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The Faultiness of Rapid Induction of Anesthesia with Nitrous Oxid*

Anesthetist, Indianapolis, Ind.

RAPID INDUCTION of anesthesia with nitrous oxid is an heritage of the past. Probably, because the gas is not unpleasant to inspire, even in 100 per cent dosage, the idea of rapid administration has persisted, in the effort of the average anesthetist to attain a maximum speed of induction. Anesthesia, as a rule, is smoother as its induction is slower. We have thought that an anesthetic agent should be administered as rapidly as the patient would tolerate it, from the beginning. Upon cursory thought, this would appear proper, but considering the physiology of anesthesia induction, the transmission of gases from the lungs to the nerve cells, we see the faults of the rapid procedure.

Anesthesia & Analgesia® is published for the International Anesthesia Research Society® by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins with the assistance of Stanford University Libraries' HighWire Press®. Copyright 2006 by the International Anesthesia Research Society. Online ISSN: 1526-7598   Print ISSN: 0003-2999