Right upper lobectomy in a patient with an iatrogenic tracheo-oesophageal fistula after laryngectomy.

abstract：:Liver/gas partition coefficients for isoflurane, enflurane, halothane and methoxyflurane increased two-fold in rats killed 16 h after a single injection of 15% ethanol 7 g kg-1. In contrast, blood/gas and brain/gas partition coefficients did not change. Chronic (21 days) ingestion of ethanol increased liver/gas partit...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Fassoulaki A,Eger EI 2nd

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are no studies comparing local anaesthetic requirements for obese and normal parturients. Obesity has been associated with a higher incidence of Caesarean section and higher levels of epidural block have also been found in obese obstetric patients, suggesting they may require less local anaesthetic. Th...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Panni MK,Columb MO

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a randomized study of patients undergoing Caesarean section, either enflurane (mean 0.24 MAC-h) or halothane (mean 0.23 MAC-h) and 50% nitrous oxide in oxygen were administered to women (n = 12) with severe pre-eclampsia-eclampsia and to 16 healthy pregnant patients with normal renal and hepatic function. No eviden...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Crowhurst JA,Rosen M

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is compelling evidence that preconditioning occurs in humans. Experimental studies with potential clinical implications as well as clinical studies evaluating ischaemic, pharmacological and anaesthetic cardiac preconditioning in the perioperative setting are reviewed. These studies reveal promising results. Howe...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Zaugg M,Lucchinetti E,Garcia C,Pasch T,Spahn DR,Schaub MC

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most human phenotypic characteristics are determined by the interplay of environmental factors (whether external, or related to the internal milieu) with the unique genetic attributes of the individual. The same is true for predisposition to and outcome from most disease states, with acute brain injury being no except...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Wilson M,Montgomery H

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neurological deficit after repair of a thoracic or thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm (TAA/TAAA) remains a devastating complication. The aim of our study was to investigate the clinical value of biochemical markers [S-100B, neurone-specific enolase (NSE) and lactate dehydrogenase (LD)], evoked potentials and t...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Lases EC,Schepens MA,Haas FJ,Aarts LP,ter Beek HT,van Dongen EP,Siegers HP,van der Tweel I,Boezeman EH

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular risk prediction using clinical risk factors is integral to both the European and the American algorithms for preoperative cardiac risk assessment and perioperative management for non-cardiac surgery. We have reviewed these risk factors and their ability to guide clinical decision making. We examine thei...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Biccard BM,Rodseth RN

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac rate and rhythm were compared in 60 patients having dental extractions under conventional general anaesthesia using halothane, enflurane or isoflurane to supplement nitrous oxide in oxygen. The incidence of arrhythmia was higher in the halothane group when compared with both the enflurane (P less than 0.05) an...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Casson WR,Jones RM

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the use of intra-vas deferens local anaesthesia in 70 patients undergoing vasectomy as day-case patients. Patients were allocated randomly to either a control or treatment group. In the treatment group, 0.5% bupivacaine 1 ml or 0.9% saline 1 ml was injected into the lumen of the right or left vas defer...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Paxton LD,Huss BK,Loughlin V,Mirakhur RK

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increasing numbers of older patients prescribed clopidogrel are presenting for urgent hip fracture surgery. Best practice for the management of clopidogrel therapy is unknown, although delays to surgery are associated with increased mortality. We investigated the influence of perioperative management of clop...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Collyer TC,Reynolds HC,Truyens E,Kilshaw L,Corcoran T

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the effects of clonidine on gastric emptying of liquids in 30 patients. In a double-blind, randomized design, clonidine 150 micrograms, morphine 10 mg or saline in 1 ml was given i.m. One hour later, the patient drank a paracetamol solution (1.5 g in 50 ml water). Venous blood samples were obtaine...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Asai T,McBeth C,Stewart JI,Williams J,Vaughan RS,Power I

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a prospective, randomized, double-blind study to compare analgesia obtained by wound infiltration using 29 ml of 0.25% bupivacaine alone, or with the addition of clonidine hydrochloride 150 micrograms. A third group received bupivacaine wound infiltration with clonidine 150 micrograms i.m. to control for ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Elliott S,Eckersall S,Fligelstone L,Jothilingam S

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ventilatory effects of single i.v. doses of morphine 0.1 mg kg-1, pethidine 0.67 mg kg-1 and methadone 0.1 mg kg-1 were compared after ophthalmic surgery in an open, randomized study in 30 children aged 3-8 yr. Ventilatory changes after each drug had distinctive profiles, with appreciable individual variation. Acu...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Hamunen K

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Whether exposure to a single general anaesthetic (GA) in early childhood causes long-term neurodevelopmental problems remains unclear. METHODS:PubMed/MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, Web of Science, and the Cochrane Library were searched from inception to October 2019. Studies evaluating neurodevelopmental outcomes...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Ing C,Jackson WM,Zaccariello MJ,Goldberg TE,McCann ME,Grobler A,Davidson A,Sun L,Li G,Warner DO

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The usefulness of the PFA-100 in assessing the risk of bleeding in non-cardiac surgery is not clear. This study aims to examine this by correlating preoperative PFA-100 measurement with perioperative bleeding in patients receiving cyclooxygenase (COX) inhibitors. METHODS:PFA-100 with adenosine-5'-diphosphat...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Ng KF,Lawmin JC,Tsang SF,Tang WM,Chiu KY

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the elimination rate of nitrous oxide in 36 patients undergoing orthopaedic surgery. They were allocated randomly to one of six groups which differed in time of nitrous oxide exposure and mode of ventilation. In order to simulate recovery conditions, nitrous oxide administration was discontinued after 30, 6...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Einarsson S,Stenqvist O,Bengtsson A,Houltz E,Bengtson JP

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Circadian variation may affect many biological and pharmacological phenomena. METHODS:To assess circadian variations in labour pain perception, 222 consecutive nulliparous women with uncomplicated pregnancy, spontaneous labour, cervical dilatation (3-5 cm), ruptured membranes and normal fetal heart rate tra...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Aya AG,Vialles N,Mangin R,Robert C,Ferrer JM,Ripart J,de La Coussaye JE

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent research has shown that high-frequency, gamma-band electroencephalographic (EEG) oscillations (40-60 Hz) may be an important marker of the conscious state. We compared the ability of the bispectral index (BIS) to distinguish the awake and anaesthetized states during the induction of general anaesthesia with: (i...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Sleigh JW,Steyn-Ross DA,Steyn-Ross ML,Williams ML,Smith P

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plethysmographic variability index (PVI) is an accurate predictor of fluid responsiveness in mechanically ventilated patients. However, the site of measurement of the plethysmographic waveform impacts its morphology and its respiratory variation. The goal of this study was to investigate the ability of PVI t...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Desgranges FP,Desebbe O,Ghazouani A,Gilbert K,Keller G,Chiari P,Robin J,Bastien O,Lehot JJ,Cannesson M

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied a cat model simulating laudanosine accumulation in the "anephric" patient. Cardiovascular effects were seen only with the bolus doses of laudanosine 2 mg kg-1, and at plasma laudanosine concentrations unlikely to be achieved clinically. Similarly, EEG and power spectra analysis showed no evidence of epilept...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Ingram MD,Sclabassi RJ,Cook DR,Stiller RL,Bennett MH

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Robotic surgery pushes the frontiers of innovation in healthcare technology towards improved clinical outcomes. We discuss the evolution to five generations of robotic surgical platforms including stereotactic, endoscopic, bioinspired, microbots on the millimetre scale, and the future development of autonomous systems...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Ashrafian H,Clancy O,Grover V,Darzi A

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The oesophageal leak pressure is defined as the pressure which breaks the seal between the cuff of a supraglottic airway and the peri-cuff mucosa, allowing penetration of fluid into the pharynx and the oral cavity. As a consequence, a decrease in this variable increases the risk of reflux and can lead to pul...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Hensel M,Schmidbauer W,Geppert D,Sehner S,Bogusch G,Kerner T

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Experimental studies and investigations in patients with cardiac diseases suggest that opioids at clinical concentrations have no important direct effect on myocardial relaxation and contractility. In vivo data on the effect of remifentanil on myocardial function in humans are scarce. This study aimed to inv...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Bolliger D,Seeberger MD,Kasper J,Skarvan K,Seeberger E,Lurati Buse G,Buser P,Filipovic M

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a scavenging device, primarily for use during inhalation induction of anaesthesia in children; it was designed to optimize the often conflicting requirements of clinical acceptability and adequate gas collection. The performance was assessed in three ways. The device reduced the nitrous oxide concentration...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Sik MJ,Lewis RB,Eveleigh DJ

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 39-year-old male suffered a closed chest deceleration injury. He presented with clinical and radiological signs consistent with trauma to the thoracic aorta, but also developed sinus bradycardia which was relieved by drainage of a haemothorax. The possible mechanisms of the changes in heart rate are discussed and di...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Kong RS,Wood PR

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of halothane was studied on train-of-four fade during spontaneous recovery from neuromuscular block produced by atracurium in 42 children undergoing routine surgical procedures under general anaesthesia. The ulnar nerve was stimulated at the wrist, and compound electromyographic responses were recorded f...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Woloszczuk-Gebicka B

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The calculation of pharmacokinetic parameters after a bolus injection of fentanyl allowed an i.v. infusion scheme which guarantees analgesia for the entire duration of surgery, with the advantage of steady plasma concentration and body content. In the initial phase after bolus injection, the serum concentration decrea...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Hengstmann JH,Stoeckel H,Schüttler J

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Retrospective clinical studies suggest there is a risk for neurodevelopmental impairment following early childhood exposure to anaesthesia. In the developing animal brain, including those of non-human primates (NHPs), anaesthetics induce apoptotic cell death. We previously reported that a 5 h isoflurane (ISO...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Noguchi KK,Johnson SA,Dissen GA,Martin LD,Manzella FM,Schenning KJ,Olney JW,Brambrink AM

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This was a prospective, non-randomized, multicentre study of rocuronium (Org 9426) in 40 elective Caesarean section patients at full term without fetal distress. Anaesthesia was induced with thiopentone 4-6 mg kg-1 i.v. and rocuronium 0.6 mg kg-1 and maintained with isoflurane and nitrous oxide in oxygen. Monitors inc...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Abouleish E,Abboud T,Lechevalier T,Zhu J,Chalian A,Alford K

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Low-dose droperidol is suggested to be cost-effective in preventing nausea and vomiting after ambulatory surgery. This clinical study evaluated patient postural stability using a computerized force platform after an i.v. dose of droperidol 0.625 mg in outpatients undergoing gynaecological dilatation and cure...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Song D,Chung F,Yogendran S,Wong J

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00