Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthésie
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Case Reports
General anesthesia with remifentanil for Cesarean section in a parturient with an acoustic neuroma.
To describe the anesthetic management of a parturient with a large acoustic neuroma undergoing general anesthesia with remifentanil for Cesarean section. ⋯ Remifentanil was effective in producing stable hemodynamic conditions, without severe neonatal respiratory depression, during induction and maintenance of general anesthesia for a Cesarean delivery in a parturient with a large intracranial tumour.
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To quantify the influence of hematocrit on cerebral blood flow velocity (CBFV) in healthy volunteers undergoing acute isovolemic hemodilution (HD) with hydroxyethyl starch 10% (HES) and subsequent autologous whole blood retransfusion (RT). ⋯ Transcranial Doppler changes in blood flow velocities correlated with the simultaneously recorded systemic Hc and CaO2 values. We found a 2% increase in CBFV for each 1% decrease in Hc and CaO2.
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We examined the effect of inhaled nitric oxide (NO) on the acute pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular (RV) dilation after fat embolism. ⋯ Whether given before the embolic insult or two to three minutes after the onset of pulmonary hypertension, inhaled NO did not attenuate the acute pulmonary hypertension or RV dilation after cemented arthroplasty.
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Editorial Comment
Inhalation anesthetics and Duchenne's muscular dystrophy.