Open AccessClosed-system anaesthesia for laparoscopic surgery: is there a risk for carbon monoxide intoxication?
Author(s) -
Marina Soro,
M. L. García-Pérez,
Raquel Ferrandis,
Gerardo Aguilar,
F. Javier Belda
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
european journal of anaesthesiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.445
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1365-2346
pISSN - 0265-0215
DOI - 10.1017/s0265021504006118
Subject(s) - medicine , anesthesia , pneumoperitoneum , carbon monoxide , carboxyhemoglobin , surgery , ventilation (architecture) , laparoscopic surgery , laparoscopy , mechanical engineering , biochemistry , chemistry , engineering , catalysis
One of the complications of laparoscopic surgery is carbon monoxide production during electrocautery. The aim of our study was to ascertain the relationship between intraperitoneal and alveolar concentrations of carbon monoxide and systemic carboxyhaemoglobin in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy and anaesthetized with a closed system, where the carbon monoxide excreted through the lungs is accumulated in the circuit and thus re-inhaled.