INHALATION OR INJECTION NARCOSIS?

[Fitness for automobile driving after inhalation narcosis].

Inhalation of Food during Injection of Pentothal

The accidents described below are of some importance, since pentothal is frequently administered in unfavourable conditions : if not promptly recognized they may prove fatal. During and after the invasion of France it was necessary to administer pentothal to hundreds of patients who had not been prepared and whose stomachs contained food. In four cases food was inhaled during the administration.

Carbon Dioxide, Narcosis,

Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the gaseous end product of the aerobic metabolism of oxygen. CO2 is highly soluble in body tissues, and readily diffuses from cells to blood, where circulation transports it to the lungs for elimination. Divers often ignore carbon dioxide, as CO2 is a normal part of life. However, CO2 may have definite and detrimental effects if a diver accumulates an excessive amount of...

New polymeric carriers for controlled drug delivery following inhalation or injection.

Inhalation is gaining increasing acceptance as a convenient, reproducible, and non-invasive method of drug delivery to the lung tissue and/or the systemic circulation. However, sustained drug release following inhalation remains elusive, due in part to the lack of appropriate materials designed specifically for use in the lungs to control the release of bioactive compounds. To address this prob...

Avertin Rectal Narcosis

Tiif, rectal route for anaesthesia has been long under consideration. The first efforts in this direction were made by F. Roux in1846. The undeniable advantages of the rectal route, the easiness of administration, the avoidance of choking and excitation, and freedom from complications, opened up the way for further research. Injury to the bowel wall was the great danger in the experiments of Ro...