Tidsskrift for den Norske lægeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny række
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The Oxymizer pendant consists of a 40 ml pendulating reservoir bag which is connected to the prongs by two tubes. Both reservoir and tubes serve as oxygen reservoirs. ⋯ We were able to reduce the oxygen requirement by approximately 65% without significant changes in SaO2. All 11 patients evaluated the Oxymizer pendant to be more comfortable than the usual nasal cannula.
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Tidsskr. Nor. Laegeforen. · Nov 1992
Comparative Study[Regional anesthesia in emergency cesarean section. Quality of epidural and spinal anesthesia].
From 1987 to 1989, 97.8% of non-elective caesarean sections at Innherred general hospital were performed under regional anaesthesia (N = 271). A retrospective analysis showed that the mean time from giving the anaesthetic until start of surgery was 28.1 min. with epidural anaesthesia and 12.7 min. with spinal anaesthesia. ⋯ In eight women primary anesthesia was unsuccessful; six received further spinal anaesthesia and two general anaesthesia. Regional anaesthesia is considered safe for the purpose, but in cases of serious asphyxia there is some controversy as to whether spinal or general anaesthesia is to be preferred.
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Tidsskr. Nor. Laegeforen. · Nov 1992
[Supervision as quality assurance--examplified on the continuous education in psychiatry].
Regular supervision is now compulsory for all medical specialties. This provides a good opportunity to follow the interns through their entire period of specialization, and could therefore be a good tool for quality assurance. If supervision is to function as quality assurance, firm frameworks will have to be established. ⋯ The supervisor must be competent to understand the supervision as a pedagogic process, not only as an extension of knowledge nor as a purely control function. The supervisor must be open to mutual evaluation and take the responsibility to evaluate the intern's fitness for the specialty. The psychiatric specialist education is used as an example of the different aspects of supervision.