Blood pressure and heart rate changes during apnoea testing with or without CO2 insufflation

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 903-907

  Lang, C J G ^a  

^a KLINIKUM NÜRNBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apnoea testing; Blood pressure; Brain death; Cardiovascular changes; CO2 insufflation; Heart rate; Transcutaneous blood gas monitoring

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DOPAMINE; OXYGEN;

ADULT; AERATION; APNEA; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

APNEA; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN DEATH; CARBON DIOXIDE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INSUFFLATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0030870724     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001340050430     Document Type: Article

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