| Literature DB >> 766790 |
J A Wildsmith, G B Drummond, W R MacRae.
Abstract
A blood-gas study of the respiratory effects of sodium nitroprusside during anaesthesia has shown a marked reduction in PaO2 when the drug was administered. After nitroprusside PaO2 returned to the previous values. It is suggested that the reduction in PaO2 is a result of an increased scatter of ventilation/perfusion relationships in the lung. The reduction in PaO2 was evident during both spontaneous and artificial ventilation. Nitroprusside was associated with a small decrease in actual bicarbonate.Entities:
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Year: 1975 PMID: 766790 DOI: 10.1093/bja/47.11.1205
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Anaesth ISSN: 0007-0912 Impact factor: 9.166