British journal of anaesthesia
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Comparative Study
Effect of chest compressions on the time taken to insert airway devices in a manikin.
Resuscitation guidelines recommend that chest compressions should continue throughout attempts to place airway devices. Few data support the use of the tracheal tube over supraglottic airway devices (SADs) during cardiopulmonary arrest. This study was designed to evaluate the speed with which different airway devices could be placed with and without interrupting chest compressions. ⋯ Our results show that continuing chest compressions has a minor effect on time for tracheal intubation and until clear human data are available the recommendation to intubate without interrupting CPR is therefore justified. The PLMA and igel (SADs with a gastric drain tube) were both faster to insert than the cLMA and offer additional benefits. They should be considered for use in CPR.
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Multicenter Study
Influence of transactive memory on perceived performance, job satisfaction and identification in anaesthesia teams.
There is an increasing awareness in the medical community that human factors are involved in effectiveness of anaesthesia teams. Communication and coordination between physicians and nurses seems to play a crucial role in maintaining a good level of performance under time pressure, particularly for anaesthesia teams, who are confronted with uncertainty, rapid changes in the environment, and multi-tasking. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between a specific form of implicit coordination--the transactive memory system--and perceptions of team effectiveness and work attitudes such as job satisfaction and team identification. ⋯ These findings provided empirical evidence of the existence of a transactive memory system among real anaesthesia teams, and highlight the need to investigate whether transactive memory is actually linked with objective measures of performance.
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Multicenter Study
Perioperative tobacco use interventions in Japan: a survey of thoracic surgeons and anaesthesiologists.
Tobacco use interventions in surgical patients who smoke could benefit both their short-term outcome and long-term health. Anaesthesiologists and surgeons can play key roles in delivering these interventions. This study determined the practices, attitudes, and beliefs of these physicians regarding tobacco use interventions in Japan. ⋯ Although current rates of intervention provided by anaesthesiologists and surgeons are low, there is considerable interest among these physicians in learning more about interventions. Given the relatively high prevalence of smoking in Japan and the potential for surgery to serve as a 'teachable moment' to promote abstinence from smoking, leadership by these specialists in the area of tobacco control could have a major impact on public health in Japan.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Effects of colloid and crystalloid solutions on endogenous activation of fibrinolysis and resistance of polymerized fibrin to recombinant tissue plasminogen activator added ex vivo.
The study was conducted to explore the effects of colloid and crystalloid solutions on activation of fibrinolysis during orthopaedic surgery and to determine whether fluids facilitate clot dissolution at a particular fibrinolytic activity. ⋯ The type of i.v. fluid used does not influence endogenously occurring fibrinolytic activity in patients undergoing major orthopaedic surgery. However, during hyperfibrinolysis, the presence of HES or gelatin solution facilitates clot disintegration to a greater extent than Ringer's lactate solution, because the weaker clots formed with colloids dissolve faster.