Nitrous oxide concentrations in the posterior nasopharynx during administration by nasal mask

Pediatric Dentistry

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 410-416

  Klein, Ulrich ^a   Bucklin, Brenda A ^b   Poulton, Thomas J ^c   Bozinov, Daniel ^c  

^a Children's Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Air entrainment; Dentistry; Nasal mask; Nasopharyngeal sampling; Nitrous oxide

Indexed keywords

INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; NITROUS OXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DENTAL ANESTHESIA; EXHALATION; FEMALE; FLOWMETER; HUMAN; INHALATION; MALE; MASK; METHODOLOGY; NASOPHARYNX;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, DENTAL; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; EXHALATION; FEMALE; FLOWMETERS; HUMANS; INHALATION; MALE; MASKS; NASOPHARYNX; NITROUS OXIDE;

EID: 6044227968     PISSN: 01641263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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