Ketamine anesthesia at high altitude

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 111-114

  Bishop, Rachel A ^a   Litch, James A ^a,b   Stanton, Joy M ^c  

^a Kunde Hospital and Community Health Program   (Nepal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c AIREDALE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anesthetic techniques; Arterial oxygen saturation; Hypoxia; Intravenous anesthesia; Midazolam; Remote location

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; KETAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; OXYGEN;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CHILD; DREAM; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT MONITORING; PREMEDICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADJUVANTS, ANESTHESIA; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETICS, DISSOCIATIVE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DREAMS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; KETAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NEPAL; OXYGEN; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PREMEDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034209029     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/15270290050074251     Document Type: Article

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