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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-1-14
pubmed:abstractText
Eight volunteers inhaled isoflurane in concentrations of 0.1, 0.2 and 0.4 MAC, and 100% oxygen as control in separate sessions more than 1 week apart. When the end-expiratory isoflurane concentration was stable, response to verbal commands was tested, and the subjects were read 30 words in two lists. Response to the commands was impaired at 0.1 MAC in three subjects and lost at 0.2 MAC in two subjects. No subject responded at 0.4 MAC. When the subjects were questioned 1 h after exposure, memory of response to commands was lost also at these concentrations. Frequently, those who responded to the command "open your eyes" failed to remember having done so; non-responders remembered nothing. At the time of that test, at 0.4 MAC, five of eight subjects had no eyelash reflex. Both recall and recognition of neutral words was lost at 0.2 MAC and greater, but the effect of attention was demonstrated by the memory of a "shock" word by four of eight subjects at 0.2 MAC.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0007-0912
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
65
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
609-15
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Levels of consciousness in volunteers breathing sub-MAC concentrations of isoflurane.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Anaesthesia, Clinical Research Centre, Harrow, Middlesex.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Randomized Controlled Trial, Controlled Clinical Trial