Nitrous oxide administered by the plastic surgeon for repair of facial lacerations in children in the emergency room

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1571-1575

  Bar Meir, Eran ^a,b   Zaslansky, Ruth ^a   Regev, Eli ^a   Keidan, Ilan ^a   Orenstein, Arie ^a   Winkler, Eyal ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; NITROUS OXIDE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; APNEA; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR SYMPTOM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DRUG SAFETY; EMERGENCY WARD; EUPHORIA; FACE SURGERY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NAUSEA; OXYGEN SATURATION; PARESTHESIA; PHYSICIAN; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SURGEON; VOMITING; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FACE INJURY; LACERATION; NEWBORN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUTURING METHOD;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FACIAL INJURIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACERATIONS; NITROUS OXIDE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGERY, PLASTIC; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 33646853664     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000206298.71083.df     Document Type: Article

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