Open AccessComparison of propofol versus sevoflurane on thermoregulation in patients undergoing transsphenoidal pituitary surgery: A preliminary study
Author(s) -
Tumul Chowdhury,
Hemanshu Prabhakar,
Sachidanand Jee Bharati,
Keshav Goyal,
Surya Kumar Dube,
Gyaninder Pal Singh
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
saudi journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.416
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1658-354X
pISSN - 0975-3125
DOI - 10.4103/1658-354x.93046
Subject(s) - medicine , sevoflurane , propofol , anesthesia , thermoregulation , transsphenoidal surgery , hypothermia , surgery , pituitary adenoma , adenoma
General anesthesia causes inhibition of thermoregulatory mechanisms. Propofol has been reported to cause more temperature fall, but in case of deliberate mild hypothermia, both sevoflurane and propofol were comparable. Thermoregulation is found to be disturbed in cases of pituitary tumors. We aimed to investigate which of the two agents, sevoflurane or propofol, results in better preservation of thermoregulation in patients undergoing transsphenoidal excision of pituitary tumors.