REPEATED PROPANIDID IN CANCER

Propanidid alone for antral washout in adults.

Patients were unpremedicated and fasting. The majority walked to the theatre with an escort. The method was briefly explained to the patient in simple terms. It was stressed that the procedure would be painless as the cannulae would be inserted while he was asleep, but that the actual washing out would be done while he was waking up. He would be asked to swallow if he felt any fluid in his mout...

Propanidid, an intravenous anesthetic agent.

Blind nasal intubation with propanidid.

Sir,—Dr Collier is disappointed that we did not comment on e.c.g. changes during hypotension. Alas, we cannot remedy this because no such changes occurred. A continuous recording was taken in each case and none showed any arrhythmia. If she has evidence that changes in rhythm during hypotension indicate cardiac hypoxia and a low cardiac output (and "considered by some" hardly rates as evidence)...

Cardiac arrest following induction with propanidid.

L'abdomen en prune est un terme figuratif pour 1'apparence ridee de l'abdomen par agenese de la musculature abdominale, qui s'associe invariablement avec des abnormalites des voies urinaires et moins souvent avec des malformations cardiaques, malrotation de Pintestin et talipes equinovarus. Ce rare syndrome existe presqu'uniquement chez les hommes et lc dices survient frequemment pendant l'enfa...

Hypotensive reaction after propanidid and atropine.

SIR,-I wish to report reactions during anaesthesia using propanidid. The patients were two children aged 12 and 4 years, each undergoing an operation for the evacuation of pus, one from a submandibular abscess, the other from a pelvic abscess. Both children were ill as a result of these conditions, but not severely toxic or with a high fever. In each case the child received the recommended dose...