Nitrous oxide anaesthesia in the presence of intraocular gas can cause irreversible blindness

BMJ. 2002 Sep 7;325(7363):532-3. doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.532.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Air
  • Anesthetics, Inhalation / adverse effects*
  • Blindness / chemically induced*
  • Catheterization / methods
  • Fluorocarbons / adverse effects*
  • Gases / adverse effects
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Nitrous Oxide / adverse effects*
  • Retinal Detachment / surgery

Substances

  • Anesthetics, Inhalation
  • Fluorocarbons
  • Gases
  • perflutren
  • Nitrous Oxide