Influence of enflurane on blood loss from the pregnant uterus.
Uterine blood loss was measured in women undergoing therapeutic abortion during the first trimester of pregnancy. A first group, operated under paracervical block anesthesia, had a mean blood loss of 17 ml. The second group, anesthetized with pentothal, nitrous oxide and enflurane 1%, had a mean loss of 41 ml. The difference is statistically highly significant, but absolute blood losses remained small in both groups.
D000032:Abortion, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D000328:Adult; D004737:Enflurane / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008738:Methyl Ethers / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011247:Pregnancy; D014592:Uterine Hemorrhage
D008738:Methyl Ethers; D004737:Enflurane