Publications by authors named "I Sockalingham"

This randomized double blind study investigates the relative efficacies of controlled analgesia (PCA) regimens in three different patient groups: epidural diamorphine 2.5 mg followed by PCA bolus 1 mg with a 20-min lockout (Gp1), subcutaneous diamorphine 2.5 mg followed by PCA bolus with a 10-min lockout period (Gp2) and epidural diamorphine 2.

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We have compared mivacurium and succinylcholine in 27 paediatric patients with mild (Child's A) to moderate (Child's B) liver disease undergoing oesophagogastroduodenoscopy (OGD) and injection of oesophageal varices, with 10 healthy children receiving mivacurium for ENT procedures. With mivacurium 0.2 mg kg-1, the severity of liver disease did not correlate with duration of block compared with controls (time from bolus to T1 25%, P = 0.

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