General anesthesia in the intensive care unit? Is it ready for "prime time"?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 687-688

  Maccioli, Gerald A ^a   Cohen, Neal H ^b  

^a Critical Health Systems Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthetic; Inhalation agent; Intensive care unit; Sedation

Indexed keywords

ISOFLURANE;

ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTAMINATION; DECISION MAKING; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SEDATION;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; GAS SCAVENGERS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; ISOFLURANE; SAFETY;

EID: 14944356500     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000155914.81377.B5     Document Type: Editorial

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