Experimental study of combined electronarcosis by pulse and interference currents

Summary

A study was made on changes in the pulse rate, arterial and venous pressure, rectal temperature and time of complete blood coagulation in combined electrically induced narcosis with introductory administration of pharmacological drugs, myorelaxants and application of rectilinear pulse current.

In spite of a number of advantages (absence of convulsion, lesser increase in arterial pressure) combined electrically induced narcosis, just as electrical narcosis proper, is accompanied by considerable fluctuations in hemodynamic indices and painful sensation due to the passage of current. The latter circumstance has so far confined the use of this method to experiments.

The use of interference current for inducing narcosis has made it possible to alleviate considerably the negative phenomena involved in the use of currents of narcotic parameters.