TY - JOUR
T1 - Calibrated pneumoperitoneal venting to prevent N2O accumulation in the CO2 pneumoperitoneum during laparoscopy with inhaled anesthesia
T2 - An experimental study in pigs
AU - Diemunsch, Pierre A.
AU - Van Dorsselaer, Thomas
AU - Torp, Klaus D.
AU - Schaeffer, Roland
AU - Geny, Bernard
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - Nitrous oxide (N2O) accumulates in the CO2 pneumoperitoneum during laparoscopy when N2O is used as an adjuvant for inhaled anesthesia. This may worsen the consequences of gas embolism and introduce a fire risk. In this study, we quantified the pneumoperitoneal gas venting necessary to prevent significant contamination by inhaled N2O. Four domestic pigs (26-30 kg) were anesthetized and ventilated with 66% N2O in oxygen. A CO2 pneumoperitoneum was insufflated and maintained at a pressure of 12 mm Hg. Each animal underwent three experimental conditions, in random sequence, for 70 min each: 1) no pneumoperitoneal leak, 2) leak of 2 L every 10 min (12 L/h), and 3) leak of 4 L every 10 min (24 L/h). Every 10 min, pneumoperitoneal gas samples were analyzed for fractions (FPn) of N2O and CO2. Without leaks, FPnN2O increased continually and reached 29.58% ± 3.15% at 70 min. With leaks of 2 and 4 L every 10 min (12 and 24 L/h), FPnN2O reached a plateau of <10% after 30 min. We conclude that calibrated pneumoperitoneal venting of 12 or 24 L/h is enough to prevent the constitution of potentially dangerous pneumoperitoneal gas mixtures if venting is constant.
AB - Nitrous oxide (N2O) accumulates in the CO2 pneumoperitoneum during laparoscopy when N2O is used as an adjuvant for inhaled anesthesia. This may worsen the consequences of gas embolism and introduce a fire risk. In this study, we quantified the pneumoperitoneal gas venting necessary to prevent significant contamination by inhaled N2O. Four domestic pigs (26-30 kg) were anesthetized and ventilated with 66% N2O in oxygen. A CO2 pneumoperitoneum was insufflated and maintained at a pressure of 12 mm Hg. Each animal underwent three experimental conditions, in random sequence, for 70 min each: 1) no pneumoperitoneal leak, 2) leak of 2 L every 10 min (12 L/h), and 3) leak of 4 L every 10 min (24 L/h). Every 10 min, pneumoperitoneal gas samples were analyzed for fractions (FPn) of N2O and CO2. Without leaks, FPnN2O increased continually and reached 29.58% ± 3.15% at 70 min. With leaks of 2 and 4 L every 10 min (12 and 24 L/h), FPnN2O reached a plateau of <10% after 30 min. We conclude that calibrated pneumoperitoneal venting of 12 or 24 L/h is enough to prevent the constitution of potentially dangerous pneumoperitoneal gas mixtures if venting is constant.
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U2 - 10.1097/00000539-200204000-00045
DO - 10.1097/00000539-200204000-00045
M3 - Article
C2 - 11916815
AN - SCOPUS:0036204289
SN - 0003-2999
VL - 94
SP - 1014
EP - 1018
JO - Anesthesia and analgesia
JF - Anesthesia and analgesia
IS - 4
ER -