Revista española de anestesiología y reanimación
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Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim · May 2001
Comparative Study[Use of aprotinin during pediatric heart surgery].
To study the efficacy of high doses of aprotinin during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPBP) in pediatric patients with a tendency to intra- and postoperative bleeding: children undergoing repeated operations and those with cyanotic cardiopathy. ⋯ Aprotinin significantly reduces red blood cell loss and homologous blood transfusion requirements. No complications attributable to aprotinin were observed.
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Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim · May 2001
Biography Historical Article[Controversies surrounding pain and inhalation anesthesia in nineteenth century Spain].
The introduction of inhaled anesthetics to Spain in 1847 brought appearances by enthusiastic promotors, prudent and reserved admirers and stubborn adversaries - sparking controversy over the use of the new gases. In some cases debate involved the discussion of various concepts of pain, as is shown by heated exchanges among Eusebio Castelo Serra, Manuel Santos Guerra and Zacarías Benito González in the pages of the journal Boletín de Medicina, Cirugía y Farmacia, in three articles appearing between 1850 and 1851 on the concept of pain: Sobre el dolor de las enfermedades y principalmente en las operaciones quirúrgicas, Modificación de dos instrumentos and Estudios sobre el dolor. Investigation into the authors' biographies and an analysis of the content of the articles has permitted us to reconstruct some aspects of the concept of pain in Spain in the middle of the nineteenth century.
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Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim · May 2001
Case Reports[General anesthesia with remifentanil in two cases of emergency cesarean section].
Remifentanil is a synthetic opiate with evident advantages for various anesthetic techniques, enhancing quality of anesthesia. Indications are increasingly well-defined. Remifentanil may be used in obstetric analgesia-anesthesia thanks to advantages demonstrated in patients with heart disease (cardiac and non-cardiac anesthesia) and in those requiring neuroanesthesia. ⋯ Outcome was satisfactory in both cases, with no complications potentially affecting the status of either mother or child. No infant respiratory insufficiency occurred and Apgar scores were favorable. We consider remifentanil to be safe and effective for general anesthesia for emergency cesarean delivery in patients with cardiac and/or neurological risk factors.