The effect of acupuncture on the incidence of postextubation laryngospasm in children.

abstract：:A randomised, controlled, crossover trial was designed to assess the safety and effectiveness of oral midazolam sedation for orthodontic extractions. Forty-six ASA physical status I children aged 10-16 years were recruited. Each child required two treatment sessions. Sedation with either oral midazolam 0.5 mg.kg-1 or ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Wilson KE,Welbury RR,Girdler NM

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and eighty-three patients were studied to examine the role of a number of risk factors in the development of silent ischaemia after general anaesthesia for general and vascular surgery. We collected evidence of cardiovascular risk factors using a binary questionnaire. The patients were monitored pre- and p...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Howell SJ,Hemming AE,Allman KG,Glover L,Sear JW,Foëx P

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over-running operating lists are known to be a common cause of cancellation of operations on the day of surgery. We investigated whether lists were overbooked because surgeons were optimistic in their estimates of the time that operations would take to complete. We used a questionnaire to assess the estimates of total...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Pandit JJ,Carey A

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extradural analgesia is well established for relief of pain but in certain cases unusual difficulties may be encountered. We report our experiences of a patient with congenital ichthyosis who required extradural analgesia for the relief of pain in labour. ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Smart G,Bradshaw EG

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty ASA 1 or 2 patients scheduled to undergo major gynaecological surgery were allocated randomly to one of two groups. All patients received a standard anaesthetic regimen. Patients in group 1 received droperidol 1.25 mg given intravenously 20 min prior to the end of surgery and a patient-controlled analgesia infus...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Walder AD,Aitkenhead AR

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-five operative procedures were performed in 32 patients with Down's syndrome at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Sydney in a single year recently. Atropine premedication was administered to 25 patients with Down's syndrome on 38 occasions. Three dosage regimes of atropine were used: 20 micrograms/kg, 1...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Wark HJ,Overton JH,Marian P

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty patients who received electroconvulsive therapy were anaesthetised with either propofol or methohexitone in a randomised crossover study. Recovery times were similar but patients who received propofol tended to be orientated sooner. The decrease in arterial blood pressure after induction was greater with propof...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Rouse EC

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Lloyd Davies position was developed to facilitate access to the pelvis for gynaecological, urological and colorectal procedures. Previous case reports have demonstrated that prolonged adoption (> 4 h) of this position has been associated with the development of bilateral compartment syndrome of the calves. All thr...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Turnbull D,Mills GH

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goals for ambulatory surgery are rapid recovery with minimal side effects, adequate postoperative pain control, rapid patient discharge and overall cost containment. The addition of regional anaesthetic techniques has been shown to decrease nausea, postoperative pain scores and the need for post-anaesthesia care u...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Kopp SL,Horlocker TT

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We measured the distance 112 patients walked in 6 min, as well as their peak oxygen consumption pedalling a bicycle, week before scheduled resection of benign or malignant colorectal disease. The distance walked correlated with peak oxygen consumption, the former 'accounting' for about half the variation in the latter...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Lee L,Schwartzman K,Carli F,Zavorsky GS,Li C,Charlebois P,Stein B,Liberman AS,Fried GM,Feldman LS

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypothesis that anaesthetic uptake during maintenance of anaesthesia is related to cardiac output was tested on 21 patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Using a computer-controlled closed breathing system, enflurane was administered to maintain an end-expired concentration of 1%. Cardiac output was measured by ther...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Watt SJ,Cook LB,Ohri S,Lockwood GG

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Directly measured subcutaneous tissue oxygen tension reflects the adequacy of regional tissue oxygenation and influences wound infection and healing. We tested the hypothesis that off-pump coronary artery bypass would increase subcutaneous tissue oxygen tension by minimizing cardiopulmonary bypass-induced systemic inf...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Cody C,Buggy DJ,Marsh B,Moriarity DC

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dose response curves were constructed for edrophonium and neostigmine when used to antagonise pancuronium, 0.07 mg/kg during thiopentone-nitrous oxide-halothane anaesthesia. The antagonist was given when 10% twitch height had been restored and the effect was measured 10 minutes later. Recoveries to 50% and 90% twitch ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Breen PJ,Doherty WG,Donati F,Bevan DR

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of aspiration pneumonia is reported after the use of a laryngeal mask airway in a young woman undergoing an elective cholecystectomy. The case illustrates the hazards of regurgitation with the laryngeal mask airway and the need for further evaluation when used with controlled mechanical ventilation. ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Griffin RM,Hatcher IS

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spread of iohexol in the epidural space was studied using two types of epidural catheter. Twenty pre-menopausal women undergoing hysterectomy received lumbar epidural analgesia via either multi-orifice or single orifice catheters. Twenty-four hours after surgery, iohexol was injected before catheter removal with t...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Magides AD,Sprigg A,Richmond MN

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case described illustrates a most unusual course of events due to a perforation in the wall of the bladder during transurethral lithotripsy. Irrigation fluid forced its way retroperitoneally to the mediastinum. The differential diagnostic problems encountered are discussed. ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Sundnes KO,Vaagenes P,Kvarstein B

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients who underwent orthotopic liver transplantation and developed peroperative cardiac arrhythmias are presented. In one, the arrhythmias were refractory to treatment with anti-arrhythmic drug therapy until serum magnesium levels were restored to normal. The other patient had a low pre-operative serum magnesiu...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Ranasinghe DN,Mallett SV

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For patients with ischaemic heart disease, remote ischaemic conditioning may offer an innovative, non-invasive and virtually cost-free therapy for protecting the myocardium against the detrimental effects of acute ischaemia-reperfusion injury, preserving cardiac function and improving clinical outcomes. The intriguing...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Sivaraman V,Pickard JM,Hausenloy DJ

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When volatile anaesthetics are used in a closed breathing system it is usually assumed that inflow of anaesthetic to the system matches uptake by the patient. Early laboratory reports on the interactions between sevoflurane and soda lime cast doubt on that assumption. We have measured the loss of sevoflurane, desflura...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Vagts DA,Lockwood GG

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clonidine has proved to be a clinically useful adjunct in clinical anaesthetic practice as well as in chronic pain therapy because it has both anaesthetic and analgesic-sparing activity. The more selective alpha-2 adrenoceptor agonists, dexmedetomidine and mivazerol, may also have a role in providing haemodynamic stab...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Khan ZP,Ferguson CN,Jones RM

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to measure anxiety levels in 91 partners of women undergoing elective Caesarean section under regional anaesthesia and to outline potential relieving factors. Twenty-eight percent of partners were pathologically anxious. There was a positive association between anxiety and prior attendance at t...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Taylor IR,Bullough AS,van Hamel JC,Campbell DN

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Portex introducer for the laryngeal mask airway was designed as an aid to successful insertion, acting as an idealised 'artificial hard palate' to guide the tip of the laryngeal mask into the correct position. A number of authors have investigated laryngeal mask insertion by unskilled personnel in certain situatio...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Dingley J,Baynham P,Swart M,Vaughan RS

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of intravenous ketanserin on the pressor response to sternotomy was studied in 36 patients undergoing coronary artery surgery. Two doses of the drug (10 mg and 20 mg) were compared with a placebo injection of saline. After induction of anaesthesia, haemodynamic variables were measured until the institution ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Cashman JN,Thompson MA,Bennett A

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previously unreported complication of minitracheotomy is described. The minitracheotomy introducer was lost into the pleural cavity and a thoracotomy was required to remove it. ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： McEwan AI,Francis GA,Clarke JT

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is unclear how best to predict peri-operative cardiovascular risk in patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing non-cardiac surgery. This study examined the accuracy of the revised cardiac risk index and three atrial fibrillation thrombo-embolic risk models for predicting 30-day cardiovascular events after non-ca...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： McAlister FA,Youngson E,Jacka M,Graham M,Conen D,Chan M,Szczeklik W,Alonso-Coello P,Devereaux PJ,vascular events in non-cardiac surgery patIents cohort evaluation (VISION) investigators.

更新日期：2020-01-01 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：:A new, rigid intubating fibrescope, the Upsherscope, was evaluated in clinical practice. Intubation was attempted in 200 adult patients and was successful in 191, with a median intubation time of 38 s, range 14-154 s. Intubation was straightforward in just under half of the patients. Difficulties were encountered in p...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Pearce AC,Shaw S,Macklin S

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deep venous thrombosis is a recognised complication of trauma to the leg and may lead to pulmonary thrombo-embolism, but paradoxical thrombo-embolism is rare. A case of fatal paradoxical thrombo-embolism which followed a leg injury in a previously fit 36-year-old male is presented and contributory factors are reviewed...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Coleman SA,Wilson-MacDonald J

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The measurement of gastric intramucosal pH serves as a non-invasive technique for early detection of gastrointestinal ischaemia in critically ill patients. The method is based on the determination of the partial pressure of carbon dioxide in a 0.9% saline solution using a standard blood gas analyser. However, the use ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Knichwitz G,Mertes N,Kuhmann M

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dr Nathan Cooley Keep (1800-1875) was a Boston dentist and doctor who carried our pioneering work in both dentistry and anaesthesia. He worked with William Morton before the first public demonstration of ether anaesthesia, formed the world's first anaesthetic partnership with Morton but parted company with him and lat...

journal_title：Anaesthesia

authors： Keep P

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00