Nitrous oxide does not alter bispectral index: Study with nitrous oxide as sole agent and as an adjunct to i.v. anaesthesia

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 827-830

  Barr, G ^a   Jakobsson, J G ^b   Owall A ^a   Anderson, R E ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Sabbatsberg Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia, depth; Anaesthetics gases, nitrous oxide; Memory; Monitoring, bispectral index; Surgery, cardiovascular

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM; NITROUS OXIDE; SEVOFLURANE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 0033033156     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/82.6.827     Document Type: Article

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