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Introduction: Gastroparesis is common in intensive care patients and may increase the incidence of malnutrition and nosocomial pneumonia, leading to poorer patient outcomes. Current pharmacotherapy has shown only modest efficacy.
Vui Kian Ho MBBS, MMed (Anaesthesia)+3 more
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Background: This survey aimed to assess the extent of practice of the Middle Eastern anesthesiologists in the use of neuromuscular blocking agents (NMB) in 2012.
Abdelazeem Eldawlatly+2 more
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Background: Perioperative anxiety may adversely influence anaesthetic induction and patient's recovery. Pharmacological interventions include the use of narcotics, sedatives and anxiolytics.
Krishna Padsala+3 more
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Anaesthesia and Epilepsy [PDF]
Epilepsy is the most common serious neurological disorder, with a prevalence of 0.5-1% of the population. While the traditional antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) still play a significant role in treatment of seizures, there has been an influx of newer agents over the last 20 yr, which are now in common usage.
Perks, A, Cheema, S, Mohanraj, R
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Pain alleviation associated with castration of piglets is a debated welfare issue. This study compares practical aspects, resource efficiency and economic implications of two protocols involving both analgesia and anaesthesia compared to a control group:
Annalisa Scollo+5 more
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Background: Infant mortality due to congenital malformations has an incident rate of 8 cases per 1000 live births. Due to Africa's inadequate health-care systems, congenital cardiac disease (CCD) remains a paediatric health-care issue.
Sanjeev Singh, Isaac Okyere, Arti Singh
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Inhalational or total intravenous anaesthesia: is total intravenous anaesthesia useful and are there economic benefits? [PDF]
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The comparison of inhalational and intravenous anaesthesia has been the subject of many controlled trials and meta-analyses. These reported diverse endpoints typically including measures of the speed and quality of induction of ...
Holmes, KA, Sneyd, JR
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Opioids are administered peri‐operatively for postoperative analgesia, and intra‐operatively to control the sympathetic response to surgical stimuli, frequently as a surrogate for presumed pain.
J. Frauenknecht+3 more
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Anaesthesia for cardioversion [PDF]
SummaryCardioversion is a minor procedure requiring sedation and analgesia. However, it is often performed out‐of‐hours in remote sites by inexperienced anaesthetists. An understanding is required both of the pathophysiology underlying cardiac arrhythmias and of the technical side of defibrillation equipment, including electrical safety.
Banham, N. D. G., Stoneham, M. D.
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Pain alleviation associated with surgical castration of piglets is a debated welfare issue. The present study compares the effect of different protocols involving analgesia and/or anaesthesia or sedation suitable under field conditions, with the aim to ...
Annalisa Scollo+5 more
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