The effect of alkalinisation of lignocaine on axillary brachial plexus anaesthesia.

abstract：:This review summarises the physiological and pharmacological effects of the anabolic steroids used to enhance performance in sports. The anabolic steroids promote muscle growth and protein synthesis. Side-effects of anabolic steroids include cardiomyopathy, atherosclerosis, hypercoagulopathy, hepatic dysfunction, and ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Kam PC,Yarrow M

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study of 100 day case patients having cataract surgery under local anaesthesia compared patient acceptance of two peri-ocular techniques; a transcutaneous method and a transconjunctival method. A significant difference was found in relation to the pain felt on injection such that all peri-ocular blocks at our uni...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Sweeney EJ,Barber K,Prosser JA

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve volunteers known to have airways that responded adversely to 2.0 MAC desflurane were recruited. Each volunteer inhaled three single breaths of each of 0.5, 1.0 and 2.0 MAC of sevoflurane, halothane, isoflurane, desflurane and balance air, with breaths of air between, whilst breathing nasally through a face mask...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Wilkes AR,Raj N,Hall JE

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we measured the performance of medical students and anaesthetists using a new tracker needle during simulated sciatic nerve block on soft embalmed cadavers. The tracker needle incorporates a piezo element near its tip that generates an electrical signal in response to insonation. A circle, superimposed ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： McKendrick M,Sadler A,Taylor A,Seeley J,Filipescu T,Mustafa A,McKendrick G,Halcrow J,Raju P,McLeod GA

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidural injections of morphine (2.5 or 4 mg) were given to 25 patients in labour. Forty-eight per cent had good relief of pain lasting from 3 1/4 to 11 hours (average 5 1/4 hours). Sixteen per cent of patients had transient or partial relief, and in 36% there was no discernible effect at all. No serious side effects ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Booker PD,Wilkes RG,Bryson TH,Beddard J

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case report of biliary colic induced by narcotic premedication and reversed by naloxone administration is described and the literature reviewed. ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Bird KJ

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Target controlled infusion (TCI) pumps function using a programme based on a pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic model. We compared the Marsh and Schnider models to find out which better correlates with the clinically observed effect of propofol as assessed by the Observer Assessment of Alertness/Sedation (OAAS) score and...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Barakat AR,Sutcliffe N,Schwab M

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the UK, tranexamic acid is recommended for all surgical procedures where expected blood loss exceeds 500 ml. However, the optimal dose, route and timing of administration are not known. This study aimed to evaluate current practice of peri-operative tranexamic acid administration. Patients undergoing primary total ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Lloyd TD,Neal-Smith G,Fennelly J,Claireaux H,Bretherton C,Carr AJ,Murphy M,Kendrick BJ,Palmer AJR,collaborators.

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Volatile anaesthetic agents potentiate neuromuscular blocking agents and retard their rate of reversal. We hypothesised that there was a difference in the rate of reversal of rocuronium-induced neuromuscular blockade based on the selection of inhalation agent. Thirty-eight patients undergoing elective surgical procedu...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Sutcliffe DG,Murphy CM,Maslow A,Uppington J,Shorten GD

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The statement that amniotic fluid embolism is the most dangerous and untreatable condition in obstetrics appears to be true. It must be suspected in any patient who collapses or bleeds excessively during labour or the immediate post-partum period. Attempts should be made to secure a definitive diagnosis in life by exa...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Morgan M

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After carotid endarterectomy under general anaesthesia, the rapid elimination of desflurane and sevoflurane may allow earlier postoperative neurological assessment than after the use of isoflurane. However, desflurane may be associated with tachycardia and hypertension and may therefore increase cardiovascular risk. W...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Umbrain V,Keeris J,D'Haese J,Verborgh C,Debing E,Van den Brande P,Camu F

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We undertook an audit in a rural Ugandan hospital that describes the epidemiology and mortality of 5147 patients admitted to the intensive care unit. The most frequent admission diagnoses were postoperative state (including following trauma) (2014/5147; 39.1%), medical conditions (709; 13.8%) and traumatic brain injur...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Dünser MW,Towey RM,Amito J,Mer M

更新日期：2017-02-01 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：:In a study of 247 patients who had general anaesthesia for dental procedures, the incidence of individual anxieties was noted using a questionnaire completed by the patient. The most common anxieties related to the period before transfer to the operating theatre, intra-operative awareness and postoperative pain. These...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： McCleane GJ,Cooper R

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased duration of anaesthetic administration has implications for recovery from anaesthesia, has cardiovascular effects, and potential for toxicity through metabolism and breakdown of the anaesthetics. Recovery of function after desflurane or sevoflurane anaesthesia, because of the low blood gas and tissue solubil...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Weiskopf RB

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pain on injection of propofol is a common problem, the cause of which remains unknown. The chemical properties and preparation of propofol, proposed mechanisms for the cause of the pain and clinical strategies to prevent pain on injection of propofol are reviewed in the hope of shedding some light on the subject. ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Tan CH,Onsiong MK

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pruritus associated with intrathecal opioid administration is particularly common in pregnancy. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) can reduce the severity of this pruritus but have undesirable side effects. The recent development of drugs that can specifically inhibit the cyclooxygenase 2 isoenzyme have bec...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Lee LH,Irwin MG,Lim J,Wong CK

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compared the analgesic efficacy of an epidural infusion of ropivacaine and ropivacaine with sufentanil following major knee surgery. In a double-blind clinical trial, 115 adult patients received either epidural ropivacaine (R group, 2 mg.ml(-1)), or ropivacaine (2 mg.ml(-1)) with sufentanil (RS group, 1 mic...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Lorenzini C,Moreira LB,Ferreira MB

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The blood concentrations of disoprofol (Diprivan) after single intravenous doses of 1, 2 or 3 mg/kg have been examined in a subpopulation from previously reported clinical studies. The linear relationship between sleep time and dose could be explained by the linearity of the pharmacokinetics at these doses. After a si...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Adam HK,Kay B,Douglas EJ

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to measure anxiety levels in 91 partners of women undergoing elective Caesarean section under regional anaesthesia and to outline potential relieving factors. Twenty-eight percent of partners were pathologically anxious. There was a positive association between anxiety and prior attendance at t...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Taylor IR,Bullough AS,van Hamel JC,Campbell DN

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Halothane hepatitis is extremely rare in childhood. However, this occurred in an 11-month-old infant, following multiple exposure to halothane. The diagnosis was confirmed by detection of specific antibodies to halothane-sensitised rabbit hepatocytes. The anaesthetic technique for a subsequent procedure with a halotha...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Whitburn RH,Sumner E

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrophysiological monitoring of selected neural pathways of the brain, brainstem, spinal cord and peripheral nervous system has become mandatory in some surgery of the nervous system where preventable neural injury can occur. Evoked potentials are relatively simple methods of testing the integrity of various aspect...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Kumar A,Bhattacharya A,Makhija N

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases are described and discussed in which penicillin powder applied to the theca at the end of laminectomy caused delayed convulsions. ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Bordbar A,Beheshti M

更新日期：1975-01-01 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：:A 68-year-old woman presented with dyspnoea having undergone a short period of tracheal intubation during an episode of congestive cardiac failure 10 days earlier. On the fourth day of admission, she suddenly developed acute respiratory distress followed by a cardiac arrest and was found to have an enlarging neck mass...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Ooi GC,Irwin MG,Lam LK,Cheng SW

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated whether pretreatment with glycopyrronium can attenuate the hypotension caused by anaesthesia of the elderly with propofol. Twenty elderly patients (77.1 +/- 2.44 years, mean +/- SEM) of ASA physical status 2 or 3 scheduled for elective urological procedures were given glycopyrronium 0 (n = 10) ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Sneyd JR,Mayall R

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 5-year-old girl with Noonan's syndrome and a hypertrophic cardiomyopathy presented for myelography and subsequently, laminectomy. The anaesthetic management of the patient is described and the potential problems of the facial, cardiovascular and skeletal abnormalities associated with the condition are discussed. ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Campbell AM,Bousfield JD

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed a prospective, single-centre study of times to treatment of patients with life-threatening, traumatic, extra- and subdural haematomas requiring surgical evacuation between May 2006 and May 2007. The mean time to surgical decompression was 5.0 h and 32% were performed within 4 h. Patients who initially pre...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Bulters D,Belli A

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with acute intermittent porphyria was anaesthetised with propofol for a minor orthopaedic procedure. Postoperative urinary porphyrins were markedly raised compared to pre-operative values, although the patient remained clinically well. Caution should continue to be exercised when propofol is used in patients...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Elcock D,Norris A

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report three deaths following percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy in a series of 1187 procedures undertaken in a single intensive care unit over a 13-year period. All deaths were due to severe haemorrhage. The first patient died during the procedure from uncontrollable haemorrhage from the innominate vein. Delay...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： McCormick B,Manara AR

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00