Upper airway reflex sensitivity following general anaesthesia for day-case surgery

Anaesthesia

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 367-370

  Caranza, R ^a,b   Nandwani, N ^a   Tring, J P ^a   Thompson, J P ^a   Smith, G ^a  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b PILGRIM HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airway; Airway reflexes; Anaesthesia; Day case; General; Measurement techniques; Reflexes

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; FENTANYL; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; NEOSTIGMINE; ONDANSETRON; PROPOFOL; VECURONIUM;

ADULT; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; EXPIRATORY FLOW; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; REFLEX; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; AMMONIA; ANESTHETICS, GENERAL; FEMALE; GLOTTIS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LAPAROSCOPY; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REACTION TIME; REFLEX;

EID: 0034078484     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2000.00806.x     Document Type: Article

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