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Other volatile liquid anaesthetics include desflurane and sevoflurane. Nitrous oxide Nitrous oxide is used for maintenance of anaesthesia and, in sub-anaesthetic concen...
It is less used these days for the initial diagnosis of asthma, clinicians being encouraged to use more accurate measurements of lung function such as spirometry and the fractional exhaled nitrous...
It is lined up with the abnormal tissue and inflated. Nitrous oxide is then sprayed through very precisely into the area to destroy abnormal cells by the extreme cold.
Non-depolarising neuromuscular blockers such as pancuronium are safe. So is nitrous oxide and barbiturates including thiopental. Before an anaesthetic ask about unclear complications fr...
A Cochrane review found that water immersion during the first stage of labour reduces the use of analgesia and reported maternal pain, without adverse effects on labour duration, operative delivery or...
In 1799, Humphry Davey discovered nitrous oxide, but its benefits were not widely publicised. Surgeons such as Robert Liston had to operate without the benefit of anaesthetic in the quickes...
Powder cocaine was the third most commonly used drug among people aged 16 to 24 in England and Wales (6.2%), after cannabis (17.3%) and nitrous oxide (8.7%). Although the crack cocaine epide...
FeNO test The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) issued guidance in 2017 that most patients suspected of having asthma should have a fractional exhaled nitrous oxide ...
Entonox® is a colourless gas made up of half nitrous oxide (sometimes called laughing gas) and half oxygen. It doesn't really smell of anything, although the breathing mask you need ...
Artificial surfactant, hyperbaric oxygen and inhaled nitrous oxide therapies are all of unproven value. Dialysis for acute kidney injury. Prophylactic antibiotics are unproven.
Inhaled nitrous oxide provides useful short-term analgesia for patients undergoing painful procedures and for those who have needle phobia [ 11 ] .
An evidence summary commissioned by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) suggested that whilst sildenafil may have a use in the treatment of PH in neonates in resource-limited ...
Fractional exhaled nitrous oxide (FeNO) NICE recommends objective testing with spirometry and FeNO for most people with suspected asthma.
Nitrates (also known as nitric oxide) work by relaxing the walls of blood vessels, which makes them slightly wider. In angina they work by relaxing the walls of veins that return blood to the...
Commonly they contain substances such as bismuth subgallate, zinc oxide or hamamelis. Many are available over the counter. They may soothe soreness or itching and are commonly used for piles ...
It is able to block most UVA and UVB rays, owing to the ingredients it contains (usually titanium dioxide or zinc oxide). As with sunscreen, you should not consider sunblock as an alternati...
It consists mainly of silica with small amounts of aluminium oxide and iron oxide. [ 10 ] There has been one study of 19 patients in the literature reporting that diatomaceous e...
Measurement of nasal nitric oxide is a useful screening test, which has the advantage of being non-invasive. It involves the patient breathing in nitric oxide and then measuring the level dur...
Inhaled nitric oxide (iNO), which is well documented for treatment of PPHN, but 30% fail to respond. Other current treatment options - these could be sildenafil, milrinone, prostaglandin a...
The products detected in the urine include nicotinic acid, niacin oxide and metabolites including 2-pyridone and 2-methyl nicotinamide. The latter two metabolites can be measured to assess...