Mivacurium compared with succinylcholine in children with liver disease.

abstract：:In a prospective study, patients undergoing abdominal surgery were allocated randomly to receive intermittent morphine 10 mg i.m. (n = 41) or a single injection of buprenorphine 0.3 mg i.m. followed by sublingual buprenorphine 0.4 mg every 6 h (n = 39) for 3 days following operation. Patients receiving buprenorphine w...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Cuschieri RJ,Morran CG,McArdle CS

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated whether nitrous oxide antagonizes or augments the CNS stimulant action of laudanosine in mice by comparing the mean convulsive doses (CD50 (SE] of a control group and those following pretreatment with 65% nitrous oxide in oxygen for 20 and 180 min. Nitrous oxide significantly increased CD50 from 4...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Avramov MN,Mori K

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several medications have proved to be useful in preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV). However, routine antiemetic prophylaxis is not cost-effective. We evaluated the accuracy and discriminating power of an artificial neural network (ANN) to predict PONV. METHODS:We analysed data from 1086 in-...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Peng SY,Wu KC,Wang JJ,Chuang JH,Peng SK,Lai YH

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple method of adapting a pressure-cycled ventilator of the flow generator type to ventilate patients on a circle-absorber anaesthetic system is described. Standard lengths of corrugated black rubber tubing are placed between the ventilator and the circle-absorber is deadspace, replacing the reservoir bag. The per...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Jeal DE

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review looks at the challenges faced when monitoring patients in the field environment. It is considered from the perspective of the UK Defence Medical Services and their experiences over the past 20 yr. The lessons learned are applicable to many other circumstances where a high standard of care, for a large spec...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： McGuire NM

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dose-duration relationships for vecuronium were determined and the duration of action produced by vecuronium 0.3 mg kg-1 shown to equal that of pancuronium 0.1 mg kg-1. Using these doses, the neuromuscular blocking properties and cardiovascular effects of the two drugs were compared. With large dose administration of ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Rørvik K,Husby P,Gramstad L,Vamnes JS,Bitsch-Larsen L,Koller ME

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT) is associated with a number of life-threatening complications. We present a case of massive and fatal arterial haemorrhage that occurred in the intensive care unit during an elective PDT on an 86-year-old woman following earlier evacuation of a traumatic subdural haematoma....

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Shlugman D,Satya-Krishna R,Loh L

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The determination of blood flow, i.e. cardiac output, is an integral part of haemodynamic monitoring. This is a review on noninvasive continuous cardiac output monitoring in perioperative and intensive care medicine. We present the underlying principles and validation data of the following technologies: thoracic elect...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Saugel B,Cecconi M,Wagner JY,Reuter DA

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined the influence of electrical stimulation on caffeine-induced tension generation during contracture testing used to diagnose malignant hyperthermia. The cumulative contracture response to caffeine was compared in pairs of morphologically comparable muscle bundles obtained from the same patient. Only one...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Heytens L,Martin JJ,Bossaert LL

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Forty-eight ASA I-II patients undergoing total abdominal hysterectomy (TAH) were studied in a double blind, randomized placebo controlled trial of parecoxib for postoperative analgesia. METHODS:All patients were given propofol 2-4 mg kg(-1) i.v., a non-depolarizing muscle relaxant, morphine 10 mg i.v. and p...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Ng A,Smith G,Davidson AC

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the influence of renal failure on the pharmacokinetics and neuromuscular blockade of Org NC 45 (Norcuron), a new monoquaternary homologue of pancuronium, 13 patients under halothane and nitrous oxide anesthesia were studied. Org NC 45 was administered by 2-min infusion in doses of 0.28 mg kg-1 (normal ren...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Fahey MR,Morris RB,Miller RD,Nguyen TL,Upton RA

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:ROTEM(®)/TEG(®) (rotational thromboelastometry) assays appear to be useful for the treatment of bleeding trauma patients. However, data on the prevalence and impact of abnormal ROTEM(®) assays are scarce. METHODS:This is a prospective cohort study of blunt trauma patients (Injury Severity Score ≥15 or Glasg...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Tauber H,Innerhofer P,Breitkopf R,Westermann I,Beer R,El Attal R,Strasak A,Mittermayr M

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of Org NC 45 and pancuronium bromide on heart rate and arterial pressure were studied in anaesthetized man. A bolus of either Org NC 45 0.1 mg kg-1 or pancuronium 0.1 mg kg-1 was administered to lightly anaesthetized unstimulated subjects. Following Org NC 45 heart rate decreased in the majority of subject...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Barnes PK,Smith GB,White WD,Tennant R

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To understand the sequential response of the autonomic nervous system to pregnancy, we studied heart rate variability in 23 first trimester, 23 second trimester and 21 third trimester pregnant women. Twenty non-pregnant women were recruited as controls. Time and frequency domain measures of heart rate variability in t...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Kuo CD,Chen GY,Yang MJ,Lo HM,Tsai YS

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case series presents 10 patients undergoing vascular surgery with asymptomatic elevated high-sensitivity troponin T concentrations, measured at outpatient clinic before surgery. Patients were included in the RAVE (Rotterdam Antiplatelet therapy in Vascular patiEnts) pilot study. All included patients underwent co...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Mol KHJM,Hoeks SE,van Mieghem NM,Verhagen HJM,Boersma E,Stolker RJ,van Lier F

更新日期：2019-11-01 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：: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：:A new prototype of the laryngeal mask airway (LMA), the intubating laryngeal mask airway (ILMA), was used to facilitate tracheal intubation in 100 fasted patients presenting for elective surgery. Alignment of the ILMA with the larynx was assessed fibreoptically before intubation without the investigator performing the...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Kapila A,Addy EV,Verghese C,Brain AI

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A computer-controlled infusion of propofol designed to achieve a target blood concentration of propofol 3 microgram ml-1 was used to investigate the possibility of an interaction between propofol and fentanyl in 32 patients undergoing body surface surgery. In 16 patients who were not receiving a neuromuscular blocker ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Dixon J,Roberts FL,Tackley RM,Lewis GT,Connell H,Prys-Roberts C

更新日期：1990-02-01 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：:We have studied post-tetanic count (PTC) and single twitch height at the onset of reflex movement to carinal stimulation after administration of vecuronium with five different types of anaesthesia. Seventy-five adult patients were allocated randomly to five groups of 15 patients each, to receive one of the following a...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Saitoh Y,Kaneda K,Toyooka H,Amaha K

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There has been a renewed interest in nitric oxide donor drugs, such as nitroglycerin, delivered by the inhalational route for treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). We investigated the acute effects of inhaled nitroglycerin on pulmonary and systemic haemodynamics in children with PAH associated ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Goyal P,Kiran U,Chauhan S,Juneja R,Choudhary M

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the efficacy of preoxygenation using the Triservice Anaesthetic Apparatus (TSA) in healthy patients and found it to be unsatisfactory. An alternative technique suitable for field use was explored. The Mapleson D system (Bain) was found to be suitable for preoxygenation with a fresh gas flow of only 4 l...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Lowe DM,McFadzean W

更新日期：1991-02-01 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：: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：: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：:Regional haemodynamic control by the cardiovascular baroreceptors was examined in dogs anaesthetized with 1 + MAC halothane in oxygen (1%). The open-loop relationships between carotid sinus pressure (CSP) and regional haemodynamics in the iliac, renal, mesenteric, aortic and coeliac beds were examined before vagotomy,...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Bagshaw RJ,Cox RH

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Interscalene brachial plexus block (ISBPB) is an effective nerve block for shoulder surgery. However, a 100% incidence of phrenic nerve palsy limits the application of ISBPB for patients with limited pulmonary reserve. We examined the incidence of phrenic nerve palsy with a low-volume ISBPB compared with a s...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Riazi S,Carmichael N,Awad I,Holtby RM,McCartney CJ

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the effect of dopamine and dopexamine on the isolated perfused rat kidney. After an equilibration period of 20 min and two control periods of 10 min, dopexamine 1.0, 2.5 or 4.0 micrograms kg-1 min-1 or dopamine 2.0 micrograms kg-1 min-1 were perfused for a further 40 min in random order. Renal blo...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Kirchhoff K,Leuwer M,Thum P,Bornscheuer A,Piepenbrock S

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alfentanil 700 micrograms and fentanyl 100 micrograms were compared as anaesthetic adjuvants in 90 patients undergoing short duration gynaecological procedures. The results show that, at the chosen dose ratio, alfentanil causes a higher frequency of post-induction apnoea, but thereafter the respiratory effects of the ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Hull CJ,Jacobson L

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00