Journal of anesthesia
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Journal of anesthesia · Mar 1995
Rapid induction with 7% sevoflurane inhalation-not the single-breath method.
The usefulness of the rapid anesthesia induction method with 7% sevoflurane, not the single-breath method, was investigated in 88 patients with ASA physical status 1. Anesthesia was induced with 3 l·min(-1) nitrous oxide in 3 l·min(-1) oxygen and sevoflurane 7% for 3 min (group A), 7% for 5 min (group B), 7% for 7 min (group C), and 5% for 7 min in conventional induction (group D). There were 22 patients in each group. ⋯ The time for the loss of consciousness was shorter in groups A (47.2 s), B (44.9 s), and C (49.8 s) than in group D (73.4 s). During induction, body movements were seen in 18.2% in group A and 13.6% in the other 3 groups, but no other complications such as coughing, breath holding, or laryngospasm were seen in any group. In conclusion, the anesthesia induction method with 3 min of 7% sevoflurane inhalation was useful for rapid induction.
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Journal of anesthesia · Mar 1995
Use of personal computers for translation and publication of an anesthesia textbook.
We used personal computers extensively for translating and publishing in Japanese an anesthesia textbook originally written in English. The procedure included optical character recognition, scanning of figures, use of computer translation, use of electronic mail and computer type-setting. While these have individually been done previously, this is process of any medical textbook published in Japanese. The advantages of combining these technologies are good exchange of information among individual authors/translators, rapid translation process, preliminary visualization of the final product, and overall high quality of the published book.