The threshold for thermoregulatory vasoconstriction during nitrous oxide/sevoflurane anesthesia is reduced in the elderly

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1029-1033

  Ozaki, Makoto ^a   Sessler, Daniel I ^b,c   Matsukawa, Takashi ^d   Ozaki, Kyoko ^a   Atarashi, Kenji ^a   Negishi, Chiharu ^a   Suzuki, Hidehiro ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROUS OXIDE; SEVOFLURANE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FINGER BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0030910026     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/00000539-199705000-00014     Document Type: Article

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