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Effects of nitrous oxide on single breath induction with influrane

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Abstract

A single vital capacity breath method of inhalational induction using 4% enflurane in 67% nitrous oxide (group I) or 100% oxygen (group II) was studied in 30 patients. Nitrous oxide accelerated induction time (71 (22 SD) seconds in group I versus 136 (29 SD) in group II,P=<0.01) and was associated with a decreased incidence of excitement and respiratory disturbance (P=<0.05). There were no significant differences between groups in systolic blood pressure, heart rate or arterial oxygen saturation. The technique was acceptable to 87% in group I and 33% in group II (P=<0.02).

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Osaka City University Medical School, 1-5-7 Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, 545, Osaka, Japan

    Simon J Rowbottom, Hidekazu Yukioka & Mitsugu Fujimori

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Rowbottom, S.J., Yukioka, H. & Fujimori, M. Effects of nitrous oxide on single breath induction with influrane. J Anesth 4, 145–149 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/s0054000040145

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