Hyperventilation accelerates the rise of arterial blood concentrations of desflurane in gynecologic patients

OBJECTIVES: Under a constant inspired concentration, the uptake of a volatile anesthetic into the arterial blood should mainly be governed by alveolar ventilation, according to the assumption that the patient's cardiac output remains stable during anesthesia. We investigated whether ventilation...

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Main Authors: Chih-Cherng Lu, Tso-Chou Lin, Che-Hao Hsu, Mu-Hsien Yu, Ta-Liang Chen, Ruei-Ming Chen, Chih- Hung Ku, Shung-Tai Ho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculdade de Medicina / USP 2012-09-01
Series:Clinics
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322012000900008