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Abstract:
Monitoring of ethanol concentration in expired air is a method for assessing fluid absorption during transurethral prostatic surgery and endometrial resection, but the validity of this technique has not been studied in low-flow ventilation systems. For this purpose, we have compared the concentration-time profiles of ethanol in expired gas and in venous blood during an i.v. infusion of 0.4 g kg-1 of ethanol over 30 min in 10 women during isoflurane anaesthesia and in the awake state. Anaesthesia increased the ethanol concentration in expired gas by 13% and in venous blood by 34%. The expired gas-blood difference during infusion was abolished, and the central volume of distribution for ethanol was reduced from 20.9 to 8.6 litre, on average. We conclude that breath sampling during low-flow isoflurane anaesthesia reflects an alcohol load well, but that a change in ethanol disposition makes the values slightly higher than in the awake state.
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