title: Effects of low-dose propofol administration on central respiratory drive, gas exchanges and respiratory pattern.
abstract: The effects of sedative-hypnotic doses of propofol on respiratory drive and pattern have not yet been extensively described. Repeated small boluses of propofol (0.6-0.3 mg.kg-1) were administered to ten ASA I patients undergoing carpal tunnel release using regional anaesthesia. Airway pressure, capnography and pneumotachography were continuously recorded. With respect to basal values, no significant variations of respiratory rate, minute volume, tidal volume, inspiratory and expiratory time, total expiratory cycle, Ti/Ttot, TV/Ti, P0.1, EtCO2 and blood gas analysis were observed. Low doses of propofol, to maintain conscious sedation of light sleep, have not been shown to cause respiratory depression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rosa
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Conti
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Orsi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: D'Alessandro
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: La Rosa
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Di Giugno
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gasparetto
mesh_terms: D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures; D001917:Brachial Plexus; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008619:Mepivacaine; D008875:Middle Aged; D009407:Nerve Block; D015742:Propofol / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000494:pharmacology; D011659:Pulmonary Gas Exchange / Q000187:drug effects*; D012119:Respiration / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D008619:Mepivacaine; D015742:Propofol