Mass Spectrometry in Anaesthesiology

The VIth World Congress of Anaesthesiology, held in Mexico City in 1976, offered several European participants the opportunity of discovering their community of views. The idea was then launched of establishing a forum for regular exchanges among academic anaesthetists from Europe. After many preliminary discussions, some thirty delegates or observers from the Societies of Anaes thesia of Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, German Federal Re public, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom and Yugoslavia met in Paris on 12 March 1977. They agreed to found a European Academy of Anaesthesiology. After a second meeting in Dublin, the Academy was officially created by a general assembly in Paris on 5 Septem ber 1978. Election of members took place for the first time on that date. Since then, the Academy has been functioning regular ly. Its membership presently stands at 180 from 26 European countries. Associate members will be elected for the first time this year. The total number of full members is limited by the statutes to five hundred. The Academy also has two other categories of members: hon orary and patrons. Five honorary members have so far been elec ted: Mrs. N. du Bouchet (France), Mr. H. Killian (German Federal Republic), Sir Robert Macintosh, Prof. W. W. Mushin (United King dom) and Dr. E. M. Papper (United States).

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Effects of Halothane and Enflurane on Myocardium Supplied by a Narrowed Coronary Artery.- Naloxone in the Treatment of Endotoxin Shock.- Effects of Various Anaesthetics on Haemodynamics and Renal Blood Flow.- Failure of Epidural Morphine to Provide Adequate Pain Relief During Labour.- Obstetric Analgesia with Fentanyl by Extradural Route.- Research with High Magnetic Fields.- An Apparatus for the Artificial Expansion of the Lung in the Severely Asphyxiated Neonate.- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation of Newborn Infants.- Effect of Dobutamine on Blood Flow Through Collapsed Lung.- Some Aspects of Mechanical Ventilation in Infants with a New Concept of Weaning from the Ventilator.- A New Anaesthetic Breathing System.- Factors Affecting the Performance of Circle Systems Used Without Carbon Dioxide Absorption.- Pharmacokinetics of Continuous Infusions of Althesin, Minaxolone and ICI 35 868 to Supplement Nitrous Oxide Anaesthesia in Man.- Effects of Premedication and Speed of Injection on Induction of Anaesthesia with ICI 35,868.- Effect of Hypo- or Hypercarbia on the Neostigmine Antagonism of Pancuronium-Induced Neuromuscular Blockade in Man.- The Use of Di-Isopropyl Phenol (ICI 35 868) as the Main Anaesthetic Agent for Body Surface Operations.- Evaluation of Recovery: The Concept of Symptomatic Psychosis Adapted for Anaesthesiological Considerations.- EEG Parameters for Evaluation of Depth of Anaesthesia.- Initial Experiences with Di-Isopropyl Phenol as an Induction Agent.- Diprivan: A New Intravenous Anaesthetic.- Blood Levels After Spinal and Epidural Administration of Morphine.- Effects of Controlled Hypotension with Sodium Nitroprusside and Halothane on the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System.- Experimental Unilateral Lung Flooding: A Morphological and Ultrastructural Study.- Mass Spectrometry in Blood-Gas Measurement In Vitro.- Principles of Mass Spectrometry.- Development of a Sampling System for Multiple Users of Mass Spectrometry in the Operating Theatre.- Mass Spectrometry in Monitoring Anaesthetic Gas Mixtures Using Long Sampling Tubes: Band Broadening in Capillary Tubes Caused by Flow and Diffusion.- Mass Spectrometry in Anaesthesia.- Mass Spectrometry in the Intensive Care Unit.- Continuous In Vivo Measurement of Gas Tension in Blood and in Tissues.- Pharmacokinetics of Pethidine in Women in Labour and in the Newborn.