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Sports participation at work: An aid to stress management?
This study examined the effects of sport participation on mood, including stress, arousal, and psychological reversals. The subjects (N = 42) of the study were enrolled in an international MBA program which in.....
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Use of “bollards” to improve patient access during intensive care
Permanent floor-mounted “bollards” have been installed in three Intensive Care Areas in the Oxford Teaching Hospitals. Each brings services to one bed and, because access around the head is greatly improved in...
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Unilateral high frequency jet ventilation
A young alcoholic presented with severe bilateral bronchopneumonia, which required prolonged treatment with intermittent positive pressure ventilation. High airway pressures were necessary for effective gas ex...
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Organisation of the department
The quality of each anaesthetic rests ultimately upon the performance of the individual anaesthetist but it is also affected by the environment within which he operates, so that, in the context of the subject ...
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Equipment and drugs — HEI 98 and beyond: The role of a manager and financial aspects
The quality of the equipment provided and the skill with which it is used exert a profound effect on the quality of the anaesthetic delivered to the individual patient. Effective use depends on the education, ...
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Paratracheal abscess after tracheostomy
Mediastinal abscess formation in the paratracheal region is a complication of tracheostomy that has previously been only sparsely reported. We present a case which highlights this complication and illustrates ...
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Introductory Courses in Computing for Anaesthetists
The remarkable reduction in the real cost of computing power seen in the last 5 years or so has upset earlier cost/benefit evaluations and made it necessary to re-examine the role of the computer within the ho...
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Book reviews
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Book reviews
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The avoidance of postoperative hypoxaemia: An assessment of three techniques for use during anaesthesia
One hundred patients were randomized into control and “treatment” groups, in three separate studies, to determine whether hypoxaemia in the immediate postoperative period could be minimized by manoeuvres appli...
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A laboratory and clinical evaluation of mepivacaine (carbocaine ®)
The acute toxicities of mepivacaine (Carbocaine ®) and lidocaine as determined by the subcutaneous LD50 in rats and mice are indistinguishable statistically although the log dose: probit response slope is slightl...
