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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1983-12-17
pubmed:abstractText
Release of hormones peri-operatively in patients with metastatic carcinoids may lead to severe circulatory and respiratory disturbances. Fourteen patients with liver metastases were studied during 16 operations with a modified neurolept anaesthesia in order to evaluate the central haemodynamic and respiratory functions as well as plasma serotonin levels. The premedication in five patients was supplemented with levopromazine. During the 11 operations performed on patients not pretreated with levopromazine, no major significant fluctuations in circulatory or respiratory functions were recorded although big variations in serotonin plasma levels were measured. In the patients treated with levopromazine, however, significant changes were observed in heart rate, mean pulmonary artery pressure, cardiac index, and left and right ventricular stroke work especially during flushing episodes. However, these changes did not correlate with the changes in plasma serotonin levels. Modified neurolept anaesthesia without levopromazine pretreatment combined with careful monitoring seems to be a safe procedure for carcinoid patients. Using this type of anaesthetic procedure only one major complication occurred in connexion with 16 major operations and then in the postoperative period.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0003-2409
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
38
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
957-67
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1983
pubmed:articleTitle
Circulation, respiration and serotonin levels in carcinoid patients during neurolept anaesthesia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't