Collapsibility of the upper airway during anesthesia with isoflurane

Anesthesiology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 786-793

  Eastwood, Peter R ^a,b   Szollosi, Irene ^c   Platt, Peter R ^a   Hillman, David R ^a  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Department of Pulmonary Physiology West Australian Sleep Disorders Research Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; ISOFLURANE; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; MALE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; SOFT PALATE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

EID: 0036791261     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200210000-00007     Document Type: Article

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