British journal of anaesthesia
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Recent research has shown that gaseous induction in adults with sevoflurane is an acceptable technique. This study was undertaken to assess if gaseous induction using sevoflurane carried in both oxygen alone, and in nitrous oxide and oxygen combined, would provide acceptable pollution levels. As an occupational exposure standard has not been set for sevoflurane, we used the target level of 20 ppm set by the manufacturer. ⋯ Time-weighted averages for both gases over the duration of the lists were well below the occupational exposure standards (mean 1.1 (range 0.6-1.7) for sevoflurane and 17.3 (12-23) for nitrous oxide). There were high peak concentrations during the induction process (8.3 (4.1-17) for sevoflurane and 172.4 (65-310) for nitrous oxide) although these decreased to low concentrations between anaesthetic inductions. Personal sampling was carried out from the anaesthetist's breathing zone and concentrations were also low (1.2 (0.8-2.1) for sevoflurane and 45.9 (10.1-261.6) for nitrous oxide.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial
Caudal tramadol for postoperative analgesia in pediatric hypospadias surgery.
Ninety boys, aged 13-53 months, undergoing repair of hypospadias, were allocated randomly to receive 0.8 ml kg-1 of one of three solutions into the caudal extradural space: group B received bupivacaine 2 mg kg-1, group T received tramadol 2 mg kg-1 in 0.9% saline and group BT a mixture of both. Postoperative pain was assessed hourly for 12 h after injection using a modified TPPPS pain score and additional analgesia was administered to those children whose pain scores were > 3/10. ⋯ There were no significant differences between the groups in mean ventilatory frequency, sedation scores, incidence of emesis, facial flushing or pruritus. We conclude that caudal tramadol had a slow onset of action and that the addition of tramadol to bupivacaine, when both drugs were administered caudally, did not significantly prolong the duration of action of bupivacaine.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial
Comparison of sevoflurane and halothane for outpatient dental anaesthesia in children.
In a prospective, randomized, double-blind clinical study, we have studied 100 children, aged 2-12 yr, to compare halothane and sevoflurane in outpatient dental anaesthesia. All patients were unpremedicated and received inhalation induction using nitrous oxide in oxygen supplemented with either halothane (maximum inspired concentration 5%) or sevoflurane (maximum inspired concentration 8%). ⋯ The two agents were comparable in terms of ease of use and quality of anaesthesia, and times to eye opening and satisfying discharge criteria were similar. We conclude that sevoflurane has qualities that have made halothane the most used inhalation agent for children, and that it is superior to halothane in dental outpatients where cardiac arrhythmias are a particular problem.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Spontaneous movements associated with rocuronium: is pain on injection the cause?
Spontaneous movements are sometimes observed of the arm into which rocuronium is administered. In order to assess a possible relationship between these movements and pain, we injected in 10 awake, ASA I patients, in a double-blind manner, both rocuronium 1 ml (10 mg) and 0.9% NaCI 1 ml (placebo), with a 30-s interval in between. ⋯ A second injection of rocuronium did not produce such pain and no movements were observed. We conclude that injection of rocuronium is associated with severe, burning pain of short duration, responsible for the spontaneous movements in the arm observed after induction of anaesthesia.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial
Comparison of volume controlled with pressure controlled ventilation during one-lung anaesthesia.
Pressure controlled ventilation (PCV) is an alternative mode of ventilation which is used widely in severe respiratory failure. In this study, PCV was used for one-lung anaesthesia and its effects on airway pressures, arterial oxygenation and haemodynamic state were compared with volume controlled ventilation (VCV). We studied 48 patients undergoing thoracotomy. ⋯ Peak airway pressure (Paw) decreased consistently during PCV in every patient and the percentage reduction in Paw was 4-35% (mean 16.1 (SD 8.4) %). Arterial oxygen tension increased in 31 patients using PCV and the improvement in arterial oxygenation during PCV correlated inversely with preoperative respiratory function tests. We conclude that PCV appeared to be an alternative to VCV in patients requiring one-lung anaesthesia and may be superior to VCV in patients with respiratory disease.