Abstract

AIM: Inductiıon, recovery, and stress reaction 10 surgery of chilren undergoing outpatient anaesthesia with sevoflurane or halothane, were compared in ASA I 60 patients, aged 2-10 years planned for tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy were included into the study. MATERIAL and METHOD: Patients were randomly divided into 2 groups. Induction was started with 40% oksigen plus 60%N20+increasing consantrations of halothane or sevoflurane via a mask. When the operations were over, all the anaesthetic gases were ceased simultaneously. After appropriate conditions were maintained, the patients were extubated and taken to the recovery room RESULTS: Induction and extubation periods were shorter in the sevoflurane group in comparison to the halothane group. Induction period for sevoflurane was recorded as 1.43 0.62, for halothane it was 4.06 0.94 minutes. Extubation period for sevoflurane was 4.50 2.08 minutes and halothane 7.80 3.07 minutes. Pulse rate and artery pressure values were more stable with sevoflurane in comprasion to halothane. There was no change of salivation during induction. Breath holding and coughing were more often in the halothane group compared with the sevoflurane group. There was no difference among the groups in terms of arrythmia, breath holding and caughing after the operations. Nausea and vomiting were more in the halothane group. There was difference according to stress reaction to operation in both groups. CONCLUSION: It can be concluded that sevoflurane can be a suitable alternative to halothane as it enables a more stable hemodynamics for mask induction and shorter recovery periods in pediatric anaesthesia.