In adults having minor surgery, plasma oxytocin levels remained constant in all groups, whether they had epidural, propofol or sevoflurane anaesthesia.
In plain wordsIn adults having minor surgery, the body's own oxytocin level stayed constant in all groups, whatever the anaesthesia.
- Peptide
- Oxytocin
- Outcome
- No significant changePlasma oxytocin after anaesthesia
- Study
n = 48
- Comparator
- Epidural, propofol and sevoflurane groups
- Outcome group
- Sex hormones and fertility · Endocrine and hormones
Source sentences
Oxytocin levels remained constant in all groups.
3 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
Sixty adult patients with the American Society of Anesthesiologists I and II status scheduled for elective minor surgery were included.
Patients were randomly allocated to one of three groups (in the analysis, n = 16 in each group): epidural anaesthesia (group E), general anaesthesia with propofol (group P) and general anaesthesia with sevoflurane (group S) of 40-120 min duration.
The evening before surgery, at 0.5 and at 3 h post-operatively olfactory acuity and memory were tested, along with blood sampling to measure plasma melatonin and oxytocin levels.
This result measures the body's own Oxytocin. Nobody was given the peptide. It is not evidence about taking it.