This report is a study of 80 patients who underwent operations for intracranial aneurysms;
40 of these patients, operated upon in the years 1955 through 1960, were subjected to …

Thiopental (Pentothal) sodium has long been considered an acceptable anesthetic agent in
adults. Its use in infants and children, however, has been largely limited to its rectal …

During the past few years there has been a definite increase in the use of blood transfusion
as a therapeutic measure. The improved methods and facilities for collection, preservation …

By means of suitable attachments, an operating table may be converted into a refrigerating
trough thus avoiding the inconvenience of transferring the hypothermic patient from the cold …

EnNmONs-~ oda lime is a combina-D tion of two words, each of which has a variety of
meanings. Soda may mean SO-dium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, sodium hydroxide, sodium …

The information afforded by continuous electrocardiographic and electroencephalographic
monitoring is especially valuable during cardiac surgery. An abnormality seen in the …

Cler~~ l, rnrl. Obio he volume of the circulating blood may be T determined; ifter thc intravenous
injcction of a known quantity of rdioaccive isotope. This dctcrmination is based on the …

PATIENT is to be operated upon for cholelithiasis. She is 50 years old, weighs 160 pounds,
has a blood pressure of 150/115 mm. Hg, has had auricular fibrillation for 3 years, and is …

Instruments used as monitors during cardiac surgery are believed by most workers in this
field to be of considerable value. Among these instruments are the electrocardiogram, …

The respirator 1 in widest use consists of a box in which one places the patient in order to
subject his body to alternating positive and negative (or zero and negative) pressures. These …