abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Measurement of central blood volumes (CBV), such as global end-diastolic volume (GEDV) and right ventricular end-diastolic volume (RVEDV) are considered appropriate estimates of intravascular volume status. However, to apply those parameters for preload assessment in mechanically ventilated pat...

journal_title：European journal of anaesthesiology

authors： Kubitz JC,Kemming GI,Schultheiss G,Starke J,Podtschaske A,Goetz AE,Reuter DA

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:In the perivascular sheath of the brachial plexus, the volume of anaesthetic solution determines the quality of anaesthetic cover. Fibrous septa may divide the perivascular space into compartments, leading to inadequate diffusion of the anaesthetic solution. The aim of our study was to obtain g...

journal_title：European journal of anaesthesiology

authors： Pippa P,Cuomo P,Panchetti A,Scarchini M,Poggi G,D'Arienzo M

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:The aim of this prospective study was to compare the effect of the administration of desflurane or sevoflurane to a fixed neuromuscular block. METHODS:After written consent, 12 patients were anaesthetized with propofol and sufentanil. Atracurium was administered via a continuous infusion in or...

journal_title：European journal of anaesthesiology

authors： Beaussier M,Boughaba A,Schiffer E,Debaene B,Lienhart A,d'Hollander A

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Astrocytes exposed to hypoxia produce pro-inflammatory cytokines and upregulate intercellular adhesion molecule-1 on cerebral endothelium. This study investigated the effects of midazolam on this response. METHODS:Mouse astrocytes were exposed to 4 h of hypoxia and 24 h of reoxygenation. Astro...

journal_title：European journal of anaesthesiology

authors： Ghori K,Harmon D,Walsh F,Shorten G

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:No clinical trials comparing the characteristics of sensory blockade caused by various local anaesthetics in thoracic paravertebral blockade have been published. The aim of this prospective study was a clinical assessment of sensory blockade after paravertebral injection of ropivacaine or bupiv...

journal_title：European journal of anaesthesiology

authors： Hura G,Knapik P,Misiołek H,Krakus A,Karpe J

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Inaccurate measurements of body temperature following cardiopulmonary bypass may be associated with serious complications. The purpose of this study was to determine whether axillary and tympanic temperature measurements correlate with the urinary bladder temperature in the early postcardiac su...

journal_title：European journal of anaesthesiology

authors： Khan TA,Vohra HA,Paul S,Rosin MD,Patel RL

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:The aim of this prospective, randomized, double-blind investigation was to assess the dose-effect characteristics of postoperative nausea and vomiting after intrathecal administration of small doses of morphine (from 0.015 to 0.25 mg) in opioid-naïve, non-surgical patients. METHODS:With Ethic ...

journal_title：European journal of anaesthesiology

authors： Raffaeli W,Marconi G,Fanelli G,Taddei S,Borghi GB,Casati A

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Unilateral spinal anaesthesia is a useful anaesthesia technique in lower abdominal surgery, especially in an outpatient setting. Patient posture is pivotal in the achievement of unilateral anaesthesia. Nevertheless, no studies have elucidated the influence of patient posture during the anaesthe...

journal_title：European journal of anaesthesiology

authors： Al Malyan M,Becchi C,Falsini S,Lorenzi P,Boddi V,Marsili M,Boncinelli S

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Arterial grafts are prone to vasospasm. Opioid analgesics are commonly used in the perioperative course of cardiac surgical procedures. Therefore, we investigated the direct effects of morphine, meperidine, fentanyl and remifentanil on the human radial artery. METHODS:Radial artery segments, o...

journal_title：European journal of anaesthesiology

authors： Gursoy S,Bagcivan I,Yildirim MK,Berkan O,Kaya T

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:We have evaluated the effects of propofol and its relationship with K+ channels on human isolated umbilical vessels. METHODS:Umbilical vessel rings were suspended in isolated organ baths containing Krebs-Ringer solution. In the first series of experiments the effect of propofol (10(-9)-10(-4) ...

journal_title：European journal of anaesthesiology

authors： Caliskan E,Kayhan Z,Tufan H

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Infraclavicular plexus block has many advantages of particular interest in the emergency setting. However, the number of nerve stimulations needed to optimize the technique remains unclear. We evaluated both the local anaesthetic requirement and the success rate of Sim's derived infraclavicula...

journal_title：European journal of anaesthesiology

authors： Fuzier R,Fourcade O,Fuzier V,Albert N,Samii K,Olivier M

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:The glutamate-nitric oxide-cyclic guanosine monophosphate pathway has been identified as a potential target for anaesthetic agents. However, mice deficient in neuronal nitric oxide synthase have a similar susceptibility to volatile anaesthetic agents to wild-type mice and are not affected by no...

journal_title：European journal of anaesthesiology

authors： Engelhardt T,Lowe PR,Galley HF,Webster NR

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Patients have the right to be informed about the expected benefits and risks of medical and surgical procedures. Ideally this information should be scientifically based and presented to the patient in time. In morbidly obese patient undergoing general anaesthesia, postoperative pulmonary compli...

journal_title：European journal of anaesthesiology

authors： Flier S,Knape JT

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:This placebo-controlled study was performed to evaluate the efficacy of dexmedetomidine compared with meperidine and placebo in preventing postanaesthetic shivering. METHODS:We studied 120 patients (ASA I-II) scheduled for elective abdominal or orthopaedic surgery of about 1-3 h duration. Fort...

journal_title：European journal of anaesthesiology

authors： Bicer C,Esmaoglu A,Akin A,Boyaci A

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Acute renal failure is a serious complication of cardiac surgery. We studied the long-term survival and quality of life of patients requiring renal replacement therapy after cardiac surgery, since they represent a heavy burden on hospital resources and their outcome has never been adequately ev...

journal_title：European journal of anaesthesiology

authors： Landoni G,Zangrillo A,Franco A,Aletti G,Roberti A,Calabrò MG,Slaviero G,Bignami E,Marino G

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:The modified Airway Management Device (AMD) and the Proseal laryngeal mask airway (PLMA) are both supraglottic airway devices designed to maintain airway patency and allow ventilation during anaesthesia. In this prospective, randomized trial, we compared the two devices in patients undergoing m...

journal_title：European journal of anaesthesiology

authors： Pay LL,Lim Y

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:The aim of study was to investigate the electron microscopic changes in the medulla of the spinal cord that occur with intrathecal midazolam administration. METHODS:Twenty-eight albino rabbits of New Zealand type were randomized into two groups. Following anaesthesia, 16 rabbits were given 300...

journal_title：European journal of anaesthesiology

authors： Ugur B,Basaloglu K,Yurtseven T,Ates U,Aydin ON,Ozenç D,Yurtseven M,Gürel A

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Sedation is commonly used to facilitate diagnostic procedures in children. The aim of our study was to investigate sedation in children using propofol alone or combined with fentanyl or midazolam with regard to efficacy, adverse reactions or side-effects related to the drugs, ease of operation ...

journal_title：European journal of anaesthesiology

authors： Disma N,Astuto M,Rizzo G,Rosano G,Naso P,Aprile G,Bonanno G,Russo A

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A variety of laboratory and clinical studies clearly indicate that exposure to anaesthetic agents can lead to a pronounced protection of the myocardium against ischaemia-reperfusion injury. Several changes in the protein structure of the myocardium that may mediate this cardioprotection have been identified. Ischaemia...

journal_title：European journal of anaesthesiology

authors： Weber NC,Preckel B,Schlack W

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Hypotension, the commonest side-effect of spinal anaesthesia, results from sympathetic denervation. This study compared patient positioning (supine vs. decubitus) on haemodynamic variables during spinal anaesthesia. METHODS:After intravenous crystalloid preloading with 5 mL kg(-1), hyperbaric ...

journal_title：European journal of anaesthesiology

authors： Kelly JD,McCoy D,Rosenbaum SH,Brull SJ

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:The effects of bicarbonated Ringer's solution were evaluated and compared with those of acetated Ringer's, lactated Ringer's and Ringer's solutions in partially hepatectomized rabbits. METHOD:Animals were randomly divided into six groups (n = 6 in each group): a sham-operated group, an operate...

journal_title：European journal of anaesthesiology

authors： Satoh K,Ohtawa M,Okamura E,Satoh T,Matsuura A

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We tested the hypothesis that repeated autoclaving removes protein deposits from the classic laryngeal mask airway (LMA). METHODS:Twenty previously used LMAs were hand washed, machine washed, dried, autoclaved and randomly allocated into four equal-sized groups for repeat autoclaving on 0 (control), 1, 2 ...

journal_title：European journal of anaesthesiology

authors： Bannon L,Brimacombe J,Nixon T,Keller C

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Adding various opioids to the local anaesthetic solution administrated intrathecally improves the analgesic potency of spinal analgesia. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of intrathecal fentanyl 10 microg added to 15 mg hyperbaric ropivacaine in patients undergoi...

journal_title：European journal of anaesthesiology

authors： Sanli S,Yegin A,Kayacan N,Yilmaz M,Coskunfirat N,Karsli B

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the ability of medical students to learn and retain skills of airway manipulation for insertion of the endotracheal tube, the laryngeal mask airway (Laryngeal Mask Company, Henley-on-Thames, UK) and the oesophageal-tracheal Combitube (Kendall-Sheridan Catheter Corp., Argyle, NY, USA). METHODS:A 6-m...

journal_title：European journal of anaesthesiology

authors： Weksler N,Tarnopolski A,Klein M,Schily M,Rozentsveig V,Shapira AR,Gurman GM

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Volatile anaesthetics inhibit nicotinic acetylcholine receptors at clinically relevant concentrations with higher affinity for the neuronal nicotinic receptor. The inhibitory effects of propofol on nicotinic receptors have only been documented at supraclinical concentrations. The aim of this st...

journal_title：European journal of anaesthesiology

authors： Barrio J,SanMiguel G,Asensio I,Molina I,López F,García V

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Hydroxyethyl starch is frequently used for volume substitution during surgical procedures and for isovolaemic haemodilution. Haemodilution has also been shown to improve tissue oxygen tension in skeletal muscle: However, effects of this volume substitute on tissue oxygen tension of the liver du...

journal_title：European journal of anaesthesiology

authors： Gottschalk A,Standl TG,Freitag M,Radtke P,Rempf C,Burmeister MA,Horn EP,Strate T,Schulte am Esch J

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:ProSeal Laryngeal Mask Airway (PLMA) and Laryngeal Tube Suction (LTS), supraglottic airway devices allowing gastric drainage, were compared in this prospective, randomized study for airway management under conditions with elevated intra-abdominal pressure induced by capnoperitoneum. METHODS:Fi...

journal_title：European journal of anaesthesiology

authors： Roth H,Genzwuerker HV,Rothhaas A,Finteis T,Schmeck J

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:This study compares three modes of patient-controlled epidural analgesia in parturients during labour. METHODS:Eighty-four women were randomized to one of three groups. The epidural solution used in all the three groups was 0.1% bupivacaine with fentanyl 2 microg mL(-1). Patients were able to...

journal_title：European journal of anaesthesiology

authors： Siddik-Sayyid SM,Aouad MT,Jalbout MI,Zalaket MI,Mouallem MR,Massouh FM,Rizk LB,Maarouf HH,Baraka AS

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lidocaine has actions potentially of benefit during ischaemia-reperfusion. Neutrophils and endothelial cells have an important role in ischaemia-reperfusion injury. METHODS:Isolated human neutrophil CD11b and CD18, and human umbilical vein endothelial cell (HUVEC) ICAM-1 expression and supernatant IL-1beta ...

journal_title：European journal of anaesthesiology

authors： Lan W,Harmon D,Wang JH,Shorten G,Redmond P

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Continuous spinal analgesia (CSA) offers considerable pain relief, and has been used in various procedures such as for surgery and cancer pain control. In Japan, portable and disposable infusion kits are increasingly employed for continuous epidural analgesia and CSA. In CSA, the use of a micro...

journal_title：European journal of anaesthesiology

authors： Kasai T,Hirose M,Yaegashi K,Fujita T,Hirai Y,Tanaka Y

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy of 0.1% ropivacaine with fentanyl 2 microg mL(-1) via epidural for analgesia in labour. METHODS:In a randomized study, 80 nulliparous parturients in labour had epidural analgesia initiated with 0.2% ropivacaine and fentanyl and were then randomized to receive either 0....

journal_title：European journal of anaesthesiology

authors： Atienzar MC,Palanca JM,Borras R,Esteve I,Fernandez M,Miranda A

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Isoflurane has been shown experimentally to protect the myocardium against infarction but the clinical relevance of these findings is not yet well established. We therefore evaluated the effects of isoflurane administration before cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) on postoperative cardiac troponin I...

journal_title：European journal of anaesthesiology

authors： Fellahi JL,Gue X,Philippe E,Riou B,Gerard JL

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:We tested the hypothesis that disturbances of the visual pathway following sevoflurane general anaesthesia (a) exist and persist even after clinical discharge criteria have been met and (b) are associated with decreased contrast sensitivity. METHODS:We performed pattern and full-field flash el...

journal_title：European journal of anaesthesiology

authors： Iohom G,Gardiner C,Whyte A,O'Connor G,Shorten G

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:To determine if there is any significant difference between the effects of desflurane, isoflurane and sevoflurane on the QT interval, QT dispersion, heart rate corrected QT interval and QTc dispersion of the electrocardiogram. METHODS:The study was conducted in a prospective, double blind and ...

journal_title：European journal of anaesthesiology

authors： Yildirim H,Adanir T,Atay A,Katircioğlu K,Savaci S

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this review paper, the authors critically analyse the use of a number of depth of anaesthesia monitors in light of the most recent literature and their own clinical experience. There appears to be increasing evidence that anaesthesia depth monitors reduce the incidence of unexpected intraoperative awareness and als...

journal_title：European journal of anaesthesiology

authors： Bonhomme V,Hans P

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:The efficiency of bilateral paravertebral blockade combined with general anaesthesia (active) vs. general anaesthesia alone (control) in reducing postoperative pain following laparoscopic cholecystectomy was evaluated using a prospective randomized study design. METHODS:Patients were randomly ...

journal_title：European journal of anaesthesiology

authors： Naja MZ,Ziade MF,Lönnqvist PA

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:The perception of a looming manpower shortage led the French College of Anaesthesiologists (CFAR) and the French Society of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care (SFAR), with assistance from the National Institute for Demographic Studies (INED), to conduct a national survey of French anaesthesiologist...

journal_title：European journal of anaesthesiology

authors： Pontone S,Brouard N,Scherpereel P,Boulardl G,Arduin P,CFAR-SFAR-INED Working Group.

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:The kneeling prone position is often used for low back surgery in order to decrease intraoperative bleeding and increase the surgical exposure of the vertebral canal. The aim of this study was to assess effects of the kneeling prone position on respiratory gas exchange focusing on oxygen consum...

journal_title：European journal of anaesthesiology

authors： Radstrom M,Loswick AC,Bengtsson JP

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Combined spinal-epidural is an alternative technique to epidural analgesia for labour, but its benefits are not clearly identified. METHODS:A prospective, blinded, randomized study was undertaken involving 113 women attending a university hospital obstetric department. Analgesia was initiated ...

journal_title：European journal of anaesthesiology

authors： Vernis L,Dualé C,Storme B,Mission JP,Rol B,Schoeffler P

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Little has been documented about the development of pain after ophthalmic surgery. This study was designed to assess the incidence and severity of postoperative pain following ophthalmic surgery, and to identify key factors independently associated with development of such pain. METHODS:In a p...

journal_title：European journal of anaesthesiology

authors： Henzler D,Kramer R,Steinhorst UH,Piepenbrock S,Rossaint R,Kuhlen R

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00