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Oxytocin for labour and caesarean delivery: implications for the anaesthesiologistRobert A Dyer
Department of Anaesthesia, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Curr Opin Anaesthesiol 24:255-61. 2011..The review focuses on recent research on the uterotonic effects of oxytocin for prophylaxis and management of uterine atony during caesarean delivery...
Comparison between pulse waveform analysis and thermodilution cardiac output determination in patients with severe pre-eclampsiaR A Dyer
D23 Department of Anaesthesia, University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital, Observatory, 7925 Cape Town, South Africa
Br J Anaesth 106:77-81. 2011..This study compared cardiac output (CO) measurements derived from pulse waveform analysis with values obtained by thermodilution (TD), in patients with post-partum complications of severe pre-eclampsia...
The use of uterotonic drugs during caesarean sectionR A Dyer
Department of Anaesthesia, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Int J Obstet Anesth 19:313-9. 2010..This review examines the adverse haemodynamic and side effects, and methods for their limitation. An approach to dosing and choices of agent for the limitation of postpartum haemorrhage is suggested...
Obstetric anaesthesia in low-resource settingsRobert A Dyer
Department of Anaesthesia, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol 24:401-12. 2010..Guiding principles for the practice of analgesia for labour, anaesthesia for caesarean section and the management of obstetric emergencies, where the anaesthetist also has a central role, are suggested...
Hemodynamic effects of ephedrine, phenylephrine, and the coadministration of phenylephrine with oxytocin during spinal anesthesia for elective cesarean deliveryRobert A Dyer
Department of Anesthesia, University of Cape Town and New Groote Schuur Hospital, Anzio Road, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa
Anesthesiology 111:753-65. 2009..The hypothesis was that phenylephrine, but not ephedrine, decreases CO when administered in response to hypotension during spinal anesthesia...
Maternal hemodynamic monitoring in obstetric anesthesiaRobert A Dyer
Department of Anesthesia, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Anesthesiology 109:765-7. 2008
Hemodynamic changes associated with spinal anesthesia for cesarean delivery in severe preeclampsiaRobert A Dyer
Department of Anesthesia, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Anesthesiology 108:802-11. 2008..This study used a beat-by-beat monitor of cardiac output (CO) to characterize the response to SA. The hypothesis was that CO would decrease from baseline values by less than 20%...
Prospective, randomized trial comparing general with spinal anesthesia for cesarean delivery in preeclamptic patients with a nonreassuring fetal heart traceRobert A Dyer
Department of Anesthesia, University of Cape Town and New Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
Anesthesiology 99:561-9; discussion 5A-6A. 2003..This study examined both markers of neonatal hypoxia and maternal hemodynamics...
Postoperative sensitization and pain after cesarean delivery and the effects of single im doses of tramadol and diclofenac alone and in combinationClive H Wilder-Smith
Visceral Physiology Institute and Department of Anaesthetics, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Anesth Analg 97:526-33, table of contents. 2003..IMPLICATIONS: The parenteral combination of tramadol and diclofenac resulted in more prolonged and pronounced postoperative analgesia and reduced sensory sensitization compared with the single drugs, with no increase in side effects...
The role of the anaesthetist in the management of the pre-eclamptic patientRobert A Dyer
Department of Anaesthesia, University of Cape Town and New Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
Curr Opin Anaesthesiol 20:168-74. 2007..Recent literature on the anaesthetist's role in the management of the patient with severe pre-eclampsia is reviewed, with particular emphasis on the role of regional anaesthesia...
Tramadol infusion for postthoracotomy pain relief: a placebo-controlled comparison with epidural morphineMark B Bloch
Department of Anesthesia, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
Anesth Analg 94:523-8; table of contents. 2002..The use of tramadol avoids the necessity of placing a thoracic epidural catheter...
