Ketamine: a positive–negative anaesthetic agent

AbstractAnaesthesia for surgery during armed conflict was traditionally based on simple and reliable techniques. These often required a minimum of equipment and drugs while ensuring rapid and safe patient recovery. Ketamine, which first became available in Britain in the 1970s, was thought to offer certain favorable characteristics for use as a military anaesthetic agent. This article discusses the use of ketamine in many of the major armed conflicts that have occurred since its introduction. It also catalogues the methods used by anaesthetists at the time and their opinions of the drug’s success.

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Caudal bupivacaine - midazolam for post operative analgesia in children

Journal of the Bangladesh Society of Anaesthesiologists ◽

10.3329/jbsa.v23i1.18152 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 23 (1) ◽

pp. 8-13

Author(s):

Idris Ali ◽

Amirul Islam ◽

Golam Morshed ◽

Nurul Islam ◽

Ashia Ali ◽

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Keyword(s):

Blood Pressure ◽

Heart Rate ◽

Anaesthetic Agent ◽

Caudal Block ◽

Arterial Blood ◽

Post Operative Period ◽

Caudal Analgesia ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Group B

Background: Adjuvant used with local anaesthetic agent in caudal is more effective for post operative analgesia in children . Aim and objective: To find out the duration and quality of caudal analgesia in children undergoing genitourinary surgery by combination of bupivacaine and midazolam. Methods: A total number of sixty patients ASA grade I&II were selected randomly as per inclusion & exclusion criteria in two groups. Thirty in each group. In group A, caudal block was given by bupivacainemidazolam mixture and in group B, caudal block was given by bupivacaine in lateral decubitus position, just after completion of surgery before reversed from GA. In post operative period arterial blood pressure, heart rate, and duration of analgesia were recorded. Results: There was no significant difference between the groups of blood pressure, heart rate, and pain score up to 30 min but after one hour of post operative period pain scores were significant(p<0.05). Conclusion: Midazolam improves the duration and quality of analgesic effect of bupivacaine. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jbsa.v23i1.18152 Journal of BSA, 2010; 23(1): 8-13

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Anaesthesia of germ-free rabbits and rats with halothane

Laboratory Animals ◽

10.1258/002367769781071727 ◽

1969 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 101-106 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

R. Cook ◽

R. G. Dorman

Keyword(s):

High Efficiency ◽

Anaesthetic Agent ◽

Blood Samples ◽

Germ Free ◽

Cent Halothane ◽

Heart Blood

A simple and effective method for anaesthetising germ-free rabbits and rats for the collection of heart-blood samples is described. The anaesthetic agent, a mixture of 2 or 4 per cent halothane in oxygen, was passed into the germ-free isolators through a tube sealed into the wall and fitted at each end with a high-efficiency gas line filter.

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