abstract：:Children undergoing anaesthesia are prone to hypothermia. Perioperative monitoring of patient temperature is, therefore, standard practice. Postoperative temperature is regarded as a key anaesthetic performance indicator in Australian hospitals. Many different methods and sites of temperature measurement are used peri...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Drake-Brockman TF,Hegarty M,Chambers NA,von Ungern-Sternberg BS

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platypnoea-orthodeoxia syndrome has the pathognomonic clinical findings of dyspnoea and arterial hypoxaemia relieved by recumbency. We report on a patient who presented with platypnoea-orthodeoxia syndrome post laparoscopic surgery. Platypnoea-orthodeoxia syndrome is an important diagnosis to consider when investigati...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Low Z,Darvall JN,Radford ST

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study aim was to investigate the effect of three different morphine doses added to levobupivacaine 0.125% for caudal analgesia after circumcision surgery in children, particularly in relation to the frequency of postoperative vomiting within the first 24 hours following surgery. Two hundred and forty patients aged...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Dostbil A,Gursac Celik M,Aksoy M,Ahiskalioglu A,Celik EC,Alici HA,Ozbey I

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dexmedetomidine shows promise of being an airway-stable drug. It is approved in Australia for procedural sedation. However, it is important to note that in the study on which this indication is based, all the subjects received a local anaesthetic block before their procedure or surgery. In this regard, as Health Canad...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Keane MJ,Manikappa S,Alrawi NN

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia is a serious complication of heparin use. Treatment includes discontinuation of heparin and initiation of alternative anticoagulation therapy. In extracorporeal membrane oxygenation anticoagulation is mandatory, and direct thrombin inhibitors (DTIs) have been approved in these cases. H...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Phillips MR,Khoury AI,Ashton RF,Cairns BA,Charles AG

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Venous thromboembolism is an important complication after general and cardiac surgery. Using transthoracic echocardiography, this study assessed the incidence of inferior vena cava (IVC) thrombosis among a total of 395 and 289 cardiac surgical and major surgical patients in the immediate postoperative period after car...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Saranteas T,Kostopanagiotou G,Tzoufi M,Drachtidi K,Knox GM,Panou F

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The synthetic glucocorticoid dexamethasone is administered to many patients receiving a general anaesthetic to reduce the risk of postoperative nausea and vomiting. Dexamethasone is known to suppress the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis; however, the duration of this suppression following the standard anti-emetic i...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Elston MS,Conaglen HM,Hughes C,Tamatea JA,Meyer-Rochow GY,Conaglen JV

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine whether pretreatment with alkalinised lignocaine reduced the incidence and severity of pain during propofol injection. This prospective, randomised, double-blind study included 300 adult, American Society of Anesthesiologists physcial status I to II patients undergoing elective s...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Ozgul U,Begec Z,Erdogan MA,Aydogan MS,Sanli M,Colak C

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports on the causes and preventability of primary anaesthetic deaths in Western Australia between 1985 and 2008. In Western Australia, it is a legal requirement to report all deaths that occur within 48 hours of an anaesthetic and later deaths if an anaesthetic complication is implicated. A committee asse...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Gibbs NM,Rodoreda P

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and fifty-nine adult patients undergoing elective colonoscopy in a major regional hospital were surveyed regarding their perceptions and expectations of sedation/anaesthesia for this procedure. The survey was undertaken on the day of the procedure, but before their assessment by the anaesthetist. Most of o...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Chatman N,Sutherland JR,van der Zwan R,Abraham N

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Predicting unexpected intensive care unit (ICU) re-admission and mortality after critical illness is difficult. This study assessed the associations between eosinopenia on the day of ICU discharge and outcomes after critical illness. This retrospective cohort study involved a total of 1446 critically ill patients who ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Yip B,Ho KM

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This randomised, double-blind study was designed to compare the duration of analgesia and adverse effects following intrathecal administration of dexmedetomidine or clonidine, both with bupivacaine, in trauma patients. Ninety adult trauma patients of American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status I-II, schedule...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Solanki SL,Bharti N,Batra YK,Jain A,Kumar P,Nikhar SA

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pethidine (meperidine) is a unique member of the opioid family. In addition to its analgesic activity, it also has significant local anaesthetic activity. This property enables it to be used as the sole agent for spinal anaesthesia. We describe the successful use of intrathecal pethidine 1 mg/kg for an elective lower ...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Vassiliadis RM,Taylor PG

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombelastography® is a monitor of coagulation and fibrinolytic status, with point-of-care applications in managing haemorrhaging patients. Advocates have suggested a possible role in managing obstetric haemorrhage. This study aims to develop a pregnancy-specific thrombelastography-guided transfusion algorithm, which...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Hill JS,Devenie G,Powell M

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is no consensus that hyperglycaemia is an independent predictor of morbidity-mortality in children. This retrospective observational study aimed to assess the association between abnormal perioperative glucose levels and adverse outcomes in infants receiving open-heart surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass. The re...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Huang XZ,Wang H,Xu HZ,Ye M,Jiang P,Xu Y

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ultrasound software package Enhanced Needle Visualization (ENV) has been reported to provide improved ultrasound imaging of needles even at steep insertion angles. ENV has three settings: shallow, medium and steep. However, the angles are unknown. We examined the advantages and indications of ENV in an in vitro st...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Takatani J,Takeshima N,Okuda K,Uchino T,Hagiwara S,Noguchi T

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac output (CO) is a key determinant of major organ blood flow and solute delivery to drug eliminating organs. As such, CO assessment is a key covariate in understanding altered drug handling in the critically ill. Newer minimally-invasive devices are providing unique platforms for such an application, although co...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Udy AA,Altukroni M,Jarrett P,Roberts JA,Lipman J

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transthoracic echocardiography is often used to screen patients prior to non-cardiac surgery to detect conditions associated with perioperative haemodynamic compromise and to stratify risk. However, anaesthetists' use of echocardiography is quite variable. A consortium led by the American College of Cardiology Foundat...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Faris JG,Hartley K,Fuller CM,Langston RB,Royse CF,Veltman MG

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the anaesthesia care of an enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) program for patients having abdominal surgical in Victorian hospitals. The main outcome measure was the number of ERAS items implemented following introduction of the ERAS program. Secondary endpoints included proce...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Thompson EG,Gower ST,Beilby DS,Wallace S,Tomlinson S,Guest GD,Cade R,Serpell JS,Myles PS

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the case of a 28-year-old female with a previous diagnosis of C1 esterase inhibitor deficiency presenting for dental extractions under general anaesthesia. Following prophylaxis with a new bradykinin receptor 2 antagonist (icatibant), surgery was carried out uneventfully with an unremarkable postoperative c...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Senaratne KT,Cottrell AM,Prentice RI

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolonged intermittent renal replacement therapy (PIRRT) is a recently defined acute modality for critically ill patients, and in theory combines the superior detoxification and haemodynamic stability of continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) with the operational convenience and low cost of intermittent haemodial...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Khanal N,Marshall MR,Ma TM,Pridmore PJ,Williams AB,Rankin AP

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This retrospective casenote audit involving 374 patients requiring intubation for an anaesthetic found that when the availability of sugammadex became unrestricted, its use increased from 7.1 to 65.3% (P <0.0001) of all muscle relaxant reversals, while neostigmine use decreased from 59.6 to 12.5%. Rocuronium use decre...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Watts RW,London JA,van Wijk RM,Lui YL

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgical field infiltration with adrenaline is common practice for quality surgical field during cleft lip and palate repair in children. Intravascular absorption of adrenaline infiltration often leads to adverse haemodynamic responses. In this prospective, double-blinded, randomised study the haemodynamic effects, qu...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Muthukumar M,Arya VK,Mathew PJ,Sharma RK

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to reduce postoperative opioid requirement, extrapleural local anaesthetic infusion dosing recommendations and guidelines for extrapleural catheter insertion were developed in our institution for 'extubatable' neonates requiring short-gap neonatal tracheo-oesophageal fistula/oesophageal atresia repair (via th...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Palmer GM,Thalayasingam P,McNally CM,Tingay DG,Smith KR,Clarnette TD,Penrose S,Dowden SJ,Chalkiadis GA

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogen peroxide solutions are found in almost every operating theatre and are used by many surgical specialties, often with little knowledge of their inherent risk. We reviewed the literature and evidence related to the use of hydrogen peroxide in surgery. We found little evidence supporting the use of hydrogen pero...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Reid CJ,Alcock M,Penn D

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Healthcare workers' cognitive performances and alertness are highly vulnerable to sleep loss and circadian rhythms. The purpose of this study was to investigate the changes in sleep characteristics of intensive care unit (ICU) and non-ICU physicians. Actigraphic sleep parameters, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, Epwort...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Ok G,Yilmaz H,Tok D,Erbüyün K,Coban S,Dinç G

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of severe rigidity during emergence from general anaesthesia in a 64-year-old man who had suffered from Parkinson's disease for nine years. Controversy still exists over how to optimally manage these patients perioperatively. We successfully managed his Parkinsonism with administration of crushed Sin...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Stagg P,Grice T

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An elevated serum lactate level is associated with morbidity and mortality in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock. In patients with hepatic dysfunction, however an elevated serum lactate level may be due to either impaired lactate clearance or excessive production. Thus, we evaluated whether the initial serum...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Kang YR,Um SW,Koh WJ,Suh GY,Chung MP,Kim H,Kwon OJ,Jeon K

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) can reduce pulmonary arterial hypertension and improve oxygenation in some patients with severe respiratory or heart failure. Despite this, iNO has not been found to improve survival. This study aimed to perform a local practice audit to assess the mortality predictors of critically ill pati...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Rolley L,Bandeshe H,Boots RJ

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our objective was to describe, in Australian and New Zealand adult intensive care units, the relative frequency in which various clinical criteria were used to predict weaning and extubation, and the weaning methods employed. Participant intensivists at 55 intensive care units completed a self-administered questionnai...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Rose L,Presneill JJ

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Percutaneous tracheostomy is an efficient technique used in intensive care units. Although a safe procedure, serious early and late complications can occur. A rare complication is suprastomal stenosis following inadvertent tracheal cartilage fracture resulting in stenosis. Management is complicated, often requiring sp...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Mahanta V,Howson C

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In May 1863 the British surgeon, Henry Thompson, departed for Belgium to attend Leopold, King of the Belgians. The King was in agony: he had suffered with bladder stones for months and multiple procedures, without anaesthesia, had failed to relieve his symptoms. Henry Thompson was therefore consulted about the possibi...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Ball C

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the increasing use of a variety of different analgesic strategies, opioids continue as the mainstay for management of moderate to severe acute pain. However concerns remain about their potential adverse effects on ventilation. The most commonly used term, respiratory depression, only describes part of that ris...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Macintyre PE,Loadsman JA,Scott DA

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to calculate the in vitro inspiratory resistance (R(ETT)) of adult endotracheal tubes (ETT), via the end-inspiratory occlusion method, and to apply this method in vivo in order to estimate R(ETT) value in real time. By plotting R(ETT) over inspiratory flow (V) and calculating Rohrer's coeffici...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Flevari AG,Maniatis N,Kremiotis TE,Siempos I,Betrosian AP,Roussos C,Douzinas E,Armaganidis A

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is currently a shortage of organ donors to meet the demands of transplantation waiting lists. In recent years there has been renewed interest in donation after cardiac death in order to increase the pool of potential donors. The Organ and Tissue Authority has recently developed a national policy for donation aft...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Sidiropoulos S,McEvoy L,Steel S,Silvester W,Warrillow S,Bolch S,Jones D

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to assess whether eosinopenia was a reliable diagnostic marker of bloodstream infection in hospitalised adult and paediatric patients. The design was a case-control study, set in a tertiary adult and paediatric hospital. A total of 157 adult and 85 paediatric patients with bloodstream i...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Wibrow BA,Ho KM,Flexman JP,Keil AD,Kohrs DL

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report three cases of anaphylaxis during anaesthesia confirmed on intradermal testing to be related to patent blue V dye (Guerbet - Chemical Abstract Service 3536-49-0). All three cases were associated with moderate to severe hypotension. Two cases had delayed onset, and two were associated with a rash. None of the...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Howard JD,Moo V,Sivalingam P

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assessed the performance of Sequential Organ Failure Assessment, Logistic Organ Dysfunction Score and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Score in outcome prediction in severe sepsis. A total of 528 consecutive patients with a diagnosis of severe sepsis were enrolled from two surgical intensive care units of univers...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： Wang H,Ye L,Yu L,Xie G,Cheng B,Liu X,Jin Y,Wu S,Zhu T,Chen Q,Fang X

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Competency-Based Training program in Intensive Care Medicine in Europe identified 12 competency domains. Professionalism was given a prominence equal to technical ability. However, little information pertaining to fellows' views on professionalism is available. A nationwide qualitative study was performed. The mod...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： van Mook WN,De Grave WS,Gorter SL,Zwaveling JH,Schuwirth LW,van der Vleuten PM

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Normal saline or air is used to identify loss of resistance during identification of the epidural space for combined spinal-epidural analgesia. Following epidural needle placement using air for loss of resistance, up to 80% of parturients move, grimace, vocalise or experience paraesthesia or dysaesthesia during subseq...

journal_title：Anaesthesia and intensive care

authors： van den Berg AA,Ghatge S,Wang S

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00