Anaesthesia for Electroconvulsive Therapy: A Comparison of Sevoflurane...

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care;  April 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......audit of patients receiving either intravenous induction of anaesthesia with propofol 2...propofol, inhalational induction, intravenous induction Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT...with sevoflurane takes longer than intravenous induction with propofol but the incidence...

POLLUTION OF AMBIENT AIR BY VOLATILE ANESTHETICS: A COMPARISON OF 4...

AANA Journal;  April 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......vaporizer settings during a simulated intravenous induction in which the anesthetic is deepened...with a volatile agent accompanies intravenous induction. Future studies should examine...provider during a simulated adult intravenous induction, in which the anesthetic depth...

Intravenous induction agents: Benzodiazepines

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care;  February 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......10 to 30 mg intravenously as premeditation for psychiatric interviews! The first report of the use of diazepam as an intravenous induction agent was by J. Stovner and R. Endresen from the Norwegian Radium Hospital in Oslo. They wrote to the Lancet in 1965...

Awareness under anaesthesia is a synonym for inadequate anaesthesia

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care;  April 1, 2003 ;     411 words ......0.2 to 0.4%1,2. Patient movement is an indicator of inadequate anaesthesia but this sign is abolished by the use of muscle relaxants...are now required monitoring. The legal consequences of inadequate anaesthesia and a more informed and litigious public may well do...

Intravenous induction agents: Etomidate

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care;  August 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......methylbenzyl)-lH-imidazole-5-carboxylate. Animal studies in the early 1970s suggested that it was a useful and potent intravenous induction agent. In animals it was discovered that the duration of hypnosis was directly related to the dose administered, i.e...

USA health experts call for end to capital punishment.(world)(Brief...

Australian Nursing Journal;  March 1, 2007 ;     235 words ......resulted in extreme suffering by some individuals confirm that 'unrecognised suffering in lethal injection can occur due to inadequate anaesthesia'. The Lancet article cites USA District Court Judge Jeremy Fogel's findings that California's 'implementation of lethal...

Intravenous induction agents: Propofol

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care;  October 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...ICI 35 868 or propofol resulted from research into the anaesthetic activity of hindered phenols at the ICI laboratories (now Astra Zeneca) in Macclesfield, Cheshire. These compounds exist as oils at room temperature but can be administered intravenously in aqueous solution with the solubilizing

Intravenous induction agents: Opioids

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care;  December 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...COVER NOTE Opium has been used to relieve pain for over 2000 years. In 1806, Serturner described the active principle of opium, morphine, which he called "morphicum". By the latter half of that century, the needle and syringe had been developed and morphine was being used regularly for

Intravenous induction agents - propanidid

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care;  June 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...COVER NOTE Eugenol is obtained from the oil of cloves. The derivatives of eugenol were investigated for their anaesthetic properties in the late 1950s. Three compounds were developed; G29.505 (Eunal), E34 (Propinal) and FBA.1420 (Propanidid). G29.505, or 2-methoxy-4-allylphenoxyacetic acid-N: N

Intravenous induction agents: Ketamine

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care;  April 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...COVER NOTE The search for an effective induction agent with analgesic properties led to the study of the cyclohexylamines by the Parke-Davis Company in the 1950s. Two compounds initially appeared promising-1-(1-phenylcyclohexyl) piperidine hydrochloride (Sernyl or C1395) and

Intubating laryngeal mask airway / reply

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care;  February 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......following points. Firstly, we were surprised to read that in patients with known or potentially difficult airways an intravenous induction followed by a nondepolarizing muscle relaxant was part of the study protocol. We accept that allowance was made for awake...

Closed circuit anaesthesia in ventilated patients using the Komesaroff...

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care;  October 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......circuit, in ventilated patients during maintenance of closed circuit anaesthesia with halothane or isoflurane. Following intravenous induction, anaesthesia was maintained by inhalation. This was achieved using a conventional vaporizer outside the circle for the...

Cost-effectiveness of Basal Flow Sevoflurane Anaesthesia Using the...

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care;  October 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......vaporizer was placed on the inspiratory limb of the circle system. Basal flows were introduced immediately following intravenous induction of anaesthesia. The vaporizer was set to deliver the maximum concentration until the inspired sevoflurane concentration...

Anaphylaxis with Associated Fibrinolysis, Reversed with Tranexamic Acid...

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care;  August 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......wide variety of substances used during anaesthesia can cause anaphylaxis following intravenous administration, including intravenous induction agents, muscle relaxants, opioids, antibiotics, colloidal solutions and blood products. The respiratory, cardiovascular...

Nasal insertion of tube to aid in Glidescope use

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care;  December 1, 2005 ;     405 words ......thyromental distance of three fingers, normal cervical mobility and was a Mallampati II grade. She underwent a standard intravenous induction with fentanyl, propofol and rocuronium and was easy to bag-and-mask ventilate with oxygen and sevoflurane prior to airway...