title: [Induced hypothermia during low-flow anesthesia in elderly patients].
abstract: The purpose of the study was to investigate the possibility of reducing of level of induced hypothermia during general balanced anesthesia, by using of low - flow techniques of anesthesia in elderly and senile patients. The temperature homeostasis was studied intraoperatively in 76 patients, aged 65-84 years, ASA III - IV, underwent different surgical operations under high (n=34) and low - flow (n=42) anesthesia. It was demonstrated that the low - flow anesthesia allows not only reduce loss of moisture and heat from the patients airway during surgery, but also optimize the intraoperative patient - body temperature, decrease level of induced hypothermia and minimize frequency of complication due to temperature misbalance in the immediate postoperative period. Such anesthesia is a sufficiently effective and safe method of inhalation anesthesia, which can be used with good results in routine geriatric surgery.
authors.forename: N G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Lebanidze
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Peshkov
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D000771:Anesthesia, Intravenous / Q000379:methods*; D001833:Body Temperature Regulation / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative