Is isoflurane safer than halothane in equine anaesthesia? Results from a prospective multicentre randomised controlled trial

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 64-71

  Johnston, G M ^a,c   Eastment, J K ^a,b   Taylor, P M ^a,d   Wood, J L N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Vetstream Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d TAYLOR MONROE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Equine; Halothane; Horse; Isoflurane; Perioperative death

Indexed keywords

HALOTHANE; ISOFLURANE;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; HORSE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 2542610764     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/0425164044864723     Document Type: Article

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