Section of Anaesthetics

Climate effect of inhaled anaesthetics.

Almost all areas of human activity have the potential to influence climate. The administration of inhalation anaesthetics is one such activity. However, since the first dedicated study in 1989 of the possible role of halogenated anaesthetics, they have received only sporadic interest. Two recent papers, published in this issue of the British Journal of Anaesthesia and in Anesthesia and Analgesi...

ANAESTHETiCS’ PHySiologiCAl mECHANiSmS

The topic may be approached by defining the concept of anaesthesia, a term introduced by Oliver Wendell Holmes for defining the elimination of surgical pain, characterised by immobility, eliminating pain, amnesia and lack of consciousness, effects provoked by using anaesthetic agents reversibly affecting different areas of the central nervous system (CNS). These conditions were successfully met...

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On Chloroform and Other Anaesthetics

Soon after the introduction of chloroquency of the pulse whilst it is being form I administered it to a gentleman, inhaled, it is occasionally followed by a aged about 55, whilst a fatty tumour was feeling of faintness, especially if the removed from the nape of the neck. It did patient remains in the sitting posture. At not turn out as fatty tumours usually do, one period in the history of med...

A comparison of local anaesthetics for venepuncture.

AIM To compare the effectiveness of EMLA cream and Ametop gel in providing analgesia for venous cannulation. METHODS Single blind study in 120 children. RESULTS Both anaesthetic agents produced adequate analgesia. However, Ametop gel was more effective, with a statistically significant difference in the pain scores of the two groups (p < 0.05).