The effect of nitrous oxide on cerebral blood flow velocity in children anaesthetised with sevoflurane

Anaesthesia

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 10-14

  Rowney, David A ^a   Fairgrieve, R ^b   Bissonnette, B ^c  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; paediatric; Anaesthetics, volatile; sevoflurane, nitrous oxide; Brain; blood flow; Measurement techniques; Doppler, ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; ROCURONIUM; SEVOFLURANE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

AIR; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; INFANT; METHYL ETHERS; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NITROUS OXIDE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 0347915791     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2004.03458.x     Document Type: Article

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