Articles: general-anesthesia.
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Cahiers d'anesthésiologie · Jan 1994
[Laryngeal masks in pediatric anesthesia. Apropos of 251 cases].
A series of 251 anaesthesias with a laryngeal mask (LM) in a paediatric surgery unit is studied retrospectively. After some short training, using LM is most often easy and allows a good airway control without any frequent or severe complications. Therefore this technique should quickly supplant the facial mask and many endotracheal intubations.
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General anesthesia is the most common form of anesthetic management for ambulatory surgery. Patients, in general, prefer general anesthesia because it is less anxiety provoking. During the last decade, the availability of several short-acting agents with high clearance has made general anesthetic techniques much safer and more predictable for outpatients. ⋯ The introduction of several new agents (e.g., propofol, desflurane, vecuronium, atracurium, mivacurium, rocuronium, alfentanil, ondansetron, ketorolac) has made ambulatory general anesthesia less challenging and more interesting. In the future, the new anesthetic sevoflurane, and the new opioid remifentanil, may prove useful for ambulatory anesthesia. The LMA has all but revolutionized airway management during general anesthesia for ambulatory surgery.
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Anesthesia progress · Jan 1994
Comparative StudyRespiratory effects of a balanced anesthetic technique--revisited fifteen years later.
Five hundred and fifty patients underwent general anesthesia with fentanyl, diazepam, and methohexital. Forty-seven (8.5%) developed signs of hypoventilation or airway obstruction. Arterial blood gas analysis revealed mild hypoxemia in three of the 47 cases and mild hypercarbia in six. Airway obstruction was more predictive of abnormal blood gas values than was hypoventilation.