Articles: general-anesthesia.
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Minerva anestesiologica · Oct 1996
Case Reports[Anesthesiologic problems in patients with Launois-Bensaude-Madelung disease. Clinical case].
Authors report a Launoise-Bensaude-Madelung disease case, in a 64 year old man, admitted to a Plastic Surgical Department for obesity, dysphonia, dysphagia, dyspnea. Early symptoms appeared 20 years before Hospital admission. Lipomatous tissue occupied nape, mandible, neck and shoulders. ⋯ Tracheal stenosis required many attempts for correct nose-tracheal intubation. Fiberoptic instrument as guide for tracheal tube can be useful for patients with Launoise-Bensaude-Madelung disease, when tracheal intubation is considered difficult or impossible. Knowledge of fiberoptic tracheal intubation techniques is mandatory for anesthesiologists, allowing tracheal intubation in patients with anatomical variations of mouth or upper respiratory airways.
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Laryngo- rhino- otologie · Oct 1996
Case Reports[Hypoglossal nerve paralysis after endonasal paranasal sinus operation in intubation narcosis].
In the literature the possibility of a pressure trauma to the hypoglossal nerve between the root of the tongue and the ligamentum stylohyoideum is discussed. A recent in vivo study examined the effects of forced reclination of the head on the nerve. ⋯ We believe that the short pressure of the Mcintosh spatula produced the hypoglossal nerve palsy described.
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We report a case of "crack" cocaine abuse in a pregnant patient associated with haematuria, proteinuria, haemolytic anaemia, renal impairment, thrombocytopenia and pulmonary oedema. The case illustrates the problems for clinicians where unrecognized cocaine abuse interferes with the diagnosis and management of a complicated pregnancy. In addition, we discuss the principles for the safe conduct of anaesthesia in the pregnant cocaine abuser.
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J. Oral Maxillofac. Surg. · Oct 1996
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialThe effect of a 4-mg preoperative intravenous dose of ondansetron in preventing nausea and vomiting after maxillofacial surgery.
The efficacy of a preoperative 4-mg dose of ondansetron given intravenously in preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting after maxillofacial surgery was evaluated in a double-blind randomized study. ⋯ Four milligrams ondansetron given intravenously preoperatively was ineffective in controlling postoperative nausea and vomiting after maxillofacial surgery. Possibly, a larger dose or a second dose given 8 hours after the first dose may be effective.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial
Simulated difficult intubation. Comparison of the gum elastic bougie and the stylet.
A randomised study was carried out to compare the efficacy of the gum elastic bougie and the stylet in a simulated difficult intubation. A laryngoscopic assessment, as described by Cormack and Lehane, was made in 100 patients. A Grade 3 view was then simulated. ⋯ In the Stylet First Group (50 patients) the order was reversed. After two attempts the tube was correctly placed in the trachea in 96% of cases in the Bougie First Group compared to only 66% of cases in the Stylet First Group (p < 0.001). We recommend that a gum elastic bougie should be readily available and that anaesthetists should use it in preference to a stylet whenever a good view of the glottis is not immediately available.