Arterial to end-tidal carbon dioxide tension difference during anaesthesia in early pregnancy

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia = Journal Canadien D'anesthésie
K B ShankarY Kumar

Abstract

Sixteen patients requiring general anaesthesia for termination of pregnancy by dilatation and evacuation of the uterus were studied. Arterial and end-tidal carbon dioxide tensions were determined during anaesthesia. The mean arterial to end-tidal carbon dioxide tension difference was 0.07 kPa (-0.02-0.16, 5-95 per cent confidence limits). These results were similar to those observed during Caesarean section and those during anaesthesia for post-delivery tubal ligations. The physiological changes such as increased cardiac output, haemodilution, and increased blood volume which manifest by 12 weeks of gestation probably result in a reduced (a-E')PCO2 value.

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Mar 1, 1991·Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia = Journal Canadien D'anesthésie·K B ShankarY Kumar
Nov 1, 1991·Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia = Journal Canadien D'anesthésie·K B ShankarY Kumar
Jun 1, 1995·Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia = Journal Canadien D'anesthésie·S K SharmaC J Cruise
Jan 25, 2013·Prehospital and Disaster Medicine·Christopher J CooperStephen L Barnes
Jan 10, 2009·The Journal of Trauma·Keir J WarnerEileen M Bulger
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Oct 1, 1995·Anesthesia and Analgesia·G B Russell, J M Graybeal
Apr 11, 2000·Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica·T FrietschK Wiedemann

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