European journal of anaesthesiology
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Letter Case Reports
Anaesthetic management of a patient with tricho-rhino-phalangeal syndrome.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial
A combination of lidocaine and nitrous oxide in oxygen is more effective in preventing pain on propofol injection than either treatment alone.
Propofol is an intravenous (i.v.) anaesthetic agent that possesses many of the qualities of an ideal anaesthetic agent. The most significant side-effect associated with propofol is pain on injection. Despite optimal therapy, the incidence of pain on propofol injection remains a problem. This prospective, randomized, double blinded study evaluated the effect of three different treatment strategies in decreasing pain on propofol injection. ⋯ Combination of i.v. lidocaine and N2O in O2 inhalation pre-treatment is more effective than either treatment alone in decreasing pain on propofol injection.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Time course and train-of-four fade of mivacurium block during sevoflurane and intravenous anaesthesia.
Volatile anaesthetics inhibit nicotinic acetylcholine receptors at clinically relevant concentrations with higher affinity for the neuronal nicotinic receptor. The inhibitory effects of propofol on nicotinic receptors have only been documented at supraclinical concentrations. The aim of this study was to determine recovery properties and train-of-four (TOF) fade of mivacurium during sevoflurane and propofol anaesthesia, in order to examine any differences both in the enhancement of the neuromuscular block (postjunctional effects) and in TOF fade (prejunctional effects). ⋯ Recovery times after a single dose of mivacurium were prolonged by sevoflurane compared with propofol but no differences in TOF fade were observed between the two anaesthetics.
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Sore throat and hoarseness rank, besides pain and nausea, among the most frequent subjective complaints after tracheal intubation for general anaesthesia. Our intention was to determine the incidence of postoperative sore throat from a large sample of patients and thus to identify the most important associated factors. ⋯ Postoperative throat complaints frequently arise after tracheal intubation for general anaesthesia in the first 2 postoperative days, but they are of limited intensity and duration.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial
Comparative study of intubating conditions at the first minute with suxamethonium, rocuronium and different priming techniques of rocuronium.