Anaesthesia for radiation therapy - Gliwice experience.

General anaesthesia is rarely applied during fractionated radiotherapy with the exception of unco-operative patients. We performed a retrospective study to inform our current practice in anaesthesia procedures for radiotherapy application in children, brachytherapy and intraoperative radiation. The records of anaesthetized radiotherapy patients between January 2000 and September 2005 were analyzed.

[The complications of the use of hemodialysis catheters in central veins of the upper part of body--own experience].

Catheters with the double lumen are commonly used in order to obtain the temporary access to circulation enabling hemodialysis in patients with renal failure. The placement of catheter in the central vein is not entirely safe procedure. Instead it involves the number of complications connected with both the insertion of catheter and leaving it in the vessel for a longer time.

[Application of sevoflurane in the anesthesia of the patient with myasthenia gravis thymectomized using video-thoracoscopic technique: a case report].

17-year-old female patient with myasthenia gravis was admitted to Thoracic Surgery Unit Silesian Medical Academy for thoracoscopic thymectomy. Unfortunately she was allergic to atracurium, cis-atracurium and other intravenous anaesthetics. She was anaesthetized using sevoflurane and intubated by means of right double lumen tube.

Comparison of influence of thiopentone, propofol and midazolam on blood serum concentration of noradrenaline and cortisol in patients undergoing non-toxic struma operation.

The stress hormones plasma concentration after intravenous anesthetics (thiopentone, propofol, midazolam) administration in patients who underwent non-toxic struma operation was estimated. The goal of the study was to answer what stage of the general anesthesia and the surgery is the most dangerous for the cardiovascular system in term of stress hormones concentration and which of induction anesthetics used significantly alleviates undesirable reactions to surgical trauma and general anesthesia. 45 women aged 43 +/- 11, who underwent non-toxic struma operation and 16 women who underwent biliary gall-stones operation served as the 'study group and controls', respectively.

[The effect of nitrous oxide on middle ear pressure in secretory otitis media in children].

The preliminary results of the nitrous oxide application during children anesthesia with secretory otitis media was presented. The different otological operations in which nitrous oxide is contraindicated were mentioned. The nitrous oxide influence on the middle ear pressure increase was emphasized.