Anaesthesia for laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a patient with Eisenmenger's syndrome.

abstract：:We have examined the role of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) neurones in propofol anaesthesia in mice using the righting reflex. Propofol i.p. increased the percentage of loss of the righting reflex in a dose-dependent manner with an ED50 value of 140 (95% confidence limits 123-160) mg kg-1 (n = 40; eight animals per d...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Irifune M,Sugimura M,Takarada T,Maeoka K,Shimizu Y,Dohi T,Nishikawa T,Kawahara M

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fires and explosions have occurred in the operating theatre for many years. Flammable inhalation anaesthetic agents were responsible for many incidents in the past, but these are no longer available in many countries. Other causes of fires and explosions still exist in the operating theatre and, from time to time, res...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Macdonald AG

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fresh gas flows of nitrous oxide, oxygen and halothane at 6, 3, 2 and 1 litre/min were introduced into a circle absorber system. Spontaneous respiration and IPPV were studied and a regression of inspired on delivered oxygen concentration % was calculated. The difference between delivered and inspired oxygen concentrat...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Raymond JA

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro halothane and caffeine contracture tests have been performed on muscle tissue from six survivors of the neuroleptic malignant syndrome. The results, which are expressed in accordance with the criteria of the European MH Group, defined five of the subjects as MHN and one patient as MHE. It is concluded tha...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Krivosic-Horber R,Adnet P,Guevart E,Theunynck D,Lestavel P

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous doses of 0.3 mg/kg dimethyl tubocurarine were required for consistent and adequate surgical relaxation in patients during nitrous oxide anaesthesia and produced virtually complete neuromuscular paralysis (96-100%) of the tetanic and twitch responses of the adductor pollicis muscle. The duration of action o...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Hughes R,Ingram GS,Payne JP

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An extradural catheter was inserted at the third lumbar interspace for relief of pain during labour in a 21-year-old gravid patient. Attempts to withdraw the catheter met with resistance and produced severe pain in the distribution of the second left lumbar nerve. Radiography revealed an acutely angled loop of the cat...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Sidhu MS,Asrani RV,Bassell GM

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have compared the viability criteria of muscle bundles used in the in vitro contracture test for susceptibility to malignant hyperthermia (MH) in a group of 28 patients with various neuromuscular diseases (NMD) and 93 MH-related family patients. In the patients with NMD, this standard test gave one positive, six eq...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Adnet PJ,Krivosic-Horber RM,Krivosic I,Haudecoeur G,Reyford HG,Adamantidis MM,Medahoui H

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In the context of an increasing number of publications of trial data analysed by Bayesian methods, clinicians need support to better understand Bayesian statistical methods. The existing checklists are intended for people who already know these methods. We aimed to establish and validate a checklist that c...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Ferreira D,Barthoulot M,Pottecher J,Torp KD,Diemunsch P,Meyer N

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The relationship between end-tidal sevoflurane concentration, bispectral index (BIS) and the EEG bispectrum in children appears to be age dependent. The aim of this study was to quantify the BIS values at 1 MAC (minimum alveolar concentration) for desflurane and halothane, and explore the relationship with a...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Tirel O,Wodey E,Harris R,Bansard JY,Ecoffey C,Senhadji L

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the incidence of respiratory complications and hypoxic episodes during inhalation induction with isoflurane in 75 healthy unpremedicated children. Problems occurred less frequently when 4% isoflurane in oxygen was used from the outset than with traditional techniques using nitrous oxide and a gradually...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Warde D,Nagi H,Raftery S

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neuromuscular and cardiovascular effects of atracurium were compared during nitrous oxide-isoflurane and nitrous oxide-fentanyl anaesthesia in healthy surgical patients. The dose-response curve was shifted significantly to the left during nitrous oxide-isoflurane anaesthesia (ED50 0.068 mg kg-1) as compared with n...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Rupp SM,Fahey MR,Miller RD

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pulse pressure variation (PPV) and stroke volume variation (SVV) are robust indicators of fluid responsiveness in mechanically ventilated supine patients. The aim of the study was to evaluate the ability of PPV and SVV to predict fluid responsiveness in mechanically ventilated patients in the prone position ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Biais M,Bernard O,Ha JC,Degryse C,Sztark F

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Gapmeter Lab Kit series of flowmeters has been calibrated using air. Two of the flowmeters were also calibrated using argon and oxygen as the priming gases. Linear calibration graphs have been obtained for all the Gapmeters. The two low flow Gapmeters are extremely susceptible to back-pressure. ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Barnes P,Birdi H

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Atelectasis is known to develop during anaesthesia and after operation atelectasis leads to impaired oxygenation. Lung recruitment manoeuvres, positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP), and continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) have been proposed for reduction of atelectasis but their benefits have not be...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Lumb AB,Greenhill SJ,Simpson MP,Stewart J

更新日期：2010-05-01 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：:Several risk scores have been developed to calculate the probability of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV). However, the power to discriminate which individual will suffer from PONV is still limited. Thus, we wondered how the number of predictors in a score affects the discriminating power and how the characteri...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Apfel CC,Kranke P,Greim CA,Roewer N

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaesthetic and sedative drugs transiently disrupt normal neural activity to facilitate healthcare procedures in children, but they can also cause long-term brain injury in experimental animal models. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently advised that repeated or lengthy exposures to anaesthetic and s...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： O'Leary JD,Warner DO

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tapentadol is an analgesic agent for treatment of acute and chronic pain that activates the µ-opioid receptor combined with inhibition of neuronal norepinephrine reuptake. Both mechanisms are implicated in activation of descending inhibitory pain pathways. In this study, we investigated the influence of tape...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Niesters M,Proto PL,Aarts L,Sarton EY,Drewes AM,Dahan A

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rapid, preoperative identification of patients with the highest risk for medical complications is necessary to ensure that limited infrastructure and human resources are directed towards those most likely to benefit. Existing risk scores either lack specificity at the patient level or utilise the American So...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Hill BL,Brown R,Gabel E,Rakocz N,Lee C,Cannesson M,Baldi P,Olde Loohuis L,Johnson R,Jew B,Maoz U,Mahajan A,Sankararaman S,Hofer I,Halperin E

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cerebral state index (CSI) has recently been introduced as an intra-operative monitor of anaesthetic depth. We compared the performance of the CSI to the bispectral index (BIS) in measuring depth of anaesthesia during target-controlled infusion (TCI) of propofol. METHODS:Twenty Chinese patients undergoing g...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Zhong T,Guo QL,Pang YD,Peng LF,Li CL

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dexmedetomidine (DEX) is increasingly used intraoperatively in infants undergoing cardiac surgery. This phase 1 multicentre study sought to: (i) determine the safety of DEX for cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass; (ii) determine the pharmacokinetics (PK) of DEX; (iii) create a PK model and dosing for...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Zuppa AF,Nicolson SC,Wilder NS,Ibla JC,Gottlieb EA,Burns KM,Stylianou M,Trachtenberg F,Ni H,Skeen TH,Andropoulos DB,Pediatric Heart Network Investigators.

更新日期：2019-12-01 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：: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:The objective of the present study was to investigate the effects of increasing doses of norepinephrine (NE) with or without arginine-vasopressin (AVP) on intestinal oxygen supply and jejunal mucosal tissue oxygen tension in an acute endotoxic pig model. METHODS:In this prospective, randomized, experimental...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Maier S,Hasibeder W,Pajk W,Hengl C,Ulmer H,Hausdorfer H,Wurzinger B,Knotzer H

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The minimum effective volume of local anaesthetic needed to provide effective analgesia of the four main branches of the axillary brachial plexus is unknown. This study was performed to determine the minimum volume of local anaesthetic required to surround the nerves of the axillary brachial plexus and docum...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Harper GK,Stafford MA,Hill DA

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the effects of stepwise increasing infusion rates of propofol 200-500 micrograms kg-1 min-1 on blood concentrations of propofol and the disposition and clearance of a bolus dose of indocyanine green (ICG) 0.5 mg kg-1 in 10 acutely instrumented dogs. Drug concentrations and ICG clearance were measured 3...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Sear JW,Diedericks J,Foex P

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have compared the efficacy of adding varying concentrations of hyaluronidase to a standard mixture of 2% lidocaine and 1% ropivacaine to provide peribulbar anaesthesia for cataract surgery. We used (i) the time to adequate anaesthesia for surgery and (ii) ocular and eyelid movement scores at 8 min after block as cl...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Mantovani C,Bryant AE,Nicholson G

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ketamine, as the sole anaesthetic agent, was assessed in a double-blind study of 135 female patients who underwent laparoscopic sterilization. The patients were allocated randomly to one of four groups according to the type (pentobarbitone or droperidol) and route (i.v. or i.m.) of premedication. In addition all the p...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Figallo EM,Casali H,McKenzie R,Tantisira B,Wadhwa RK,Taylor FH

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of age on the dose of Org NC 45 were studied in 24 healthy, anaesthetized patients using an on-demand infusion of the drug which produced a stable twitch height of 10% of its initial value. The patients were allocated as follows: group I = age less than 40 yr; group II = 40-60 yr and group III = age greate...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： d'Hollander A,Massaux F,Nevelsteen M,Agoston S

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As the physiology of deliberate hypotension has been unravelled, and as each new pharmacological agent has become available which either depresses or blocks peripheral vascular tone, depresses myocardial performance, or interferes with the conducting tissues within the myocardium, its possible incorporation into the a...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Leigh JM

更新日期：1975-07-01 00:00:00