Anaesthesia and intensive care
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Anaesth Intensive Care · Feb 1981
An academic department of anaesthesia in a new Canadian medical school.
The development of an academic department of anaesthesia over its first ten years at McMaster Medical School in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, is described. The organisation and goals of the department are described within the context of the regional organisation of health care delivery and of the functions of the faculty of health sciences. The activities of department members in various educational programmes, particularly the undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, are described in detail and the roles of the department in research and clinical anaesthesia and related clinical activities are also described. The role of an academic department of anaesthesia within a community of specialist anaesthetists is discussed.
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Anaesth Intensive Care · Feb 1981
Evaluation of lyophilized heparin syringes for the collection of arterial blood for acid base analysis.
The effects of liquid heparin on the analysis of acid/base status of arterial blood include a reduction in PCO2 and an increase in PO2. A study was performed to compare a lyophilised heparin syringe with a liquid heparin glass syringe for collection of blood for acid/base analysis. No significant difference between the variables measured in blood taken in the two syringes was demonstrated.
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Anaesth Intensive Care · Nov 1980
Anaesthetic complications requiring intensive care. A five year review.
In a five-year period 110 patients were admitted to the intensive therapy unit (ITU) as a result of 'a complication related to anaesthesia'. The nature of the complication and its outcome are analysed. The most common reasons for admission were cardiopulmonary arrest (32), failure to reverse after muscle relaxants (25), airway problems, and various drug reactions. Twelve deaths occurred in the 110 cases studied.