Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
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Acta Anaesthesiol Scand · Aug 2001
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialTime course of changes in jugular venous oxygen saturation during hypothermic or normothermic cardiopulmonary bypass in patients with diabetes mellitus.
Preexisting diabetic mellitus is a risk factor determining postoperative neurological disorders. The present study assesses the effects of normothermic and hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) on jugular venous oxygen saturation (SjvO2)in patients with preexisting diabetic mellitus. ⋯ Patients with preexisting diabetes mellitus experienced cerebral desaturation during normothermic CPB.
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Acta Anaesthesiol Scand · Aug 2001
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialImproved recovery after music and therapeutic suggestions during general anaesthesia: a double-blind randomised controlled trial.
This study was designed to determine whether music or music in combination with therapeutic suggestions in the intra-operative period under general anaesthesia could improve the recovery of hysterectomy patients. ⋯ This double-blind study has demonstrated that intra-operative music and music in combination with therapeutic suggestions may have some beneficial effects on postoperative recovery after hysterectomy. Further controlled studies are necessary to confirm our results.
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Acta Anaesthesiol Scand · Aug 2001
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialPain on injection of propofol with or without infusion of carrier fluid.
Propofol, a popular intravenous (iv) anaesthetic induction agent for brief cases or day surgery, is associated with smooth induction, pleasant sleep, rapid recovery and little postoperative nausea. A major disadvantage is pain at the site of injection. The aim of the present study was to examine the influence of simultaneous iv infusion of carrier fluid on propofol-induced local pain. ⋯ It seems, from the results obtained here, that simultaneous iv infusion of carrier fluid has no particular effect on local pain following iv administration of propofol.
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Acta Anaesthesiol Scand · Aug 2001
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialSevoflurane mask induction of anaesthesia is associated with epileptiform EEG in children.
Sevoflurane inhalation induction of anaesthesia is widely used in paediatric anaesthesia. We have found that this method is frequently associated with epileptiform electroencephalogram (EEG) in adults, especially if controlled hyperventilation is used. ⋯ Both ventilation modes produced epileptiform EEG. With controlled ventilation, epileptiform discharges were seen in 88% of children. This warrants further studies of the suitability of this induction type in general, and especially in children with epilepsy.