INFLUENCE OF AIRWAY RESISTANCE AND VENTILATORY PATTERN ON Pa CO2 DURING ENFLURANE ANAESTHESIA
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- 1 February 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in British Journal of Anaesthesia
- Vol. 51 (2) , 123-126
- https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/51.2.123
Abstract
Tidal volume, respiratory frequency and Paco2 were measured in 21 healthy, premedicated adults during anaesthesia with enflurane and 60 or 66% nitrous oxide in oxygen. The increase in Paco2 correlated with the value of FEV1/VC determined before anaesthesia. Paco2 during anaesthesia correlated with an index of airway resistance (FEV1/height) and was influenced by the pattern of breathing. These correlations are similar to those reported for halothane.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: