Use of desflurane during resection of phaeochromocytoma.
A patient underwent elective removal of a phaeochromocytoma producing extremely high plasma concentrations of catecholamines. The new volatile agent, desflurane, was incorporated, in varying concentrations, into the general anaesthetic regimen.
Department of Anesthesiology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance 90509.
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M
Lippmann
M
M
Ford
C
C
Lee
R
R
Ginsburg
W
W
Foran
W
W
Raum
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S
Klein
D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D000769:Anesthesia, Inhalation; D000777:Anesthetics; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D003864:Depression, Chemical; D000077335:Desflurane; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007530:Isoflurane / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000601:surgery*
D000777:Anesthetics; D000077335:Desflurane; D007530:Isoflurane