(n.) Entire or partial loss or absence of feeling or sensation; a state of general or local insensibility produced by disease or by the inhalation or application of an anaesthetic.
Example Sentences:
(1) It was shown in experiments on four dogs by the conditioned method that the period of recovery of conditioned activity after one hour ether anaesthesia tested 7 to 7.5 days.
(2) This study compares anaesthesia with controlled ventilation of the lungs with atracurium and alfentanil analgesia with halothane anaesthesia.
(3) It is concluded that extradural adrenaline does not usefully reduce systemic absorption of 0.5% bupivacaine, but may improve its efficacy in extradural anaesthesia for elective Caesarean section.
(4) Anaesthesia was maintained with artificial ventilation and alcuronium, or spontaneous ventilation with halothane.
(5) During anaesthesia with 60-70 per cent N2O in O2 and 0.2 per cent isoflurane, a maintenance dose (MD) of fentanyl was administered using a continuous variable-rate IV fentanyl infusion, supplemented by intermittent 50 micrograms IV boluses.
(6) Anaesthesia was achieved by a mixture of oxygen, nitrous oxide and fluothane without use of muscle relaxants.
(7) Typical kinetics of local anaesthetics are presented for various methods of regional anaesthesia informing the anaesthetist on corresponding plasma concentrations if the recommended maximum doses are exceeded and thus he gets useful information for his daily work.
(8) With attention to proper performance and patient selection, spinal and epidural anaesthesia are safe and efficacious options when choosing anaesthetic technique.
(9) A sex difference in postanaesthetic mortality after fluroxene anaesthesia was found in Swiss Webster mice.
(10) Emily Stow London • Until I retired a year ago I was a consultant anaesthetist with a special interest in obstetric anaesthesia and analgesia.
(11) The reduction in respiratory function in those subjects without an abdominal incision demonstrated that other factors, particularly the influence of a general anaesthesia, need to be taken into account.
(12) Two of the excluded women refluxed during episodes of hiccough that occurred shortly after induction of anaesthesia.
(13) The drug proved to be of high value in alleviating nocturnal coughing controlling spastic bronchitis in children, as a pretreatment before bronchological examinations and their anaesthesia.
(14) General anaesthesia with apneic oxygenation may offer the ENT surgeon increased possibilities of exploration and operation at the level of the larynx and trachea, but owing to its biological consequences, it should be used only with circumspection and its indications should be totally justified, for acts of limited duration.
(15) We report an episode of hypotension, tachycardia, bronchospasm and urticaria following application of a non-ionic contrast medium (Iopamidol) during isoflurane anaesthesia.
(16) In acute experiments on pregnant sows under sodium pentobarbitone anaesthesia, acid base balance, oxygenation and plasma metabolite concentrations were well maintained in the dam and all fetuses which remained undisturbed in utero, irrespective of the duration of the experiment.
(17) Decrease in progesterone and rise in cortisol were noticed during and after anaesthesia.
(18) Anaphylactoid (i. e. anaphylactic-like) reactions have been estimated to occur in between one in 600 and one in 1,000 general anaesthesias.
(19) The patients received no premedication or basic anaesthesia and relaxation was obtained using pancuronium bromide.
(20) Experiments were carried out under urethane anaesthesia.
Analgesia
Definition:
(n.) Absence of sensibility to pain.
Example Sentences:
(1) Arterial oxyhaemoglobin saturation (SaO2) was monitored continuously during normal labour in 33 healthy parturients receiving pethidine and nitrous oxide for analgesia.
(2) Patients in these groups had better postoperative analgesia.
(3) This study compares anaesthesia with controlled ventilation of the lungs with atracurium and alfentanil analgesia with halothane anaesthesia.
(4) EMLA cream, usually used for skin surface analgesia, was tested as an adjunct to anesthesia in dermabrasion.
(5) Ten patients received intercostal nerve blockade on a total of 29 occasions in order to provide analgesia following liver transplantation and to facilitate weaning from artificial ventilation of the lungs.
(6) It is assumed that the mild analgesia produced by acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) and indomethacin is due to a common mode of action, namely inhibition of the cyclo-oxygenase reaction in the synthesis of prostaglandins.
(7) Emily Stow London • Until I retired a year ago I was a consultant anaesthetist with a special interest in obstetric anaesthesia and analgesia.
(8) Pre-operative side-effects were more frequent after gemeprost but did not increase the need for analgesia.
(9) In the remaining 122, the system worked well and the majority of patients obtained satisfactory analgesia.
(10) Patient-Controlled-Analgesia (PCA) is becoming a standard in post-operative analgesia.
(11) It may be observed that the release of 5-HT in these regions of the brain is accelerated during acupuncture analgesia.
(12) Drugs known to improve memory, including physostigmine, pramiracetam and the muscarinic agonists, oxotremorine and RS 86, selectively induced analgesia in rats subjected to test before the shock plus the shock, thereby supporting a hypothesis of avoidance learning.
(13) After sulfentanil analgesia the patients were more rapidly awake and lucid, than after fentanyl-analgesia.
(14) The threshold for stimulation-produced analgesia or aversion, whichever was lowest, was determined before and after drug administration.
(15) During the initial 6-hour efficacy evaluation, analgesia was measured using verbal and visual scriptors and vital signs, and acute toxicity information was recorded.
(16) Both placental and blood-lumbar CSF transfer of diazepam (5 mg orally) and its two metabolites, N-desmethyldiazepam and unconjugated oxazepam, was measured (by GLC) in 15 patients undergoing Caesarean section under spinal analgesia.
(17) The complications of postoperative analgesia include respiratory depression and--when choosing the epidural route--possible damage to the spinal cord by infection, trauma, or bleeding.
(18) Though intraspinal narcotic analgesia is associated with a number of side effects, with proper knowledge these adverse reactions are wither preventable or can be greatly reduced.
(19) Since July 1, 1990, Nalbuphine has been used as an obstetric analgesia at the Municipal Women's Hospital in Cologne-Holweide.
(20) Analysis of patient questionnaires suggests more enthusiasm for patient-controlled analgesia, but in this study, it was difficult to clearly demonstrate any significant advantage for pain management or amount of opiate administered.