Expired breath ethanol measurement to calculate irrigating fluid absorption during transurethral resection of the prostate: Experience in a district general hospital

British Journal of Urology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 198-202

  Checkettswh Duthief, M R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b AYR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Complications; Monitoring; Transurethral syndrome

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; BLADDER IRRIGATION; BREATH ALCOHOL LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; LAVAGE FLUID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION;

EID: 0030061863     PISSN: 00071331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410x.1996.08866.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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