The effects of epidural anesthesia on ventilatory response to hypercapnia and hypoxia in elderly patients

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 306-311

  Sakura, Shinichi ^a   Saito, Yoji ^a   Kosaka, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOXIA; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA;

AGED; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANOXIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCAPNIA; MALE; OXYGEN; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

EID: 0030062299     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199602000-00016     Document Type: Article

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