Anaesthesiology intensive therapy
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Anaesthesiol Intensive Ther · Nov 2014
ReviewWhy crystalloids will do the job in the operating room.
The current trend in anaesthesia is to choose crystalloid over colloid fluids for volume replacement in the operating room. Outcome-oriented studies and kinetic analyses have recently provided more insight into how crystalloid infusions should be managed. These fluids have a much better short-term effect on the plasma volume than previously believed. ⋯ Clinicians who do not want to prolong the length of the hospital stay by 1-2 days due to such problems may use colloid fluid selectively, but calculations show that the therapeutic window for colloids is quite narrow. Inflammation is likely to decrease the fluid efficiency of colloid fluids, while its effect on crystalloids is unclear. However, some recent evidence suggests that inflammation accelerates the turnover of crystalloid fluid as well.
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Anaesthesiol Intensive Ther · Nov 2014
ReviewTen good reasons why everybody can and should perform cardiac ultrasound in the ICU.
Critical care ultrasonography (CCUS) has been defined as an ultrasound evaluation of the heart, abdomen, pleura and lungs at the bedside by the intensivist, 24/7. Within CCUS, critical care echocardiography (CCE) is used to assess cardiac function and more generally haemodynamics. Experts in haemodynamics have published a 'consensus of 16' regarding an update on haemodynamic monitoring. ⋯ Whether it is operator-independent is obviously more debatable and is discussed in this review. All these characteristics are arguments for the extensive use of CCE by intensivists. This is why experts in the field have recommended that a basic level of CCE should be included in the training of all intensivists.
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Anaesthesiol Intensive Ther · Sep 2014
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative StudyAssessment of the depth of anaesthesia during inhalational and intravenous induction of general anaesthesia.
Tracheal intubation is one of the strongest stimuli during general anaesthesia and may result in an insufficient depth of anaesthesia. The aim of the study was to compare the clinical evaluation of the depth of anaesthesia with an evaluation using entropy during inhalational and intravenous induction of general anaesthesia. ⋯ We found a discrepancy in the evaluation of the depth of anaesthesia based on clinical criteria compared with evaluations based on entropy values during both intravenous and inhalational induction of general anaesthesia.
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Anaesthesiol Intensive Ther · Sep 2014
Randomized Controlled TrialThe effect of bispectral index monitoring on anaesthetic requirements in target-controlled infusion for lumbar microdiscectomy.
Target-controlled infusion (TCI) is used to maintain the desired concentration of a hypnotic drug in the plasma and brain. However, pharmacodynamic variability can cause problems with maintaining the adequate level of anaesthesia. The bispectral index (BIS) is one of only a few parameters that allow an assessment of the depth of anaesthesia. In the present study, we attempted to determine the optimal dosages of drugs used for total intravenous anaesthesia with TCI based on BIS-guided monitoring of depth of anaesthesia. ⋯ BIS monitoring reduces the doses of opioids and hypnotics used during total intravenous anaesthesia by TCI.