the addition of noradrenaline 10 mumol litre-1 was used as a control. In contrast with noradrenaline...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Desborough JP,Jones PM,Persaud SJ,Howell SL

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to determine whether assessment of stroke volume (SV) and measurement of exhaled end-tidal carbon dioxide [Formula: see text] during an end-expiratory occlusion (EEO) test can predict fluid responsiveness in the operating theatre. METHODS:Forty-two subjects monitored by oesop...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Guinot PG,Godart J,de Broca B,Bernard E,Lorne E,Dupont H

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have compared the anaesthetic and analgesic efficacy of levobupivacaine with that of racemic bupivacaine in 66 male patients undergoing ambulatory primary inguinal herniorrhaphy. Patients were allocated randomly in a double-blind manner to local infiltration anaesthesia (0.25% w/v 50 ml) with either racemic bupivac...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Bay-Nielsen M,Klarskov B,Bech K,Andersen J,Kehlet H

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Propofol is used during living-related donor liver transplantation because its metabolism is not greatly affected by liver failure. However, the pharmacokinetics of propofol during liver transplantation have not been fully defined. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the apparent systemic clearance of ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Takizawa D,Sato E,Hiraoka H,Tomioka A,Yamamoto K,Horiuchi R,Goto F

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00