Masui. The Japanese journal of anesthesiology
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Comparative Study
[Neuromuscular blocking effects of Org 9426 (rocuronium bromide); a comparative study with vecuronium bromide in Japanese patients].
Efficacy and safety of Org 9426 were compared with those of vecuronium bromide in Japanese patients. ⋯ Org 9426 showed more rapid onset time than that of vecuronium and similar clinical duration and recovery times to those of vecuronium in Japanese patients.
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Spinal cord stimulation has gained widespread popularity for the treatment of pain. This literature discribed our equipments, methods, patient selection, and operative procedures for spinal cord stimulation.
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A five-year-old boy with recurring tonsillitis and sleep apnea was admitted for tonsillectomy and tympanic membrane tubing. He presented with a history of bronchial asthma and hereditary spherocytosis without obvious cardiac failure symptoms. Anesthetic agents for induction included nitrous oxide, oxygen, and sevoflurane. ⋯ The patient was discharged when his general condition improved. He showed elevated levels of viral antibodies, suggesting myocarditis. Later he was treated for dilating cardiomyopathy before undergoing a heart transplant.
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When the applied cricoid pressure is too strong, or the place or direction of the pressure application is not appropriate, glottal closure may occur, but its details are unclear. ⋯ The right-to-left distance of the rima glottides was significantly reduced by backward pressure or BURP on the thyroid cartilage, and was also markedly reduced by cricoid pressure in 1 of the 12 patients.
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Pain is a private internal event, the degree of which can not be evaluated directly by others. The measurement of the nociceptive pain threshold may apply to the evaluation of the degree of the pain. The instruments using mechanical and electrical stimulation are available for the clinical application. ⋯ The method seems to be well suited for the evaluation of pain in musculoskeletal disorders. The electrical stimulation test provides a quantitative measure of pain tolerance to a transcutaneous stimulation, neuroselective for large and small myelinated and unmyelinated nerve fibers. There are characteristics including advantages and faults in each method, and the method of measurement corresponding to the purpose and application is important.