European journal of anaesthesiology
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Intravenous magnesium re-establishes neuromuscular block after spontaneous recovery from an intubating dose of rocuronium: a randomised controlled trial.
Intravenous magnesium deepens non-depolarising neuromuscular block. ⋯ A bolus dose of intravenous magnesium 50 mg kg(-1) re-establishes a clinically relevant degree of muscle paralysis in patients who have just recovered from a non-depolarising neuromuscular block.
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Comparative Study Controlled Clinical Trial
Correlation, accuracy, precision and practicability of perioperative measurement of sublingual temperature in comparison with tympanic membrane temperature in awake and anaesthetised patients.
The prevention of inadvertent perioperative hypothermia requires precise, reliable and practical methods of temperature measurement in both awake and anaesthetised patients. Different methods and sites of monitoring have been evaluated, but many are imprecise, unusable in awake patients, difficult to apply or too invasive, especially for minor surgery. The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of perioperative sublingual and tympanic temperature measurement in awake and anaesthetised patients. ⋯ The accuracy and precision of sublingual temperature measurement were adequate for clinical use, and there was a high correlation with tympanic temperature monitoring. Sublingual temperature measurement has been demonstrated as a good and practical modality for perioperative temperature monitoring in both awake and anaesthetised patients.
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Comparative Study
Prevention of intubation-induced mucosal damage using a tube coated with 2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine polymer.
Tracheal intubation is associated with various complications that include epithelial injury. Abrasion of the fragile tracheal epithelium can occur at the points of contact between the tube and mucosa subject to respiratory movement. In this original experiment, we examined the mucosal protective effect of coating endotracheal tubes with poly[2-methacryloyloxyethl phosphorylcholine (MPC)-co-n-butyl methacrylate] (PMB). ⋯ Tracheal epithelial damage caused by intubation was greatly reduced or eliminated by PMB coating on the surface of the tracheal tube.