[Gas composition and acid-base equilibrium of blood of patients operated on under conditions of epidural anesthesia].

The results of the studies on the gas composition and acid-base equilibrium of the blood in patients operated upon under epidural anesthesia have proved the rise of venous hyperoxia and the drop of the gas utilization percentage both in anesthetized and non-anesthetized regions. At the level of the whole organism, however, no essential changes of oxygen metabolism are noted.