ATROPINE AND OPEN ETHER ADMINISTRATION

The Administration of Ether

The administration of ether.

Ether vapour has stood the test of one hundred years this year and it still holds first place as the safest anaesthetic agent. It has only two indisputable drawbacks in comparison with all other agents; these are inflammability and the dislike most people have for its smell. All other disadvantages so often lauded are by no means proven. It is not suggested for a moment that ether is the first ...

Endotracheal compared with intravenous administration of atropine.

Endotracheal and intravenous administration of atropine were compared in two groups of 10 children. No differences were found between the groups in effect on heart rate or speed of onset of the effect. We conclude that the two methods are equally effective.

Spatial Memory, Motor Coordination, Cerebellar and Hippocampal Histoarchitectural Changes following Atropine Administration to Adult Mice

Atropine is a non-selective muscarinic receptor antagonist. In overdoses, atropine is poisonous. It is sometimes added to potentially addictive drugs, particularly anti-diarrhoea opioid drugs such as diphenoxylate or difenoxin. The aim of this study was to investigate spatial memory and motor changes associated with varying doses (5 and 10 mg/kg body weight) ingestion of atropine, as well as it...

Early atropine is safer than conventional atropine administration in the elderly undergoing dobutamine stress echocardiography.

BACKGROUND Early injection of atropine during dobutamine stress echocardiography has been demonstrated in retrospective analyses to reduce the duration and dose of dobutamine infusion, while preserving a similar diagnostic accuracy with a lower incidence of adverse effects. AIM In our prospective study, we sought to explore the safety of the early atropine-dobutamine stress echocardiography p...