Inhalation of nitrous oxide expands epidural air bubbles

Regional Anesthesia

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 144-148

  Petty, Robert ^a,b,c   Stevens, Rom ^a,b,c   Erickson, Scott ^a,b,c   Lucio, John ^a,b,c   Kao, Tzu Cheg ^a,b,c  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

air bubbles; anesthetic technique; epidural; inhaled anesthesia; loss of resistance technique; nitrous oxide

Indexed keywords

NITROUS OXIDE;

AIR EMBOLISM; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL SPACE; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMALS; DOGS; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; MALE; NITROUS OXIDE;

EID: 0029925451     PISSN: 0146521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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