Browsing Research Articles (Anaesthesiology) by Subject "Anaesthesia"

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Induction of anaesthesia with propofol according to the adjusted ideal body mass in obese and non-obese patients: an observational study

Smith, Francois Jacobus; Jurgens, F.X.; Coetzee, J.F.; Becker, Piet J. (Medpharm Publications, 2019)

BACKGROUND: Obesity changes body composition including fat free mass (FFM), regarded as the “pharmacologically active mass”. Scaling drug doses to obese patients by total body mass (TBM) results in overdose. We aimed to ...
Intubating conditions following four different doses of propofol in children

Du Preez, T.; Dippenaar, Johannes Marthinus (Tinus) (MedPharm Publications, 2020)

BACKGROUND : Day case surgery offers advantages to the patient, the family and the performing institution. Children are excellent candidates since they are generally healthy and often require brief surgical interventions. ...
Validation of age-based body mass estimation methods in toddlers and pre-school children

Booysen, Karin; Dippenaar, Johannes Marthinus (Tinus); Smith, Francois Jacobus (Medpharm Publications, 2019)

BACKGROUND: Body mass is commonly used to determine medication dosages and equipment size. In emergency situations (including cases necessitating surgery) weighing paediatric patients can be impractical. Clinicians may ...

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