Bates M L, Feingold A, Gold M I
Am J Clin Pathol. 1975 Oct;64(4):448-51. doi: 10.1093/ajcp/64.4.448.
The IBC in-vivo oxygen electrode may be used during anesthesia. The possibility that three common inhalation anesthetics--halothane, enflurane, and methoxyflurane--might be reduced at the electrode, thereby changing the PO2 value, was tested. Enflurane and methoxyflurane do not affect the current produced at the electrode; halothane significantly increases PO2 readings at oxygen tensions below 105 torr. It is suggested that PaO2 readings below 105 torr be confirmed by the standard bench method.
