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Background: The management of patients with carcinoid heart disease poses two major challenges for the anaesthetist: carcinoid crisis and low cardiac output secondary to right ventricular (RV) failure. Carcinoid crises may be precipitated by the administration of catecholamines and histamine-releasing drugs.
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bja.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/101/5/618
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The anaesthetist's major role lies in providing anaesthesia during surgery, but this role is ever widening and anaesthetists are also involved in the preparation of surgical patients, the relief of post-operative pain, in obstetric units, in cardiac arrest teams, in intensive care units, in accident and...
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www.rcoa.ac.uk/index.asp?PageID=735
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The working party is grateful for the input to this document of the National Pre-operative Assessment Co-ordinator as both the AAGBI and the national guidelines published by the NHS Modernisation Agency are in agreement as to the pivotal importance of the anaesthetist's role.
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www.aagbi.org/publications/guidelines/docs/preoperative...
www.aagbi.org/publications/guidelines/docs/preoperativeass01.pdf
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The general public has little idea of the role of anaesthetists, and, sadly, the medical profession as a whole often mirrors this lack of knowledge. ... Only an anaesthetist can do this. Additional investigations or treatment may be needed before a decision can be made, and consultation with other specialists can often...
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www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/318/7187/S2-7187
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Close co-operation between obstetrician and anaesthetist, careful overall management and the judicious choice of drugs in pre-medication, anaesthetic agents and techniques, on the lines outlined and discussed should aid the reduction of meternal mortality in elective and emergency caesarian section to the barest minimum.
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www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/16295078
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This article reports on the views of theatre nurses on the role of the nurse anaesthetist, which has received recent attention in the context of changing nursing and medical roles. ... This article reports on the views of theatre nurses on the role of the nurse anaesthetist, which has received recent attention in the context...
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www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/9283325
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Aug 23, 2008 ... The role of the anaesthetist in severe pre-eclampsia and eclampsia is to provide safe, effective analgesia and anaesthesia for delivery, ...
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linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1521693408000849
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In mainland Europe, the independent scope of the practice of nurse anaesthetists has been constrained while possible new roles for nurses have been ...
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linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S152168960190223X
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During an operation, the anaesthetist is responsible for ensuring the patient is not conscious, muscle relaxation is maintained, their pain is eliminated and the patient is unharmed by the anaesthetic or the surgery.
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www.portfolio.mvm.ed.ac.uk/studentwebs/session2/group50...
www.portfolio.mvm.ed.ac.uk/studentwebs/session2/group50/theatre_role.htm
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