Pedersen C M
Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Skejby University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
Intensive Care Med. 1992;18(1):45-6. doi: 10.1007/BF01706426.
Two patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease developed postoperatively bronchospasm after insertion of a prostetic aortic valve. Continuous sedation with propofol infusion was associated with a significant decline in peak inspiratory pressure suggesting that propofol may have bronchodilating properties.