Articles: general-anesthesia.
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Anesthesia progress · Jan 1993
Case ReportsTotal intravenous anesthesia with propofol for thymectomy in a patient with myasthenia gravis.
Experience with the use of propofol for induction and maintenance of anesthesia in patients with myasthenia gravis is limited. This case report documents the safe use of propofol in a patient with myasthenia gravis. Because of its unique pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic profile, propofol may be an ideal agent for safe use in the young patient with myasthenia gravis.
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No data exist in the literature pertaining to the problems of laparoscopic surgery in infants and children. However it is reasonable to assume that minimal invasive surgery will find increasing application in these patients in the future. The anesthesiological problems met during surgery are representatively demonstrated and discussed in the context of a case report. ⋯ This can be prevented by ventilating with a sufficient level of PEEP. On the other hand, the reduction of venous return caused by increased IAP and aggravated by the necessarily high PEEP can compromise circulation. Adequate volume substitution is essential.
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For a long period of time propofol has been in use for total intravenous anesthesia in adults. In our literature there are no data on the use of propofol in pediatric anesthesia. The aim of the study was to compare effects of propofol for the induction of anesthesia, maintenance and recovery after anesthesia, with barbiturate, that is, inhalation anesthesia during spontaneous breathing. 50 children underwent propofol anesthesia. ⋯ The decrease, recorded only during the initiation of anesthesia, stabilized afterwards. Side effects (pain during the initiation, apnea, spontaneous movements) were present in the propofol anesthesia, while in the halothane group they were reduced. In the propofol group period of recovery was short, indicating advantages of this anesthetic in day care centers.
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Anesteziol Reanimatol · Jan 1993
Comparative Study[Use of nitrous oxide as a component of general anesthesia monitored by pulse oximetry during one-lung ventilation].
Pulse oximetry was employed to monitor the arterial blood oxygenation during surgery of 300 patients with pulmonary carcinomas. N2O2 anesthesia in 2:1 ratio was administered to all the patients. Change for one-lung ventilation did not lead to changes of SpO2 in 59% of the patients, whereas in 41% of the patients this value reduced below 93%. Change of the gas ratio to 1:1 in 35% of the cases was found sufficient to elevate the SpO2 value to the norm and only in 6% of the patients N2O2 had to be excluded from the anesthesia scheme for the period of one-lung ventilation and artificial ventilation with pure oxygen had to be resorted to.