ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC DURING ANAESTHESIA

Electrocardiographic changes associated with the use of epinephrine during general anaesthesia.

MANY OF THE DRUGS and techniques which are used to produce optimum condit.ions in particular spheres of operative surgery all too often have adverse effects on the patient. The more efficient the result, the more reluctant the exponent to modify the technique. The dangers inherent in the use of epinephrine, either during general anaesthesia or otherwise, have been expounded repeatedly in medica...

Electrocardiographic changes during oesophagogastroscopy.

BACKGROUND Oesophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) should be very safe, but there are many potential hazards, although the rate of serious complications is small. There are so many complications that can arise during this procedure. Most of these complications involve the respiratory or cardiovascular systems, especially in sick or sedated patients.The aim of this study was to determine the various e...

Crisis management during anaesthesia: awareness and anaesthesia.

BACKGROUND Patient awareness during general anaesthesia has considerable potential for severe emotional distress in the patient as well as professional, personal, and financial consequences for the anaesthetist. OBJECTIVES To examine the role of a previously described core algorithm "COVER ABCD-A SWIFT CHECK", supplemented by a specific sub-algorithm for awareness, in the detection and manage...

Electrocardiographic Changes during Lithium Treatment

Electrocardiographic changes have been reported during therapy with psychotropic drugs—such as tricyclic anti-depressants (Schou 1963 ; Burrows et al., 1976 ; Reed and McKim 1978) and lithium (Tilkian et al., 1976a, 1976b; Wren and Dana 1976; Jefferson and Greist 1979). Lithium Carbonate affects ionic fluxes across cell membranes—-particularly those of sodium, potassium, calcium and magnesium (...

Electrocardiographic studies during cardiac surgery.