Determinations of serum thyroxine concentrations were made before induction of anaesthesia, after 20 minutes and 40 minutes of anaesthesia before operation, during operation, and after the end of operation in 36 patients. After 40 minutes of anaesthesia with diethyl ether and halothane there were significantly increased endogenous serum thyroxine concentrations, but thiopentone, nitrous oxide a...

Under general anaesthesia the eye position of esotropia generally moved divergently. When retrobulbar anaesthesia was added bilaterally, the eye position moved further in the same direction. In the electromyogram under general anaesthesia the 4 horizontal recti were silent in controls. In many cases of esotropia, however, both medial recti showed a considerable amount of discharge under general...

GENERAL Editorial Note: Books etc. received during the month. Brit. Amer. J. Med. Phys. 2: 226 (1846). This shows Boston Medical and Surgical J. including Bigelow's paper on ether anaesthesia is brought to Canada as early as in November 1846. Medical News: Employment of Chloroform in Canada. Lancet (London) 1: 350 (1848). Report on Dr Nelson's lithotomy on a man under the influence of chlorofor...

BACKGROUND There has been a shift towards greater use of neuraxial over general anaesthesia for patients undergoing total hip or knee arthroplasty. Furthermore, suggestions that peripheral nerve block may reduce adverse effects have recently been put forward. Although older studies showed a reduction in venous thromboembolism (VTE) with neuraxial compared with general anaesthesia, this differen...

OBJECTIVE In this study, the effects of anaesthetic technique on mother and newborn were investigated in a retrospective analysis of parturients with cardiac diseases undergoing Caesarean section between 2006-2012. METHODS Our hospital's medical information system records were analyzed, and we found 107 parturients with cardiac disease and were undergoing Caesarean section, and their demograp...

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy under general anaesthesia is the present gold standard in treatment of symptomatic gall bladder disease. This study was conducted to determine the efficacy and safety of laparoscopic cholecystectomy under spinal anaesthesia which could be more cost effective. A prospective study was conducted was over a fourteen month period at a teaching hospital to evaluate effica...

In anaesthetic practice the risk of cerebral ischemic/hypoxic damage is thought to be attenuated by deep anaesthesia. The rationale is that deeper anaesthesia reduces cerebral oxygen demand more than light anaesthesia, thereby increasing the tolerance to ischemia or hypoxia. However, evidence to support this is scarce. We thus investigated the influence of light versus deep anaesthesia on the r...

There are three main types of anaesthesia General anaesthesia: the patient is sedated, using either intravenous medications or gaseous substances, and occasionally muscles paralysed, requiring control of breathing by mechanical ventilation Regional anaesthesia: this can be described as central where anaesthetic drugs are administered directly in or around the spinal cord, blocking the nerves of...

We have compared the rapidity and quality of recovery after sevoflurane anaesthesia with those after halothane anaesthesia. Thirty unpremedicated paediatric outpatients undergoing pulsed-dye laser therapy for port-wine stains were allocated randomly to receive either halothane or sevoflurane anaesthesia. Each group received 60% nitrous oxide and 1.0-1.5 MAC of volatile agent in oxygen for appro...

Objective: This study is to ascertain the preferred choice of anaesthetic technique and their reasons, among pre gnant women schedule for caesarean section during preoperative visit in Federal Teaching Hospital, Gombe. Methodology: This was a three year prospective study [from June, 2010May, 2013] of pregnant women sched uled for either elective or emergency caesarean section. During the preope...