Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthésie
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The use of intravenous (i.v.) patient-controlled fentanyl analgesia during labour in a parturient with unexplained thrombocytopenia (70 x 10(3).ml-1) is described. The patient self-administered boluses of 25 micrograms of fentanyl with a lock-out interval of ten min. In addition, a concurrent fentanyl infusion of 25 micrograms.hr-1 was given. ⋯ At birth, maternal total plasma fentanyl concentration was 1.11 ng.ml-1, whereas neonatal umbilical total plasma fentanyl concentration was 0.43 ng.ml-1. Newborn plasma protein binding of fentanyl was lower compared to the mother (63% vs 89%). Thus, free fentanyl concentrations (0.16 ng.ml-1) were identical in the mother and newborn at delivery.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Epidural lidocaine with sufentanil and epinephrine for abdominal hysterectomy under general anaesthesia: respiratory depression and postoperative analgesia.
The purpose of this investigation was to compare the analgesic actions and side-effects of a 50 micrograms epidural bolus of sufentanil and 50 micrograms epinephrine, with a control group receiving saline and epinephrine. The method employed was a prospective, randomised, double-blind trial involving 40 ASA I or II patients for total abdominal hysterectomy. All received 1.5% lidocaine with 1/200,000 epinephrine epidurally before operation, until a block to T4 was established. ⋯ Glycopyrollate was given to 11/20 patients in the sufentanil group vs 1/20 in the control group (P less than 0.01) following bradycardia and hypotension. Clinical respiratory depression occurred in the sufentanil group; 5/20 patients required controlled ventilation following apnoea greater than 20 sec. It is concluded that epidural sufentanil causes considerable cardiorespiratory depression in the setting of general anaesthesia, and should be used with caution in the spontaneously breathing, anaesthetised patient.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial
Patient-controlled lumbar epidural fentanyl compared with patient-controlled intravenous fentanyl for post-thoracotomy pain.
Thirty-four patients undergoing thoracotomy were entered into a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to compare the effects of patient-controlled, lumbar epidural (PCA-E) fentanyl with patient-controlled intravenous (PCA-i.v.) fentanyl with respect to drug requirements, analgesic efficacy and respiratory function. Prior to chest closure patients received fentanyl 2 micrograms.kg-1 by the epidural or i.v. route. In the recovery room further doses of epidural or i.v. fentanyl, 50 micrograms, were administered by the patients who controlled two PCA pumps. ⋯ There were no differences between groups in respiratory rates, PaCO2, VAS pain scores or changes in pulmonary function as measured by FVC and FEV1. It is concluded that satisfactory patient-controlled analgesia can be achieved with both epidural and i.v. fentanyl after thoracotomy but that fentanyl requirements are less when given via the epidural route. This supports a direct spinal cord site of action for lumbar epidural fentanyl.
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of prostaglandin E1 (PGE1) on CO2 reactivity during cerebral aneurysm surgery in 37 patients under neuroleptoanaesthesia (NLA). The patients were divided into two groups based on the timing of surgery (A: late surgery B: early surgery). In the early surgery group, aneurysm surgery was performed within three days of subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) and in the late surgery group surgery was performed more than four days after SAH. ⋯ Carbon dioxide reactivity was measured before, during and after PGE1 administration. The LCBF did not change throughout the study but CO2 reactivity was greater in Group A (before hypotension: 2.74 +/- 0.85 %.mmHg-1, during hypotension: 2.54 +/- 0.73 % .mmHg-1, after hypotension: 2.59 +/- 1.17 %.mmHg-1) than in group B (before hypotension: 1.54 +/- 0.57%.mmHg-1, during hypotension: 1.56 +/- 0.59 %.mmHg-1, after hypotension: 1.49 +/- 0.42%.mmHg-1) (P less than 0.01). Outcome which was graded by Glasgow Outcome Scale at discharge, was better in Group A (P less than 0.05).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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We describe an audit system used in our Medical/Surgical Intensive Care Unit (ICU) during 1989-90. The system emphasizes the integration of data acquisition (database function) with the analysis and use of data (decision function). Resource input (human and technological) included patient demographics, diagnoses, complications, procedures, severity of illness (Apache II), therapeutic interventions (TISS), and nursing workload (GRASP and TISS). ⋯ Limitations of this audit system included the delay (6-9 mos) from ICU admission until data entry, the large number of diagnostic groups in the ICD.9. CM classification, and lack of a documented cause/effect relationship between interventions and complications. This audit system was more useful for utilization management than for quality assurance purposes.