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What are the common anaesthetic practices during cardiopulmonary bypass among consultant anaesthetists in the UK and Ireland?
What are the common anaesthetic practices during cardiopulmonary bypass among consultant anaesthetists in the UK and Ireland?
A balanced anaesthetic technique using neuromuscular blockers, opioids, and intravenous anaesthetics was the most commonly used approach during cardiopulmonary bypass in the UK and Ireland in 1989.
Provides 1989 UK/Ireland snapshot of balanced anaesthesia during CPB; leaves open whether patterns persist or have evolved.
A postal survey of consultant anaesthetists in the UK and Ireland was undertaken in the summer of 1989 to determine anaesthetic practice during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). A questionnaire requiring details of anaesthetic agents used for induction of anaesthesia, maintenance of anaesthesia before CPB and during CPB was sent to 198 consultants. There was a 52% response rate. Intravenous anaesthetics were used during induction of anaesthesia, maintenance of anaes thesia and during CPB by 100%, 64% and 81 % of respondents respectively. Opioids were used by 96%, 96% and 80%, volatile anaesthetics by 73%, 95% and 36%, and neuromuscular blockers by 100%, 97% and 90%. It is concluded that a balanced anaesthetic technique using neuromuscular blockers, opioids and intravenous anaesthetics is that which is most commonly used during CPB.
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