Anesthetic and postanesthetic management of sea turtles

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 208, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 720-726

  Moon, P F ^a,d   Stabenau, E K ^b,c,e  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c NOAA Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^e EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOFLURANE; LACTIC ACID;

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG SAFETY; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; TURTLE;

ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; ISOFLURANE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OXYGEN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PULSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TURTLES;

EID: 0030012130     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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