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J Biscoping

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PubMed1986

[Changes in lymphocyte subpopulations in relation to anesthesia procedure].

44 patients undergoing comparable gynaecological operations received either halothane- modified neuroleptanaesthesia or a combination of epidural and NLA. Monoclonal antibodies were used to determine 8 different lymphocyte subpopulations in blood samples drawn before and after anaesthesia and on the first postoperative day. Cell populations were counted by fluorescent microscopy. Halothane anaesthesia produced both a depression of T-cells (72.67% preoperatively to 52.79% postoperatively) and of the helper/suppressor ratio (1.46 to 1.10); meanwhile activated T-cells increased from 2.33% to 6.83%. After neuroleptanaesthesia as well as after halothane the HLA-DR positive cells decreased (21.05% to 19.29%; 25.22% to 20.29%). The B-cell fraction was elevated from 2.33% to 6.83% following combined anaesthesia. The potential of the anaesthetics to produce subsequent alterations in host defense is discussed.

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PubMed1986

[H-H-H syndrome: a rare disease also relevant in anesthesiology].

We report on a 17-year-old boy with H-H-H-syndrome (hyperornithinaemia, hyperammonaemia, homocitrullinuresis), an inborn disorder of the urea cycle, who had to undergo osteo-synthesis of a fractured upper leg. Pathophysiological aspects of this rare syndrome as well as possible recommendations for the anaesthesiological management are discussed.

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PubMed1986

[Effect of glucose concentration in bupivacaine solutions on the distribution of local anesthetics in cerebrospinal fluid during spinal anesthesia].

In two groups (ten patients each) catheter spinal anesthesia was performed with 3.0 ml bupivacaine hyperbaric (5% and 8% glucose was added). With special reference to the early phase following intrathecal injection, local anesthetic concentrations were measured by gas chromatography. A control group received 3.0 ml of isobaric bupivacaine intrathecally. With increasing specific gravity of these solutions, the CSF concentration of the local anesthetic decreased, which is interpreted as a consequence of inhomogeneous intrathecal distribution.

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PubMed1985

[Hygienic relations and stability of drugs in peridural long-term infusion with implanted or external pumps].

Implantable devices (implanted pump/implanted catheter and port) are recommended for continuous epidural application of opiates or local anaesthetics in order to reduce hygienic problems during long term epidural medication. No signs of contamination could be found during bacteriologic culture of residual volumes of 30 patients treated with epidural drug delivery systems and of samples collected during an in vitro investigation (incubation of filled external pump systems at body temperature/storage of syringes with a premixed solution of opiate and local anaesthetic for repeated epidural bolus application). As demonstrated in a case report prophylactic antibiotic coverage prior to implantation may be necessary in patients with a preexisting susceptibility to infection. The concentrations of morphine (radioimmuno-assay) and of bupivacaine (gas-solid chromatography) within the reservoir were stable during clinical therapy as well as during the in vitro experiments.

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PubMed1985

[Acid-base findings in the cerebrospinal fluid of premedicated patients].

Analysis of acid-base-metabolism in cerebrospinal fluid is not easy, because pO2, pCO2 and pH change already within a short time after sampling. Acid-base-values in CSF have been measured in 50 healthy patients within 20 seconds after withdrawal. Our results (pH 7.298 +/- 0.007; pCO2 46.94 +/- 4.84 mmHg; HCO3 22.78 +/- 2.15 mVal/l; BE-2.4 +/- 2.39 mVal/l; pO2 50.27 +/- 14.06 mmHg) demonstrate, that CSF is more acidic than often claimed. This is important, whenever possible precipitations by intrathecal injection of local anaesthetics are discussed.

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PubMed1985

[Plasma levels of bupivacaine following inadvertent intravascular injection via a peridural catheter].

We report on a 57 year old woman, who suffered from an inadvertent intravascular injection of bupivacaine via a perforating epidural catheter. At the end of the epidural injection she showed symptoms of toxicity caused by the local anaesthetic. Venous blood dripping out of the epidural catheter and central venous blood were sampled simultaneously and analysis of plasma levels of bupivacaine were performed.

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PubMed1985

[Catheter brachial plexus anesthesia for intra- and postoperative pain control. Plasma concentrations and analgesia interval in the use of bupivacaine].

In 15 orthopedic patients, undergoing plastic surgery of the upper extremity (elbow, forearm, hand) we studied plasma levels and pain free intervals, when performing catheter axillary plexus block with 0.5% and 0.25% bupivacaine as postoperative analgetic agent respectively. 30 minutes after injection of 40 ml of 0.5% bupivacaine maximum plasma levels were reached (means = 1.46 micrograms/ml), followed by a constant but slow decrease to 1 microgram/ml approximately after 2 h. 11.5 h (mean) after brachial plexus block there was a need for reinjection of local anesthetic solution for postoperative pain control. The pain free interval after 30 ml of 0.25% bupivacaine lasted 10.5 hours on the average. The 'top-up-dose' of 75 mg approximately equal to 30 ml of 0.25% bupicavaine caused only a small rise in plasma levels up to 0.6 micrograms/ml. Catheter brachial plexus block with bupivacaine is an appropriate procedure for both intra- and postoperative pain relief, especially in re-implantation surgery of the upper limb.

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PubMed1985

[Comparative studies on dose adjustment of intraoperative lidocaine therapy in heart failure patients].

From 10 patients with myocardial insufficiency arterial blood samples were taken, in order to study lidocaine plasma concentrations following reduced iv. bolus administration (0.5 mg/kg body weight) and subsequent infusion (2 mg/min). Drug concentrations were monitored by means of gas chromatography. The results obtained from the reduced loading dose of lidocaine were nearly identical to those from patients without myocardial insufficiency and an iv. bolus injection of 1 mg lidocaine/kg body weight. The reduced hepatic metabolism of lidocaine caused by manifest myocardial insufficiency requires a significantly reduced loading dose not exceeding the therapeutic range, even in intraoperative short-term use.

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[Catheterized peridural anesthesia as a procedure for intra- and postoperative pain therapy in chemonucleolysis].

In 13 patients scheduled for intradiscal therapy with chymopapain we performed continuous lumbar epidural anaesthesia as a method of intra- and postoperative pain relief. In all patients epidural anaesthesia provided a sufficient analgesia by the use of bupivacaine 0.75% intraoperatively. In contrast to chemonucleolysis under general anaesthesia only half of the patients needed postoperative pain therapy, which was achieved by the epidural injection of bupivacaine 0.25%.

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[Metabolic changes caused by an extremities tourniquet and its modification by anesthesia procedures].

In 3 groups of 15 patients, respectively, we studied metabolic changes following tourniquet-release after operations of lower extremity. The influence of different anesthetic methods was evaluated by blood-gas-analyses up to 30 minutes after blood-circulation of the lower limb had been reinstalled. Our results demonstrate, that the patients under regional anesthesia with spontaneous respiration (group 1) could preserve their metabolic equilibrium with minor changes within the physiologic range. The intubated patients with controlled respiration (group 2) revealed a marked metabolic acidosis after tourniquet-release with insufficient respiratory compensation. Initial values were not reached within 30 minutes. The patients of group 3 (controlled respiration with a 25% increase of the normal minute volume for a period of 5 minutes after release of the tourniquet) had a less severe acidosis than those of group 2. The beneficial influence of spontaneous respiration in compensating metabolic acidosis--even in aged patients--following an ischemic tourniquet has been demonstrated by this investigation. Short-term hyperventilation seems to be the therapeutic tool in patients with controlled respiration to compensate for metabolic acidosis up to a certain extent.

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[Incidence of air embolism in implantation of hip prostheses].

The prosthetic supply of the hip-joint may be accompanied by the problem of venous air embolism. By including 53 orthopaedic patients having undergone total hip replacement, the influence of bone-cement as well as of the different anaesthetic techniques on the frequency of embolic phenomenons was investigated. Embolism was determined as an abrupt decrease (greater than 5 mmHg) in the end-tidal pCO2. Venous embolism often occurred with cemented endoprostheses in contrast to non-cement implantations. Patients with general anaesthesia presented more often with venous air embolism than patients with epidural anaesthesia. This might be explained by an expanding effect of nitrous oxide on air bubbles entering the vascular bed under the implantation of the shaft-prostheses. Our data stress the importance of continuous monitoring of end-tidal pCO2 for early discovery of lung embolism.

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