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Arginine vasopressin response to anaesthesia produced by halothane, enflurane and isoflurane
Some of the effects of inhalational anaesthetics may be mediated by (3-endorphins acting on opioid receptors. Stimulation of such receptors has been shown both to promote and to inhibit the release of arginine...
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Localization of exercise-induced myocardial ischemia with single view and biplanar radionuclide ventriculography: validation in single vessel coronary disease
The ability of single view and biplanar radionuclide ventriculography (RVG) to determine the location of myocardial ischemia during maximal graded supine bicycle exercise was assessed in 50 patients with chest...
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Changing patterns of transfusion practice in a tertiary care hospital from 1977 to 1984
Patterns of blood transfusion practice over an eight-year-period (1977–1984) are described. Use of blood and blood products increased annually as did the number of patients crossmatched and transfused. Program...
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Decreasing post-succinylcholine myalgia in outpatients
The effectiveness of four pretreatment regimens in decreasing succinylcholine-induced myalgias was studied in healthy outpatients undergoing general anaesthesia for ambulatory surgery. Four hundred and forty a...
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Surveillance of antibiotic resistance in South East Asia
Antibiotic resistance in Gram-negative bacteria, particularly Salmonella and Shigella, requires surveillance worldwide. This study describes results of surveys in Hong Kong, Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur. All strains ...
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Topical bupivacaine and etidocaine analgesia following fallopian tube banding
The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness and safety of etidocaine and bupivacaine for postoperative analgesia after laparoscope sterilization. The study was performed in 22 healthy patients w...
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Atropine-induced heart rate changes: a comparison between midazolam-fentanyl-propofol-N2O and midazolam-fentanyl-thiopentone-enflurane-N2O anaesthesia
Atropine-induced heart rate (HR) changes were studied in 19 patients (ASA physical status I) during anaesthesia maintained predominantly with propofol-N2O or thiopentone-enflurane-N2O. Ten patients (Group A) rece...
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Early prognosis after thrombolysis: value of exercise radionuclide ventriculography performed on anti-ischaemic medication
We examined the prognostic value of exercise radionuclide ventriculography (RNV) performed on anti-ischaemic medication following thrombolysis. Within 3 months of thrombolysis for first myocardial infarction, ...
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Large tidal volume ventilation improves pulmonary gas exchange during lower abdominal surgery in Trendelenburg’s position
Impaired pulmonary gas exchange is a common complication of general anaesthesia. Periodic hyperinflation of the lungs and large tidal volume ventilation were the first preventive measures to be widely embraced...
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Long-term effect of inducible silent ischaemia on left ventricular systolic function
Silent myocardial ischaemia is readily detected by exercise radionuclide ventriculography in patients with coronary artery disease. In those who remain asymptomatic and event-free, it is not known whether sile...
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Evaluation of cardiac sympathetic neuronal integrity in diabetic patients using iodine-123 metaiodobenzylguanidine
Autonomic dysfunction is associated with increased mortality in diabetic patients. To evaluate the cardiac autonomic dysfunction in these patients, a prospective study was undertaken using iodine-123 metaiodob...
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Variable bile retention on cholescintigraphy after morphine administration
Intravenous morphine sulfate has been used in conjunction with cholescintigraphy. We studied the variations in the degree and duration of the effects of 2 mg morphine on biliary kinetics in patients with gallb...
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Premedication with midazolam is more effective by the sublingual than oral route
This study compared the sedative effects of sublingual tablet midazolam (Roche Dormicum 7.5 mg) with the oral route as premedication.
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High prevalence of hepatitis C virus genotype 6 among certain risk groups in Hong Kong
The genotype of hepatitis C virus (HCV) of 172 HCV-RNA positive serum specimens taken from patients with chronic liver diseases, thalassaemia major, chronic renal failure (CRF), haemophilia and intravenous dru...
