Enflurane was compared with halothane for anaesthesia for short surgical procedures in paediatric out-patients. Induction of anaesthesia was more prolonged with enflurane and recovery times were similar with both agents. Coughing and laryngospasm during induction occurred more frequently with enflurane. The incidence of post-operative complications was essentially similar in both groups, but th...

Postoperative negative pressure pulmonary edema (NPPE) is a rare, but well-known life-threatening complication of acute upper airway obstruction (UAO) which develops after general anesthesia. The pronounced inspiratory efforts following UAO lead to excessive negative inspiratory pressure, which may cause acute pulmonary edema. Early recognition and prompt treatment of NPPE is necessary to preve...

specific staffing, case scheduling, turnovers, and first-case starts on anesthesia group and operating room productivity: A tutorial using data from an Australian hospital. Anesth Analg 2006; 103:1499 –516 6. Dexter F, Willemsen-Dunlap A, Lee JD: Operating room managerial decision-making on the day of surgery with and without computer recommendations and status displays. Anesth Analg 2007; 105:...

Catathrenia is a rare sleep disorder characterised by groaning and prolonged expiration confined to sleep alternating with normal breathing that may occur at all sleep stages. After its first description in 1983 [1], catathrenia was recently introduced into the International Classification of Sleep Disorders [2]. Although the exact pathogenesis remains unknown, catathrenia has been considered a...

THE incidence of sudden unexpected death of infants ('cot death' 'crib death' in USA 'sudden unexpected and unexplained death in infants', 'sudden infant death syndrome'), termed below cot death, is 2.0 3.0 per 1,000 live births in 'developed' countries of Europe and North America1, less than 1.0 in Israel2' while no data are available for underdeveloped countries. In Northern Ireland the 'corr...

Background: Laryngeal Mask Airway (LMA) is a useful advent in the airway management, filling a niche between the face mask and the tracheal tube in terms of both the anatomical position and the degree of invasiveness. Propofol is an intravenous anesthetic agent which depresses both laryngeal and pharyngeal reflexes and provides profound relaxation of pharyngeal muscles. Incidences of gagging co...

An important cause of pulmonary oedema is Negative Pressure Pulmonary Oedema (NPPE) which characteristically develops soon after extubation from an endo-tracheal intubation. In this case report we identified a case of previously healthy man who was intubated for General Anaesthesia for extraction of impacted molar tooth. Soon after extubation he developed severe respiratory distress. Immediate ...