The development of apparatus for intermittent negative pressure respiration. (2) 1919-1976, with special reference to the development and uses of cuirass respirators.

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：:Duration of laryngoscopy must be kept as short as possible to prevent disturbances of oxygenation and ventilation. Because the factors associated with prolonged laryngoscopy are not well known, we studied 1000 patients undergoing tracheal intubation under general anaesthesia to determine the possible effects of their ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Saghaei M,Safavi MR

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The haemodynamic effects of propofol (2 mg/kg), etomidate (0.2 mg/kg) and thiopentone (4 mg/kg) were studied in 30 ASA 1 and 2 patients in whom anaesthesia had been induced with midazolam 0.1 mg/kg, fentanyl 5 micrograms/kg, vecuronium 0.1 mg/kg and atropine 10 micrograms/kg, and maintained with nitrous oxide in oxyge...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Gauss A,Heinrich H,Wilder-Smith OH

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighty-three patients were given midazolam 0.1 mg.kg-1 by intramuscular injection as premedication before general anaesthesia with alfentanil-nitrous oxide. During anaesthesia patients were presented (through headphones) with either statements about common facts of some years ago (group A) (n = 43) or new verbal assoc...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： De Roode A,Jelicic M,Bonke B,Bovill JG

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Memory for stimuli presented during inhalation anaesthesia was tested in 80 children undergoing eye surgery. Two groups were exposed, in a random double-blind study, to repeated neutral phrases including either the colour orange or green. A postoperative colouring task was used as a test of implicit memory to detect a...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Bonke B,Van Dam ME,Van Kleff JW,Slijper FM

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to determine if using the EndoFlex tracheal tube on the first intubation attempt provided improved placement times and intubation success compared with a standard-type tracheal tube in 50 patients undergoing gynaecological surgery in a prospective, randomised, cross-over trial. We found that using the EndoFle...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Teoh WH,Sia AT,Fun WL

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A key figure in the development of anaesthesia in Russia was the surgeon Nikolay Ivanovich Pirogov (1810-1881). He experimented with ether and chloroform and organised the general introduction of anaesthesia in Russia for patients undergoing surgery. He was the first to perform systematic research into anaesthesia-rel...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Hendriks IF,Bovill JG,Boer F,Houwaart ES,Hogendoorn PC

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Summary We compared the performance of the Intersurgical Solus laryngeal mask airway (LMA) with that of the i-gel in 120 patients of ASA physical status during general anaesthesia with respect to oropharyngeal leak pressure, peak airway pressure, airway manipulation, insertion time, fibreoptic view, ventilatory parame...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Amini S,Khoshfetrat M

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isotonic saline is a widely-used infusion fluid, although the associated chloride load may cause metabolic acidosis and impair kidney function in young, healthy volunteers. We wished to examine whether these effects also occurred in the elderly, and conducted a crossover study in 13 men with a mean age of 73 years (ra...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Hahn RG,Isacson MN,Fagerström T,Rosvall J,Nyman CR

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A clinical trial was performed to compare the effects of intramuscular dihydrocodeine with caudal bupivacaine on postoperative pain and recovery in 181 children who had undergone either circumcision, inguinal herniotomy or orchidopexy performed under general anaesthesia. Linear analogues were used in assess level of c...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Bramwell RG,Bullen C,Radford P

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atropine 600 micrograms was given either intravenously or intratracheally and the change in heart rate noted in a double-blind, randomised study of 40 anaesthetised patients. There was no significant difference between the two groups in the maximum increase in heart rate, 20.3 beats/minute in the tracheal compared to ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Bray BM,Jones HM,Grundy EM

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Problems associated with the presence of a tracheal tube during anaesthesia for infant laryngeal surgery using the carbon dioxide laser are described. This paper discusses alternatives and describes an effective anaesthetic technique and a new tracheal tube. ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Hunton J,Oswal VH

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Supraglottic airway devices such as the ProSeal Laryngeal Mask Airway (PLMA) and Laryngeal Tube-Suction Airway (LTS) that provoke the least stress responses could be beneficial in many situations, especially in patients with cardiovascular disease. We compared the haemodynamic and catecholamine stress response of the ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Dahaba AA,Prax N,Gaube W,Gries M,Rehak PH,Metzler H

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a randomised controlled trial to compare the efficacy of forced-air warming (Bair Hugger(trade mark), Augustine Medical model 500/OR, Prairie, MN) with that of an electric heating pad (Operatherm 202, KanMed, Sweden) for maintenance of intra-operative body temperature in 60 patients undergoing total knee ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Ng V,Lai A,Ho V

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nerve stimulation is considered by many to be the current 'gold standard' for locating peripheral nerves. Thirteen nerve stimulators were subjected to a battery of tests performed by two independent observers under standardised conditions using a digital oscilloscope, a calibrated resistance and a novel scoring system...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Jochum D,Iohom G,Diarra DP,Loughnane F,Dupré LJ,Bouaziz H

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cumulative dose followed by an infusion was used to determine the dose response to suxamethonium in a patient with diagnosed myasthenia gravis who was in true remission (asymptomatic while receiving no therapy). The ED50 and ED90 values for suxamethonium were 0.08 mg/kg and 0.20 mg/kg, and an infusion rate of 3.2 mg...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Abel M,Eisenkraft JB,Patel N

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the prevalence of novel acronyms in the titles of anaesthetic and related studies and the response of anaesthetists to them. We separately analysed trainee-led research projects in the UK supported by the Research and Audit Federation of Trainees (RAFT), and a 10-year cohort of papers identified using the ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Weale J,Soysa R,Yentis SM

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated a new, ultra-fast response continuous cardiac output monitor in 34 adult patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Cardiac output was measured with the TruCCOMS continuous cardiac output monitor (Aortech International plc, Lanarkshire, UK), using triplicate cold bolus thermodiluti...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Leather HA,Vuylsteke A,Bert C,M'Fam W,Segers P,Sergeant P,Vandermeersch E,Wouters PF

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this double-blind, randomised study was to assess the effects of the addition of 0.5 mg of vecuronium bromide to a standard local anaesthetic mixture used for peribulbar anaesthesia. We studied 60 patients undergoing regional anaesthesia for intra-ocular surgery and were primarily interested in the quality ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Reah G,Bodenham AR,Braithwaite P,Esmond J,Menage MJ

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a double-blind randomized study midazolam 15 mg and flunitrazepam 2 mg caused a significantly better night's sleep than placebo. Midazolam had a moderate sedative effect the following morning but, in other respects studied, no residual effects were found. In contrast, flunitrazepam decreased both the degree of appr...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Sjövall S,Kanto J,Kangas L,Pakkanen A

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Posterior transversus abdominis plane blocks have been reported to be an effective method of providing analgesia after lower abdominal surgery. We compared the efficacy of a novel technique of providing continuous transversus abdominis plane analgesia with epidural analgesia in patients on an enhanced recovery program...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Niraj G,Kelkar A,Hart E,Horst C,Malik D,Yeow C,Singh B,Chaudhri S

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A high frequency oscillator and its interface with the Siemens 900C ventilator form a combined high frequency oscillator and intermittent positive pressure ventilator. This combined high frequency ventilator is designed for use in selected cases of refractory hypoxaemia. ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Raphael JH,Atkinson I,Bexton MD

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An account is given of the history of ether anaesthesia in North Wales during the early months of 1847. It demonstrates that the study of local newspapers can be of invaluable assistance to the medical historian. ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Hardy TK,Jones IW

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new, rigid intubating fibrescope, the Upsherscope, was evaluated in clinical practice. Intubation was attempted in 200 adult patients and was successful in 191, with a median intubation time of 38 s, range 14-154 s. Intubation was straightforward in just under half of the patients. Difficulties were encountered in p...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Pearce AC,Shaw S,Macklin S

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of severe sand aspiration in association with near-drowning, which led to respiratory failure secondary to the acute respiratory distress syndrome, necessitating mechanical ventilation, repeated therapeutic bronchoscopic lavage, and a stay in the intensive care unit that exceeded one month. ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Appelboam R,Williams MP,Duffy MR

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A double-blind, randomised clinical study was undertaken to compare the effect of temperature on the incidence and severity of the pain experienced on injection of propofol. The number of patients who experienced pain and the severity of the pain were reduced significantly when propofol was administered at a temperatu...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： McCrirrick A,Hunter S

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dextran is used clinically for plasma volume expansion, improvement of blood flow and thromboprophylaxis, but has been associated with untoward side effects. Immunoprophylaxis with dextran I (hapten), before the infusion of dextran-70, has reduced the incidence of serious dextran-induced anaphylactoid reactions. We re...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Berg EM,Fasting S,Sellevold OF

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to find out how the response to operative trauma is influenced by chronic alcohol consumption, 53 patients (28 alcoholics and 25 non-alcoholics) were investigated. The chronic alcoholic was defined as a person having a regular, daily alcohol consumption of over 70 g pure alcohol for at least 3 years. The mean...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Haxholdt OS,Johansson G

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a closed-loop system to control the depth of anaesthesia and neuromuscular blockade using the bispectral index and the electromyogram simultaneously and evaluated the clinical performance of this combined system for general anaesthesia. Twenty-two adult patients were included in this study. Anaesthesia wa...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Janda M,Simanski O,Bajorat J,Pohl B,Noeldge-Schomburg GF,Hofmockel R

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A caudal epidural injection was performed on a middle-aged woman for pain in her right foot. Although the procedure was uncomplicated and a good epidurogram was obtained, the patient went on to develop an orthostatic headache with generalised weakness and syncopal episodes that were treated successfully by epidural bl...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Thomas R,Thanthulage S

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00