Advantages and guidelines for using nitrous oxide

Nitrous oxide is useful as an adjunct to methoxyflurane anesthesia and prolonged halothane anesthesia. Nitrous oxide is also useful in the debilitated patient in which the potent volatile anesthetics induce excessive cardiovascular depression. Finally nitrous oxide is useful for smoothing an inadequate anesthetic plane induced by the potent volatile anesthetics.

Published by The Veterinary clinics of North America. Small animal practice, 1992. The guideline itself is at the source linked here.

doi.org/10.1016/s0195-5616(92)50618-0