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  • 1
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    Electronic Resource
    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Anaesthesia 51 (1996), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1365-2044
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: In order to determine the degree to which the recommendations of the report of the joint working party on ‘Pain after Surgery’ by the Royal College of Surgeons of England and the College of Anaesthetists have been implemented, a postal survey was conducted of all hospitals in the United Kingdom where surgery is performed. The number of hospitals with a multidisciplinary acute pain service had significantly increased from 2.8% before September 1990 to 42.7% at the end of 1994. Over the same period there has been an increase in the number of hospitals with a named clinician responsible for acute pain management, from 20 before 1990 to 230 (65.2%) and the number of hospitals with an acute pain nurse has increased from 8 (2.3%) prior to 1990 to 139 (39.3%). Routine assessment of pain and sedation occurs in 82% of hospitals with established acute pain services and in less than 50% of hospitals without an acute pain service. The use of written protocols, the provision of out-of-hours cover and regular training for all staff have increased with time. Research and audit activity related to acute pain management has also improved since 1990.
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  • 2
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    Electronic Resource
    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Anaesthesia 51 (1996), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1365-2044
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Ninety four patients undergoing transurethral resection of the prostate underwent Holter electrocardiographic monitoring pre-and postoperatively. There was no difference in silent myocardial ischaemia incidence or load between the spinal (n = 60) ami the general anaesthesia (n = 34) groups. Ischaemic heart disease and a higher Detsky score both significantly increased the incidence of silent myocardial ischaemia but not the ischaemic load of those patients that actually demonstrated ischaemia. In this specific surgical population, not undergoing cardiac or vascular surgery, both ischaemic heart disease and cardiac risk scores are poor predictors of ischaemic load. Merely the presence of short duration silent myocardial ischaemia probably has little predictive value for postoperative adverse outcome.
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  • 3
    ISSN: 1365-2044
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: The analgesic efficacy and duration of action of tenoxicam, an injectable non-steroidal analgesic with a long elimination half-life, were studied in day case laparoscopy in a double-blind randomised prospective parallel placebo-controlled trial. Tenoxicam 20 mg or saline was given intravenously at induction of anaesthesia in 67 women undergoing day case investigative laparoscopy for infertility or abdominal pain. Outcome measures were time to first analgesia, pain levels at 2, 4 and 24 h plus postoperative analgesic consumption in hospital and at home. The study showed no statistically significant difference in any of these measures between the two groups. Tenoxicam 20mg intravenously immediately pre-operatively cannot be recommended for day case surgery on the basis of this study.
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  • 4
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    Electronic Resource
    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Science Ltd
    Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics 17 (2003), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1365-2036
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Aims : To assess fistula track healing after infliximab treatment using magnetic resonance imaging.Methods : Magnetic resonance imaging and clinical evaluation were performed before and after three infliximab infusions given over a 6-week period. Magnetic resonance images were evaluated for abscesses and fistula tracks. Paired magnetic resonance image examinations were rated ‘better’, ‘unchanged’ or ‘worse’. Magnetic resonance imaging and clinical outcomes were then compared.Results : Of the 12 referred patients, pre-treatment magnetic resonance imaging detected abscesses in three (two not treated). Of the 10 treated patients, seven had peri-anal fistulas, two of whom also had recto-vaginal fistulas, and three had abdominal wall entero-cutaneous fistulas. After infliximab, four were in remission, one had a response and five were non-responders. One developed a peri-anal abscess. Magnetic resonance imaging improved in six, was unchanged in two and was worse in two. In four of the six with improvement in magnetic resonance imaging, the fistula track resolved, but two of these had clinically persistent entero-cutaneous fistulas. The clinical outcome and magnetic resonance imaging correlated in seven of the 10 patients; in three (two entero-cutaneous and one peri-anal), there was discordance.Conclusions : Magnetic resonance imaging identifies clinically silent sepsis. Fistulas may persist despite clinical remission. Clinical response to infliximab and clinical correlation with magnetic resonance imaging were poor in patients with abdominal entero-cutaneous fistulas.
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    Electronic Resource
    Oxford BSL : Blackwell Science
    Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics 10 (1996), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1365-2036
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: This article reviews some of the health-care economic data that have been acquired in recent assessments of minimal access surgery of the digestive tract, with particular reference to laparoscopic cholecystectomy and laparoscopic surgery for gastro-oesophageal reflux disease.
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    ISSN: 1432-1238
    Keywords: Key words IL-10 ; HLA-DR ; Inflammation ; Sepsis ; Intensive care
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Objective: To assess the relationship between IL-10 release and anti-inflammatory response following blunt trauma. Design: Prospective longitudinal clinical study. Setting: Departments of trauma and anaesthetics in a university teaching hospital Patients: Forty-eight adult patients with a mean injury severity score of 14.5 (range 9–57) were prospectively studied following blunt trauma. Measurements and results: Venous blood samples were collected on arrival and at 16 and 24 h, and at 3, 5, and 7 days. Peripheral blood mononuclear cell (HLA-DR) expression on CD14 + monocytes was quantified by flow cytometry and serum IL-10 was assayed by ELISA. Anti-inflammatory response was defined as monocyte HLA-DR expression of less than 30 % of that seen in healthy controls. Serum IL-10 levels in trauma patients on arrival was significantly elevated, 70.0 [48.0–92.1, 95 % confidence interval, (CI)] compared to the control group, 3 (0–5) (P 〈 0.0001), and monocyte HLA-DR expression was significantly lower, 14.2 (12.1–16.3, 95 % CI), in patients versus 25.2 (22.4–28.1) in controls (P 〈 0.001). Patients with low HLA-DR expression (n = 14) had significantly higher serum IL-10 levels than those whose HLA-DR expression remained above 30 % of the control value (n = 34), (P 〈 0.038). In patients who developed sepsis (n = 11), serum IL-10 levels were greater on admission, [143.7 (80.2–207.2) pg/ml–1], and remained elevated during the study period compared with non-complicated patients, [50.16 (33.5–66.8) pg/ml–1]. Immediate IL-10 (2 h following trauma) was negatively correlated with simultaneous HLA-DR expression, (r = –0.49, P = 0.0005). Conclusion: These findings support the view that IL-10 release regulates monocyte HLA-DR expression and may be related to an anti-inflammatory response and development of sepsis following trauma.
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  • 7
    ISSN: 1530-0358
    Keywords: Fistula-in-ano ; Surgery ; Imaging ; Prognosis
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract PURPOSE: Magnetic resonance imaging of fistula-in-ano has been shown to predict surgical anatomy accurately and identify complex features. In addition, fistula complexity has been correlated with poor outcome after surgical intervention. We investigated whether preoperative magnetic resonance imaging could predict clinical outcome after surgery for fistulous disease better than clinical examination under anesthetic. METHODS: Seventy patients with clinically suspected fistula-in-ano underwent preoperative dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging before surgical exploration. Outcome was assessed at a minimum of one year after surgical exploration and correlated in a blinded fashion with the surgical and magnetic resonance grading of the severity of the fistulous disease. RESULTS: Of 70 patients, 12 were not operated on and 6 were lost to follow-up, making 52 patients eligible for analysis. Assessment by dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging more accurately predicted outcome than the findings at initial surgical exploration. Dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging had a sensitivity of 81 percent, specificity of 73 percent, and positive predictive value of 75 percent; surgery had a sensitivity of 77 percent, specificity of 46 percent, and positive predictive value of 59 percent. Surgical assessment of apparent disease severity bore no relation to final outcome. Dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging could accurately predict whether patients were likely to have a satisfactory or unsatisfactory outcome after surgery. CONCLUSION: Dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging better predicts clinical outcome of patients with fistula-in-ano than initial surgical exploration.
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