Anesthesia and analgesia
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Anesthesia and analgesia · Mar 1993
Biography Historical ArticleJames Tayloe Gwathmey: seeds of a developing specialty.
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Anesthesia and analgesia · Mar 1993
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical TrialInduction of anesthesia with sevoflurane, nitrous oxide, and oxygen: a comparison of spontaneous ventilation and vital capacity rapid inhalation induction (VCRII) techniques.
In this study, the vital capacity rapid inhalation induction of anesthesia (VCRII) technique and the conventional spontaneous inhalation induction technique, each using 4.5% sevoflurane in nitrous oxide and oxygen, were compared. The VSRII group (n = 32) and conventional group (n = 32) were each tested on unpremedicated volunteers. ⋯ Each of the two techniques was found acceptable by most of the volunteers studied (more than 80%). However, sevoflurane is best used with the VCRII technique because VCRII resulted in fewer excitement movements that could lead to severe complications and pronounced excitement.