Enflurane decreases the threshold for vasoconstriction more than isoflurane or halothane

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 595-599

  Nebbia, Stephan P ^a   Bissonnette, Bruno ^a   Sessler, Daniel I ^b,c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENFLURANE; HALOTHANE; ISOFLURANE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORE TEMPERATURE; DRUG EFFECT; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOREGULATION; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0029818875     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/00000539-199609000-00028     Document Type: Article

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