AANA journal course: update for nurse anesthetists--the control of ventilation and its modification by anesthetic-related drugs.
Ventilation is normally precisely linked to body metabolic needs. A variety of drugs, commonly utilized in anesthesia, can profoundly alter the body's response to ventilatory challenges. This installment of the AANA Journal course describes the control of the respiratory drive and the effects that anesthetic drugs have on ventilation in humans. Knowledge of such effects will go a long way in preventing what might otherwise be catastrophic complications.
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Department of Anesthesiology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA.
D000777:Anesthetics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000503:physiopathology; D009719:Nurse Anesthetists / Q000193:education*; D012123:Pulmonary Ventilation / Q000187:drug effects*; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000451:nursing*
D000777:Anesthetics