Hydrogen peroxide - A party trick from the past?

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1004-1008

  Reid, C J ^a   Alcock, M ^a   Penn, D ^a  

^a LAUNCESTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hydrogen peroxide; Oxygen embolism

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OXYGEN; PEROXYNITRITE;

AIR EMBOLISM; CARTILAGE CELL; CYTOTOXICITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; JOINT PROSTHESIS; NONHUMAN; OSTEOBLAST; OXYGEN EMBOLISM; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOGENESIS; VASOCONSTRICTION; WOUND CARE; WOUND INFECTION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAVAGE;

EMBOLISM, AIR; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; OXYGEN; THERAPEUTIC IRRIGATION;

EID: 84855412360     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: 14480271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x1103900604     Document Type: Review

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