Argon pneumoperitoneum is more dangerous than CO2 pneumoperitoneum during venous gas embolism

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1367-1371

  Mann, Claude ^a   Boccara, Gilles ^a   Grevy, Veronique ^a   Navarro, Francis ^a   Fabre, Jean M ^a   Colson, Pascal ^a  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT ELOI   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENFLURANE; INERT GAS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAPNOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; GAS EMBOLISM; GASTROINTESTINAL RADIOGRAPHY; HEMODYNAMICS; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SWINE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; ARGON; CARBON DIOXIDE; EMBOLISM, AIR; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PNEUMOPERITONEUM, ARTIFICIAL; SWINE;

EID: 0031407957     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199712000-00034     Document Type: Article

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