Sevoflurane has less effect than halothane on pulmonary afferent activity in the rabbit.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Axillary vein catheterization via a distal approach is an alternative to the proximal approach to axillary/subclavian vein catheterization under ultrasound (US) guidance. The aim of this trial was to compare the two approaches. METHODS:In a randomized single-centre study, all patients requiring central vein...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Buzançais G,Roger C,Bastide S,Jeannes P,Lefrant JY,Muller L

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-two patients received lumbar extradural anaesthesia for elective Caesarean section. The results obtained from this series were compared with those from a similar (control) group of parturients who received general anaesthesia. The extradural group (mothers and infants) were metabolically acidaemic relative to c...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Downing JW,Houlton PC,Barclay A

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In obstetric patients undergoing postpartum tubal ligation, we found that metoclopramide produced dose-dependent prolongation of suxamethonium-induced neuromuscular block. Mean block times after suxamethonium 1 mg kg-1 were 8.0 min, 9.83 min and 12.45 min for control and metoclopramide 10 mg and metoclopramide 20 mg g...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Kao YJ,Tellez J,Turner DR

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated prospectively the use of Gram staining of protected pulmonary specimens to allow the early diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), compared with the use of 60 bronchoscopic protected specimen brushes (PSB) and 126 blinded plugged telescopic catheters (PTC) obtained from 134 patients. Gram stai...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Mimoz O,Karim A,Mazoit JX,Edouard A,Leprince S,Nordmann P

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prediction models to identify parturients who experience protracted pain, prolonged opioid use, and delayed self-assessed functional recovery are currently inadequate. METHODS:For this study, 213 nulliparous women who planned vaginal delivery were enrolled and assessed daily until they completed three outco...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Komatsu R,Carvalho B,Flood P

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is little advice on the posture to be used when intubating the trachea. Does the stance used depend on experience? METHODS:Twenty-six subjects with varying experience of intubation were photographed during laryngoscopy of an intubation training mannequin. Posture was measured from the photographs and ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Walker JD

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a scavenging device, primarily for use during inhalation induction of anaesthesia in children; it was designed to optimize the often conflicting requirements of clinical acceptability and adequate gas collection. The performance was assessed in three ways. The device reduced the nitrous oxide concentration...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Sik MJ,Lewis RB,Eveleigh DJ

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cobra venom consists of a neurotoxin which is responsible for respiratory paralysis simulating that associated with a non-depolarizing muscle relaxant. A combination of artificial respiration and neostigmine has been useful in resuscitating a child bitten by a snake. ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Naphade RW,Shetti RN

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The ability of the third-generation FloTrac/Vigileo software to track changes in cardiac index (CI) induced by volume expansion and norepinephrine in critically ill patients is unknown. METHODS:In subjects with circulatory failure, we administered volume expansion (20 subjects) and increased (20 subjects) o...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Monnet X,Anguel N,Jozwiak M,Richard C,Teboul JL

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied 133 women given a combined spinal-epidural for analgesia in labour. The initial intrathecal dose contained bupivacaine 2.5 mg with fentanyl 25 micrograms. When the mothers were comfortable, they were allocated randomly to one of three groups: continuous infusion (group Cl, n = 46), midwife top-ups (group MW...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Collis RE,Plaat FS,Morgan BM

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human error poses significant risk for hospitalized patients causing an estimated 100,000 to 400,000 deaths in the USA annually. Medication errors contribute, with error occurring in 5.3% of medication administrations during surgery. In this study 70.3% of medication errors were deemed preventable. Given the paucity o...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Wahr JA,Abernathy JH 3rd,Lazarra EH,Keebler JR,Wall MH,Lynch I,Wolfe R,Cooper RL

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholinesterase phenotyping studies have been carried out in two laboratories on blood specimens from 28 patients shown to be susceptible to malignant hyperpyrexia. In contrast to previously published reports, no evidence could be found for an increase in the frequency of the E1u E1f genotype above that known to occur ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Evans RT,Iqbal J,Ellis FR,Halsall PJ,Dietz AA,Lubrano T,Rubinstein HM

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy). This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor-in-Chief of British Journal of Anaesthesia. The study is retracted for the following reasons: Statistical analysis suggests t...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Saitoh Y,Kaneda K,Hattori H,Nakajima H,Murakawa M

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ivabradine lowers heart rate (HR) without affecting contractility or vascular tone. It is licensed for HR control in chronic heart diseases. We performed a systematic review and meta-analyses to examine whether ivabradine could decrease major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) and mortality in critically i...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Chen A,Elia N,Dunaiceva J,Rudiger A,Walder B,Bollen Pinto B

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the cardiovascular effects of equipotent concentrations of halothane or isoflurane, with or without 50% nitrous oxide in oxygen, in 80 patients, aged 60 yr or more, during 20 min of stable equipotent anaesthesia. Non-invasive measurement techniques were used, with suprasternal Doppler ultrasonography f...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： McKinney MS,Fee JP

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Preoperative anaemia affects one third of patients undergoing cardiac surgery and is associated with increased mortality and morbidity. Although it is recommended that perioperative teams should identify and treat patients with preoperative anaemia before surgery, introducing new treatment protocols can be c...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Klein AA,Chau M,Yeates JA,Collier T,Evans C,Agarwal S,Richards T,UK Cardiac and Vascular Surgery Interventional Anaemia Response (CAVIAR) study team.

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the effect of interpleural morphine on postoperative pain and pulmonary function after thoracotomy. At the end of surgery, an interpleural catheter was inserted in 17 patients and, in a double-blind and randomized manner, either a bolus of morphine 2.5 mg interpleurally (i.p.) and normal saline i....

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Welte M,Haimerl E,Groh J,Briegel J,Sunder-Plassmann L,Herz A,Peter K,Stein C

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe an obstetric patient who presented for removal of a retained placenta. After insertion of the spinal anaesthetic, she developed a severe headache, and a subarachnoid haemorrhage was diagnosed. We discuss the differential diagnosis of the headache, the occurrence of intracranial haemorrhages after dural pun...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Eggert SM,Eggers KA

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of ketamine analgesia on gastric emptying was assessed in five healthy volunteers. Gastric emptying, estimated indirectly by the absorption of orally administered paracetamol, was not significantly delayed following administration of i.m. ketamine when compared with placebo. ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Grant IS,Nimmo WS,Clements JA

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the usefulness of the Gram stain in the early diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), we performed 146 protected specimen brushings (PSB) and bronchoalveolar lavages (BAL) in 118 patients suspected of having nosocomial pneumonia. Gram stain and counts of infected cells were performed in all sampl...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Allaouchiche B,Jaumain H,Chassard D,Boulétreau P

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of core temperature monitoring during general anesthesia indicates that this can be introduced as a routine procedure in order to reduce mortality from malignant hyperpyrexia. The temperature profiles of 2410 patients are presented. Both mean rectal and mean oesophageal temperatures decreased during general an...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Crocker BD,Okumura F,McCuaig DI,Denborough MA

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have compared, in a randomized, double-blind study, the pharmacokinetics of ropivacaine and bupivacaine during labour. Total and free plasma concentrations of ropivacaine and bupivacaine were measured after the first of two extradural doses. The main dose was 20 mg (test dose) and 30 mg, with a top-up dose of 25 mg...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： McCrae AF,Westerling P,McClure JH

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three hundred and twenty adults (ASA grade I, both sexes), received diazepam 10 mg by mouth (50% received atropine 7 micrograms kg-1 in addition) i.m. 45 min before operation. Patients were then allocated randomly to undergo general anaesthesia with either a nitrous oxide-neurolept technique or nitrous oxide-halothane...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Wierda JM,Maestrone E,Bencini AF,Boyer A,Rashkovsky OM,Lip H,Karliczek R,Ket JM,Agoston S

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined the effects of sedation with midazolam 0.1 mg kg-1 and reversal with flumazenil 0.5 mg on beat-to-beat heart rate (HR) variability (HRV), systolic arterial pressure (SAP), finger photoplethysmograph amplitude (PLA) and impedence pneumography in eight volunteers. With the onset of sedation there was a ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Galletly DC,Williams TB,Robinson BJ

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Some anaesthetic agents exhibit an age-dependent analgesic effect, for example nitrous oxide, which is ineffective in newborn rats. We investigated whether a similar time dependency existed for the responses to the volatile anaesthetic isoflurane. METHODS:The analgesic and hypnotic properties of isoflurane ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Sanders RD,Patel N,Hossain M,Ma D,Maze M

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied 34 patients undergoing elective repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm under combined general anaesthesia and epidural block to evaluate the acute effects of diaspirin crosslinked haemoglobin (DCLHb) 50, 100 and 200 mg kg-1 i.v. Haemodynamic variables were measured continuously using pulmonary and radial ar...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Garrioch MA,McClure JH,Wildsmith JA

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anaesthetics suppress the formation of lasting memories at concentrations that do not suppress perception, but it is unclear which elements of the complex cascade leading from a conscious experience to a lasting memory trace are disrupted. Experiments in conscious humans suggest that subhypnotic concentratio...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Pearce RA,Duscher P,Van Dyke K,Lee M,Andrei AC,Perouansky M

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relative analgesic efficacy and side-effect profile of peripheral nerve blockade (PNB) techniques compared with lumbar epidural analgesia for major knee surgery is unclear. We undertook a systematic review and meta-analysis of all randomized trials comparing epidural analgesia with PNB for major knee surgery. Eigh...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Fowler SJ,Symons J,Sabato S,Myles PS

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The plasma decay of atracurium besylate was examined in two groups of six patients. Group I received atracurium 0.6 mg kg-1 and group II 0.3 mg kg-1 as a single bolus dose i.v. The plasma concentrations were measured by high performance liquid chromatography. An individual two-compartment pharmacokinetic model was use...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Ward S,Neill EA,Weatherley BC,Corall IM

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two techniques for endotracheal anaesthesia in dental outpatients have been compared: a spontaneous ventilation technique using nitrous oxide, oxygen and halothane, and a controlled ventilation technique using nitrous oxide and oxygen, with tubocurarine and fentanyl. The latter technique has several advantages: abolit...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Thomas VJ,Thomas WJ,Thurlow AC

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00