title: Room air ventilation for total intravenous general anaesthesia.
abstract: The use of room air alone to ventilate patients who were anaesthetized with total intravenous anaesthesia, including morphine 2 mg.kg-1, was studied in ten patients. The were scheduled for gastrectomy for peptic ulcer or stomach carcinoma. The patient's minute-ventilation was measured the day previous to surgery; this, together with a frequency of 14 c.min-1, was used to preset the ventilator. Alveolar ventilation, end-expiratory CO2, arterial blood gases and acid-base balance were monitored throughout the procedure. The blood oxygen level was found to remain similar to the reference value; there was a moderate hypocapnia, a low end-expiratory CO2 and minimal changes in acid-base balance. No pulmonary complication was encountered in the postoperative course. These results showed that room air could be used in unusual circumstances for healthy patients for whom a total intravenous anaesthetic technique has been chosen.
authors.affiliation: Cl. Chirurgia 1, Spitalul Clinic Judetean, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cardan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pascu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Popescu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000388:Air; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D000771:Anesthesia, Intravenous; D001784:Blood Gas Analysis; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000032:analysis; D005743:Gastrectomy; D006801:Humans; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide