British Journal of Anaesthesia, 1986, Vol. 58, No. 4 385-389
© 1986 The Board of Management and Trustees of the British Journal of Anaesthesia
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ISOFLURANE AND HALOTHANE FOR OUTPATIENT DENTAL ANAESTHESIA IN CHILDREN
Anaesthetics Unit, London Hospital Medical College Whitechapel, London E1 1BB
Cardiac Department, The London Hospital Whitechapel, London E1 1BB
Correspondence to P.S.S.
A trial was undertaken in children to compare the use of halothane and isoflurance in outpatient dental anaesthesia. A wholly inhalation technique was chosen and nitrous oxide in oxygen was delivered from a Boyles machine via a coaxial (Bain) breathing system and was supplemented with either halothane or isoflurane. Isoflurance produced significantly fewer arrhythmias than halothane but the induction of anaesthesia took longer and proved more difficult.