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P Suppan

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At least 19 recordsLinked to original sources
PubMed1980

[First trimester termination of pregnancy. The value of treating the cervix pre-operatively in the primigravid patient by extra-amniotic administration of a single dose of F2-alpha prostaglandin gel (author's transl)].

The authors have tried "priming" the cervix by the administration of a single extraamniotic dose of a F2-alpha prostaglandin gel. This is shown to decrease the risks of trauma associated, with the often difficult, instrumental dilatation of a primigravid cervix at the time of the termination of a 9-12 week pregnancy. The dilatation observed at curettage after this single dose was on the average 10.5 mm +/- 2.2 mm. This is very significantly (p < 0,0001) different from that of patients who received a placebo gel, in which the average diameter of the cervical canal was 4.5 mm +/- 1.0 mm. Constituting a sure and safe method this single priming dose is only applicable when the pain, from the uterine contractions that it produces, can be controlled in an efficient manner. The comparisons made concerning this point, in this paper, show that it can only be done by the use of a continuous epidural anaesthetic. This obviates the necessity of another anaesthetic at the time of aspiration-curettage.

Abortion, Induced↗
PubMed1977

Feed-back monitoring in anaesthesia. IV. The indirect measurement of arterial pressure and its use for the control of halothane administration.

A technique of indirect determination of arterial systolic pressure using a photoelectric pulse monitor signal to indicate arterial occlusion has been applied to the feed-back control of halothane administration. In normotensive patients, the inspired halothane concentration had little influence on arterial pressure; in about 25% of patients a periodic pattern between the low and medium outputs of the vaporizer occurred. In hypertensive patients, the arterial pressure was more sensitive to the depressant effects of halothane and the concentration administered was reduced automatically as the operation proceeded.

Anesthesia, Inhalation↗
PubMed1977

Case report: anaesthesia in myotonic dystrophy.

Pancuronium and a continuous infusion of althesin was used to produce muscular relaxation in a patient with myotonic dystrophy. Excellent muscle relaxation with absence of percussion or surgically induced myotonia was obtained but the EMG was not modified; an intracellular site of action of althesin is postulated. Cardiovascular stability was remarkable peroperatively; post-operatively an increased myocardial susceptibility to hypokalaemia was noticed.

Adult↗