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Anaesthesia for repair of cleft lip and palate in infants using moderate hypothermia
Moderate hypothermia to 93°F produced by means of surface cooling has been used with success in cleft lip and palate operations in infan s, the risk of hyperpyrexia in these cases being thereby removed. The bl...
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Respiratory obstruction due to blood clot from bleeding bronchiectasis: A Case Report
A case of complete respiratory obstruction due to “flooding” from bleeding bronchiectasis is described. A clot, approximately 5 inches long, which had completely obstructed the right main stem bronchus was lem...
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Evaluation of “dolitrone”
Dohtrone, a non-barbiturate intravenous anaesthetic agent, has been compared to sodium thiopental m human volunteers. The drug has also been administered to a series of patients undergoing minor surgical proce...
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Clinical evaluation of methyprylon (noludar®) + as a preanaesthetic sedative hypnotic
A controlled clinical evaluation of the psychological and physiological effects of Noludar was carried out in 171 patients in the preoperative state, employing this drug as a night sedative-hypnotic, and as pr...
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The effect of buthalitone sodium (transithal®) on liver and kidney function in man
Double the sleep dose of butlialitone sodium was administered to six young healthy male volunteers and a single sleep dose to one volunteer. Liver and kidney functions of these individuals were tested both bef...
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Evaluation of plexonal as a preoperative hypnotic
The effectiveness of Plexonal for pieoperative night sedation has been tested in 250 patients, 100 of whom undeiwent a Double Blind Study.
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The physiological effects of intravenous anaesthesia on man
The problems of comparing several anaesthetics are reviewed with particular reference to the effects of premedication, the intrinsic activity of drugs and their affinity for certain tissues and the effect of m...
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The effect of chlorpromazine on haemostasis
A study of the effect of chlorpromazine on the haemostatic mechanism was carried out on thirteen adult male patients in relatively good general health and who were under the stress of preparation for an operat...
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Letters to the editor
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The adrenal cortex
This presentation has attempted to summarize the role of the adrenal cortex in health and disease. The medical conditions for which cortisone therapy has been employed have been listed, in order to alert the a...
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Sodium methitural: a clinical study
The properties of methitural with and without premedication have been compared in a series of patients m physical status I and II and of comparable age, height and weight, undergoing minor gynaecological proce...
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Correspondence
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The cardiovascular effects of halothane
The administration of controlled concentrations of halo thane lowers the systemic blood pressure. This hypotension tends to reach a plateau and does not seriously affect cardio-vascular efficiency. There is go...
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Sodium methohexital: a clinical study
Metliohexital is the only intravenous anaesthetic agent tested by us so far which combines shorter action with a higher potency than thiopental. If dose per minute of anaesthesia for a standard procedure is ta...
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A clinical comparison of sodium thiopental (pentothal®), sodium methitural (neraval®), sodium buthalitone (transithal®), and sodium hexobarbital (evipal®)
The claim that some of the newer barbiturates have a shorter duration than older agents has not been borne out by the present investigation in regard to thiopental, but is true in regard to sodium hexobarbital...
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the effect of halothane on the liver of dogs exposed to mild hypoxia
Halothane has been shown to have no effect on the liver histology of dogs exposed to the drug for 3 hours while adequately ventilated. The agent has no adverse effect on liver fat, glycogen, and cellular struc...
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Further comparative studies of sodium methohexital
One of the most interesting features which has emerged from this study is the apparent discrepancy between our previous study and this one. In the previous study, the identity of each drug was known and was us...
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The cardiovascular effects of azeotropic halothane-ether
Azeotropic halothane-ether has a less profound effect on the cardiovascular system than halothane alone. Consequently, less rigid control of vapour concentration is needed.
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The management of acute hypoxia
The management of acute hypoxia in its more severe forms is based primarily upon the control of cerebral oedema. With the advent of a clinically useful form of urea, all agents previously employed for this pur...
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Observations on pulmonary circulation during light ether anaesthesia in man
Changes in the peripheral circulation under light ether anaesthesia were much less dramatic then in the pulmonary circulation. The only changes observed were in a reduction of the mean systemic blood pressure ...
