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British Journal of Anaesthesia, 1962, Vol. 34, No. 6 386-390
© 1962 The Board of Management and Trustees of the British Journal of Anaesthesia

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THE PLACE OF HALOTHANE IN OBSTETRICS

J. SELWYN CRAWFORD*

Aberdeen Maternity Hospital, Aberdeen University Medical School Foresterhill, Aberdeen, Scotland

Experiences with halothane in obstetrics are described and discussed. Its specific action in relaxing uterine muscle is sometimes of value, as in external cephalic version, in operative delivery when manipulations are hindered by uterine hyper-tonicity, occasionally in manual removal of the placenta, and in acute inversion of the uterus. Halothane is rarely indicated in operations for the removal of retained products of conception.

It is emphasized that the relaxation obtained, unless carefully controlled, may fail to respond to ergometrine and oxytocic posterior pituitary extract. Halothane is not recommended for obstetrical anaesthesia except when uterine relaxation is needed.

*Present address: University of Chicago Lying-in Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.


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