Purpose: In this study we sought to determine if and when a difference exists with regards to differential sensory blockade between spinal and epidural anaesthesia using lidocaine. Methods : Ten healthy volunteers were randomly assigned to receive both spinal and epidural anaesthesia. Nonepinephrine containing solutions of lidocaine, 100 mg lidocaine 5% with 7.5% dextrose (spinal) and 600 mg li...

Objective: To assess knowledge and attitudes of Pakistani women towards different options of anaesthesia techniques for caesarean section and also to identify their sources of information about them. Methods: A total of 410 women scheduled for elective caesarean section were enrolled after informed written consent in this hospital based cross sectional survey. The women were interviewed prefera...

The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Closed Claims database was started in 1985 to study anaesthesia injuries to improve patient safety, now containing 8954 claims with 5230 claims since 1990. Over the decades, claims for surgical anaesthesia decreased, while claims for acute and chronic pain management increased. In the 2000s, chronic pain management involved 18%, acute pain managem...

Large observational studies of accurate data can provide similar results to more arduous and expensive randomised controlled trials. In 2012, the National Hip Fracture Database extended its dataset to include 'type of anaesthesia' data fields. We analysed 65 535 patient record sets to determine differences in outcome. Type of anaesthesia was recorded in 59 191 (90%) patients. Omitting patients ...

1 Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, UK 2 Department of Psychology, School of Psychology and Cognition Institute, Plymouth University, Plymouth, UK 3 Department of Anaesthesia, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK 4 Member Royal College of Anaesthetists’ Lay Committee, London, UK 5 Department of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care an...

OBJECTIVE To assess knowledge and attitudes of Pakistani women towards different options of anaesthesia techniques for caesarean section and also to identify their sources of information about them. METHODS A total of 410 women scheduled for elective caesarean section were enrolled after informed written consent in this hospital based cross sectional survey. The women were interviewed prefera...

BACKGROUND The effect of resident training in anaesthesiology on operating room (OR) economics is an issue of debate. Comparisons of anaesthesia process times between residents and consultants might be systematically skewed by interactions of anaesthesia technique and patient factors. METHODS In this prospective, observational study, we analysed anaesthesia process times in 599 cases performe...