Cost analysis of xenon anesthesia: A comparison with nitrous oxide-isoflurane and nitrous oxide-sevoflurane anesthesia

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 477-481

  Nakata, Yoshinori ^a   Goto, Takahisa ^a   Niimi, Yoshinari ^a   Morita, Shigeho ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anesthesic technique: close circuit; Anesthetics: gas; Xenon

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; ISOFLURANE; NITROUS OXIDE; SEVOFLURANE; VECURONIUM; XENON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FLUSHING; HUMAN; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MINIMUM LUNG ALVEOLUS CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HUMANS; ISOFLURANE; METHYL ETHERS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; NITROUS OXIDE; TIME FACTORS; XENON;

EID: 0032850742     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-8180(99)00087-2     Document Type: Article

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