Anaesthesia
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A case is reported in which obstetric management resulted in 52 minutes elapsing between the induction of anaesthesia and delivery by Caesarean section. The mother was induced and maintained on Althesin and minimal methoxyflurane throughout this period without detriment to the neonate.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Efficacy of a nerve stimulator in regional analgesia; experience in a resident training programme.
Forty interscalene brachial plexus regional blocks and twenty sciatic-femoral lower limb blocks were performed by 1st and 2nd year anaesthesia residents. Nerve trunk location was equally but randomly divided between use of a peripheral nerve stimulator and reliance on paraesthesiae. ⋯ It is concluded that the stimulator is not a useful adjunct for nerve location, except in those patients who are unable to co-operate in eliciting paraesthesia. In such patients the stimulator permits a comparable success rate.