Successful management of rabbit anesthesia through the use of nasotracheal intubation

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 166-170

  Devalle, Julie M Stephens ^a  

^a EISENHOWER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; FLOW RATE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NASOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS;

ANESTHESIA, INTRATRACHEAL; ANIMALS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE; MALE; RABBITS;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 64549153659     PISSN: 15596109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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