The present study aimed to determine the optimal concentration of three anaesthetics, name MS222, ketamine, and tobacco extract, in grass carp juveniles (107.78±22.11 g body weight and 226.74±13.06 mm total body length). Treatments were as follows: 100 mg L-1 of MS222 (control group), 5.5, 8, 11, 18.5, and 22 mg L-1 of ketamine, and 10, 13.33, 20, 26.27, and 40 mg L-1 of tobacco extract. In add...

background and purpose: internal evaluation has been a growing trend as the first step improvement in higher education specially in medical universities of iran. however, the results of this time consuming process of internal evaluation seems to be underused. we provide a description of anesthesiology department of shaheed beheshti university of medical sciences where the results were used to i...

the technique of intraosseous (io) infusion has been reemerged as an alternative route of intravascular access for the delivery of fluids and some medications. complications of io infusion occur rarely and include fractures and osteomyelitis after long-term use of io access. the purpose of this study was to compare the efficiency of induction of anaesthesia by a standard intravenous route and a...

Objective- Evaluation of the effect of different fasting times on the quality of propofol total intravenous anesthesia (TIVA) and recovery features. Design- Experimental prospective design. Animals- Fifteen lambs. Procedures- Fifteen lambs that anesthetized for carotid translocation surgery were included in this current study and allocated in to three groups randomly. In Group 1, food was withh...

abstract emergence agitation that has been first described by eckenhoff et al. in 1960’s is a dissociated state of consciousness in which the child is inconsolable, irritable, uncooperative, typically thrashing, crying, moaning or incoherent. it is also a common problem in pediatric postanesthetic care unit with an incidence ranging from 10 to 80%. this literature review focused on presence of ...

abstract oculocardiac reflex (ocr) sometimes occurs as a result of pressure on the eye or traction of the intraorbital surrounding structures during ophthalmic surgery. this can result in bradycardiac arrhythmia and cardiac arrest. a 45-year-old female was undergoing an elective squint correction surgery of one eye under local anaesthesia in a private hospital in december 2013. the patient was ...

The principle of anaesthesia for open-heart surgery is based on simplicity, safty and light­plane of anaesthesia. As a result of the special pathophysiology, grave general status, compli­cations threatening these patients during and after the operation and the abundance of medicines available nowadays, it is very important for the anaesthetist to be acquainted with the pathophysiological and ph...