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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/26903
2024-03-29T05:30:32ZIntragastric knot of gastro-duodenal tube
https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/20742
Title: Intragastric knot of gastro-duodenal tube
Abstract: A 47 yr old female, starved and premedicated, was presented in the operating theatre for elective cholecystectomy. Anaesthesia was induced with thiopentone 4 mg kg -l. Tracheal intubation was carried out using 6mg pancuronium, after the larynx had been sprayed with Xylocain 4% and lungs were ·ventilated with nitrous Qxide and oxygen.1983-11-01T00:00:00ZEpidural anaesthesia for elective Caesarean section
https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/20740
Title: Epidural anaesthesia for elective Caesarean section
Abstract: Continuous epidural anaesthesia is now established method for the relief of pain associated with labour and childbirth, and for Caesarean section, both elective and emergency. A 34 year old woman at term was electively allocated for Caesarean section because her previous two deliveries were managed in the same ri1anner. The report emphasizes the advantages of epidural over general anaesthesia for safe conduction of Caesarean section.1983-11-01T00:00:00ZAdvanced preparation for rescue and medical action in an emergency landing disaster in Maltese waters
https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/20732
Title: Advanced preparation for rescue and medical action in an emergency landing disaster in Maltese waters
Abstract: Air traffic into Malta is heavy for such a small island, especially during the busy summer tourist season. Almost every type of aircraft flies in, including Jumbos with up to 450 passengers. Eversince the airport has been the sole responsibility of the Maltese authorities there have been two minor incidents; one in which a small private plane made a crash landing (minor iniuries) and a!1other when a commercial air- craft engine caught fire on take-off. Both incidents were efficiently dealt with. The is land is only 10 km in width at the widest point and Luqa airport is only 6-7 km distant, from each coast. The flight path along the main runway passes over the Grand Harbour on the east and over high cliffs on the west. At landing speeds this is' approximately 1 minute of flying time, so there is a considerable likelihood that, in the even t of a disaster it could be at sea.1983-11-01T00:00:00ZForty years of anaesthesia in Malta : Richard Louis Casolani (1902-1981)
https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/20711
Title: Forty years of anaesthesia in Malta : Richard Louis Casolani (1902-1981)
Abstract: The death of Dr. R.L. Casolani on April 8, 1981 marked the end of' an era in the evolution of anaesthesia in Malta. I often had occasion, during the seventies, to listen to him describing local developments during the formative years of his speciality in our island. At my request he kindly supplied me with notes, written in an impromptu fashion, about his experiences. They form the basis of this paper. The son of a Police Officer, Dr. R.L. Casolani was born in 1902. He was educated at the Lyceum and at the University of Malta from where he graduated M.D. ili 1925. Being fourth in order of merit in his course he was, in accordance with the proċedure prevailing at the time, appointed Junior Resident Medical Officer at the Central Civil Hospital, now the building housing the Police Headquarters, at Floriana.1983-11-01T00:00:00Z