Carbon Dioxide as the Other Therapeutic Carrier Gas?

Abstract

CO 2 = carbon dioxide; Etco 2 = end-tidal carbon dioxide; MAC = minimum alveolar concentration; MAC-BAR = minimum alveolar concentration of volatile anesthetic needed to blunt the adrenergic response to surgical incision in 50% of patients; Paco 2 = partial pressure of carbon dioxide in the alveoliThe 'ah ha!' moment, the thrill of solving the hardest puzzle in all of pharmacology, awaits another investigator.-Edmond I. Eger II