Cardiovascular measurement in anaesthesiology [proceedings of the Third Meeting of the European Academy of Anaesthesiology, Vienna, October 1981] ; with 68 tables

Front Matter....Pages I-XIX Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Comments on the Significance of Economic Arguments in the Health-Care Sector....Pages 3-19 Comparative Pharmacokinetics of Fentanyl and Alfentanil....Pages 20-21 Pharmacokinetic Data of Fentanyl, Midazolam and Enflurane as Obtained by a New Method for Arbitary Schemes of Administration....Pages 22-29 Disposition of Alfentanil, a New Analgesic Agent, in Man....Pages 30-33 Effect of Spinal Morphine on the Electrophysiological Activity of the Ureter in the Rabbit....Pages 34-38 Spinal Block with Lignocaine and Fentanyl for Ender Nailing in the Elderly....Pages 39-44 Epidural Morphine in Obstetric Analgesica....Pages 45-50 Ventilatory Effects of Epidural Diamorphine — A Comparison with Epidural Lignocaine....Pages 51-59 Effects of Epidural Analgesia with Etidocaine and Morphinics on Endocrine Function....Pages 60-67 Respiratory Depression with Buprenorphine: Onset Time and Reversal....Pages 68-73 Effects of Almitrine on Respiratory Depression During Enflurane Anaesthesia....Pages 74-79 Diazepam Reduces Lower Oesophageal Sphincter Pressure....Pages 80-80 Monitoring of the Electroencephalogram and Electromyogram During Anaesthesia....Pages 81-84 Heterozygotes for Atypical Cholinesterase....Pages 85-85 Intubating Conditions with Org NC 45: A Comparison with Suxamethonium and Pancuronium....Pages 86-90 Reversibility by Neostigmine of an Org NC 45 Neuromuscular Blockade Under Halothane and Enflurane Anaesthesia in the Cat....Pages 91-91 Drug Interactions with Local Anaesthetics....Pages 92-96 The Effect of Some Premedicants on the Cardiovascular System....Pages 97-103 Althesin and Alfentanyl for Minor Surgery....Pages 104-107 Front Matter....Pages 109-109 Indices of Myocardial Performance....Pages 110-131 Front Matter....Pages 109-109 Direct Measurement of Arterial Pressure and Derived Variables....Pages 132-141 Direct Measurement of Left Ventricular Pressure in Man....Pages 142-151 Swan-Ganz Catheterisation — Application, Interpretation and Limitations....Pages 152-166 Coronary Blood Flow — Inert Gas Methods....Pages 167-173 Coronary Sinus Catheterisation and Measurement of Coronary Sinus Blood Flow by the Continuous Thermodilution Method....Pages 174-182 Physical Principles of Ultrasonics in Cardiovascular Measurements....Pages 183-197 Clinical Applications of Echocardiography in Anaesthesia....Pages 198-206 Systolic Time Intervals — What Do They Really Measure?....Pages 207-211 Possibilities and Limitations of Thoracic Impedance Cardiography....Pages 212-234 Noninvasive Measurement of Pulmonary Blood Flow and Tissue Volume Using the Inert-Gas Technique....Pages 235-246 Front Matter....Pages 247-247 Plasma Catecholamine Concentrations and Haemodynamic Studies During Phaeochromocytoma Resection....Pages 249-250 The Effects of Thiopentone on Pulmonary Circulation....Pages 251-255 Obstetric Analgesia with Fentanyl-Bupivacaine by the Extradural Route....Pages 256-256 Etodolac in Postsurgical Pain: Double-Blind, Dose-Ranging Efficacy Study with Aspirin and Placebo....Pages 257-260 Plasma and Cerebrospinal Fluid Amino Acid Distribution Rations in Hypercapnia....Pages 261-265 Anaesthesia in Patients with Obstructive Jaundice....Pages 266-267 Radiocardiography in the Intensive Care Unit: Preliminary Report....Pages 268-268 Pharmacokinetics of Fentanyl in Children....Pages 269-269 EEG Analysis and the Clinical Effects of Levonantradol in Human Volunteers....Pages 270-271 Echocardiographic Assessment of Left Ventricular Function Following Induction of Anaesthesia with Althesin....Pages 272-276 Front Matter....Pages 247-247 Relationship Between End-diastolic Cardiac Size and Ventricular Function Under Increasing Doses of Enflurane in Intact, Chronically Instrumented Dogs....Pages 277-284 Dextran vs Albumin Haemodilution in Hip Surgery....Pages 285-286 Microcirculatory Effects of Deliberate Hypotension....Pages 287-288 Arterial Hypertension as a Contributory Factor to the Risks from Anaesthesia and Surgery in Patients with Myocardial Infarction....Pages 289-296 Continuous Recording of the Transcutaneous PO 2 in Paediatric Anaesthesia....Pages 297-306 Cardiovascular Responses to Combined Apnoea and Face Immersion in Exercising Man....Pages 307-308 The Syndrome of Pulmonary Fat Embolism: Clinical, Physiopathological and Therapeutic Considerations....Pages 309-315 Effects of Alterations in Blood-Gas Tensions on the Responsiveness of the Cerebral Circulation One Week After the Induction of Subarachnoid Haemorrhage....Pages 316-317 Control of Intracranial Pressure During Intensive Care....Pages 318-323 Trials of Audiotape-slide Techniques in Teaching....Pages 324-326 This book contains the proceedings of the annual scientific meeting of the European Academy of Anaesthesiology held in Vienna in October 1981. The material consists of a special symposium on invasive and non-invasive cardiovascular measurement in anaesthesiology, in which an international group of anaesthesiologists, medical physicists and bio-engineers review the effects of anaesthesia on various aspects of cardiovascular system, new methods of measurement (echocardiography, impedance techniques), and clinical application of monitoring techniques. The balance of the proceedings contains free papers on current research from many European centres, including papers on epidural and intrathecal opioids, pharmacokinetics of alfentanil fentanyl, obstetric anaesthesia and transcutaneous PO2 measurement