British Journal of Anaesthesia

• Haemodynamic Effects of Repeated Doses of Oxytocin During Caesarean Delivery in Healthy Parturients An initial bolus of oxytocin 5 u produced prominent hemodynamic changes, whereas a second bolus produced smaller changes during cesarean delivery in healthy parturients.
  British Journal of Anaesthesia, September 2009
• Influence of Patient-Controlled IV Analgesia With Opioids on Supraventricular Arrhythmias After Pulmonary Resection Investigators evaluated the effect of postoperative patient-controlled analgesia with opioids on postoperative supraventricular arrhythmias in patients following pulmonary resection.
  British Journal of Anaesthesia, September 2009
• Does Regional Anaesthesia Improve Outcome After Total Hip Arthroplasty? A Systematic Review This study assessed whether regional anesthesia decreases mortality, CV morbidity, DVT and PE, and other factors in patients following total hip arthroplasty.
  British Journal of Anaesthesia, September 2009
• Failed Spinal Anaesthesia: Mechanisms, Management, and Prevention Practitioners must be aware of all the possible mechanisms of spinal anesthesia failure so that, where possible, these mechanisms can be avoided.
  British Journal of Anaesthesia, August 2009
• Propofol Consumption and Recovery Times After Bispectral Index or Cerebral State Index Guidance of Anaesthesia This study compares propofol requirements and recovery times when BIS and CSM are used to guide propofol anesthesia.
  British Journal of Anaesthesia, August 2009
• Anaesthesia for Deep Brain Stimulation and in Patients With Implanted Neurostimulator Devices This study reviews the current knowledge of anesthetic techniques and perioperative complications of neurostimulator insertion, as well as considerations in patients with an implanted neurostimulator.
  British Journal of Anaesthesia, August 2009
• Effects of Staff Training on the Care of Mechanically Ventilated Patients: A Prospective Cohort Study Investigators evaluated whether staff training in predefined interventions (bundle) improves the quality of care in mechanically ventilated patients.
  British Journal of Anaesthesia, August 2009
• Anaesthesia and Myocardial Ischaemia/Reperfusion Injury This review article focuses on the translation of the laboratory evidence of anesthetic-induced cardioprotection into daily clinical practice.
  British Journal of Anaesthesia, July 2009
• Statins for All: The New Premed? Statins appear to have actions on vascular nitric oxide through the balance of inducible and endothelial nitric oxide synthase.
  British Journal of Anaesthesia, July 2009
• Simultaneous Targeting of Multiple Opioid Receptors This study evaluates the simultaneous targeting of multiple opioid receptors as a strategy to improve the side-effect profile of opioids.
  British Journal of Anaesthesia, July 2009
• Simultaneous Targeting of Multiple Opioid Receptors: A Strategy to Improve Side-Effect Profile Analgesics that are designed not to be highly selective morphine-like ligands represent a new avenue for the production of useful drugs for chronic pain.
  British Journal of Anaesthesia, July 2009
• Practical Anatomic Landmarks for Determining the Insertion Depth of Central Venous Catheter in Paediatric Patients In children, the central venous catheter tip could be placed near the carina by using the external landmarks without any formulae, images, and devices.
  British Journal of Anaesthesia, June 2009
• Effects of Four Intraoperative Ventilatory Strategies on Respiratory Compliance and Gas Exchange During Laparoscopic Gastric Banding in Obese Patients This study attempted to determine whether repeated lung recruitment combined with PEEP improves respiratory compliance and arterial Pa(O2) in obese patients undergoing laparoscopic gastric banding.
  British Journal of Anaesthesia, June 2009
• Targeting Smooth Emergence: the Effect Site Concentration of Remifentanil for Preventing Cough During Emergence During Propofol-Remifentanil Anaesthesia for Thyroid Surgery Investigators evaluated the effect site concentration (Ce) of remifentanil for preventing cough during emergence from anesthesia with propofol-remifentanil target-controlled infusion.
  British Journal of Anaesthesia, June 2009
• Comparison of the Bedside Central Venous Catheter Placement Techniques: Landmark vs Electrocardiogram Guidance This study compared the accuracy of CVC tip localization between ECG- and landmark-guided catheterization.
  British Journal of Anaesthesia, May 2009
• Benefit and Risk of Intrathecal Morphine Without Local Anaesthetic in Patients Undergoing Major Surgery: Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials Intrathecal morphine without local anaesthetic is often added to a general anaesthetic to prevent pain after major surgery, but how beneficial is it and at what dose?
  British Journal of Anaesthesia, March 2009
• Smoking and Alcohol Intervention Before Surgery: Evidence for Best Practice Tobacco and alcohol abstinence starting 3-8 weeks before surgery may reduce the incidence of several serious postoperative complications.
  British Journal of Anaesthesia, March 2009
• Rapid Pressure Compensation by Automated Cuff Pressure Controllers Worsens Sealing in Tracheal Tubes What is the effect of continuous automated cuff pressure regulation on tracheal sealing during cyclic respiratory pressure changes?
  British Journal of Anaesthesia, March 2009
• Supplementary Oxygen for Emergency Caesarean Section Under Regional Anaesthesia Should patients having emergency Caesarean section under regional anaesthesia receive supplemental oxygen or not?
  British Journal of Anaesthesia, January 2009
• Parecoxib for Analgesia After Craniotomy Pain after craniotomy is often under-treated, but opiates have distinct disadvantages and NSAIDs carry a bleeding risk. Could parecoxib, a cyclo-oxygenase 2 inhibitor, be a better option?
  British Journal of Anaesthesia, January 2009