Anästhesie, Intensivtherapie, Notfallmedizin
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Anasth Intensivther Notfallmed · Dec 1982
Clinical Trial Controlled Clinical Trial[Effect of arm splinting on the duration and possibility of monitoring invasive long-term pressure determination of the radial artery].
A special splint technique, which can improve continuous intraarterial blood pressure monitoring via the a. radialis is reported. This method could be applied successfully in 41 patients of the ICU up to 27 days. ⋯ These observations could be seen in contrast to our results, using a conventional splint system, applied in 12 patients for comparison (maximal duration of catheter's placement: 9 days). Our experiences, using this special splint method of arm fixation, lead to the recommendation to use our method routinely in long-term monitored patients, with respect to a longer duration of catheter's intravasal placement, the possibility of undisturbed monitoring and a simple clinical handling.
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Anasth Intensivther Notfallmed · Dec 1982
Case Reports[Respiratory depression after epidural opiate analgesia with buprenorphine hydrochloride? A clinical case report].
In a case of epidural application of buprenorphinehydrochloride a reduction of arterial pO2 was seen 4-6 hours after the injection. This cannot be explained as a respiratory depression due to buprenorphine, because immediately after a repeat epidural application of the drug the pO2 rose again. Reduced pO2 a long time after buprenorphine is a a result of hypoventilation caused by increased pain.