Postoperative respiratory arrhythmias: Incidence and measurement

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 708-714

  Sleigh, J W ^a  

^a WAIKATO HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Hypercapnia; Opioids; Postoperative complications; Respiration; Statistical data analysis

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; ISOFLURANE; LIDOCAINE; MORPHINE; PETHIDINE; THIOPENTAL;

ADULT; AGED; APNEA; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROWSINESS; ENTROPY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR SURGERY; MALE; PAIN; PLETHYSMOGRAPH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RESPIRATORY DRIVE;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERCAPNIA; INCIDENCE; INHALATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY VENTILATION; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY; SLEEP STAGES; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TIDAL VOLUME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032772523     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.1999.430704.x     Document Type: Article

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