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- Title
Influence of general anaesthesia on portal pressure in liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension.
- Authors
Burcharth, F.; Alsner, T.; Bertheussen, K.; Rosendal, T.; Nielsen, S. E.
- Abstract
In 19 patients with cirrhosis of the liver and portal hypertension, a catheter was inserted into the portal vein using a percutaneous transhepatic technique. The portal pressure was measured during general anaesthesia with and without halothane, and in the awake state. Addition of halothane to the N2O:O2 anaesthesia did not change portal venous pressure, in spite of a significant fall in arterial blood pressure. Portal venous pressure under general anaesthesia with complete muscle relaxation did not differ from the pressure in the resting, awake patient.
- Publication
Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica, 1979, Vol 23, Issue 3, p248
- ISSN
0001-5172
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1399-6576.1979.tb01447.x