mark wrote:
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232) THE SPEED OF INHALATIONAL INDUCTION OF ANAESTHESIA WILL BE INCREASED BY:
a) beta adrenergic blockade
b) an increase in alveolar ventilation
c) an increase in cardiac output
d) substituting the inhalation of the agent with one having a greater blood/gas solubility coefficient
e) adding co2 to the inhaled gases
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Increasing alveolar minute volume speeds up the approximation of alveolar to inspired levels. Equilibrium is rapid if the blood/gas partition coefficient is low. Increase in CO2 results in increased CBF which speeds up equilibration