1Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, Research Unit of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, University of Bologna, Italy 2Department of Surgery and Anesthesiology Sciences, Research Unit of Anasthesia and Intensive Care, Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute, University of Bologna, Italy 3A.O.R.N of “A.Cardarelli” of Naples Italy, Gynecological Laparoscopic Surgery...

The literature contains numerous references to cases in which arrest of the heart's action has occurred under anasthesia, Bailey (1947), Sappenfield and Adriani (1947), and Noble (1947) being among the most recent. Most of the papers deal with methods of resuscitation, in particular cardiac massage, but apart from a report by Howkins, McLaughlin, and Daniel (1946) there has been little detail g...

By M. MUKHERJEE Resident Surgeon, Medical College Hospital, Calcutta Selection of a proper anaesthetic for poor surgical risk cases always worries a surgeon. A 100 per cent safe general anaesthetic would have been best for both surgeons and patients but no such anaesthetic agent has yet been found out or thought of. General anasthesia.?Morland Smith says that general anaesthesia is a temporary ...

BILATERAL SIMULTANEOUS NEPHRECTOMY is a important surgical procedure prior to renal transplant. Any anaesthetist may be asked to anaesthetize for this operation, as these procedures may be carried out in centres other than those where the renal transplant may be performed at a later date The anaesthetic problems in bilateral nephrectomy are not unlike those associated with renal transplantation...