Hypotensive anaesthesia for spine surgery--nitroglycerin vs halothane.

Hypotensive anaesthesia for spine surgery--nitroglycerin vs halothane.

Thirty patients (ASA I or II) requiring spine surgery under general anesthesia were studied. To induce hypotension, halothane 0.5 to 2.5% (n = 15) or nitroglycerin infusion (1-2 micrograms/kg/min) (n = 15) was used. The parameters studied were blood pressure, blood loss, operating time an...

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Main Authors: Kadam P, Saksena S, Jagtap S, Pantavaidya S
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 1993-01-01
Series:Journal of Postgraduate Medicine
Subjects:
Adult
Anesthesia
General
Blood Loss
Surgical
Blood Pressure
Halothane
Human
Hypotension
Controlled
Middle Age
Nitroglycerin
administration & dosage
Spine
surgery
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