Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
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Acta Anaesthesiol Scand · Apr 1997
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialPreoperative infiltration of bupivacaine--effects on pain relief and trauma response (cortisol and interleukin-6).
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Acta Anaesthesiol Scand · Apr 1997
Analysis of anaesthesia in patients suspected to be susceptible to malignant hyperthermia before diagnostic in vitro contracture test.
It is well known that patients susceptible to malignant hyperthermia (MH) do not always develop clinical signs of MH at their first anaesthetic. Large material concerning this epidemiological problem do not exist. Therefore, we undertook the present investigation at the Danish Malignant Hyperthermia Register. ⋯ The clinical expressivity of the MHS phenotype was found to be 34%-54%.
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Acta Anaesthesiol Scand · Apr 1997
Letter Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialStreptomycin/lignocaine local infiltration in the treatment of hypertrophic scar pain. A preliminary report.
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Acta Anaesthesiol Scand · Apr 1997
Magnesium--a profibrillatory or antifibrillatory drug depending on plasma concentration, heart rate and myocardial perfusion.
The opinions on the efficacy of magnesium as an antiarrhythmic drug vary considerably. The action of magnesium on vulnerability to fibrillation was therefore investigated in anaesthetized, open-chest pigs under different conditions as regards plasma concentration, heart rate and myocardial perfusion. ⋯ Magnesium may develop profibrillatory or antifibrillatory effects depending on plasma concentration, heart rate and myocardial perfusion.
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Acta Anaesthesiol Scand · Apr 1997
Peripheral neurologic deficits in relation to subarachnoid or epidural administration of local anesthetics for surgery. A survey of 21 cases.
Recent case reports have suggested that subarachnoid or epidural administration of local anesthetics may cause peripheral neurologic deficits. ⋯ This database study does not contain complete information for the cases reported, and a causal relationship between subarachnoid or epidural administration of local anesthetics and neurologic deficits therefore remains uncertain. The increase in the number of reports on lidocaine after the introduction of very fine-bore spinal needles is consistent with the suspicion that lidocaine at the concentration 50 mg/ml is neurotoxic and that it may not be diluted rapidly enough in the cerebrospinal fluid when injected through such needles.