Positron emission tomography study of regional cerebral blood flow and flow-metabolism coupling during general anaesthesia with xenon in humans

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 667-675

  Rex, S ^a   Meyer, P T ^a   Baumert, J H ^b   Rossaint, R ^a   Fries, M ^a   Bull U ^a   Schaefer, W M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anaesthetics gases; Brain, blood flow; Brain, metabolism; Neurophysiology; Special drugs, xenon

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; OXYGEN DERIVATIVE; PROPOFOL; XENON; GLUCOSE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN METABOLISM; CEREBELLUM; CINGULATE GYRUS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; MINIMUM LUNG ALVEOLUS CONCENTRATION; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER; BRAIN; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN MAPPING; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SCINTISCANNING;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; XENON;

EID: 43249092153     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aen036     Document Type: Article

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