Ropivacaine-induced seizure after extradural anaesthesia.

abstract：:In the postoperative period fifty-six healthy patients undergoing cholecystectomy or operations for duodenal ulcer, received, in a randomized order, i.m., "high-level" or "low-level" extradural morphine. Thirty-five per cent in the i.m. group, 33% in the high-level group and 50% in the low-level group suffered urinary...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Petersen TK,Husted SE,Rybro L,Schurizek BA,Wernberg M

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined in 51 healthy patients undergoing body surface surgery the dose requirements for propofol, as part of a total i.v. anaesthesia technique with an alfentanil infusion. After premedication with temazepam, patients received alfentanil 50 micrograms kg-1 followed by an infusion of 50 micrograms kg-1 h-1. Pati...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Richards MJ,Skues MA,Jarvis AP,Prys-Roberts C

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transtracheal jet ventilation (TTJV) is recommended in several airway guidelines as a potentially life-saving procedure during the 'Can't Intubate Can't Oxygenate' (CICO) emergency. Some studies have questioned its effectiveness. METHODS:Our goal was to determine the complication rates of TTJV in the CICO e...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Duggan LV,Ballantyne Scott B,Law JA,Morris IR,Murphy MF,Griesdale DE

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Healthcare litigation in the UK continues to grow at an alarming rate, with claims against anaesthetists and critical care physicians increasing each year. This has led to a huge financial burden for the taxpayer and a sharp increase in professional indemnity fees for individual doctors. Although such litigation shoul...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Adams JP,Bell MD,Bodenham AR

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined the effects of two types of insulin therapy (continuous i.v. infusion (group A: 1.25 u. h-1) and direct i.v. bolus administration of 10 u. every 2 h (group B: 10 u./2 h)) on the metabolic and endocrine responses to surgery in 60 adult diabetic patients undergoing general anaesthesia for elective proce...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Raucoules-Aime M,Ichai C,Roussel LJ,Romagnan MJ,Gastaud P,Dolisi C,Grimaud D

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background.:Compromised tissue oxygenation is one of the root causes of dysfunction of various organs and postoperative complications. Oxygenation of different tissue beds may follow different patterns of change during physiological derangement. Methods.:Patients undergoing elective major posterior spine surgery parti...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Meng L,Xiao J,Gudelunas K,Yu Z,Zhong Z,Hu X

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently reported that continuous administration of butorphanol into the brachial plexus neurovascular sheath provided superior analgesia compared with that obtained with continuous i.v. administration. Furthermore, we found that analgesia was most pronounced when a mixture of mepivacaine and butorphanol was g...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Wajima Z,Shitara T,Nakajima Y,Kim C,Kobayashi N,Kadotani H,Adachi H,Ishikawa G,Kaneko K,Inoue T,Ogawa R

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro experiments on the rat phrenic nerve-hemidiaphragm preparation, stimulated directly or indirectly with supramaximal impulses at 0.1 Hz revealed that pethidine in concentrations greater than 5 micrograms ml-1 caused a rapid increase of the twitch. This was maximal (60% increase during direct and 70% increase d...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Boros M,Chaudhry IA,Nagashima H,Duncalf RM,Sherman EH,Foldes FF

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Assessments of labour pain focus on pain intensity, not on duration. We aimed to assess the importance labouring women apply to pain intensity and duration before labour and post-delivery. METHODS:Forty healthy women scheduled for labour induction were enrolled in this institutional review board-approved, p...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Carvalho B,Hilton G,Wen L,Weiniger CF

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiac output (CO) monitoring by uncalibrated arterial pressure waveform analysis (APCO) using the FloTrac/Vigileo™ is feasible in patients with intracranial haemorrhage, but the results of validation studies are contradictory. The aim of the present study was to analyse the clinical agreement between the i...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Junttila EK,Koskenkari JK,Ohtonen PP,Ala-Kokko TI

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perioperative risk of death after general surgery is quoted as overall less than 1%. However, each individual's risk varies widely according to many identified factors with some having a significantly increased risk of a worse outcome. The observation that manipulating and targeting certain physiological parameters in...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Tote SP,Grounds RM

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a simple, reliable method for rapid analysis of the partial pressure of volatile anaesthetic agents, based on a two-stage, head-space analysis. It is designed to solve the problems associated with reduced solubility of modern anaesthetics. After equilibration and analysis of a 2-ml sample of blood at...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Smith MA,Sapsed-Byrne SM,Lockwood GG

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the effect of analgesia on maternal temperature (oral and tympanic membrane) progression in 53 women during normal spontaneous labour. Three groups were studied: two received extradural analgesia with a continuous infusion of 0.25% bupivacaine with or without the addition of fentanyl; the third group r...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Camann WR,Hortvet LA,Hughes N,Bader AM,Datta S

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Microalbuminuria, often referred to as the urinary albumin-creatinine ratio (ACR), is thought to be a reflection of increased capillary permeability associated with the systemic inflammatory response syndrome, and has been found to be predictive of outcome in several studies. Therefore, we explored the usefu...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Yew WS,Pal SK

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The calculation of pharmacokinetic parameters after a bolus injection of fentanyl allowed an i.v. infusion scheme which guarantees analgesia for the entire duration of surgery, with the advantage of steady plasma concentration and body content. In the initial phase after bolus injection, the serum concentration decrea...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Hengstmann JH,Stoeckel H,Schüttler J

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A technique of induction of anaesthesia using propanidid, lignocaine and suxamethonium is described, and the muscle fasciculations that follow it are shown to be significantly less than those accompanying induction with methohexitone and suxamethonium. ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Fry EN

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have compared, in a double-blind study, the efficacy of flumazenil with that of aminophylline in antagonizing the effects of midazolam in 60 patients (ASA I-II, mean age 66 yr) undergoing transurethral resection of prostate under spinal anaesthesia. All patients received midazolam 0.075 mg kg-1 i.v. and the test dr...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Sibai AN,Sibai AM,Baraka A

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rate of liquid-phase gastric emptying was determined in seven smokers from the rate of paracetamol absorption after abstaining overnight from cigarettes, and again after smoking two cigarettes within 30 min. There were no significant differences between the maximum paracetamol concentration, the time to reach maxi...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Petring OU,Adelhøj B,Ibsen M,Brynnum J,Poulsen HE

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied a cat model simulating laudanosine accumulation in the "anephric" patient. Cardiovascular effects were seen only with the bolus doses of laudanosine 2 mg kg-1, and at plasma laudanosine concentrations unlikely to be achieved clinically. Similarly, EEG and power spectra analysis showed no evidence of epilept...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Ingram MD,Sclabassi RJ,Cook DR,Stiller RL,Bennett MH

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Platelet inhibition is mandatory therapy after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Withdrawal of oral antiplatelet agents has been linked to increased incidence of postoperative adverse cardiac events in post-PCI patients having non-cardiac surgery (NCS). There is limited knowledge of temporal changes ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Wąsowicz M,Syed S,Wijeysundera DN,Starzyk Ł,Grewal D,Ragoonanan T,Harsha P,Travis G,Carroll J,Karkouti K,Beattie WS

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Guidelines recommend discontinuation of clopidogrel for 7 days before a neuraxial injection, while other directives suggest that 5 days might be adequate. We examined the time course of antiplatelet activity after clopidogrel discontinuation in patients undergoing epidural injections. METHODS:Thirteen patie...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Benzon HT,McCarthy RJ,Benzon HA,Kendall MC,Robak S,Lindholm PF,Kallas PG,Katz JA

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have compared deep body temperature (DBT) measured at the forehead with the core temperatures of the nasopharynx, oesophagus and rectum during the warming phase of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) (moderate hypothermia of 26.7-29.6 degrees C) in 12 patients. DBT was measured transcutaneously by an insulated thermistor ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Sakuragi T,Mukai M,Dan K

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracuff pressure (c.p.) was measured continuously in 12 patients during prolonged periods of tracheal intubation. High residual volume--low pressure (floppy) and low residual volume--high pressure (conventional) cuffs were studied. The mean baseline c.p. at minimal occluding pressure was significantly smaller in flo...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Jacobson L,Greenbaum R

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied cardiovascular and catecholamine responses for 3 days in three groups of patients undergoing abdominal hysterectomy. The night before surgery and again 2 h before induction of anaesthesia, patients received the ACE inhibitor, ramipril, the beta 1 blocker, metoprolol, or placebo. In the actively treated grou...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Böttcher M,Behrens JK,Møller EA,Christensen JH,Andreasen F

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Infraclavicular axillary vein cannulation is not commonly used for central venous access because identifying the surface landmarks is difficult. Ultrasound guided axillary vein puncture has not been well described. We assessed ultrasound imaging to guide catheterization of the infraclavicular axillary vein. ...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Sharma A,Bodenham AR,Mallick A

更新日期：2004-08-01 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：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：Background:In addition to general anaesthetic effects, sevoflurane can also induce hyperactive behaviours during induction and recovery, which may contribute to neurotoxicity; however, the mechanism of such effects is unclear. Volatile anaesthetics including isoflurane have been found to activate the kainate (GluK2) re...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Liang P,Li F,Liu J,Liao D,Huang H,Zhou C

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In nine patients, undergoing repeat operations because of severe intra-abdominal infection developing after major abdominal surgery, serum potassium concentrations were monitored during induction of anaesthesia. Four patients showed an increase of serum potassium ranging from 2.5 to 3.1 mmol/litre above baseline value...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Kohlschütter B,Baur H,Roth F

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The speeds of onset of pancuronium, atracurium and vecuronium are increased by prior administration of magnesium sulphate. A prospective, randomized, double-blind, controlled, clinical study was performed to examine the effects of prior i.v. administration of magnesium sulphate 60 mg kg-1 on the neuromuscular blocking...

journal_title：British journal of anaesthesia

authors： Kussman B,Shorten G,Uppington J,Comunale ME

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00