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Does acute hypocarbia (hyperventilation) during anesthesia delay recovery from anesthesia in surgical patients?
Does acute hypocarbia (hyperventilation) during anesthesia delay recovery from anesthesia in surgical patients?
Hyperventilation during anesthesia may suppress brain function and metabolism, thereby delaying recovery from anesthesia.
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Normoventilation was associated with faster anesthesia recovery than hyperventilation; leaves open causality and applicability beyond this cohort.
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Yoshiyuki Shudo (1990) studied this question.
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