The abdominal muscles in anaesthesia and after surgery

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-80

  Drummond, G B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Muscle skeletal; Surgery, abdominal

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BROMIDE; OPIATE; PROPOFOL; THIOPENTAL;

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA; DIAPHRAGM MOVEMENT; DRUG MECHANISM; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; LUNG PRESSURE; LUNG VOLUME; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NONHUMAN; OXYGENATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW;

EID: 0037766661     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeg145     Document Type: Article

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