Perioperative lower limb venous haemodynamics in patients under general anaesthesia

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 292-295

  Knaggs, A L ^a   Delis, K T ^b,c   Mason, P ^a   Macleod, K ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia, general; Measurement techniques, duplex ultrasound; Surgery, abdominal; Veins, lower limb venous haemodynamics

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ENOXAPARIN; FENTANYL; ISOFLURANE; MORPHINE; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM; TEMAZEPAM; VECURONIUM;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LEG; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POPLITEAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VENOUS CIRCULATION;

EID: 14844346769     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aei049     Document Type: Article

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