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CONTROLLED RESPIRATION AND CURARE IN MODERN SURGERY
Author(s) -
Orton R. H.
Publication year - 1948
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1948.tb02998.x
Subject(s) - curare , medicine , respiration , anesthesia , reflex , artificial respiration , surgery , anatomy
S ummary 1. Controlled respiration possesses advantages over voluntary respiration in thoracic surgery and should be employed during abdominal surgery whenever respiratory depression occurs. By its use normal exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide is possible in all circumstances. 2. By producing muscular relaxation and abolishing reflexes curare allows the use of light anaesthesia and therefore aids in the avoidance of shock. 3. In abdominal surgery, light anaesthesia, combined with the use of curare and controlled respiration, produces the minimum disturbance in the patient compatible with adequate muscular relaxation. 4. In thoracic surgery curare controls bronchial reflexes and with controlled respiration gives the most satisfactory conditions for surgery. 5. The use of controlled respiration and of curare demands a high degree of anaesthetic skill.