British Journal of Anaesthesia, Vol 80, Issue 4 502-503, Copyright © 1998 by The Board of Management and Trustees of the British Journal of Anaesthesia
H. Morisaki, Y. Aoyama, M. Shimada, R. Ochiai and J. Takeda
We have examined if sevoflurane anaesthesia per se modified the number of
circulating leucocytes in humans. Fifty-nine patients undergoing elective
surgery were anaesthetized with sevoflurane in oxygen. The inhaled
concentration was increased gradually to 5% and maintained for 20 min.
Arterial blood samples were obtained before induction of anaesthesia and at
20 min. While the total number of leucocytes remained constant, circulating
neutrophils decreased (mean 3370 (SD 1030) mm-3 to 3170 (940) mm-3; P <
0.01) and lymphocytes increased (1870 (520) mm-3 to 2040 (580) mm-3; P <
0.01). We conclude that high concentrations of sevoflurane modified the
distribution of leucocytes in anaesthetized patients.
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Leucocyte distribution during sevoflurane anaesthesia
Department of Anaesthesiology, School of Medicine, Keio University, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160, Japan
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