Mucociliary Flow in the Trachea during Anesthesia with Enflurane, Ether, Nitrous Oxide, and Morphine
@article{Forbes1977MucociliaryFI, title={Mucociliary Flow in the Trachea during Anesthesia with Enflurane, Ether, Nitrous Oxide, and Morphine}, author={A. R. Forbes and R. W. Horrigan}, journal={Anesthesiology}, year={1977}, volume={46}, pages={319-321} }
: Tracheal mucociliary flow rates in dogs were measured with a radioactive droplet technique during thiopental anesthesia, and subsequently during enflurane, either, and nitrous oxide-morphine anesthesia on different occasions. Enflurane, at 0.6, 1.2, 1.8 MAC, produced a dose-dependent, reversible depression of mucociliary flow equal to that previously reported for halothane. Nitrous oxide-halothane and nitrous oxide-morphine depressed mucociliary flow to the same extent as halothane at… Expand
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