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The effect of nitrous oxide on cerebral blood flow velocity in children anaesthetised with desflurane

✍ Scribed by C. Karsli; I. A. Luginbuehl; B. Bissonnette

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2003
Tongue
English
Weight
79 KB
Volume
58
Category
Article
ISSN
0003-2409

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Summary The aim of this study was to determine the effect of nitrous oxide on cerebral blood flow velocity in children anaesthetised with desflurane. Eighteen healthy children scheduled for elective surgery were enrolled into the study. Anaesthesia was induced using sevoflurane, and a caudal block was performed following tracheal intubation. Anaesthesia was maintained with 1 age‐adjusted MAC desflurane. A transcranial Doppler probe was used to measure middle cerebral artery blood flow velocity. Each patient was randomised to receive a sequence of either air/nitrous oxide/air or nitrous oxide/air/nitrous oxide in 30% oxygen. Fifteen minutes after each change in the nitrous oxide concentration, three measurements of cerebral blood flow velocity, blood pressure and heart rate were recorded. Neither the addition nor removal of nitrous oxide caused any significant changes in middle cerebral artery blood flow velocity, heart rate or blood pressure. This may be due to a more potent cerebral vasodilatory effect of desflurane in children.

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