[Assessment of central hemodynamics during long microsurgical interventions using beforal in children]

Beforal was used for anesthesia in 21 children aged 4 to 14 years and weighing 15 to 65 kg. Surgical interventions lasted for 2.5 to 9 hours. The basic dose of beforal was 0.5 to 1 mg/kg. Anesthesia was maintained with half or third of the basic dose in combination with inhalations of nitrogen oxide and relanium (diazepam) in a dose of 0.3 to 0.4 mg/kg. Beforal as the only analgesic component of anesthesia effectively protected the organism of a child from surgical shock and its use was associated with stability of the studied hemodynamic parameters.