Theoretical assessment of normobaric oxygen therapy to treat pneumocephalus: Recommendations for dose and duration of treatment

Anesthesiology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 442-447

  Dexter, Franklin ^a   Reasoner, Daniel K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bubble absorption; Computer simulation; Mathematical modeling; Pneumocephalus; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; OXYGEN TENSION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SIMULATION; SURFACE TENSION;

HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PNEUMOCEPHALUS;

EID: 0030064171     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199602000-00024     Document Type: Article

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