Trichlorethylene in General Anaesthesia

Cardiac arrest during trichlorethylene anaesthesia.

though not directly relevant, if the volunteer rate was related in any way to previous poliomyelitis experience in the area. This was clearly a well-conducted experiment carried out in extremely difficult circumstances, but whether or not the younger group of children benefited from the vaccine to the same extent as the older group depends upon this question of bias.-I am, etc., London, W.C.1. ...

Trichlorethylene anaesthesia in obstetrics: a report.

TRICHLORETHYLENE was first used for maternity anaesthesia in F.dmonton hospitals in 1950. Since that time over 30,000 deliveries, ,19,418 of them at the Royal AIexandra Maternity Hospital, have been accomplished with the aid of this anaesthetic agent, with what we believe to be good results. No standard premedication is used in obstetrical patients. The obstetricians make their own choice in th...

Trichlorethylene

General Anaesthesia in Cattle

General anaesthesia is the controlled and reversible loss of consciousness, which is helpful in ruminants for many surgical procedures that warrant effective control of pain and movement. General anaesthesia is indicated when the demands of technical and anatomical aspects of surgical procedure exceed the capabilities of sedative drugs and local analgesia. Moreover, the patient co-operation and...

Trichlorethylene: a review.

The physical and chemical characteristics of trichlorethylene are discussed together with its uses in industry and medical practice. Chemical and physical methods of the estimation of trichlorethylene in air have been described, including the use of gas detector tubes, which today is the method most commonly employed. The metabolism of trichlorethylene was systematically investigated by Butler ...