Just a little oxygen to breathe as you go off to sleep...is it always a good idea?

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 769-771

  Lumb, A B ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN;

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; AIRWAY; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ATELECTASIS; BREATHING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DIAPHRAGM; EDITORIAL; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; LUNG COLLAPSE; OXYGEN TENSION; OXYGEN TOXICITY; OXYGENATION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; THORAX PAIN; ANOXIA; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; OXYGEN THERAPY;

ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; ANOXIA; ATELECTASIS; HUMANS; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY;

EID: 38449114423     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aem329     Document Type: Editorial

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