title: A comparison of the incidence of cardiac arrhythmia during two methods of anaesthesia for dental extractions.
abstract: One hundred premedicated inpatients undergoing wisdom tooth extraction were divided into two groups of 50. Group A was anesthetized by a technique based on droperidol and phenoperidine, whilst group B was anaesthetized with halothane. The e.c.g. in both groups demonstrated a similar overall incidence of cardiac arrhythmia, but analysis revealed a significantly higher incidence of ventricular arrhythmia in group B. The heart rate was significantly less in group A.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000766:Anesthesia, Dental / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000453:epidemiology; D004329:Droperidol / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D006221:Halothane / Q000009:adverse effects; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009458:Neuroleptanalgesia / Q000009:adverse effects; D010638:Phenoperidine / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: D010638:Phenoperidine; D004329:Droperidol; D006221:Halothane