Peri-operative stroke in general surgical patients.

abstract：:A postal questionnaire survey was carried out to determine the activities, motivation and barriers to continuing medical education amongst career grade anaesthetists in Scotland. Four hundred and ten consultants and 49 non-consultant career grade anaesthetists were surveyed with a response rate of 84.5%. All responden...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Chambers WA,Ferguson K,Prescott GJ

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is an ongoing debate as to whether propofol exhibits pro- or anticonvulsant effects, and whether it should be used in patients with epilepsy. We prospectively assessed the occurrence of seizure-like phenomena and the effects of intravenous propofol on the electroencephalogram (EEG) in 25 children with epilepsy (...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Meyer S,Shamdeen MG,Kegel B,Mencke T,Gottschling S,Gortner L,Grundmann U

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An alarm for use with positive-pressure lung ventilators is described. The device gives audible warning if the pressure in the patient circuit fails either to exceed or to fall below 15 cmH2O within a period of 20 seconds or if the batteries are running low. No external controls are provided and the alarm is activated...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Fodor I,Bloomfield D,Fisher A,Kerr JH

更新日期：1977-11-01 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：:The aim of this study was to examine the effect of propofol and propofol with suxamethonium on serum potassium concentration during induction of general anaesthesia. Forty patients were studied during elective surgery and serum electrolytes were measured before and after the induction of anaesthesia. Patients were all...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Fogarty DJ,McCleane GJ

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-six patients received oral temazepam and subsequently spinal anaesthesia. Blood and lumbar cerebrospinal fluid temazepam levels were measured together with the degree of sedation. The plasma and cerebrospinal fluid concentrations correlated well with the temazepam dose but even better with the weight standardis...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Osborne GA,Badcock NR,McGrath PM,Russell WJ,Frewin DB

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The investigation of anaphylactic reactions in the peri-operative period is difficult. Elevation of serum tryptase levels is a good indicator of an anaphylactic event but the ability of subsequent investigations to identify the drug(s) responsible for the reaction is still potentially unreliable. The aim of this study...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Sudheer PS,Hall JE,Read GF,Rowbottom AW,Williams PE

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite numerous guidelines on the management of anaemia in surgical patients, there is no pragmatic guidance for the diagnosis and management of anaemia and iron deficiency in the postoperative period. A number of experienced researchers and clinicians took part in a two-day expert workshop and developed the followin...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Muñoz M,Acheson AG,Bisbe E,Butcher A,Gómez-Ramírez S,Khalafallah AA,Kehlet H,Kietaibl S,Liumbruno GM,Meybohm P,Rao Baikady R,Shander A,So-Osman C,Spahn DR,Klein AA

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Fontan procedure is performed for patients with a hypoplastic right ventricle, and pregnancies following this palliative surgery are likely to increase. We present a parturient with the Fontan physiology who successfully underwent two consecutive caesarean deliveries; the first under general anaesthesia for emerge...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Eid L,Ginosar Y,Elchalal U,Pollak A,Weiniger CF

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biocompatibility of minimal extracorporeal circuits has improved; however, anticoagulation is still required. We compared standard high-dose anticoagulation with a low-dose heparin regimen in a retrospective study of patients who underwent coronary bypass surgery using minimal cardiopulmonary bypass. One hundred p...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Fromes Y,Daghildjian K,Caumartin L,Fischer M,Rouquette I,Deleuze P,Bical OM

更新日期：2011-06-01 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：:The hourly urine volume and urine concentration of seven patients undergoing major abdominal surgery were measured during the operative and postoperative periods. From these, the hourly osmolar output was calculated. The results show that the osmolar output, 700 mOsm/day, in the peri-operative period is less than that...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Zideman DA,Dudley HA,Bevan DR

更新日期：1978-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirteen patients were monitored for nocturnal body position (supine vs. side) and arterial oxygen saturation pre-operatively and on the second postoperative night after major abdominal surgery. The number of positional changes were significantly decreased after operation (p < 0.05) with a trend towards more time spen...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Rosenberg-Adamsen S,Stausholm K,Edvardsen L,Zwarts M,Kehlet H,Rosenberg J

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The short-term objective of the DHSS of a 1:1 consultant: junior ratio by 1988 is compatible with current trends in consultant expansion and implies no reduction in registrars before then. The target of doubling the number of consultants in 15 years cannot be met in anaesthesia without a fairly sharp, and relatively s...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Vickers MD

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the Nottingham Physiology Simulator, we investigated the effects on pre-oxygenation and apnoea during rapid sequence induction of labour, obesity, sepsis, pre-eclampsia, maternal haemorrhage and multiple pregnancy in term pregnancy. Pre-oxygenation with 100% oxygen was followed by simulated rapid sequence induct...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： McClelland SH,Bogod DG,Hardman JG

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anaesthetic management of patients undergoing tracheal resection for tracheal stenosis and the advantage of the maintenance of spontaneous respiration without intubation of the distal tracheal segment is discussed. The case reports of two such patients using a continuous intravenous infusion of Althesin with maint...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Vyas AB,Lyons SM,Dundee JW

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pre-operative intervention to improve general health and readiness for surgery is known as prehabilitation. Modification of risk factors such as physical inactivity, smoking, hazardous alcohol consumption and an unhealthy weight can reduce the risk of peri-operative morbidity and improve patient outcomes. Intervention...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： McDonald S,Yates D,Durrand JW,Kothmann E,Sniehotta FF,Habgood A,Colling K,Hollingsworth A,Danjoux G

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The analgesic efficacy of a single 100-mg suppository of diclofenac sodium given after elective cholecystectomy was studied in 30 healthy patients in a double-blind randomised controlled manner. The mean 24-hour postoperative morphine consumption of the placebo group and the diclofenac group was similar (45 mg). Analy...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Colquhoun AD,Fell D

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hallervorden-Spatz disease is a rare autosomal recessive disorder in which dopaminergic deficiency in the substantia nigra and its nigrostriatal projection has been identified. It is characterised by a slow but progressive course culminating in death. This case report describes a 13-year-old male, with a clinical diag...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Hayashi K,Chihara E,Sawa T,Tanaka Y

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As COVID-19 disease escalates globally, optimising patient outcome during this catastrophic healthcare crisis is the number one priority. The principles of patient blood management are fundamental strategies to improve patient outcomes and should be given high priority in this crisis situation. The aim of this expert ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Baron DM,Franchini M,Goobie SM,Javidroozi M,Klein AA,Lasocki S,Liumbruno GM,Muñoz M,Shander A,Spahn DR,Zacharowski K,Meybohm P

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A continuous infusion of ketamine, following an initial dose of 1 mg/kg, has been used as sole anaesthetic in over 200 adult patients. The pre-operative use of 4 mg lorazepam has made this acceptable with respect to emergence sequelae and dreams. The technique can be used with neuromuscular blocking drugs and controll...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Lilburn JK,Dundee JW,Moore J

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with obstructive sleep apnoea are at increased risk of adverse postoperative outcomes, such as cardiac and respiratory complications. It has been hypothesised that obstructive sleep apnoea also increases the risk for postoperative delirium and acute postoperative pain. We conducted a retrospective, observatio...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Strutz PK,Kronzer V,Tzeng W,Arrington B,McKinnon SL,Ben Abdallah A,Haroutounian S,Avidan MS

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients who had undergone emergency tracheal intubation developed signs of aspiration of ingested food. Nasendoscopy demonstrated supraglottic anaesthesia which recovered from the laryngeal margins in towards the vocal cords. It is assumed that this was caused by a neuropraxia of the internal branch of the superi...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Aucott W,Prinsley P,Madden G

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to determine whether a single oral dose of omeprazole 40 mg is effective in increasing the pH of gastric residue above 2.5 at the time of anaesthetic induction in adult patients scheduled for elective gynaecological surgery. The patients were allocated to receive either chlorazepate dipotassiu...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Ng Wingtin L,Glomaud D,Hardy F,Phil S

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared haemoglobin concentration values obtained using a portable haemoglobinometer, the HemoCue, in the operating theatre with the results obtained by the Coulter Max-M in the laboratory. Haemoglobin concentrations were measured on 52 arterial blood samples obtained from 13 patients during aortic surgery, in the...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Lardi AM,Hirst C,Mortimer AJ,McCollum CN

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six intra-operative deaths and two episodes of near-fatal hypotension occurred in 52 consecutive Hastings procedures (insertion of metal prosthesis grouted in acrylic cement) for subcapital fracture of the femoral neck. This high complication rate was identified by a system of clinical audit undertaken by members of t...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Duncan JA

更新日期：1989-02-01 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：:We investigated the number and distribution of arteries within the brachial plexus territory using a portable ultrasound device, and compared these findings with known cadaveric data. We recruited 200 volunteers and carried out 400 brachial plexus examinations in a prospective observational study design. We identified...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Nambyiah P,Umbarje K,Amir R,Parikh M,Oosthuysen SA

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A randomised study was carried out in 60 anaesthetised patients with no evidence of airway difficulties, to compare the Williams Airway Intubator and the Ovassapian Fibreoptic Intubating Airway for bronchoscopic view and ease of railroading a tracheal tube during fibreoptic orotracheal intubation. The Williams Airway ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Greenland KB,Lam MC,Irwin MG

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The management of childbirth, including epidural anaesthesia for Caesarean section is described in a patient with von Hippel-Lindau disease. The reasons for the choice of epidural anaesthesia are explained and the anaesthetic significance of the disease is discussed. ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Matthews AJ,Halshaw J

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00