title: Serum calcitonin levels in anesthetized rats.
abstract: In order to determine whether a short period of general anesthesia influences the levels of serum calcitonin (CTs) and whole blood ionized Ca2+ and pH, 10 rats were sequentially anesthetized at 5-day intervals by halothane, ether, or CO2/O2, respectively, and retroorbital blood samples were collected during anesthesia. We noticed significant differences of serum calcitonin but the role of the anesthetics remains unclear, since other factors also could have accounted for the observed variations. Blood pH was strongly decreased by CO2/O2. Whole blood ionized calcium exhibited marked changes, but no correlation was found between whole blood ionized calcium and serum calcitonin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Feinstein
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bucht
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Grimelius
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Iwarsson
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rönnbäck
authors.forename: H E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Sjöberg
mesh_terms: D000769:Anesthesia, Inhalation; D000818:Animals; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000097:blood*; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006221:Halothane; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D009609:Nitrous Oxide; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D002116:Calcitonin; D009609:Nitrous Oxide; D002118:Calcium; D006221:Halothane