CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS DURING ANAESTHESIA FOR LAPAROSCOPY
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- 1 November 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in British Journal of Anaesthesia
- Vol. 56 (11) , 1213-1217
- https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/56.11.1213
Abstract
Fifty-six patients undergoing elective laparoscopy were allocated randomly to two groups. Group H received alcuronium and were ventilated artificially using 0.5% halothane and nitrous oxide in oxygen. Group E breathed spontaneously a mixture of enflurane and nitrous oxide in oxygen. Arterial pressure, heart rate, tidal volume, respiratory rate and end-tidal carbon dioxide tension (PECO2) were monitored. The electrocardiogram (ECG) was recorded continuously using mogni-rir tape, from before induction until the patient left the insufflated carbon dioxide had been removed from the abdomen. Spontaneous ventilation with enflurane anaesthesia is a simple and safe technique for routine laparoscopy, providing the intra-abdominal pressure does not exceed 25 mm HgThis publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: