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A pilot study of the changes of skin electrical conductance in patients undergoing general anaesthesia and surgery
Author(s) -
GODDARD G. F.
Publication year - 1982
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.1365-2044.1982.tb01150.x
Subject(s) - medicine , anesthesia , halothane , skin conductance , nitrous oxide , general anaesthesia , respiration , surgery , muscle relaxation , biomedical engineering , anatomy
Summary Changes of skin electrical conductance have been monitored from induction of anaesthesia to recovery in two groups of patients. The first group receiving inhalational anaesthesia with halothane and spontaneous respiration demonstrated no changes in response to surgical stimulus. Some patients from the second group receiving muscle relaxation and ventilation with nitrous oxide and oxygen without halothane demonstrated changes in response to surgery. The changes are mediated by the sympathetic nervous system and the technique forms a simple monitor of sympathetic activity during surgery.