Large concentrations of nitrous oxide decrease the isoflurane minimum alveolar concentration sparing effect of morphine in the rat

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 404-408

  Santos, Martín ^a,b   Kuncar, Viviana ^a   Martínez Taboada, Fernando ^a   Tendillo, Francisco J ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; ISOFLURANE; MORPHINE; NITROUS OXIDE; OPIATE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEMALE; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; MINIMUM LUNG ALVEOLUS CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TAIL;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; ISOFLURANE; MORPHINE; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 12844251298     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000142423.87593.CE     Document Type: Article

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