Anesthesia during and after exposure to microgravity

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 7 SEC. 2, 2004, Pages 571-580

  Agnew, James W ^a,b   Fibuch, Eugene E ^a   Hubbard, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesiology; Microgravity; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; DESFLURANE; DOPAMINE; ENFLURANE; EPHEDRINE; ESMOLOL; ETOMIDATE; FENTANYL; HALOTHANE; ISOFLURANE; KETAMINE; LABETALOL; LORAZEPAM; METHOHEXITAL; METOPROLOL; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; NITROUS OXIDE; NORADRENALIN; PETHIDINE; PHENTOLAMINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PRAZOSIN; PROPOFOL; PROPRANOLOL; SEVOFLURANE; SUFENTANIL; THIOPENTAL; UNINDEXED DRUG; XENON;

ADAPTATION; AIRWAY; ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; MEDICAL STAFF; MICROGRAVITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPACE; SPACE FLIGHT; STANDING; TELECOMMUNICATION;

BION PROJECT; FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; LONG DURATION; MANNED; MIR PROJECT; SHORT DURATION; STS SHUTTLE PROJECT; UNMANNED;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANESTHESIA; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BAROREFLEX; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; SPACE FLIGHT; UP-REGULATION; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 3042791865     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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