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Continuing Education in Anaesthesia, Critical Care & Pain 2005 5(5):179-181; doi:10.1093/bjaceaccp/mki048
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Continuing Education in Anaesthesia, Critical Care & Pain | Volume 5 Number 5 2005 © The Board of Management and Trustees of the British Journal of Anaesthesia [2005]. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

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106. With respect to the history of nitrous oxide:
(a) False; (b) False; (c) True; (d) False; (e) True
(a,b,c,d) Nitrous oxide, or dephlogisticated nitrous air as it was then known, was discovered in the 1770 by Joseph Priestley following the addition of iron to nitrous peroxide. (e) It was used as an attraction at country fairs due to its ability to induce entertaining and pleasurable effects.
107. Concerning clinical applications of nitrous oxide:
(a) False; (b) True; (c) True; (d) False; (e) False
(a) The intraocular bubble of SF6 and C3F8 can persist for 10 weeks after surgery. Nitrous oxide can diffuse into the bubble causing increased intraocular pressure leading to central retinal artery occlusion and visual loss. (b) Middle ear pressure changes can be significant. (c) Potential for colonic explosion if nitrous oxide >29%. (d) Gas embolism should not increase in size but slower clearance due to . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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