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Korean Journal of Anesthesiology 2005;48(1):85-91.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4097/kjae.2005.48.1.85   
Respiratory Complications Due to Nitrous Oxide Impurities Six cases.
Mi Ae Han, Moon Chul Kim, Kang Hee Cho, Chong Sung Kim
1Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, College of Medicine, Inje University, Seoul Paik Hospital, Seoul, Korea. hama159@hanmail.net
2Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, College of Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
The impurities potentially contained in nitrous oxide cylinders include NO, NO2, CO and NH3. The consequences of inahaling NO and NO2 are reflex breathing inhibition with laryngospasm and the rapid onset of intense cyanosis due to altered pulmonary gas exchange and methaemoglobinemia. Pulmonary edema may occur in the acute stage. Chronic chemical pneumonitis may follow with resultant pulmonary fibrosis and the respiratory and metabolic acidosis may also occur. Hypotension may be marked and results from the effects of nitrate and nitrite ions on vascular smooth muscle. Since certain clinical features provide clues that allow practicing anesthetists to recognize the toxicities of higher nitrogen oxides, six of our cases will be described in detail, whereas the remaining cases will be only commented. We examined a N2O cylinder at the National Metrology Institute, its NOX concentration was 2359 ppm. Another two cylinders were also abnormal with NOX concentrations of 547 ppm and 180 ppm. We recommend that medical gases be subjected to quality control on a national basis.
Key Words: nitous oxide impurities; pulmonary edema
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