Oxygen in neonatal and infant anesthesia - Current practice in the UK

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 378-387

  Short, Judith A ^a   Van Der Walt, Johan H ^b  

^a SHEFFIELD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Infant; Neonate; Oxygen; Prematurity; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; OXYGEN RADICAL;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG TOXICITY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEWBORN; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; OXYGENATION; PATHOGENESIS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION; SAFETY; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATOLOGY; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 41749101081     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2008.02499.x     Document Type: Article

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