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Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Vol 19, 8-19, Copyright © 1972 by Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society

The Cardio-Respiratory Effects of Thoracic Epidural Anaesthesia

W. M. WAHBA M.D., C.H.C.P.(C)1, D. B. CRAIG M.D., F.R.C.P.(C)1, H. F. DON M.D., M.sc., F.R.C.P.(C)1, and M. R. BECKLAKE M.D., F.R.C.P.(C)1

1 Department of Anaesthesia and the Cardio-Respiratory Division, Royal Victoria Hospital and Mcgill University, Montreal

Please address communications to Dr W. M. Wahba, c/o Department of Anesthesia, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec.

The cardio-respiratory effects of an epidural anaesthetic given to 13 subjects pre-operatively are reported. They were fasting, unpremedicated and supine. A sensory block up to the 4th thoracic segment was not followed by any significant change in FRC, FEV1, VC, A-aDo2, Qs/Qt or cardiac output.






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