Continuous measurement of arterial oxygen tension during one-lung anaesthesia. A new type of polarograhic oxygen electrode.

abstract：:We have compared bupivacaine 5 mg ml-1, either isobaric in saline 0.9% or hyperbaric in 8% glucose, for spinal anaesthesia in 100 children, aged 2-115 months, in a double-blind, randomized, parallel group, prospective study. Children were premedicated with diazepam 0.5 mg kg-1 orally. Seventy-two children were sedated...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Kokki H,Tuovinen K,Hendolin H

更新日期：1998-10-01 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：:We have investigated, in six healthy male volunteers, the effect of high thoracic extradural anaesthesia on the ventilatory pattern and hypercapnic ventilatory response. Ventilatory variables were determined using a respiratory inductive plethysmograph. Duration of inspiration, rib cage excursion and its contribution ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Kochi T,Sako S,Nishino T,Mizuguchi T

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nicorandil, a nicotinamide nitrate derivative, relaxes vascular smooth muscle and reduces cardiac muscle contractility by increasing membrane potassium conductance, probably by activating ATP-sensitive potassium channels. In this prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical study, we examined the...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Kaneko T,Saito Y,Hikawa Y,Yasuda K,Makita K

更新日期：2001-03-01 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：:The auditory steady state response (ASSR) is a sinusoidal evoked potential elicited by rapidly repeated auditory stimuli. The ASSR was recorded in eight patients during high-dose sufentanil anaesthesia for cardiac surgery in order to assess its usefulness as a measure of the level of consciousness. The electroencephal...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Plourde G,Boylan JF

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study tests the hypothesis that naloxone, but not its quarternary salt, naloxone methiodide (which does not enter the central nervous system), improves recovery from myocardial stunning in conscious dogs. Twenty dogs were chronically instrumented for measurement of heart rate, left atrial, aortic and left ventric...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Weber TP,Stypmann J,Meissner A,Hartlage MG,Van Aken H,Rolf N

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined the effects of the highly selective alpha 2-adrenoceptor agonist, dexmedetomidine, on noradrenaline release and cell firing in isolated, superfused slices of rat locus coeruleus. Dexmedetomidine decreased both noradrenaline release and cell firing rate in a concentration-dependent fashion, with an EC5...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Jorm CM,Stamford JA

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver/gas partition coefficients for isoflurane, enflurane, halothane and methoxyflurane increased two-fold in rats killed 16 h after a single injection of 15% ethanol 7 g kg-1. In contrast, blood/gas and brain/gas partition coefficients did not change. Chronic (21 days) ingestion of ethanol increased liver/gas partit...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Fassoulaki A,Eger EI 2nd

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven patients are described in whom a prophylactic blood patch was instituted within 15 min of accidental dural puncture. Five of the patients received extradural anaesthesia before the blood patch, and one after the blood patch had been performed. In three of these patients further "top-up" doses of local anaestheti...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Quaynor H,Corbey M

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the preoperative administration of water might promote gastric emptying and dilute the remaining gastric contents, 50 patients were investigated before elective surgery. One group was given water 100 ml 2 h before operation; the other group was fasted as usual. Volume and pH of gastric contents were measured imm...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： McGrady EM,Macdonald AG

更新日期：1988-06-01 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：:Amethocaine 1% solution was mixed with equal volumes of water, 0.9% saline or 10% dextrose to prepare respectively, hypobaric, isobaric and hyperbaric solutions which were compared for intradural spinal anaesthesia in 60 patients. Thirty patients received 10 mg and 30 patients received 15 mg of amethocaine. Injections...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Brown DT,Wildsmith JA,Covino BG,Scott DB

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The safe performance of regional anaesthesia (RA) requires theoretical knowledge and good manual skills. Virtual reality (VR)-based simulators may offer trainees a safe environment to learn and practice different techniques. However, currently available VR simulators do not consider individual anatomy, which...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Grottke O,Ntouba A,Ullrich S,Liao W,Fried E,Prescher A,Deserno TM,Kuhlen T,Rossaint R

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MHS and normal pigs were anaesthetized with nitrous oxide and diazepam. Halothane 1% was then administered for 1 hr. Immediately before and immediately after the halothane inhalation, 10 g of vastus lateralis muscle was excised. SR was isolated from this muscle. Calcium accumulation by the MHS sarcoplasmic reticulum i...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Britt BA,Endrenyi L,Cadman DL

更新日期：1975-06-01 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：:Three anaesthetic techniques based on isoflurane were compared in outpatients undergoing laparoscopy. Sixty healthy patients were randomly allocated to receive isoflurane via mask (spontaneous respiration), via tracheal tube (spontaneous respiration) or via tracheal tube with controlled ventilation. Moderate hypercarb...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Kenefick JP,Leader A,Maltby JR,Taylor PJ

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Descriptions of the pharmacokinetics and metabolism of morphine and its metabolites in young children are scant. Previous studies have not differentiated the effects of size from those related to age during infancy. METHODS:Postoperative children 0-3 yr old were given an intravenous loading dose of morphine...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Bouwmeester NJ,Anderson BJ,Tibboel D,Holford NH

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied in eight rabbits the cardiovascular effects of midazolam, propofol and alfentanil with graded hypoxia. Central blood volume was reduced progressively by gradual inflation of a thoracic vena cava cuff so that cardiac index (CI) decreased at a constant rate. Under control conditions the haemodynamic resp...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Blake DW,Van Leeuwen AF,Petring OU,Ludbrook J,Ventura S

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BW 403C65, an isoquinolinium bisquaternary compound, was investigated for its neuromuscular blocking properties. In vitro in from preparations, low concentrations induced an increase in miniature endplate potentials (m.e.p.p.) frequency without altering their amplitude. With increasing concentrations m.e.p.p. frequenc...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Post EL,Sokoll MD,Gergis SD,Dretchen KL,Cronnelly R

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two groups of six patients were studied during light general anaesthesia using 2% enflurane and 66% nitrous oxide in oxygen, combined with regional anaesthesia, for hernia and varicose vein surgery. The effects of 3% enflurane were compared with those of fentanyl 0.3 microgram kg-1 i.v., by measuring inspired flow, ti...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Drummond GB

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE) is valuable for perioperative monitoring in patients at risk from haemodynamic disturbance. However, its use is not practicable in patients undergoing surgical procedures under regional anaesthesia. We describe two cases showing that transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) has the ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Filipovic M,Seeberger MD,Schneider MC,Schmid M,Pargger H,Hunziker P,Skarvan K

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma concentrations of pancuronium were measured in nine patients undergoing surgery because of total biliary obstruction. When compared with the averaged model-independent pharmacokinetic parameters obtained for normal patients, the terminal half-life of 270 min was more than twice normal (132 min, P less than 0.00...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Somogyi AA,Shanks CA,Triggs EJ

更新日期：1977-11-01 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：BACKGROUND:Pressures (Pe) exerted by bronchial blockers on the inner wall of the bronchi may cause mucosal ischaemia. Our aims were as follows: (i) to compare the intracuff pressure (Pi) and Pe exerted by commercially available bronchial blockers in an in vitro and an ex vivo model; (ii) to investigate the influence of...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Carassiti M,Mattei A,Pizzo CM,Vallone N,Saccomandi P,Schena E

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reported outcome benefits after surgical pleth index (SPI, GE Healthcare, Helsinki, Finland) guided anaesthesia are conflicting. One potential explanation may be the lack of evidence for the selection of meaningful SPI target values. A recently published trial found an SPI cut-off of 30 as a 'best-fit' to pr...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Ledowski T,Schneider M,Gruenewald M,Goyal RK,Teo SR,Hruby J

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we simultaneously evaluated the spasmolytic effects of prostaglandin E1 (PGE1) on serotonin-induced bronchoconstriction and pulmonary hypertension. Eleven mongrel dogs (8-12 kg) anaesthetized with pentobarbital were assigned to two groups: saline (n = 4) and PGE1 (n = 7). Bronchoconstriction and pulmona...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Hashimoto Y,Hirota K,Yoshioka H,Hashiba E,Kudo T,Ishihara H,Matsuki A

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To study adequate antinociception during general anaesthesia, tetanic stimulus of 5-10 s duration has been used previously as a standardized nociceptive stimulus. However, such stimuli have been found to correlate poorly with intraoperative nociception. We hypothesized that an electrical tetanic stimulus of ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Rantanen M,Yppärilä-Wolters H,van Gils M,Yli-Hankala A,Huiku M,Kymäläinen M,Korhonen I

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous movements are sometimes observed of the arm into which rocuronium is administered. In order to assess a possible relationship between these movements and pain, we injected in 10 awake, ASA I patients, in a double-blind manner, both rocuronium 1 ml (10 mg) and 0.9% NaCI 1 ml (placebo), with a 30-s interval ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Borgeat A,Kwiatkowski D

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The problems of selection of tracheal tubes, and the need for a rationale, are outlined. Tracheal tubes of 7.5 mm and 8.5 mm i.d. are recommended for female and male patients, respectively. Tracheal size was determined using high pressure-low volume cuffs as measuring devices. The average diameter of the cuff at seal ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Chandler M,Crawley BE

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00