Closed-Circuit System and Other Innovations in Anaesthesia

The Closed-Circuit Anaesthesia System.- The Closed Circuit: Past and Future.- Practical Application of the Closed-Circuit System.- Closed-Circuit Anaesthesia in Gynaecology and Obstetrics.- First Clinical Experiences with the Narcocon in Completely Computerized On-Demand Closed-Circuit Ventilation.- Closed-Circuit Anaesthesia for Cardiac Patients.- Closed-Circuit Anaesthesia for Paediatric Patients.- Integrated Monitoring of Closed-Circuit Anaesthesia.- Monitors in Closed-Circuit Anaesthesia.- Closed-Circuit Anaesthesia: Actual Inspired Gas Concentrations Measured by Mass Spectrometer.- Can We Practise Safe, Simple Closed-Circuit Anaesthesia without Extensive Monitoring or Calculus?.- Estimation of Cardiac Output and Lung Tissue Volume in Closed-Circuit (Rebreathing) Systems.- Controlled Respiration with He-O2 Mixtures Using a Semi-open and a Closed System.- Technical Conception of an Anaesthesia System with Measurement and Semiautomated Dosage of Gases and Vapours.- Discussion I.- Non-invasive Monitoring.- Non-invasive Monitoring of tcpO2 and tcpCO2 in Patients with Normal and Compromised Circulation.- A Microsystem to Measure Respiratory and Anaesthetic Gases During Surgery.- On-Line Estimation of Cerebral Oxygenation.- A Continuous Non-invasive Blood Pressure Measurement Which is Controlled by Finger Plethysmography.- A New Approach to Photoelectric Plethysmography.- High-Amplification Electrocardiography.- An Electronic Procedure and Device for Determining the Position of a Catheter or a Probe.- New Aspects of Respiration Physiology and Circulation.- Effect of Different Ventilator Settings and Surfactant Replacement on Lung Function in Severe Respiratory Insufficiency.- Microphysiological Studies on Oxygenation of Normal or Ischaemic Myocardium.- Autotransfusion inSurgical Practice: An Update.- Changes in Important Biochemical Parameters Due to Extreme Haemodilution with Cross-linked Stromafree Haemoglobin Solution.- Physical Aspects in Peripheral Perfusion.- Pneumatically Controlled Circulation in Peripheral Vascular Diseases.- Discussion II.- New Aspects of Pharmacological Treatment.- Importance of Chronopharmacology in Medicine.- Analgesic Effect of Continuous Intrathecal Beta-Endorphin in Cancer Patients.- Epidural, On-Demand, Low-Dose Infusion of Morphine and Postoperative Pain Relief.- Discussion III.