Open AccessEffect of anaesthetic agents on olfactory threshold and identification – A single blinded randomised controlled study
Author(s) -
Balachandar Saravanan,
Pankaj Kundra,
Sandeep Kumar Mishra,
S. Gopalakrishnan,
Pradipta Kumar Parida
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of anaesthesia/indian journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 0976-2817
pISSN - 0019-5049
DOI - 10.4103/ija.ija_245_18
Subject(s) - sevoflurane , medicine , anesthesia , isoflurane , propofol , melatonin , general anaesthesia , olfactory system , desflurane , psychiatry
Anaesthetics are implicated in cognitive dysfunction, taste and odour deficits in the postoperative period. We aimed to assess the effect of isoflurane, sevoflurane, propofol and regional anaesthesia on the olfactory threshold, olfactory identification and endocrine regulation of associative memory in the postoperative period.