Xenon, a modern anaesthesia gas

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 255-260

  Hecker, Klaus ^a   Baumert, J H ^a   Horn, N ^a   Rossaint, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Anesthetic agents; Xenon

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; ISOFLURANE; NITROUS OXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE PLUS OXYGEN; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; SUFENTANIL; XENON;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS PARAMETERS; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CELL PROTECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART INDEX; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; IN VITRO STUDY; INTESTINE BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; MINIMUM LUNG ALVEOLUS CONCENTRATION; NERVE CELL; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; SIDE EFFECT;

ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; BRAIN; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; HUMANS; XENON;

EID: 3142671435     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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