The influence of xenon, nitrous oxide and nitrogen on gas bubble expansion during cardiopulmonary bypass

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 353-358

  Grocott, Hilary P ^a   Sato, Y ^b   Homi, H M ^a   Smith, B E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anaesthetics inhalation, xenon, nitrous oxide, isoflurane; Cardiac surgical procedures; Cardiopulmonary bypass; Microbubbles

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ISOFLURANE; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; XENON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; DIFFUSION; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; HEART PROTECTION; HEART SURGERY; HEMODYNAMICS; MALE; MICROBUBBLE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SOLUBILITY; VOLUMETRY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMALS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; DIFFUSION; GASES; HEMOGLOBINS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MICROBUBBLES; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; PARTICLE SIZE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; XENON;

EID: 18744396061     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0265021505000608     Document Type: Article

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