Middle East journal of anaesthesiology
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Sixty eight ASA I and II patients between 18 and 84 years who underwent minor to medium surgery were studied retrospectively. They were divided into 2 groups, on basis on intrathecal morphine administration. ⋯ This study showed that a single low dose of intrathecal morphine with bupivacaine provides better quality post-operative analgesia than bupivacaine alone, and might offer enough analgesia for minor to medium cases up to 24 hours post-op. However, some side effects have to be taken into consideration.
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Middle East J Anaesthesiol · Oct 2004
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialPressure and volume changes of tracheal tube cuff following inflation with various inflating agents during nitrous oxide anesthesia.
The study was designed to investigate the changes in pressure and volume of a tracheal tube-cuff inflated with air, mixture of N2O + O2, saline and 4% lidocaine during nitrous oxide anesthesia. This study was conducted in 80 patients (33 male & 47 female). The pressure and volume of a tracheal tube cuff increased with air, decreased with mixture of N2O + O2 and almost remained the same with saline and 4% lidocaine. The complications were more in the air group.
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Middle East J Anaesthesiol · Oct 2004
Carotid endarterectomy: a study of cerebral oxygen saturation vs stump pressure.
Carotid endarterectomy (CEA) is an established surgical procedure for treatment of internal carotid artery (ICA) stenosis. To determine whether or not a carotid shunt is necessary to place, some surgeons measure the stump pressure. We conducted the current study in order to identify whether or not cerebral oxygen saturation (rS02%) can serve as another quantitative measurement to determine the need of carotid shunt during CEA. ⋯ rSO2% may serve as another quantitative measurement to determine the need for carotid shunt during CEA surgery. Due to the small number of cases in the current study, the critical rSO2% which warrants carotid shunt placement could not be identified. Therefore, large number of patients are required to define the critical rSO2% during CEA surgery.