Postoperative pulmonary function. A comparison of ventilation with nitrogen or nitrous oxide during anaesthesia.
Arterial blood-gases and lung volumes were measured in 48 patients before and after upper abdominal surgery. There was no significant difference between the results of 25 patients ventilated with oxygen and nitrogen during anaesthesia compared with a comparable group which received oxygen and nitrous oxide.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D005260:Female; D005652:Functional Residual Capacity; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009584:Nitrogen; D009609:Nitrous Oxide; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests
D009609:Nitrous Oxide; D009584:Nitrogen; D010100:Oxygen