Bleomycin and subsequent anaesthesia: A retrospective study at Vancouver General Hospital
- 1 September 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie
- Vol. 27 (5) , 449-452
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf03007042
Abstract
A retrospective review was made of 20 surgical procedures in 14 patients with testicular carcinoma, previously treated with bleomycin chemotherapy, to evaluate the incidence of postoperative pulmonary complications. Other studies have suggested an increased rate of pulmonary complications, including fatal respiratory failure, when inspired oxygen fraction (Fio2) exceeds 0.3 during or after operation. There is a suggestion that bleomycin may sensitize the lungs to the effect of oxygen, leading to oxygen toxicity. This study involved patients whose inspired oxygen fraction ranged from 0.3 to 1.0 and only one non-fatal pulmonary complication occurred. The risks of anaesthesia following bleomycin are discussed with particular reference to possible enhanced oxygen toxicity. On a revu les dossiers de 14 patients attests de néoplasie testiculaire dans le but d’établir l’incidence des complications post-opératoires survenues à la suite de 20 procédures chirugicales. Tous ces malades avaient été traités au préalable à la bléomycine. Des études antérieures ont suggéré une incidence augmentéee de complications post-opératoires, parfois même fatales, lorsque la Fi02 pre et post-opératoire dépassait 0.3 chez des patients traités à la bléomycine. Cet agent sensibiliserait le poumon à l’oxygéne, faisant apparaître des signes de toxicité à cet agent. Les patients de notre série ont recu de l’oxygéne é des Fi02 variant de 0.3 à 1.0 et on n’a relevé qu’une seule complication pulmonaire non fatale. On discute des risques anesthésiques des malades traités à la bléomycine, surtout en rapport avec la possibilitée d’une susceptibilité augmentée à l’oxygéne.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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