A randomized clinical trial was conducted in 14 women, aged 24-60 years, to compare the effects of rapidsequence induction of anaesthesia and elective induction on heart rate, blood pressure and left ventricular ejection fraction (L VEF)Rapid-sequence induction of anaesthesia and intubation are often employed in emergency surgery to minimize the risk of aspiration in nonfasting patients. This induction regimen is a procession of rapidly occuring events designed to reduce the interval from loss of consciousness to securing the airway with the endotracheal tube. However, the question may be raised whether the precautions taken to avoid pulmonary aspiration are obtained at the expense of inducing greater circulatory changes than is caused by elective induction.The aim of the present investigation was to assess and compare in a randomized clinical study the effects of rapid-sequence induction versus elective induction on blood pressure, heart rate and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF).
MethodsFourteen female patients (median age 37 years, range 24-60 years) scheduled for elective hysterec- CAN ANAESTH SOC J 1986 / 33:6 / pp754-9