Halothane and Blood Transfusion for Phaeochromocytoma

Preoperative and Operative Management of Patients With Phaeochromocytoma

“…Halothane has been used as an anaesthetic agent during this operation, but despite the use of phentolamine wide fluctuationss of blood pressure occurred (Murphy, Prior, and Joseph, 1964). Etsten and Shimosato (1965) used halothane with controlled ventilation and showed that plasma levels of adrenaline and noradrenaline fell with the introduction of halothane and thatsqueezing the tumour did not provoke an excessive rise of pressor amines.…”