Articles: general-anesthesia.
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Comparative Study
Effect of chronic cocaine administration on the hemodynamic response to acute hemorrhage in awake and anesthetized sheep.
Although Cocaine use is common in trauma victims, little is known about how cocaine affects the cardiovascular response to trauma and associated blood loss. This study determined the effect of chronic cocaine use on the cardiovascular response to hemorrhage in awake and anesthetized sheep. ⋯ Chronic cocaine exposure did not have an important effect on the cardiovascular response to hemorrhage in awake sheep. However, in anesthetized sheep, chronic cocaine exposure diminished the compensatory cardiovascular response to graded hemorrhage.
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Hunan Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao · Jan 1997
Comparative Study[Comparison between intraarterial pulsegraphy and thermodilution method for determination of cardiac output during anesthesia and operation in patients undergoing cardiac valve replacement].
Comparison of intraarterial pulsegraphy and standard thermodilution methods for determination of cardiac output (CO) in 14 patients with poor cardiac function following valve replacement operation was performed. The CO, cardiac index (CI) were moderate to high correlated between the two methods before and after valve replacement respectively. The study indicates that intraarterial pulsegraphy provides a continous method of determining CO in patients with poor cardiac function during operation.
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A retrospective study was conducted in 116 patients who underwent anesthesia for reduction of nasal fracture under laryngeal mask for ventilation and protection of the airways. One patient had secondary intubation due to difficult insertion of the laryngeal mask. No episode of hypoxemia related to blood inhalation occurred. The laryngeal mask may be proposed to maintain the airway in this surgical procedure.
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Ann Fr Anesth Reanim · Jan 1997
[Dental accidents in relation to general anesthesia. Experience of mutual medical insurance group].
This article reviewed retrospectively 511 cases of dental damage reported to the French group for medical insurances from 1990 to 1995, and representing 40% of all accidents related to anaesthesia. The mean incidence rate was 9.5 accidents/100 anaesthetists/year and tended to decrease over time. The part of cases qualified as being linked to a fault was high and mainly due to the lack of dental examination and of informed consent during the preanaesthetic assessment. Although the mean cost of a dental accident is low compared with other anaesthetic accidents, the global cost is substantial considering their high incidence.