Anesthesia

Researchers from Turku University, Department of Surgery discuss findings in anesthesia

Published in Medical Imaging Week, July 28th, 2007

A new study, "The effects of surgical levels of sevoflurane and propofol anaesthesia on heart rate variability," is now available. "We compared heart rate dynamics during surgical levels of propofol and sevoflurane anaesthesia in a highly standardized setting. We recorded electrocardiography from 24 anaesthetized healthy male subjects," scientists writing in the European Journal of Anaesthesiology report.

"In the first parallel part of the study, the subjects were anaesthetized either with sevoflurane (n=8) or propofol (n=8) targeted to match 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0 minimal alveolar concentration/effective concentration 50. In the second part, a separate group (n=8)...

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Source: Medical Imaging Week (2007-07-28)

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