Inhalational versus intravenous induction. A survey of emergency anaesthetic practice in the United Kingdom

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-37

  Moore, E W ^a   Davies, M W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques; Inhalational induction; Intravenous induction

Indexed keywords

HALOTHANE; SEVOFLURANE;

ACUTE EPIGLOTTITIS; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CHILD; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; LAPAROTOMY; LUNG ASPIRATION; MALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SHOCK; TONSILLECTOMY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; ANESTHESIA, INTRAVENOUS; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCIES; EPIGLOTTITIS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; METHYL ETHERS; ORAL HEMORRHAGE; PERITONITIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SHOCK; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 0034080788     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2346.2000.00595.x     Document Type: Article

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