Abstract
The present study was undertaken to investigate whether or not preanaesthetic medication and halothane anaesthesia affect adrenal cortical function in man as judged by their influence on the plasma levels of free 17-hydroxycorticosteroids. The blood samples were taken in the morning between 8:15 and 8.45 A.M. before induction of anaesthesia, during anaesthesia alone, during surgery, and in the recovery room. The determination of free 17-OHCS in plasma was made by Peterson’s modification of the Porter-Silber method. Twenty patients were given halothane anaesthesia and another eleven patients received premedication alone without anaesthesia.
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