Journal article
CONTROL OF BREATHING AFTER FENTANYL AND INNOVAR ANAESTHESIA †
Abstract
Ventilation (VI), end-tidal (PCO2), mixed venous (PvCO2) and the ventilatory response to carbon dioxide were measured before surgery, and during the first 4 h of recovery in 18 adult patients who underwent elective limb surgery under fentanyl or Innovar anaesthesia. End-tidal and mixed venous PCO2 were increased significantly in the first 150 min after the last dose of drug (P less than 0.001, P less than 0.01), but had returned to control …
Authors
SMEDSTAD KG; RIGG JRA
Journal
British Journal of Anaesthesia, Vol. 54, No. 6, pp. 599–604
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
6 1982
DOI
10.1093/bja/54.6.599
ISSN
0007-0912