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A method for producing normocarbia during general anasthesia for Caesarean section
Author(s) -
Kneeshaw J.D.,
Harvey P.,
Thomas T.A.
Publication year - 1984
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.1365-2044.1984.tb06584.x
Subject(s) - medicine , caesarean section , anesthesia , carbon dioxide , fresh gas flow , ventilation (architecture) , respiratory minute volume , respiratory rate , respiratory system , zoology , heart rate , pregnancy , blood pressure , meteorology , ecology , sevoflurane , genetics , physics , biology
Summary Twenty‐six patients were anasthetised for Caesarean section using the Bain anasthetic system for intermittent positive pressure ventilation. There was an inverse relationship between maximum end tidal carbon dioxide tension and the fresh gas flow (FGF) to the system. A significant difference existed between the patients receiving 80 ml/kg/min FGF and those receiving 120 ml/kg/min. Estimated carbon dioxide levels in the pregnant term patient were higher at each FGF rate than the levels reported in non‐pregnant patients by other workers. In order to maintain maternal arterial carbon dioxide tension at or close to the normally quoted term value of 4.1–44 kPa, when using positive pressure ventilation with a Bain system, afresh gas flow rate of at least 120 ml/kg body weight/minute is required.