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Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Vol 3, 316-325, Copyright © 1956 by Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society

Use of Ethyl Vinyl Ether for General and Thoracic Surgery

DORIS C. GROSSKREUTZ M.D1 and DAVID A. DAVIS M.D.2

1 Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Duke University Hospital and School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina
2 Professor of Anesthesia, University of North Carolina Medical School, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

1. Ethyl vinyl ether is a useful anaesthetic drug in all ages and for all operative procedures not requiring muscle relaxation or the use of the cautery.

2. It is an adequate and safe analgesic agent by the open drop technique or as an adjunct to nitrous oxide and ethylene.

3. It can be employed in the non-rebreathing, semi-closed, or closed carbon dioxide absorption techniques.

4. Its advantages are rapid induction, emergence, and shift of level of anaesthesia.

5. Its disadvantages are hypotension in the deeper planes of anaesthesia and lack of reliability of muscle relaxation.

6. It has proven to be a satisfactory agent for thoracic procedures if one is very careful to prevent the hypotension which may develop.

Note:

Presented at the Annual Meeting, Canadian Anaesthetists' Society, Mont Tremblant, P.Q, June 18–20, 1956






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