Emergence times from xenon anaesthesia are independent of the duration of anaesthesia

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 595-599

  Goto, T ^a   Saito, H ^a   Nakata, Y ^a   Uezono, S ^a   Ichinose, F ^a   Morita, S ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia, duration; Anaesthetics gases, nitrous oxide; Anaesthetics gases, xenon; Anaesthetics volatile, isoflurane; Anaesthetics volatile, sevoflurane; Recovery, postoperative

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; XENON;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; BREATHING; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030812732     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/79.5.595     Document Type: Article

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