Articles: general-anesthesia.
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Minerva anestesiologica · Apr 1980
Comparative Study[Delivery by cesarean section under general anesthesia and the neurobehavioral assessment of the newborn infant].
The problem of the effects on newborns of the anaesthetics administered to the mother has been reviewed. For research purposes Pentothal, widely used for induction in Caesarean section was considered. In spite of the presence of fair quantities of this drug, as demonstrated by foetal blood withdrawn from the umbilical cord, the newborns examined and submitted to painstaking neuro-behavioral assessment using Brazelton's method, did not show any signs of neurological impairment nor diversity in behaviour compared to a control group.
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A retrospective examination of all maternal deaths at Queen Charlotte's Hospital in the last 20 years shows that general anaesthesia is the greatest single cause of maternal death. This highlights the need for considerable reduction in the inherently dangerous technique of general anaesthesia to patients in labour and, where possible, its replacement by extradural and spinal blocks.
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Ann R Coll Surg Engl · Mar 1980
Frequency of atopy, allergy, and previous general anaesthesia in surgical specialties.
This paper reports part of a large survey of atopy, allergy, and previous anaesthesia in 10 000 preanaesthetic patients. The occurrence of these risk factors in the various surgical specialties has been assessed. Obstetric patients have a significantly higher frequency of atopy and allergy than the total female population studied. Among males cardiothoracic patients are the only group to have a significantly higher frequency of atopy and allergy than the overall figure for their sex.
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Minerva anestesiologica · Feb 1980
[Delivery under general anesthesia with the sequence of althesin and lysine acetylsalicylate; a clinical contribution].
Personal experience in the use of Althesin in painless childbirth is reported. The anaesthetic is held to have no effect on the foetus and the technique using Althesin and acetylsalicylate of lysine is considered the correct one. If properly applied, it offers the foetus complete wellbeing during labour and enables the mother to overcome the psychophysical stress of an event which is too often accepted with inherited feelings of ancestral fear.