Acta anaesthesiologica Sinica
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Acta Anaesthesiol. Sin. · Jun 2002
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialCan neostigmine reduce propofol injection pain?
Neostigmine has been found to cause peripheral analgesia. We used venous retention technique to evaluate whether neostigmine displayed peripheral analgesic effect in reducing propofol injection pain. ⋯ With one-minute venous retention, 0.5 mg neostigmine (1 ml) could produce peripheral analgesia to some degree in reducing propofol injection pain. However, its analgesic effect was inferior to 1 ml of 2% lidocaine.
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Acta Anaesthesiol. Sin. · Jun 2002
Case ReportsDissociative amnesia after general anesthesia--a case report.
Psychogenic unconsciousness is a rare cause of failure of prompt recovery from general anesthesia. The diagnosis is only made by exclusion of other conditions. We describe a young, healthy female who failed to wake up promptly after total intravenous anesthesia with alfentanil and propofol. ⋯ However she sustained amnesia for a period of 48 hours. Dissociative disorder was diagnosed after an extensive workup. This case report emphasizes the importance of inclusion of psychiatric disorder in the differential diagnosis should unexplainable delayed emergence from general anesthesia occur.
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Acta Anaesthesiol. Sin. · Jun 2002
Clinical TrialA 'membrane in syringe' technique that allows identification of the epidural space with saline while avoids injection of air into the epidural space.
The 'MEMBRANE IN SYRINGE' technique is, in principle, a modification of the loss of resistance technique for identifying the epidural space in epidural anaesthesia. A plastic membrane is placed halfway inside a syringe dividing the syringe into two compartments. The saline compartment encompasses the nozzle of the syringe (the distal compartment). The plunger is installed in the opposite half of the hallow cylinder. Air is trapped in the space between the membrane and the rubber plunger (air compartment). ⋯ The advantage of this technique is twofold. Firstly when the syringe is filled with both normal saline and air, it can prevent injection of the air into the epidural space during identification while at the same time it does not molest the feel of compressibility. Secondly, with the membrane separating the normal saline and air, correct placement of the needle tip can also be ascertained with loss of resistance while, as will be seen, the plastic membrane will wrinkle when saline is released into the epidural space.
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Acta Anaesthesiol. Sin. · Jun 2002
The effect of IVPCA morphine on post-hysterectomy bowel function.
Although morphine has been shown to induce bowel dysfunction in a dose-dependent fashion, in most relevant studies it was investigated in single bolus injection. Recently, intravenous morphine via patient-controlled analgesia (IVPCA) has been widely used to provide analgesia by divided bolus doses on patients' demand with satisfactory effects. This approach, by reducing the peak serum surge, largely resembles the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic advantage of continuous infusion. There is yet no report on the investigation of its effect on post-operative bowel dysfunction. ⋯ The absence of suppression of bowel movement by IVPCA morphine for post-operative pain control suggests that favorable pharmacokinetic profile of IVPCA can help reduce the morphine-induced bowel dysfunction at its therapeutic level.