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Anesthesia

Anesthesia The survey of literature pertaining to this review was completed in July, 305 DRIPPS comparable groups (age, sex, physical status, type, and severity of operation) with nitrous-oxide, oxygen, and ether on the one hand and nitrous-oxide, oxygen, and curare on the other.2 In such a study, in addition to an analysis of death rate, careful records should be made of all three phases of anesthesia, induction, maintenance, and recovery. During induction, for example, the incidence of excitement, anoxia, laryngospasm, reduction of blood pressure and of pulse pressure might be listed. During maintenance one could record such data as the difficulties of pulmonary ventilation, problems associated with positive pressure inflation of the lungs, and the response of the circula­ tion to surgical manipulations. During recovery one would be interested in the incidence of nausea, vomiting, headache, urinary retention, intestinal distention, time of ambulation, and adequacy of wound healing. A large series of patients with a variety of preoperative conditions must be included. In such a way, one might be able to determine the price paid by patients who did or did not receive curare drugs. Although such a comprehensive study is not available, many potential dangers of the curare http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Annual Review of Medicine Annual Reviews

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Publisher
Annual Reviews
Copyright
Copyright 1954 Annual Reviews. All rights reserved
Subject
Review Articles
ISSN
0066-4219
eISSN
1545-326X
DOI
10.1146/annurev.me.05.020154.001513
pmid
13181379
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Abstract

The survey of literature pertaining to this review was completed in July, 305 DRIPPS comparable groups (age, sex, physical status, type, and severity of operation) with nitrous-oxide, oxygen, and ether on the one hand and nitrous-oxide, oxygen, and curare on the other.2 In such a study, in addition to an analysis of death rate, careful records should be made of all three phases of anesthesia, induction, maintenance, and recovery. During induction, for example, the incidence of excitement, anoxia, laryngospasm, reduction of blood pressure and of pulse pressure might be listed. During maintenance one could record such data as the difficulties of pulmonary ventilation, problems associated with positive pressure inflation of the lungs, and the response of the circula­ tion to surgical manipulations. During recovery one would be interested in the incidence of nausea, vomiting, headache, urinary retention, intestinal distention, time of ambulation, and adequacy of wound healing. A large series of patients with a variety of preoperative conditions must be included. In such a way, one might be able to determine the price paid by patients who did or did not receive curare drugs. Although such a comprehensive study is not available, many potential dangers of the curare

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Annual Review of MedicineAnnual Reviews

Published: Feb 1, 1954

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