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E A Loeser

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PubMed1979

Comparison of droperidol, haloperidol and prochlorperazine as postoperative anti-emetics.

The results of this study demonstrate that prochlorperazine, haloperidol and droperidol are all effective post-operative anti-emetic compounds when compared to saline but vary in onset of activity and duration of action. Haloperidol has the shortest onset of action, being effective within 30 minutes of intravenous administration. Prochlorperazine has an intermediate onset of action and droperidol is the slowest of the three compounds but the only one to provide significant anti-emesis 4-24 hours following administration. Our data suggest that a combination of haloperidol and droperidol may be more effective as an anti-emetic than any one of the compounds used alone.

Droperidol↗
PubMed1978

Nitrous oxide and neutrophil chemotaxis in man.

Inhalation of 60% nitrous oxide in oxygen by seven adult male volunteers for 60 min was found to increase significantly polymorphonuclear leuocyte (PMN) chemotaxis, but not to influence total white or PMN blood cell counts. Also, the addition or morphine 0.2 mg kg-1 i.v. during the breathing of nitrous oxide did not alter any variable. These results indicate that nitrous oxide and nitrous oxide incombination with morphine do not depress PMN chemotaxis.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1976

The effects of large doses of fentanyl and fentanyl with nitrous oxide on renal function in the dog.

Renal effects of large doses of fentanyl (1 mg/kg) were determined in 14 mongrel dogs before and after addition of 50 per cent nitrous oxide. Fentanyl significantly increased urine osmolarity and decreased urine output and free water clearance but did not change inulin or PAH clearances. The arterial blood pressure and cardiac output were significantly decreased after 0.1 mg/kg fentanyl and these changes were then maintained during the remainder of the study period. Addition of nitrous oxide produced no further changes in cardiac output and arterial blood pressure but did increase urine output, PAH, inulin and free water clearances and decreased urine osmolarity. These data demonstrate that high doses of fentanyl have significant antidiuretic properties in the dog and these probably are related to the release of antidiuretic hormone. Our results also indicate that addition of nitrous oxide reverses fentanyl induced antidiuresis.

Animals↗
PubMed1976

The cardiovascular effects of diazepam and of diazepam and pancuronium during fentanyl and oxygen anaesthesia.

The cardiovascular effects of diazepam 0.5 and 1.0 mg/kg and diazepam with pancuronium 0.1 mg/kg after fentanyl 0.5 mg/kg were determined in thirteen dogs premedicated with atropine. Fentanyl produced significant reductions in heart rate, cardiac ouptut and arterial blood pressure. Administration of 0.5 mg/kg of diazepam after fentanyl did not significantly alter stroke volume, arterial blood pressure or peripheral vascular resistance but did increase heart rate and cardiac output. Additional diazepam did not further change the heart rate, but did reduce stroke volume, cardiac output, arterial blood pressure and peripheral vascular resistance. Administration of pancuronium after fentanyl and diazepam produced marked elevations in heart rate, cardiac output and arterial blood pressure. There was no difference in mean heart rate and cardiac output when values prior to fentanyl and those obtained three minutes following pancuronium were compared. These data demonstrate that large doses of fentanyl decrease heart rate, cardiac these changes can be partially reversed with diazepam 0.5 mg/kg and completely antagonized with pancuronium 0.1 mg/kg.

Anesthesia, Inhalation↗
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Tracheal pathology following short-term intubation with low- and high-pressure endotracheal tube cuffs.

Histologic sections of dog tracheas were taken from 20 dogs anesthetized and intubated for 5 to 7 hours with high-pressure, low-volume Shiley or low-pressure, high-volume Lanz endo-tracheal tubes. Microscopic examination and measurement showed that while the high-pressure, low-volume cuff produced deeper average mucosal erosion, the large-volume, low-pressure cuff resulted in significantly greater lengths of tracheal mucosa-cuff erosion. Maximal depth of penetration throught the basement membrane was similar in both groups. Grooves in the mucosa were seen in 50% of the high-volume-cuff trachea sections but none of the low-volume-cuff tracheal sections. These findings demonstrate that low-pressure, high-volume endotracheal tube cuffs produce different but significant tracheal damage after short-term intubation when compared to high-pressure, low-volume cuffs.

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