Middle ear pressure changes during anesthesia with or without nitrous oxide are similar among airway devices

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 319-321

  Hohlrieder, Mathias ^a   Keller, Christian ^a   Brimacombe, Joseph ^b,c   Eschertzhuber, Stephan ^a   Luckner, Günter ^a   Abraham, Irene ^a   Von Goedecke, Achim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CAIRNS BASE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; NITROUS OXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE PLUS OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; DEVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAR PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUCTION;

EID: 29844457737     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000180768.81020.C4     Document Type: Article

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