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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-6-9
pubmed:abstractText
The respiratory effects of nitrous oxide (N2O) were studied during halothane and enflurane anaesthesia in 12 children (mean age 46.4 +/- 29.3 months, mean weight 15.3 +/- 4.2 kg) during surgery under continuous extradural anaesthesia. Four equipotent anaesthetic states were studied in random order: 1) halothane 1 MAC in oxygen, 2) halothane 0.5 MAC + 50% N2O, 3) enflurane 1 MAC in oxygen, 4) enflurane 0.5 MAC +50% N2O. End-tidal fractions of CO2 (PetCO2) and halothane and enflurane were measured using infrared analysers. The respiratory variables (tidal volume VT, minute ventilation VE, respiratory frequency F, inspiratory time Ti, mean inspiratory flow VI, effective inspiratory time Ti/Ttot) were measured using a pneumotachograph. Significant changes were observed between the four states for VE, VI, F and PetCO2, whereas the values of VT, Ti and Ti/Tot did not differ significantly. The respiratory depressant effect of 1 MAC of either halothane alone or of the mixture of halothane and N2O was very similar. During enflurane anaesthesia, PetCO2 was less increased when N2O was substituted for enflurane, owing to a significant increase in respiratory frequency. A marked decrease in VE together with an increase in PetCO2 was observed during enflurane anaesthesia (states 3 and 4) when compared to the corresponding states during halothane anaesthesia (states 1 and 2). The respiratory depressant effect of enflurane is greater than that of halothane in unpremedicated children, even when substituting N2O for an equal MAC fraction of enflurane.2+ The effect of N2O on respiratory patterns seems to depend on the inhalational agent used and/or on the vesting respiratory frequency.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0001-5172
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
32
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
186-92
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Respiratory effects of nitrous oxide during halothane or enflurane anaesthesia in children.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Anesthesiology, Hôpital Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Paris, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Comparative Study, Randomized Controlled Trial