Mortality in Anaesthesia

Guest Lecture: On the Possible Role of the two Central Projection Areas of the Spinothalamic Inflow in the Appreciation of Pain.- Debate.- Symposium: Complications in Anaesthesia.- Epidemiological Aspects.- Mortality Associated with Anaesthesia - The Background to the British Study.- Anaesthetic Mortality in Britain and France - Methods and Results of the British Study.- Morbidity and Mortality Associated with Anaesthesia - French Survey: Preliminary Results.- Aspects of Anaesthetic Mortality.- Maternal Mortality Associated with Anaesthesia in England and Wales.- Anaesthesia and Maternal Mortality in France.- Cardiac Function and Anaesthetic Mortality.- Anaesthetic Mortality and Pulmonary Function.- An Analysis of Anaesthetic Mortality amongst Children.- Morbidity and Mortality in Elective Geriatric Surgery.- Complications of Anaesthesia as Subjects for Intensive Therapy.- Anaesthetic Death from Equipment Failure.- Medicolegal Consequences of Anaesthetic Death.- Medicolegal Consequences of Anaesthetic Death (U.K.).- Medicolegal Consequences of Death under Anaesthesia in the Netherlands.- Medicolegal Consequences of Death under Anaesthesia in France.- Medicolegal Problems Concerning the Categorization and Tabulation of Lethal Accidents in Anesthesiology (FRG).- On the Duty to Report to the Authorities all Fatal Accidents during Anaesthesia - Experiences in Austria.- Free Papers.- The Influence of Pancuronium Bromide on Primary Conjugated Bile Acids.- Autoregulation of Cerebral Blood Flow: Effects of Nitroprosside and Nitroglycerine.- Haemodynamic Profile of Nicergoline - Induced Hypotension in Dogs.- Estimation of Anaesthetic Depth by Monitoring Spontaneous Scalp EMG and Evoked Hypothenar EMG.- Combined Electroencephalography (EEG) and Electromyography (EMG)for Measurement of Depth of Anaesthesia.- Relationship between Maximum Inspiratory Pressure and Tidal Volume after Decurarization.- Pharmacodynamics of Org NC 45 (Norcuron(TM)) in Children.- Cardiovascular Effects of Subarachnoid Adrenaline.- Ventilation with an Air-Oxygen Mixture During Anaesthesia.- Effects of Anaesthesia on Haemodynamic Responses to Haemorrhage.- Epidural Autologous Blood Patch in Intractable Headache.- Reaction Time and Pattern of Memory Function after Fentanyl, Diazepam and Flunitrazepam.- Zopiclone as an Oral Preanesthetic Medication.- Postoperative Infusion Analgesia.- Relief of Postoperative Pain with Zomepirac, Paracetamol with Codeine, or Placebo.- The Influence of Epidural Analgesia on Plasma Norephinephrine, Epinephrine and Cortisol During Labour and Delivery.- Radiocardiographic Evaluation of Induction to Neuroleptanaesthesia in Patients with Mitral Stenosis.- Continous Estimates of Cardiac Output by Ultrasonic Oesophageal Probe.- The Plasma Elimination Kinetics of Thiopentone Following Prolonged Infusion to Reduce Intracranial Pressure.- Dissociation between Resting and Reflex Cardiovascular Effects of High Dose Fentanyl and Alfentanyl in the Dog.- Airway Pressure and Gas Flow Measurements in the Weaning of Infants from Controlled Ventilation with the Siemens 900C System.- Hemodynamics of Hemorrhagic or Endotoxic Shock in Dogs under Thiopentone Anaesthesia: Effects of Additional Thiopentone or Ketamine.- Effects of Droperidol on Peripheral Vasculature During Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Man.- Development of Tachyphylaxis and Phase II Block after Depolarizing Neuromuscular Blocking Drugs.- Abstracts.- Measurement of Plasma Fentanyl Concentration - Comparison of three Methods.- Ventilatory Movement Discoordination in the Postoperative Periodand During Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation.- Dosing of IV Anaesthetics: New Infusion Techniques Developed by Pharmacokinetic Methods.- The Use of Antithrombin III in ICU Patients in Shock.- Occupation and Health of U.K. Women Doctors and Dentists: Interim Report on the Findings in Hospital Staff.- Comparison of Halothane and Isoflurane when Used to Control Intra-operative Hypertension in Patients Subjected to Coronary Artery Surgery.- Ventilatory Depression During and after Infusions of Fentanyl and Alfentanyl in Man.- Discussion Session: The Involvement of the Anaesthetist in the Treatment of Chronic Pain.- The Involvement of Anaesthetics in the Treatment of Patients with Chronic Pain.- Peripheral versus Central Approaches to Pain and its Treatment.- The Role of the Anaesthetist in a Multidiciplinary Pain Clinic.- The Role of the Anaesthetist in Pain Teaching and Research.- Posters.- Parenteral Nutrition in Multiple Trauma: Use of Branched Chain Amino-acids.- Hemodynamic Effects of Ketamine Following Administration of Acebutol in the Dog under Thiopentone Anaesthesia.- The Effects of Methohexitone and Alfentanil on Oxygen Consumption.- A new Valveless All Purpose Ventilator.- Effect of Changes in Blood Pressure on Central Respiratory Activity.- Epidural Morphine Effect on the Somatosensory Evoked Potentials.- Ketamine-Diazepam as an Adjunct to Regional Anaesthesia.- Comparison of Levonantradol 1 or 2 mg I.M. with Pethidine and Placebo for Postoperative Analgesia.- Recovery from Disoprofol Anaesthesia: A Comparison with Althesin.- Legal Measures in Romania to Minimise Health Risks for Anaesthetists.- The Influence of Antihypertensive Drugs on Intracranial Pressure.- Abstracts.- The Microcomputer in Self-assessment for Examinations in Anaesthesia.- Effects of Fazadinium on Respiratory Functions and its Correlation with Neuromuscular Transmission in Children.