Is there a future for xenon anesthesia?

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 335-338

  Goto, Takahisa ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY CHIBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; ISOFLURANE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; XENON;

AIR POLLUTION; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COST; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; EDITORIAL; GAS FLOW; GAS WASTE; GREENHOUSE GAS; HUMAN; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; MINIMUM LUNG ALVEOLUS CONCENTRATION; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NONHUMAN; OZONE LAYER; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036111829     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03017319     Document Type: Editorial

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