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Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Vol 11, 417-424, Copyright © 1964 by Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society

Anaesthesia for Glomectomy in the Asthmatic Patient

E A GAIN MD, FRCP (C)1 and A TULLOCH MB, CHB1

1 Department of Anaesthesia, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton

Results of 51 anaesthetics administered to 45 asthmatic patients undergoing surgery for glomectomy have been presented Approximately 83 per cent of these patients received general anaesthesia All patients were under intensive medical therapy preoperatively and 64 per cent were receiving steroids at the time of surgery No severe respiratory or cuculatory complications occurred with general anaesthesia One cardiac collapse occurred following a convulsive reaction with local anaesthesia It is concluded that with adequate preoperative preparation with particular attention to the use of steroids and aerosol broncho-dilator therapy the severe asthmatic can be anaesthetized with relative safety Halothane would appear to be a very satisfactory agent for the asthmatic Glomectomy appears to be of little if any value in the treatment of the asthmatic






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