Revista española de anestesiología y reanimación
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Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim · Jun 1996
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial[Cardio-circulatory response to laryngoscopy. Comparative study between Macintosh and McCoy laryngoscopes].
To assess the cardiocirculatory repercussions of laryngoscopy performed with the Macintosh or McCoy laryngoscopes, we studied 20 patients randomly divided into 2 groups of 10 to undergo laryngoscopy with one or the other of the aforementioned instruments. All patients were in good health overall (ASA I or II) and presented no criteria for difficult intubation (Mallampati I or II, distance between the thyroid and the menton greater than 7 cm and maximum distance between the incisors greater than 3.5 cm). The McCoy laryngoscope was associated with significantly lower systolic arterial pressure and heart rate.
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Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim · Jun 1996
Comparative Study Clinical Trial[Warm air convection system and heat loss during vascular surgery].
To assess the efficacy of a warm air convection (WAC) system to supplement the usual physical means (electric blanket, warm i.v. fluids and covering of exposed surfaces) for preventing an correcting hypothermia during surgery in 2 patient groups scheduled for vascular surgery. ⋯ In vascular surgery, whether aortic or peripheral, patient temperature fell in spite of use of the usual physical methods for warming. Adding WAC for upper body warming prevented loss of heat. The WAC system was also effective for patients who needed to be rewarmed.
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To describe and evaluate anesthetic treatment during single lung transplantation (SLT). ⋯ In spite of the small series studied, the excellent results obtained lead us to conclude that our method is appropriate and that SLT is a valid therapeutic alternative for our patients.