Rate of nitrous oxide exchange across the middle ear mucosa in monkeys before and after blockage of the mastoid antrum

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 732-741

  Doyle, William J ^a,b   Alper, Cuneyt M ^a,b   Banks, Juliane M ^a,b   Swarts, J Douglas ^a,b  

^a University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine ^*

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INERT GAS; NITROUS OXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL BLOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS TENSION; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR SURGERY; GAS EXCHANGE; MASTOID; MIDDLE EAR MUCOSA; MIDDLE EAR PRESSURE; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; MONKEY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; OTOSCOPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TYMPANOMETRY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; EVALUATION; MACACA; METABOLISM; MIDDLE EAR; MUCOSA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; EAR, MIDDLE; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MASTOID; MODELS, ANIMAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; NITROUS OXIDE; OTOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PRESSURE;

EID: 0038071831     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0194-5998(02)23309-4     Document Type: Article

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