Sedation For Gatrointestinal Endoscopy

Rasa Kučinskaitė, Aurika Karbonskienė Abstract Gastrointestinal endoscopy (GIE) has a great diagnostic and therapeutic value. However, patients experience unpleasant sensations such as irritation of reflexogenous zones, nausea, cough, abdominal distension and pain during these procedures. Therefore, lengthy and traumatic procedures are recommended to be performed under medium or deep sedation. Optimal medications and combinations of…

Target Controlled Infusions In Anaesthesia Practice

Erika Šalčiūtė, Aurika Karbonskienė Abstract Target controlled infusion is a relatively new technique which enables the anaesthesiologist to target a constant blood concentration during total intravenous anaesthesia. The objective of this review is to take a look into the principles of target controlled infusion and the results of novel research comparing this technique with manually…

What Kind Of Anaesthetic To Choose During Cardiac Surgery

Aida Kinderytė, Edmundas Širvinskas, Vilmantė Borutaitė, Andrius Macas Abstract Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery on cardiopulmonarybypass (CPB) is frequently a useful method in the treatment of progressive coronary insufficiency today. According to the data of literature the most common lethal complications after this type of operations are myocardial infarct and arrhythmias associated with ischemic-reperfusion…