Anaesthesia defined (Gentlemen, this is no humbug)

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Anaesthesiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-29

  Eger II, Edmond I ^a   Sonner, James M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amnesia; Analgesia; Autonomic reflexes; MAC; Muscle relaxation; Pain; Theories of narcosis; Unconsciousness

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFORM; DESFLURANE; ETHER; HALOTHANE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; ISOFLURANE; KETAMINE; NITROUS OXIDE; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE;

AMNESIA; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA MECHANISM; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BREATHING RATE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; MINIMUM LUNG ALVEOLUS CONCENTRATION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS;

EID: 33644953051     PISSN: 15216896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpa.2005.07.011     Document Type: Review

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