Calcium homeostasis during i.v. infusion of 1.5% glycine in anaesthetized pigs.

abstract：:The pupils in brainstem-dead patients are classically fixed and dilated. We present a case of a brainstem-dead patient whose pupils displayed persistent asynchronous pupillary constriction and dilatation independent of external physical stimuli. Central causes for the phenomenon were excluded leaving an unexplained pe...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Shlugman D,Parulekar M,Elston JS,Farmery A

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of pulmonary thromboendarterectomy performed successfully in a patient with stomatocytosis. Stomatocytosis is a rare condition of abnormal erythrocyte morphology in which haemolysis and hyperkalaemia occur at cooler temperatures. A 35-yr-old male with stomatocytosis was referred for pulmonary thrombo...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Murali B,Drain A,Seller D,Dunning J,Vuylsteke A

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report an unusual case of acute upper airway obstruction. Inhalation of a foreign body caused choking in a 5-yr-old child, but subsequent investigations revealed a large anterior mediastinal tumour, externally compressing the trachea and the main bronchi. Such a presentation may be deceptive and is important, as ge...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Akhtar TM,Ridley S,Best CJ

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of lumbar radiculopathy after zygapophyseal joint injections for chronic low back pain. The management of the patient and potential causes for the radiculopathy are discussed. The case acts as a reminder that the spinal nerve roots should be considered when performing intra-articular facet joint injec...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Sehgal A,Valentine JM

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypothermia during prolonged surgery may be prevented by active and passive warming methods. We have compared randomly two types of occlusive body wraps in groups of 20 patients. One wrap had additional reflective properties which, by reducing radiative in addition to convective and evaporative heat loss, was expected...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Deacock S,Holdcroft A

更新日期：1997-12-01 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：:Hypertensive patients were monitored for myocardial ischaemia during anaesthesia and surgery with the V5 lead of a standard electrocardiograph. Myocardial ischaemia was detected in 11 of 39 untreated hypertensive patients and in four of seven receiving therapy with a diuretic, but in none of 44 receiving atenolol. Fou...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Stone JG,Foëx P,Sear JW,Johnson LL,Khambatta HJ,Triner L

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated 60 patients in a prospective double-blind, placebo-controlled study to assess the efficacy of EMLA (Eutectic Mixture of Local Anaesthetics) cream to provide analgesia during extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) with a second generation lithotriptor. Before operation, EMLA or placebo cream ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： McDonald PF,Berry AM

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aimed to investigate whether reversal of rocuronium-induced neuromuscular blockade with sugammadex reduced the incidence of residual blockade and facilitated operating room discharge readiness. METHODS:Adult patients undergoing abdominal surgery received rocuronium, followed by randomized allocat...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Brueckmann B,Sasaki N,Grobara P,Li MK,Woo T,de Bie J,Maktabi M,Lee J,Kwo J,Pino R,Sabouri AS,McGovern F,Staehr-Rye AK,Eikermann M

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We carried out a randomized prospective study in 60 patients who had undergone major abdominal surgery for cancer. For postoperative pain control, 30 patients received continuous extradural infusion of 0.125% bupivacaine 12.5 mg h-1 and morphine 0.25 mg h-1 (EXI group) and 30 received patient-controlled analgesia (PCA...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Motamed C,Spencer A,Farhat F,Bourgain JL,Lasser P,Jayr C

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A high degree of safety from fires and explosions exists in operating theatres in the U.K. and this is reflected in the extremely low number of fatal and non-fatal accidents which occur. This has been achieved by safety precautions which in some respects have been over-careful and overexpensive. Antistatic precautions...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Vickers MD

更新日期：1978-07-01 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:Dynamic arterial elastance (Eadyn) has been proposed as an indicator of vascular tone that predicts the decrease in arterial pressure in response to changes in norepinephrine (NE). The purpose of this study was to determine whether Eadyn measured by uncalibrated pulse contour analysis (UPCA) can predict a de...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Bar S,Leviel F,Abou Arab O,Badoux L,Mahjoub Y,Dupont H,Lorne E,Guinot PG

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of the i.v. infusion of insulin, 70 mu. kg-1h-1 for the first 60 min and 35 mu. kg-1h-1 subsequently, on the metabolic and endocrine responses to gynaecological surgery were investigated. In comparison with a control group of patients, the insulin infusion caused a marked decrease in circulating glucose, n...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Hall GM,Walsh ES,Paterson JL,Mashiter K

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cumulation and interaction of neuromuscular blocking effects of neomycin and tubocurarine were determined on responses of the tibialis anterior muscle of the anaesthetized cat to indirect stimulation. Neuromuscular block produced by neomycin was cumulative despite rapid and apparent full recovery of twitch tension and...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Durant NN,Lee C,Katz RL

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As 6% hydroxyethyl starch (HES) 130/0.40 or 130/0.42 can originate from different vegetable sources, they might have different clinical effects. The purpose of this prospective, randomized, double-blind controlled trial was to compare two balanced tetrastarch solutions, one maize-derived and one potato-deriv...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Joosten A,Tircoveanu R,Arend S,Wauthy P,Gottignies P,Van der Linden P

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of the inhalation of 50% nitrous oxide on somatosensory evoked potentials during a fentanyl-oxygen anaesthetic technique for central nervous system surgery were evaluated. The latency and amplitude of the first cortical wave were obtained using conventional somatosensory techniques with median or posterior...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Sloan TB,Koht A

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied patterns of oxygen saturation (SpO2) before and after thoracotomy in 20 patients monitored nightly from the preoperative night to the fourth postoperative night. After operation, 10 patients received paravertebral bupivacaine (PVB) infusion and 10 received paravertebral saline (PVS) infusion. Papaveret...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Entwistle MD,Roe PG,Sapsford DJ,Berrisford RG,Jones JG

更新日期：1991-12-01 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：:Cardioventilatory coupling (CVC) is the temporal coherence of respiratory and cardiac rhythms. We have suggested that this coherence is the result of triggering of inspiratory onset by a preceding cardiovascular afferent. One implication of this triggering hypothesis is that coupling should only exist under conditions...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Larsen PD,Trent EL,Galletly DC

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although well established in clinical practice, both propofol and midazolam have limitations. New hypnotics with different and potentially superior pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics are under development. These include the benzodiazepine receptor agonists CNS7056 and JM-1232 (-), the etomidate-based methoxycarbony...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Sneyd JR,Rigby-Jones AE

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The experimental effort that has been expended in investigating the effects of general anaesthetics on LGICs has been enormous over the past decade. Members of all three LGIC superfamilies have been examined using electrophysiological techniques. Anaesthetics that have been examined include volatile anaesthetics, gase...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Dilger JP

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The cuff pressures may be different in oesophageal and tracheal intubations. We conducted a study to evaluate if cuff pressures of endotracheal tubes (ETTs) could provide information to distinguish tracheal or oesophageal intubations in a pig trachea-oesophagus model. METHODS:In each preparation of pig trac...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Lin HJ,Chen KT,Foo NP,Hsu CC,Guo HR

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many indices are used to quantify pulmonary oxygen transfer. Indices that use only measurements from arterial blood and inspired gas assume a constant C(a-v)O2. Though variations in C(a-v)O2 are recognized, indices such as PaO2/FIO2 remain popular and are often considered the best measure of pulmonary oxygen transfer ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Nirmalan M,Willard T,Columb MO,Nightingale P

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined the effects of two types of insulin therapy (continuous i.v. infusion (group A: 1.25 u. h-1) and direct i.v. bolus administration of 10 u. every 2 h (group B: 10 u./2 h)) on the metabolic and endocrine responses to surgery in 60 adult diabetic patients undergoing general anaesthesia for elective proce...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Raucoules-Aime M,Ichai C,Roussel LJ,Romagnan MJ,Gastaud P,Dolisi C,Grimaud D

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using human nasal cytological brushings, we have investigated the effects of morphine on ciliary function by measurement of cilia beat frequency in vitro, and we have also determined opioid receptor binding in these specimens. We obtained ciliated samples from seven volunteers, and measured cilia beat frequency using ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Selwyn DA,Raphael JH,Lambert DG,Langton JA

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The influence of changes in body position relevant to neuraxial blockade on the location of the spinal cord and related neural structures has not been fully quantified. Our aim was to determine the changes, if any, that occur in the location of the spinal cord tip [equivalent to the tip of the conus medullar...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Ranger MR,Irwin GJ,Bunbury KM,Peutrell JM

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anaesthetic risks of acromegaly include difficulties in airway management, hypertension, and cardiac, gastrointestinal and renal problems. To estimate the incidence of major complications in this rare group of patients, we reviewed 28 patients with acromegaly who had pituitary tumour excision over a 10-yr period. ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Seidman PA,Kofke WA,Policare R,Young M

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To determine whether temperature and haematocrit (Hct) alter the relationship between blood flow (BF) and blood flow velocity (BFV). METHODS:Using a transcranial Doppler apparatus, we measured the peak velocity of whole blood cells pumped by a cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) circuit, through a 0.15-cm internal...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Paut O,Bissonnette B

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have assessed neuromuscular block electromyographically at the gastrocnemius muscle and compared it with that at the abductor digiti minimi muscle in 60 adult patients undergoing cervical spine surgery under general anaesthesia. All patients were in the prone position. After vecuronium 0.2 mg kg-1, times to onset o...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Saitoh Y,Narumi Y,Fujii Y,Ueki M,Makita K

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00