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| | General anaesthesia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Examples of skeletal muscle relaxants in use today are pancuronium, rocuronium, vecuronium, atracurium, mivacurium, and succinylcholine. | | | A variety of drugs are given to the patient that have different effects with the overall aim of ensuring unconsciousness, amnesia and analgesia. | | | In modern medical practice, general anaesthesia is a state of total unconsciousness resulting from anesthetic drugs. |
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| | Regional (spinal, epidural, caudal) versus general anaesthesia in preterm infants undergoing inguinal herniorrhaphy in ... |
| | Inhaled anaesthetics produce a decrease in the muscle tone in the airways, chest wall and diaphragm and may further induce apnoea by augmenting central respiratory responsiveness to inhibitory afferents and reducing the responsiveness to ventilatory stimulants. | | | One patient in the spinal anaesthetic group had a failed spinal anaesthetic and was then given a general anaesthetic. | | | One patient with a failed spinal anaesthetic was given a general anaesthetic. |
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| | What every patient should learn about anaesthesia. J.Oyston , A.De Nicola |
| | General anaesthesia is most often used for major surgical procedures that require prolonged unconsciousness. | | | Local and regional anaesthetic techniques involve using a syringe and needle to inject drugs in the correct area. | | | Sometimes local or regional anaesthesia is used in addition to a general anaesthetic (i.e., in patients who are asleep during surgery). |
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| | Anaesthesia - local, regional, general anaesthetic & complications |
| | The anaesthetic temporarily prevents the nerves from sending any messages to the brain — where pain is registered — so the part of the body is completely insensitive to pain. | | | He or she gives a variety of drugs that have different effects with the overall aim of ensuring you are soundly unconscious, will have no memory of the operation (amnesia) and suffer no pain (analgesia). | | | The anaesthetist is responsible for the general welfare of the person having surgery. |
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http://hcd2.bupa.co.uk/fact_sheets/html/anaesthesia.html
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| | Your child is having a general anae sthetic - Family factsheets - GOSH and ICH |
| | A general anaesthetic ensures that your child is fully asleep and free of pain during a test or operation. | | | The anaesthetist will ask you if your child has had an anaesthetic previously and whether he or she has any allergies, and will also discuss options for anaesthesia and pain relief medication. | | | Premedication or a 'premed' is a medicine given either to help ease a child's anxiety because of the type of surgery your child is having. |
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http://www.ich.ucl.ac.uk/factsheets/families/F010273
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| | Anaesthesia Information Page |
| | A major advantage of the epidural anaesthetic is that further local anaesthetic can be injected into the epidural drip for days after the operation maintaining excellent pain relief no matter how painful the operation might have been. | | | An epidural anaesthetic is similar to the spinal in many ways. | | | A needle is placed between the bones of your spine but it can be anywhere from the top to the bottom of the spine. |
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| | General anaesthetics |
| | Once the surgery is over, you may have other drugs injected that will reverse the effect of the anaesthetic and any other drugs used during the operation (such as muscle relaxant). | | | When a patient undergoes a general anaesthetic, they lose sensation and become unconscious. | | | You may feel drowsy and nauseous, with a headache and sore throat. |
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http://www.disability.vic.gov.au/dsonline/dsarticles.nsf/pages/General_anaesthetics
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| | Anaesthetic methods for ambulatory knee surgery |
| | Anaesthetic techniques that optimize the intraoperative surgical conditions while providing for rapid, early recovery have assumed increased importance. | | | There was a difference in the incidence of TNS with no spinal headache in the patients receiving mepivacaine in contrast to 22% of those with lidocaine anaesthesia. | | | The severe neurological complications associated with spinal anaesthesia and other central blocks may be due to the neurotoxic effects of local anaesthetics, direct neural tissue injury caused by a needle or catheter and spinal cord compression by an epidural haematoma or abscess (Alahuhta 2001). |
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| | Anaesthetic |
| | For some operations, the best option is to combine a local anaesthetic such as spinal or epidural anaesthesia with medicines to make the patient sleepy. | | | An anaesthetic is used to temporarily reduce or take away sensation, usually so that otherwise painful procedures or surgery can be performed. | | | Throughout the procedure, different types of medicines are added or removed to relieve the pain and maintain the right level of unconsciousness. |
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http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/health_advice/facts/anaesthetic.htm
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| | Parkvets General Anaesthesia and Your Pet |
| | General anaesthesia can be defined as a "drug induced unconsciousness characterised by controlled and reversible depression of the central nervous system (the brain), combined with relief from pain." | | | The recovery can be one of the riskiest times during the anaesthetic and our nurses stay with our patients and monitor their recovery until we are totally satisfied that everything is fine. | | | This continuous monitoring is extremely important as it allows us to detect any subtle changes in your pet's general anaesthetic and respond as quickly as possible to any problems. |
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http://www.parkvets.com/clientinformation-anaesthesia2.html
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| | For both types of anaesthetic an identical surgical procedure, employing a cartilage scoring technique, was used. | | | It is our experience, however, that infiltration of local anaesthetic is well tolerated, especially when an adequately relaxed atmosphere is created. | | | The reason for the mandatory overnight stay is less clear, but relates to long-term practice and a belief that the child needs `professional observation` after an operation, presumably to enable detection of early post-operative complications. |
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| | (2) General anaesthetics - This type affect the whole body resulting in a loss of conciousness meaning the patient has no awareness of what is going on. | | | The use of a local anesthetic, rather than a general one, is required when the proceedure does not need total muscle relaxation. | | | (1) Local Anaesthetics - This type only affect a specific area of the body and usually leave the patient fully awake and alert. |
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| | BBC NEWS Health Medical notes C-D Dental anaesthesia |
| | He said the practice of general anaesthesia varied between hospitals and dental surgeries. | | | In the UK, a combination of professional resistance to change among dentists and patient demand for general anaesthesia prevented this happening. | | | However, modern techniques mean that no dental surgery requires more than local anaesthesia, perhaps used in combination with sedation. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/medical_notes/c-d/211884.stm
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| | The Hospital for Sick Children - Your child needs a General Anaesthetic |
| | A general anesthetic is a mix of medicines that puts your child into a deep sleep. | | | Your child may also get a medicine through a needle to freeze a part of your child’s body so he or she will not feel any pain there. | | | At this Clinic, you and your child will talk with an anesthesiologist about the general anesthesia for your child. |
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http://www.sickkids.on.ca/FamilyInformation/section.asp?s=Resources+for+Parents+and+Patients&sID=1966&ss=&ssID=&sss=Your+child+needs+a+General+Anaesthetic&sssID=9749
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| | Chartwell Dental Clinic |
| | With the ending of General Anaesthesia we are pleased to say that, because of the new sedation techniques we have developed at Chartwell Dental Clinic, we have no difficulties in treating even the most anxious of patients requiring surgery or fillings, although the whole process is slower and more time consuming | | | This means that there are the same obligatory overheads when patients who are referred by their dentist for Oral Surgery, but do not want sedation. | | | When your child is brought into the surgery, the number of people and the amount of equipment present may surprise you. |
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| | General anaesthetics are used in hospitals so that surgery can be carried out on a patient without pain or distress. | | | The type of general anaesthetic used will depend on the operation being carried out and how long you need to be unconscious. | | | A general anaesthetic is a drug or other agent (eg a gas) that causes a complete loss of sensation in the body including loss of consciousness. |
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http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/he.asp?ArticleID=472
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| | BBC News Health Dentists call for anaesthesia limits |
| | But dental experts are still puzzled as to why an unconscious patient should fare worse. | | | The researchers could find no link between the difficulty of the surgery and the subsequent damage. | | | But they suggested that the more horizontal position of patients under general anaesthetic may be to blame, or possibly that dentists may be able to use more of their strength on an unconscious patient. |
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| | Dentists find alternative to ’potentially risky’ general anaesthetic |
| | GAs for dental procedures have traditionally been used where dentists feel the patient’s care cannot be managed using conventional techniques. | | | Researchers at the UK’s University of Newcastle upon Tyne carried out the Government-funded study at Queensway Anxiety Management Clinic in Billingham, Teesside. | | | The children, whose condition or anxiety was too severe to be treated using conventional techniques such as local anaesthetic alone, felt no pain under sedation, and although they remained conscious throughout they did not remember their treatment after it was completed. |
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http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/medicine_health/report-33086.html
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| | Essay on The nurses role in the positioning of the patient perioperatively under general anaesthetic. |
| | This statement could not be truer but in the age of advancing medicine and technology basic nursing skills such as perioperative patient positioning are gaining more emphasis from nurses as the medical profession disregards their importance. | | | Essay on The nurses role in the positioning of the patient perioperatively under general anaesthetic. | | | The nurses role in the positioning of the patient perioperatively under general anaesthetic. |
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http://www.dedicatedwriters.com/paper/The_nurses_role_in_the_positio-140587.html
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| | Boy, 10, dies after visit to dentist |
| | There are about three deaths a year and the BDA says the risk appears unrelated to age, the place of treatment, or administration by a doctor or anaesthetist. | | | The rest are administered by doctors, either from general medical practices or hospitals. | | | Mrs Denholm said he had been referred to a specialist for a general anaesthetic, and she and his grandmother went with him to the clinic. |
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1998/10/14/ndent14.html
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| | If the implant surgery is going to take a long time can you have a sedation or a general anaesthetic? - Association of ... |
| | Conscious sedation - For treatment of greater complexity it may be suggested that you have a more controlled way of keeping relaxed and comfortable during the surgical stages. | | | Most patients will not require a general anaesthetic since conscious sedation is very much safer and has fewer post-operative complications. | | | This is known as a ‘conscious sedation’ and is distinctly different from a general anaesthetic, because you remain alert enough to respond to simple instructions which may be helpful to the surgeon - however you will remember almost nothing about the treatment stage. |
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| | Abstract of review Local vs general anaesthetic for carotid surgery |
| | Conclusions: Non randomised studies suggest potential benefits from the use of local anaesthetic in carotid endarterectomy. | | | The non-randomised studies showed the use of local anaesthetic was associated with significant (40-60%) reductions in the relative odds of any stroke, stroke or death, MI and pulmonary complications in the perioperative period. | | | However, these studies were seriously flawed and can only be regarded as hypothesis generating. |
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| | Does a general anaesthetic affect breastmilk? |
| | There is a vast range and variety of anaesthetic drugs that can be used to produce general anaesthesia. | | | In most cases medication used for general anaesthesia does pass into breastmilk and the manufacturer's advice for the majority of these agents is that they should be avoided while breastfeeding. | | | Will the general anaesthetic affect my breastmilk and therefore the baby? |
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http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/ate/childrenshealth/203124.html
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| | Seishu Hanaoka and the oral general anaesthetic "Mafutsu-San" |
| | New studies on the history of anesthesiology--a new study on Seishu Hanaoka's "Nyugan Ckiken Roku" (a surgical experience with breast cancer) | | | Seishu Hanaoka and breast cancer surgery under general anaesthesia | | | However, his best noted activity was his devotion to the development of oral general anesthetic "Mafutsu-San" or "Tsusen-San". |
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| | Protein powder and general anaesthetic |
| | It doesn't make any sense whatsoever that a protein shake alone would cause any problem - any food would. | | | You're not meant to eat before general anaesthetic anyway so he might have been referring to it in the sense that someone might have had a shake and not thought of it as 'eating'. | | | As I said, I was also sceptical of the link, but he's got the medical qualifications. |
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| | anabolics and general anaesthetic |
| | Don't know but they have other effects on things like blood clotting etc so not a good idea to mix with surgery. | | | Rossy1974 -> RE: anabolics and general anaesthetic (Apr. 27 2005 0:02:42) | | | rbj1 -> anabolics and general anaesthetic (Apr. 26 2005 18:42:46) |
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| | MPS - Africa Casebook 2 - June 2003 - Eye damaged during general anaesthetic |
| | She received night sedation and a pre-operative dose of temazepam, prescribed by her anaesthetist, Dr H. The surgical procedure passed uneventfully and was successfully carried out by Mr P. Dr H recorded the following notes concerning the anaesthetic â“ âPropofol 150mg Im3 N | | | Dr H described his normal practice of using paper tape to close and protect the eyes of patients under general anaesthesia. | | | These procedures should be regularly reviewed to ensure they are robust and applied universally. |
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| | Local versus general anaesthesia for carotid endarterectomy (Cochrane Review) |
| | Meta-analysis of the non-randomised studies showed that the use of local anaesthetic was associated with significant reductions in the odds of death (35 studies), stroke (31 studies), stroke or death (26 studies), myocardial infarction (22 studies), and pulmonary complications (7 studies), within 30 days of the operation. | | | Non-randomised studies suggest potential benefits with the use of local anaesthetic, but these studies may be biased. | | | In nine non-randomised studies the number of arteries, as opposed to the number of patients, was unclear. |
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| | PHA Message Boards - PH General Discussions - RE: RHC and general anaesthetic ? |
| | You'd have to check with the anesthesiologist about drug effects on PAP. | | | The drugs used in general anesthesia are different from the drugs used to mildly sedate someone - these are the ones that we know can, but don't always, lower PH pressure. | | | It is not intended as legal, medical or other professional advice, and should not be relied upon as a substitute for consultations with qualified professionals who are familiar with your individual needs. |
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| | General Anaesthetic |
| | English words defined with "general anaesthetic": inhalation general anaesthetic. | | | Lullaby, sedative, tranquilizer, hypnotic, sleeping pill, relaxant, anaesthetic, general anaesthetic; torpedo. | | | Translations for "general anaesthetic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. |
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| | women's and children's hospital adelaide |
| | About 700 patients are admitted to the WCH each year as part of their dental treatment. | | | Many are preschool children needing dental treatment under General Anaesthetic. | | | All referrals are assessed on the basis of the information provided and priority is given to children requiring urgent care. |
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| | ninemsn Encarta - Phencyclidine |
| | Phencyclidine (PCP), general anaesthetic that has become a major drug of abuse because of its potent psychological and behaviourial effects.... | | | Become a subscriber today and gain access to: |
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| | Core Healthcare develops new general anaesthetic product |
| | Propofol is a short-acting general anaesthetic agent and a superior alternative compared to existing products, in terms of the patient's post-surgery recovery profile. | | | Unlike existing anaesthetic products like thiopentone and medazolam, Profol does not induce nausea, vomiting and drowsiness associated with prolonged sedation. | | | Core Healthcare vice-president (technical) Prashant Desai said the company had been working on this product for the past two years and all clinical trials to establish its safety and efficacy were conducted in India. |
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| | general anaesthetic and early pregnancy |
| | Of course where they might be useful is in a recurrent miscarriage situation like mine, where they have the same effect as ultrasounds - zilch medical benefit but the reassurance can, allegedly, decrease the risk of miscarriage. | | | Not affiliated with state of Pennsylvania or any health care provider in Pennsylvania. | | | Generally a GP will just suggest waiting another week and testing again. |
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| | General anaesthetic action at transmitter-gated inhibitory amino acid receptors. |
| | Recent comparative studies of the effects of general anaesthetics across a structurally homologous family of inhibitory amino acid receptors that includes mammalian GABAA, glycine and Drosophila RDL GABA receptors have provided new insights into the structural basis of anaesthetic action at transmitter-gated channels. | | | In this article, the differential effects of general anaesthetics across inhibitory amino acid receptors and the potential relevance of such actions to general anaesthesia will be discussed. | | | General anaesthetic action at transmitter-gated inhibitory amino acid receptors.Research within the past decade has provided compelling evidence that anaesthetics can act directly as allosteric modulators of transmitter-gated ion channels. |
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| | general, generaled, generaling, generals, generalling, generalled- WordWeb dictionary definition |
| | "he discussed the general but neglected the particular" | | | Prevailing among and common to the general public | | | general, generaled, generaling, generals, generalling, generalled- WordWeb dictionary definition |
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| | Mapping of general anaesthetic target sites provides a molecular basis for cutoff effects |
| | We show that this behaviour is a natural consequence of anaesthetics binding to an amphiphilic protein pocket of circumscribed dimensions. | | | Here we demonstrate cutoff effects for the anaesthetic inhibition of a soluble protein (firefly luciferase) which mirror those found for general anaesthesia, and we describe how the molecular architecture of the binding site accounts for the different cutoffs in the different homologous series. | | | , usually based on the notion that lipid bilayers are the primary target sites in general anaesthesia |
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| | Homepage: AnesthesiaNow |
| | When using combined general anaesthesia and central neural blockade (CNB) should the latter be instituted before putting the patient to sleep or doesn't it matter? | | | Survival after massive bleeding into the airway in a patient at risk from 'can't intubate, can't ventilate' | | | About Us AnesthesiaNow is a brand new educational service that aims to inform and update healthcare professionals on the latest developments in anesthesiology. |
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| | W3Dictionary.com - Online Dictionary - Definition of INHALATION GENERAL ANAESTHETIC |
| | Dictionary meaning and definition of INHALATION GENERAL ANAESTHETIC | | | chloroform, cyclopropane, diethel ether, divinyl ether, ether, ethoxyethane, ethyl ether, general anaesthetic, general anesthetic, halothane, isoflurane, laughing gas, nitrous oxide, trichloromethane, vinyl ether | | | [n] a gas that produces general anesthesia when inhaled |
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