Effects of nitrous oxide on intraoperative bowel distension

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 620-624

  Orhan Sungur, Mukadder ^a   Apfel, Christian ^a   Akça, Ozan ^a,b,c  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c Outcomes Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Bowel function; Bowel movement; Distension; Nitrous oxide; Pain; Postoperative nausea and vomiting

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN;

CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; FECES; FLATULENCE; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; INTESTINE DISTENSION; INTESTINE FUNCTION; INTESTINE MOTILITY; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 28044448488     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aco.0000188417.00011.78     Document Type: Review

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