CHANGES IN ARTERIAL OXYGENATION AND PHYSIOLOGICAL DEADSPACE UNDER ANAESTHESIA

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1 April 1969

journal article
research article
Published by Elsevier in British Journal of Anaesthesia

Vol. 41 (4) , 279-287
https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/41.4.279

Abstract

Inspiratory: expiratory ratios were varied during constant volume ventilation of patients undergoing peripheral vascular surgery. There were no significant changes in alveolar-arterial oxygen tension differences (A-aPo₂), arterial oxygen tension (Pa₂) or physiological deadspace/tidal volume ratio (VD/VT per cent) during 2½ hours anaesthesia.

Keywords

VENTILATION
TENSION
VASCULAR
CENT
ARTERIAL OXYGEN
EXPIRATORY
VD/VT
DEADSPACE