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K Nuuttila

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PubMed1984

Influence of laryngoscope design on heart rate and rhythm changes during intubation.

One hundred and twenty adult patients about to undergo surgery were premedicated with either meperidine or meperidine and atropine. After anaesthesia was induced with thiopentone and succinylcholine given, tracheal intubation was performed with the use of either a Magill or a Macintosh laryngoscope. There were no statistical differences in changes of heart rate and rhythm between the groups, as regards the type of premedication given or the design of laryngoscope used.

Adult↗
PubMed1980

The effect of galanthamine hydrobromide on plasma ACTH in patients undergoing anaesthesia and surgery.

The effects of two anticholinesterases, galanthamine and neostigmine, on ACTH and, in some cases, cortisol were compared in 16 patients undergoing relaxant anaesthesia and surgery for varicose veins. The procedures produced increases both in ACTH and cortisol. Following administration of the study drugs to reverse the non-depolarising neuromuscular block, a statistically significant elevation of ACTH occurred in those patients who received galanthamine. It was concluded, therefore, that the rise in plasma cortisol is ACTH-dependent and not due to a peripheral cholinergic mechanism.

Adrenocorticotropic Hormone↗