Articles: general-anesthesia.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial
Comparison of fentanyl and halothane supplementation to general anaesthesia on the stress response to upper abdominal surgery.
The stress response to surgery and anaesthesia was studied in 20 patients undergoing cholecystectomy or vagotomy and pyloroplasty. Patients were anaesthetized with thiopentone and nitrous oxide; 10 patients received supplements of 0.5-1.5% halothane and the others fentanyl (mean 17 micrograms kg-1). ⋯ The hyperglycaemic response in the halothane group was greater than in the fentanyl group. Plasma noradrenaline concentrations increased in the group receiving halothane, but did not increase significantly in the group receiving fentanyl.
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Obstet Gynecol Surv · Mar 1984
ReviewGeneral anesthesia in cesarean section: effect on mother and neonate.
Advances in anesthetic techniques during the past several decades have resulted in an excellent outcome in infants delivered by cesarean section under general anesthesia. To understand these results, it is important to be familiar with the physiologic changes which occur during general anesthesia. A review of the literature which focuses on the findings which led to current anesthetic principles is presented.