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The reduction of amnesic wakefulness during Caesarean section
Author(s) -
TUNSTALL M.E.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1979.tb04928.x
Subject(s) - medicine , section (typography) , caesarean section , wakefulness , reduction (mathematics) , anesthesia , pregnancy , psychiatry , electroencephalography , genetics , biology , geometry , mathematics , advertising , business
Wakefulness during general anaesthesia was assessed by the isolated forearm technique in two groups of patients for Caesarean section. The anaesthetic was based on the use of oxygen 66%, nitrous oxide 33% and halothane 0.4% during the induction delivery interval. There was a highly significant reduction in wakefulness in the Group who received nitrous oxide at 66% for the first 3 min only. The wakefulness was amnesic in all cases.