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	General anaesthetic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Most commonly these two forms are combined, with an injection given to induce anaesthesia and a gas used to maintain it, although it is possible to deliver anaesthesia solely by inhalation or injection.
		Inhalational anaesthetic substances are either volatile liquids or gases and are usually delivered using an anaesthesia machine.
		An anaesthesia machine allows composing a mixture of oxygen, anaesthetics and ambient air, delivering it to the patient and monitoring patient and machine parameters.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/General_anaesthetic (423 words)

	Anaesthetic machine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The anaesthetic machine (or anesthesia machine in America) is used by anaesthetists to support the administration of anaesthesia.
		Older machines may have cylinder yokes and flowmeters for carbon dioxide and cyclopropane.
		A pre-use check of the anesthesia machine is recommended before every single case and has been shown to decrease the risk of 24-h severe postoperative morbidity and mortality (Arbous et al Anesthesiology 2005).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Anaesthetic_machine (874 words)

	Anaesthesia Information Sheet
		Anaesthesia is usually induced by a short-acting injectable anaesthetic, after which the patient is kept asleep with a gaseous anaesthetic using an anaesthetic machine.
		The anaesthetic machines used at Elands Veterinary Clinic are the same as those used in a human medical hospital, and this allows accurate administration of the anaesthetic gas in combination with nitrous oxide and oxygen.
		This machine monitors the patients pulse continuously and also measures the amount of oxygen in the blood, giving an early warning of any problems, and enabling us to be absolutely certain that the brain is receiving sufficient oxygen during anaesthesia.
	www.elandsvet.co.uk /Business/aboutbusiness/newsinfo/anaesthesia.htm (810 words)

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		The object of ventilation during anaesthesia is to guarantee the gas exchange both in adults and children and to permit delivery and uptake of volatile anaesthetics.
		In conventional anaesthesia machines, besdie circle design, heat loss to the environment in the inspirayory limb is the major problem for anaesthetic gas climatisation.
		During anaesthesia, humidification is desirable to prevent damage to the respiratory tract and to decrease intra- and postoperative hypothermia.
	www.alfanaes.freeserve.co.uk /Session983.htm (3819 words)

	Ensuring safe anaesthesia practice - Criticare - Express Healthcare Management
		Safe anaesthesia accounts for 60 to 70 per cent in private practice and 30 to 40 per cent in institutional practice.
		The hurdles in safe anaesthesia practice are newer drugs, which are expensive and not always available in mofuzil and outstations.
		Before anaesthesia is started one must check the anaesthesia machine (Boyle machine), which includes source of gases, anaesthesia drugs, resuscitating or emergency drugs, necessary anaesthesia equipment, suction units.
	www.expresshealthcaremgmt.com /20050515/criticare01.shtml (819 words)

	Anaesthesia UK : Introduction to medical gases
		Gases used in anaesthesia are usually supplied under high pressure either in cylinders or as a piped gas supply.
		H - free-standing, attached to the anaesthesia machine by a flexible hose.
		The hose to the anaesthetic machine should be at a regulated pressure of 50 psi (i.e the regulator should be attached to the cylinder and not to the anaesthetic machine).
	www.frca.co.uk /article.aspx?articleid=100154 (590 words)

	Data Sheet
		Fluoride ion concentrations are influenced by the duration of anaesthesia, the concentration of sevoflurane administered, and the composition of the anaesthetic gas mixture.
		In the clinical situation, the highest concentration of Compound A in the anaesthesia circuit with soda lime as the CO absorbent was 15 ppm in paediatrics and 32 ppm in adults.
		Dosage reduction of neuromuscular blocking agents during induction of anaesthesia may result in delayed onset of conditions suitable for endotracheal intubation or inadequate muscle relaxation because potentiation of neuromuscular blocking agents is observed a few minutes after the beginning of sevoflurane administration.
	www.medsafe.govt.nz /Profs/datasheet/s/Sevoraneinh.htm (3275 words)

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		Leak test for anaesthesia machine- a rubber suction bulb(this may be modified from the bulb used in sphygmomanometer) was completely deflated and then attached to the common gas outlet.
		Low flow anaesthesia can be defined as a technique which, using a rebreathing system, results in at least 50% of exhaled air being returned to the lungs after CO absorption.
		Low flow anaesthesia reduces the cost spent on gases, environmental pollution and reduces the heat loss in patients by latent heat of vaporization as well as preserving the mucociliary clearance of patients' respiratory tract.
	www.ispub.com /ostia/index.php?xmlPrinter=true&xmlFilePath=journals/ija/vol7n1/lowflow.xml (1940 words)

	Anaesthesia Equipment - Anaesthesia Equipment Manufacturers,Anaesthesia Equipment Suppliers & Exporters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Manufacturing and exporting anaesthesia equipments such as artificial resuscitator fl rubber, artificial resuscitator silicon, mask fl rubber, bain circuit, mask silicon, anaesthesia machine, halothane vaporizer and portable anaesthesia machine.
		Engaged in manufacturing of anaesthesia equipment that includes suction catheter, suction catheter with thumb control valve, oxygen mask, guedel airways, endotracheal tube.
		Exporters of medical instruments, hospital equipment such as inspiration ventilator, transport ventilator, anesthesia machine, pulse oximeters, spine implant instruments, RBC aphaeresis machines, surgical instruments and biochemistry analyzers.
	catalogs.indiamart.com /products/anaesthesia-equipment.html (845 words)

	KARACHI: Govt hospital equipment non-functional -DAWN - Local; 30 July, 2004
		The hospital's ultrasound machine had not been working properly since 1998, the sources said, adding that the hospital doctors got repaired the minor faults in the machine from their pockets, but still it was not able to deal with major cases and its precision was not reliable even in minor ones.
		An anaesthesia machine and Electro Surgical Unit (Diathermy) had also not been functioning since more than seven years, putting the lives of those patients at risk, who had to undergo surgery at the hospital, the sources said.
		The only X-ray machine of 100MA at the hospital was also out of order for the last one week and could not be repaired, inconveniencing at least 20 to 30 patients visiting the X-ray facility daily, who now had to pay Rs150-200 at private clinics.
	www.dawn.com /2004/07/30/local7.htm (386 words)

	General News of Monday, 10 March 2003
		The head of the anaesthesia department of the hospital, Dr. Boakye, confided in the Chronicle, while on a fact-finding mission during which this reporter had a free medical check-up, that with improvement in anaesthesia, the ratio of the risk of a patient dying on the table is one per 20,000.
		Inside sources, however, told the Chronicle that the machine in question was labeled faulty for some days but the good one was mistakenly sent for servicing, instead of the bad one.
		According to the deceased's father Alhaji Osman, a cola dealer at Asawasi, who was traced to his Ayigya Zongo residence No. Blk 1, Plot 5 in Kumasi upon a tip-off, the deceased complained of abdominal pains and was rushed to KATH for treatment.
	www.ghanaweb.com /GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=33838 (488 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Methods: The study was performed in an OT equipped with a modern air-conditioning systema and with a low-leakage anaesthesia machine connected to a central scavenging system.
		Trace concentrations of the anaesthetics were measured continuously by means of a photoacoustic infrared spectrometer during general anaesthesia in 30 patients undergoing eye surgery.
		Values were obtained within the breathing zone of the anaesthetist, the surgeon, the auxiliary nurse and at the mouth of the patient.
	www.elsevier.com /cdweb/journals/00144398/articles/39/3/S001443989880161.abstract.en (178 words)

	Volume 7, No
		This is easy to engineer when both the anesthesia gas machine and the monitor are integrated in one frame or supplied by one manufacturer (who provides for the automatic power-on of the monitoring device when the anesthesia gas machine is turned on).
		Anaesthesia providers can aspire to and attain this ideal, thanks to the efforts of those clinicians, researchers, and lawmakers whose respective concepts, studies, and legislation advanced patient safety to the forefront in the field of anaesthesia.
		The FDA Anesthesia Gas Machine Pre-Use Checklist was first issued in 1986 as an educational adjunct in cooperation with the American Society of Anesthesiologists and the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists, as well as, other interested parties.
	www.apsf.org /resource_center/newsletter/1992/spring (8451 words)

	Operation bei Ratten, operation in rats (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		All of these narcotics should only be used together with a anaesthesia machine with which the vet is able to control the dose exactly.
		The main advantage of the inhalation anaesthesia is that it is excellent in controlling the dose as well as the length of the anaesthesia.
		If there are similar complications during an injection anaesthesia, the rat must be given an antagonist ("wake-up" injection), together with an artificial respiration.
	www.rattenzauber.de /op-eng.htm (1208 words)

	Surgical Care at the District Hospital (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Always induce anaesthesia with the patient on a table or trolley that can rapidly be tilted into a steep, head-down position to deal with any sudden onset of hypotension or, should the patient vomit, to allow the vomit to drain out of the mouth instead of into the lungs.
		During spontaneous breathing, observe the respiratory rate and tidal volume by looking first at chest and abdomen, then at your anaesthesia apparatus, that is the movement of the bag or bellows or the movement of, and noise from, the breathing valve, such as an Ambu valve.
		Only in the worst-risk cases, where the condition of the patient is so poor that even light anaesthesia is life threatening, should you accept a very light plane of anaesthesia that unavoidably carries the risk of awareness.
	www.steinergraphics.com /surgical/005_14.6.html (3641 words)

	Large Animal Ventilator System
		The foal breathing tubes set option permits the LDS 3000 Large Animal Machine to be used on foals, calves, small ruminants and other species too large in size for conventional small animal anesthetic machines.
		The DHV 1000 is designed to provide controlled ventilation to an anesthetized patient while connected to an appropriate large animal anaesthesia machine such as the LDS 3000.
		A ventilator/ anaesthesia machine cart, which is available as an accessory is recommended.
	www.burtons.uk.com /Equine_Ventilator_System.htm (457 words)

	Anaesthesia UK : Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Clinical Articles
		When compressed medical gases are available it is usually achieved using a continuous flow anaesthesia machine.
		Conceptually the modern anaesthetic machine is simple,consisting of the following parts: The anaesthetic machine may be as simple as that shown in Figure 1.
		Several manufacturers produce machines in which there is no longer a mechanical link between the flow meter knobs and the gas supply system because the system is controlled electronically.
	www.frca.co.uk /AbstractMView.aspx?jid=98 (155 words)

	EKU Elektronik presents new anaesthesia unit at MEDICA -- MEDICA Portal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The heart of the new anaesthesia machine which is called TANGENS 2c is the new Multimode-Anaesthesia-Ventilator connected to a 15" colour TFT-display screen for central operation.
		If you have a detailed look at the new anaesthesia machine TANGENS 2c, you will be astonished at the small number of operating keys.
		An anaesthesia machine whose central monitor is open for any view: with the help of a folding arm the central monitor can be put particularly elegantly and sovereign in any position for operating and supervising purposes.
	www.medica.de /cipp/md_medica/custom/pub/content,lang,2/ticket,g_u_e_s_t/oid,14285 (385 words)

	Table of contents (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		BRADLEY, D. An analysis of the anaesthesia caseload of the United Nations Military Hospital and its predecessors over the first 12 months of operation from September 1999 has been performed.
		General anaesthesia using the ULCO Portable Field Anaesthesia Machine was most commonly administered.
		SUMMARY: An analysis was performed of the anaesthesia caseload of the Dili General Hospital for a four-month period from April 21, 2000 to August 20, 2000.
	www.aaic.net.au /TOC.asp?View=1&T=APF (97 words)

	The Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society (CAS) - Members (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		To mark the sesquicentennial of the first successful demonstration of ether as an anaesthetic, anaesthetists of Saskatoon City Hospital organised a large display about anaesthesia during the week of October 16, 1996.
		The first was a mock-up of an operating room that utilised a modern anaesthesia machine with all monitors working via a simulator.
		There was an operating table with a 'dummy' patient, lungs ventilated and IV running and finally, a pseudo-anaesthetist (a revitalised and properly gowned resusci-Ann).
	www.cas.ca /members/sign_in/newsletter/v12_04?load=02 (290 words)

	The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Chennai News : Anaesthesia, without the side-effects
		Until recently ECG machines were used in operating theatres, but newer, smaller echo cardiograph machines made a surgeon's task less difficult, said R. Chandrasekaran, chief co-ordinator of the meet.
		Though general anaesthesia is the preferred mode of putting patients out of pain during surgery, other methods such as epidural and spinal anaesthesia are also widely practised now.
		Open-heart surgeries are performed under segmental epidural anaesthesia, where only a few segments relating to the heart are anaesthetised.
	www.hindu.com /2006/06/17/stories/2006061719270500.htm (324 words)

	Kasturba Medical College - Mangalore :: Department of Anaesthesiology
		Anaesthesia services are also provided for procedures on dental chair, particularly for children and apprehensive patients and also anaesthesia services provided for ECT, CT, endoscopy room
		Department is provided with latest anaesthesia machines, monitors and ventilators on OR and I.C.U. High risk surgeries are accepted and managed with intensive monitoring with continuous intra arterial pressure monitoring and central venous access.
		Department has MRI compatible anaesthesia machine and monitor with which anaesthesia for special radiological diagnostic procedures like MRI is provided.
	www.manipal.edu /kmcmnglore/departments/anaesthesiology.htm (2239 words)

	VEIN Links : Anaesthesia
		This paper published by the University of Melbourne Animal Experimentation Ethics Committee outlines the principles and guidelines to be followed in the use of anaesthesia.
		This is a general introductory textbook in 16 chapters covering anaesthetic equipment, preanaesthetic preparation, anaesthesia for specific species and specific conditions, high risk patient, complications, recovery and wildlife anaesthesia.
		The ECVA is the central authority regulating and certifying the standard of specialisation in veterinary anaesthesia in Europe.
	vein.library.usyd.edu.au /links/anaesthesia.html (1347 words)

	Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Teaching & Learning (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Be aware of the major groups of drugs used in general anaesthesia and of their typical actions and interactions.
		Understand the essential layout and components of the anaesthesia machine and breathing circuits.
		Be aware of the major commonly used local and regional anaesthesia techniques, including their complications.
	www.meddent.uwa.edu.au /etc/pf.cfm?SectionID=2&PageID=24&SubpageID=110 (166 words)

	Manufacturer, Exporter and Supplier of Anesthesia Apparatus, Anaesthesia Apparatus Machine - D4 Surgicals India Pvt. ...
		Manufacturer, Exporter and Supplier of Anesthesia Apparatus, Anaesthesia Apparatus Machine - D4 Surgicals India Pvt.
		D4surgicals->Products -> Anaesthesia Apparatus -> Anaesthesia Apparatus Machine
		Anaesthesia Machine MK III (ES) / (EM) Trolley
	www.d4surgicals.com /Anaesthesia (455 words)

	Update in Anaesthesia Issue Index
		Anaesthesia for the pregnant patient with acquired valvular heart disease
		Anaesthesia for Patients with Cardiac Disease Undergoing Non-Cardiac Surgery
		Anaesthesia for opthalmic surgery - part 2: General anaesthesia
	www.nda.ox.ac.uk /wfsa/html/pages/up_issu.htm (208 words)

	A Guide to Spinal Anaesthesia for Caesarean Section for Anaesthetists and Anesthesiologists
		While he believes that this technique represents good practice of anaesthesia, and can be supported by current literature and by comparison with the practice in other Canadian hospitals, no specific guarantees are given.
		I was taught to use general or epidural anaesthesia for Caesarean section.
		Check: Make sure that a working anaesthesia machine is available, complete with a method of ventilating the patient with oxygen, suction, intubation equipment, and standard anaesthetic and resuscitation drugs.
	www.oyston.com /anaes/local/spinalcs.html (2108 words)

	Anesthesia Gas Machine- Vaporizers
		On models which were manufactured prior to 1995, removing the center vaporizer of three defeats the interlock, and allows the outer two vaporizers to be turned on simultaneously.
		Leaks are relatively common, often due to malposition of vaporizers on the back bar (Anaesthesia 2002;57:299-300), or loss of gaskets, and these leaks may not be detected with the standard checklist unless the negative pressure check is performed.
		The interlock on Dräger machines continues to function if any vaporizers are removed, but one must attach a short-circuit block to prevent leaks if any vaporizer is removed.
	www.udmercy.edu /crna/agm/05.htm (2312 words)

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