Anaesthesia and intensive care
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Anaesth Intensive Care · Mar 2017
ReviewApplying the cell-based coagulation model in the management of critical bleeding.
The cell-based coagulation model was proposed 15 years ago, yet has not been applied commonly in the management of critical bleeding. Nevertheless, this alternative model may better explain the physiological basis of current coagulation management during critical bleeding. ⋯ From a practical perspective, applying the cell-based coagulation model also explains why new direct oral anticoagulants are effective systemic anticoagulants even without affecting activated partial thromboplastin time or the International Normalized Ratio in a dose-related fashion. The cell-based coagulation model represents the most cohesive scientific framework on which we can understand and manage coagulation during critical bleeding.
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Anaesth Intensive Care · Mar 2017
Some reminiscences from the archives-the Australian Society of Anaesthetists Newsletter of April 1971.
Comments are made about the items of news and some of the personalities involved from a historical perspective in the Australian Society of Anaesthetists Newsletter of April 1971.
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Anaesth Intensive Care · Mar 2017
Biography Historical ArticleSt John's Hospital (Morton House), Launceston, Australia: A history of the hospital and Dr William Russ Pugh's first operations under ether.
On 7 June 1847, William Russ Pugh, MD, performed two operations at the St John's Hospital and Self-Supporting Dispensary, Launceston, Tasmania, while his patients were rendered insensible by the inhalation of sulphuric ether. These operations are the earliest documented surgical operations under ether in Australia. St John's Hospital officially opened on 1 September 1845. ⋯ The name Morton House may honour William T. G. Morton, MD, the Boston dentist who performed the first public demonstration of surgical etherisation on 16 October 1846.