Anesthesia and analgesia
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Anesthesia and analgesia · Oct 2000
Case ReportsArm pain as an unusual presentation of postdural puncture intracranial hypotension.
We report a case of a patient experiencing severe arm pain after dural puncture. This complication has not been reported previously. The patient was successfully treated with an epidural patch.
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Anesthesia and analgesia · Oct 2000
Comparative StudyA pilot study of left tracheal pulse oximetry.
We tested the hypothesis that left tracheal pulse oximetry (SpO(2)) is more accurate than finger SpO(2) when compared with oxygen saturation from arterial blood samples (SaO(2)) in anesthetized patients with normal thoracic anatomy. We also tested the hypothesis that tracheal oximetry readings are primarily derived from the tracheal mucosa. We studied 20 hemodynamically stable, well oxygenated, anesthetized patients with normal anatomy (ASA physical status I-III, 18-80 yr old). ⋯ We conclude that left tracheal SpO(2) is feasible and provides similar readings to arterial blood samples and more accurate readings than finger oximetry in hemodynamically stable, well oxygenated, anesthetized patients with normal thoracic anatomy. Tracheal oximetry readings are not primarily derived from the tracheal mucosa. The technique merits further evaluation.
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Anesthesia and analgesia · Oct 2000
Editorial Historical ArticleA century of regional analgesia in obstetrics.
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Anesthesia and analgesia · Oct 2000
Comparative StudyThe effect of sedative drugs on diaphragmatic contractility in dogs: propofol versus midazolam.
a sedative dose (0.1 mg x kg(-1) x h(-1)) of midazolam, compared with a subhypnotic dose (1.5 mg x kg(-1) x h(-1)) of propofol, decreases the contractility of the diaphragm in dogs.