Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
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Acta Anaesthesiol Scand · Nov 2005
Clinical TrialThe cuff method: a pilot study of a new method of monitoring neuromuscular function.
A new method of monitoring neuromuscular blockade based on a modified blood pressure cuff that incorporates stimulating electrodes was compared with mechanomyography (MMG) ('gold standard'). ⋯ This pilot study indicates that the cuff method could be useful to monitor neuromuscular blockade according to the bias and limits of agreement compared with MMG, particularly when the degree of blockade was evaluated by TOF ratios > 0.7. The new cuff method is easy and simple to use. However, further studies in a larger number of patients are necessary to confirm these favourable preliminary results.
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Acta Anaesthesiol Scand · Nov 2005
Effect of pulmonary artery pressure on extravascular lung water in an experimental model of acute lung injury.
Lung edema can be influenced by hemodynamic changes in pulmonary circulation. The aim of this study was to evaluate, in an experimental model of acute lung injury, the effect on extravascular lung water (EVLW) of an increase in pulmonary artery pressure (Ppa) without changes in cardiac output and wedge pressure. ⋯ In this model, an increase in pulmonary artery pressure by alveolar hypoxia produces an increase in extravascular lung water, probably related to changes in pulmonary capillary pressures.