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Does halothane anesthesia with spontaneous respiration cause pulsus alternans in patients undergoing elective lower extremity surgery?
Does halothane anesthesia with spontaneous respiration cause pulsus alternans in patients undergoing elective lower extremity surgery?
Pulsus alternans can occur in a small fraction of otherwise normal subjects during halothane anesthesia with spontaneous respiration, likely related to hypercapnia.
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Pulsus alternans may occur during halothane with spontaneous respiration; leaves open hypercapnia's causal role and clinical impact.
Saghaei et al. (2000) studied this question.
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