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The effect on the arterial carbon dioxide tension of assisting spontaneously breathing patients under halothane anaesthesia has been studied. A reduction in Paco2 is usually seen, but it was reduced below 40 torr in only 30 per cent of cases, while a rise was recorded in 20 per cent.
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Les auteurs ont étudié les effets de ľassistance manuelle à la respiration sur la Paco2 de patients anesthésiés à ľHalothane. On a trouvé en général un abaissement de la Paco2, mais cet abaissement était léger puisque 30 pour cent seulement des patients avaient des Pco2 sous 40 Torr. Bien plus, on a observé une élévation de Pco2 chez 20 pour cent des patients assistés manuellement.
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Grundy, E.M., Shin, M.T., Bennett, E.J. et al. The effect of assisted ventilation on arterial carbon dioxide. Canad. Anaesth. Soc. J. 24, 390–395 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03005112
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