Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
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Acta Anaesthesiol Scand · Apr 2004
Development and validation of a brief, descriptive Danish pain questionnaire (BDDPQ).
A new pain questionnaire should be simple, be documented to have discriminative function, and be related to previously used questionnaires. ⋯ A Danish pain questionnaire that subjects and patients can self-administer has been developed and validated relative to the words used in the English McGill Pain questionnaire. The discriminative ability of the questionnaire among some common painful conditions has been tested and documented. The questionnaire may be of use in patient care and research.
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Acta Anaesthesiol Scand · Apr 2004
Comparative StudyDesflurane results in higher cerebral blood flow than sevoflurane or isoflurane at hypocapnia in pigs.
In clinical neuroanaesthesia, the increase in cerebral blood flow (CBF) and intracranial pressure caused by the cerebral vasodilative effects of an inhalational anaesthetic agent is counteracted by the cerebral vasoconstriction induced by hypocapnia. Desflurane and sevoflurane may have advantages over the more traditionally used isoflurane in neuroanaesthesia but their dose-dependent vasodilative effects at hypocapnia have not been compared in the same model using truly equipotent minimal alveolar concentrations (MACs). ⋯ More cerebral vasodilation at hypocapnia with high doses of desflurane than with sevoflurane or isoflurane indicates that desflurane might be less suitable for neuroanaesthesia than sevoflurane and isoflurane.
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Acta Anaesthesiol Scand · Apr 2004
Clinical Trial Controlled Clinical TrialEffect of aminophylline on bispectral index.
The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of aminophylline on BIS as well as clinical recovery in patients anesthetized with sevoflurane. ⋯ Recovery from sevoflurane anesthesia and BIS scores are improved in early period when aminophylline is given at emerging from anesthesia.
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Acta Anaesthesiol Scand · Apr 2004
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialImproved application of Lidocaine/Prilocaine cream in children. A randomized and prospectively controlled study of two application regimes.
Intravenous cannulation in children aged 6-12 years is less painful after a 90-min application of a Lidocaine/ Prilocaine cream followed by a 30-min interval without cream, than cannulation immediately after a 60-min application. ⋯ i.v. cannulation after application of anaesthetic cream for 90 min followed by a 30-min interval is less painful than the widely used 60-min application directly followed by cannulation.
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Acta Anaesthesiol Scand · Apr 2004
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialSpinal anesthesia for arthroscopic knee surgery.
The purpose of the study was to compare the effects of adding 50 microg of morphine, 25 microg of fentanyl or saline to 6 mg of hyperbaric bupivacaine on postoperative analgesia and time to urination in patients undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery under spinal anesthesia. ⋯ We conclude that during spinal anesthesia even mini-dose intrathecal morphine is not acceptable for outpatient surgery due to side-effects, especially severely prolonged time to urination.