Optimal concentration of epinephrine for vasoconstriction in neck surgery

Laryngoscope

Volumn 106, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1412-1414

  Dunlevy, Timothy M ^a   O'Malley, Timothy P ^b   Postma, Gregory N ^a,c  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER PORTSMOUTH   (United States)

^b Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EPINEPHRINE; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; NECK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 0029903693     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199611000-00020     Document Type: Article

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