Delayed recovery from general anaesthesia

Delayed Recovery From General Anaesthesia due to Severe Hypoglycemia in a Non-diabetic Adult.

Measuring immediate recovery from general anaesthesia using a scoring system.

The study describes the design and testing of a scoring system to measure immediate recovery from anaesthesia. The scoring system which measures the patient's cognitive, motor haemodynamic and respiratory recovery, was applied in 1,626 patients. The score was measured at five minutes intervals and the results were plotted on recovery graphs for each patient. The analysis shows that patients who...

Profile of recovery after general anaesthesia.

The duration of impairment of mental functioning after anaesthesia was studied in 55 patients undergoing hernia repair who were divided into three groups in which the method of induction of anaesthesia (intravenous or inhalational) and ventilation (spontaneous or controlled) was varied. Performance in a five minute serial reaction time test and subjective estimates of coordination were assessed...

Limb fracture during recovery from general anaesthesia: an often tragic complication of equine anaesthesia.

A 10-year-old Thoroughbred mare was presented for lameness of the left hindlimb as a result of an apical fracture of the lateral proximal sesamoid bone. The mare was ultimately euthanased after suffering catastrophic fractures of the 3rd and 4th metatarsal bones of the contra-lateral hindlimb during an uncoordinated attempt to rise during recovery from general anaesthesia after undergoing arthr...

Isocapnic hyperpnoea accelerates recovery from isoflurane anaesthesia.

BACKGROUND Hyperventilation should speed up elimination of volatile anaesthetic agents from the body, but hyperventilation usually results in hypocapnia. We compared recovery from isoflurane anaesthesia in patients allowed to recover with assisted spontaneous ventilation (control) and those treated with isocapnic hyperpnoea. METHODS Fourteen patients were studied after approximately 1 h of an...