The effect of injection of two vs 10 mL saline on the subsequent spread and quality of epidural analgesia in parturients.

Objective: To determine whether two vs 10 mL of saline injected into the epidural space affects the subsequent spread and quality of epidural analgesia in parturients.

Design: Randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled study.

Setting: Delivery room.

A comparison of sevoflurane-propofol versus sevoflurane or propofol for laryngeal mask airway insertion in adults.

In a prospective, randomized study, we investigated the incidence of successful insertion of laryngeal mask airway (LMA) at the first attempt and the incidence of side effects after LMA insertion using the combination of sevoflurane and propofol as compared with either sevoflurane or propofol alone for induction of anesthesia. Eighty-three unpremedicated ASA physical status I-II patients were anesthetized with a single vital capacity breath (VCB) of sevoflurane 8% supplemented with IV propofol 1.5 mg/kg, a single VCB of sevoflurane 8%, or IV propofol 3 mg/kg.

Anesthetic management for a patient with myasthenia gravis undergoing coronary artery bypass graft.

Purpose: Report the clinical management of a patient having Myasthenia Gravis (MG), undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB).

Clinical Features: A 71-yr-old man having MG (Osserman IIB), was admitted for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) under CPB. Optimization of the patient was achieved preoperatively.

Determining the site of brain tumors; the use of radioactive iodine and phosphorus.

By tests using radioactive iodine combined with diiodofluorescein, the site of tumors was correctly determined in 61 per cent of 39 cases of tumors of the cerebral hemispheres. In 19 cases where the focal radioactivity was increased 24 per cent or more over that of the surrounding area, there were no errors in localization. Fifteen patients with expanding intracranial lesions were tested at operation with radioactive phosphorus and 14 lesions were correctly localized.