Propofol Depresses the Hypoxic Ventilatory Response during Conscious Sedation and Isohypercapnia - Concepedia

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Propofol Depresses the Hypoxic Ventilatory Response during Conscious Sedation and Isohypercapnia

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1993

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Robert T. Blouin, Harry Seifert, H. Daniel Babenco, Pattilyn F. Conard, Jeffrey B. Gross

Abstract

The authors concluded that propofol infusion for conscious sedation significantly decreases the slope and causes a downward shift of the hypoxic ventilatory response curve measured during isohypercapnia.