European journal of anaesthesiology
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Letter Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
The effect of rocuronium on intraocular pressure: a comparison with succinylcholine.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Sevoflurane and nitrous oxide anaesthesia suppresses heart rate variabilities during deliberate hypotension.
Despite the fact that both general anaesthetics and hypotensive drugs influence autonomic nervous activity, no study has yet examined the heart rate variability during deliberate hypotension and general anaesthesia. The aim of this was to clarify the heart rate variability changes during deliberate hypotension under sevoflurane-nitrous oxide anaesthesia. ⋯ Sevoflurane in nitrous oxide and oxygen anaesthesia reduces sympathetic autonomic activity considerably, and the expected increases caused by hypotensive agents that occur in awake volunteers were not seen.