Can a patient breath spontaneously in general anaesthesia?

Depends on whether the surgeon requires paralytic. In some cases, it's nearly impossible for the surgeon to work if the patient's muscles are tight. read more

Yes! A patient can breathe spontaneously under general anesthesia. There are two types of general anesthesia : inhaled and intravenous. As long as the general anesthetic is titrated to the patients respitatory rate, they can maintain spontaneous ventilation and no ventilator is necessary. read more

(12,13) Although patients breathing spontaneously during anaesthesia have a more stable respiratory pattern than while awake, their respiration does vary spontaneously, and this is sufficient to prevent deterioration in lung function. read more

The spontaneous breathing (SB) group is uniform throughout the case, whereas the pressure control (PCV) and pressure support (PSV) groups exhibit an increase in ventilation in ROI 3 and 4 and a decrease in ROI 2 at time-points BEGIN and END, indicating a ventral shift in the ventilation. read more