Obesity, surgery, and inhalation anesthetics - Is there a "drug of choice"?

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 734-

  Brodsky, Jay B ^a   Lemmens, Harry J M ^a   Saidman, Lawrence J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; DESFLURANE; ISOFLURANE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; SEVOFLURANE;

AGITATION; BARIATRIC SURGERY; COUGHING; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; MORBID OBESITY; NOTE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; GASTROPLASTY; HUMANS; OBESITY, MORBID;

EID: 33745012941     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/096089206777346592     Document Type: Note

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