Open AccessChanges in Gas Composition during Low Flow Anaesthesia without Nitrous Oxide
Author(s) -
Ranjana Venkatachalapathy,
Anusha Cherian,
Sakthirajan Panneerselvam
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/27141.10313
Subject(s) - nitrous oxide , anesthesia , medicine , analgesic , fresh gas flow , general anaesthesia , oxygen , chemistry , sevoflurane , organic chemistry
Low flow anaesthesia utilising Oxygen (O 2 ) and Nitrous Oxide (N 2 O) mixture carries a risk of hypoxia, but avoiding N 2 O results in increased analgesic and volatile anaesthetic agent requirement.